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Saturday, August 17, 2013
Back to School is No Joking Matter!

 

We all know that along with Back to School time comes lots of anxiety and count-to-ten and breathe moments for teachers, along with their students.  Just to lighten things up a little, the Freebielicious girls wanted to (hopefully) spread a little laughter and fun to our virtual colleagues. 

There is nothing better than a child's perception and presentation of topics in writing.  This child was asked to draw and write about what she wanted to be when she grew up and this is what she did: 

Needless to say, when this writing that depicted her as a stripper was brought home, the mother was mortified and responded with the following note:

Dear Teacher,

I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer. I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter how hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it. Her picture doesn't show me dancing around a pole. It's supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot. From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in.

 

                      This still makes me smile and I hope it brought a smile to your face, too!

 

This was soooo funny! Click on the button below to check out this

blog.

 
 

Show N'Tell

We had a great show n' tell today.  Students brought their Family Project for September.  Students worked on being a good audience, while  learning how to give and receive complements.
Students are learning how to introduce themselves and speak in front of a group. Students shared who helped them complete there project and what mediums were used in their creations.  Students who have not brought their project yet can still do so this coming week.  We look forward to seeing what you and your family came up with! October will be here soon and a new project too! Get the whole family involved! Check out more pictures and like us on Facebook: Bowers' Busy Bunch.

Parents: Start a home library today!

 

Parents, go on line and place your child's book order.  You earn special coupons and offers and we get free books for our classroom! The code to enter is LLJK8.  The link is below or click on the picture above.

https://orders.scholastic.com/LLJK8

New great find!

Check out http://www.mycutegraphics.com/

 for great FREE graphics (including western!)

Go on down to my other post from today to see the link to a great western classroom full of ideas!

Western Theme Classroom

OK all you Buckaroos! Anyone doing a western theme classroom needs to check out this great blog.  She has some great ideas!

She is my new favorite (for today)!  

Free reading Challenge packet!

This is why First Class Teacher is still my FAVORITE blog! Check out the new FREEBIE! Check out her other items too.  After spending all afternoon making western rule anchor charts, and a behavior clip chart, I am even greener than before.  The stuff that teachers put out there for free is amazing! Thank you, thank you!  Now, I just need to figure out how to upload what I made so I can share the fruits of my labor with someone.  I would love to help someone shave time off of their back to school preparations.  If anyone knows why one slide out of ten would be blank when saving a power point slideshow to pdf, I would love to know what I am doing wrong.  I know saving it to pdf locks the clip art and such, but where is slide #3? Also, how do I upload it to tpt? Guess I'll click on over there next and see if anyone can help.  Would love some pointers..kbowers@huntingtonisd.com

Still more...

Check out over 100 ideas for organizing your 

stuff!!

 http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/100-classroom-organizing-tricks

 

New Find!!

Well, I have found another treasure! If you are into organizing your classroom this year, check out this one. I just love, love, love IT!!!!!

That's all for now cause I'm going back to read more at "First Class Teacher"!

Oh and I have started grouping all my organizing blogs together.  Check them all out for great tips!

Another day to count as Blessed..

I can not figure out what in the world is wrong with the fonts on my last post.  I have out several feelers to see how to download fonts to my blog. I have them on my computer, but not where I compose this wonder jibberish!  And my computer has a bug of some kind.  I have never been a fast typist, but all of a sudden, I can out type the letters as they appear on the screen.  Then they get all mixed up and the spaces are in the wrong places.  It looks like I need on of those "spacemen" I teach my kiddos to use when they are writing in their journals. 
   In case you could not read the first part of my last post, I thanked The Measured Mom for my free 8x10 canvas I won on her latest contest! Yay! You can see the picture I submitted of my (now much bigger) son Josh. But I love that picture because he was so serious and into that game.

I have been getting things ready for my units at school.  OUT WITH THE OLD... you know the rest. Thanks to a whole ton of freebies (and some not so free) made by wonderful and more learned bloggers than myself.  Every time I find a new freebie I get excited.  I think I'm a little addicted actually! How do they find the time? I am just so happy about all the new things I have bought, downloaded, printed, laminated, and cut out..... Since I don't know anyone else who blogs I am going to have to cast a wider net.  I may look for blogging for dumbies. bwhahah Do you think there is such a thing? I think I must look.. Check out the new blog I found today.


She sounds like a hoot and I enjoyed reading her stuff.  She of course has some freebies too. Check back from time to time.  I learn new things all the time. (Still can't link my button back to my blog! Heeeeelllp Me!!!) And if anyone knows how to download created material I am tired of searching you tube and google. First things first though. I think my computer has a date with the Geek squad at Best Buy!  My "guys" there will fix her right up!  

Oh, and I have another donor on my library grant! Have you thought about helping our class? Click the picture of the children reading at the top right and go to that link.  I would love to see that green bar move again!. 

TTFN

What a Cool Day!

First, thanks to Olivia over at 

  The Measured Mom for my free 8x10 canvas from easy canvas prints!!

I downloaded a picture of my awesome son Josh taken during a baseball game. It's going to look soooo cool!

Then, I had another donation on my library grant! Woop Woop! (Click the little picture up on the right of this blog and you can give too!)

Also, if you have never seen the little plush animals from Kohl's that go along with books, you should check it out! 

I got some Curious George books (hard back) for $5.00 each! George is only $5.00 too! He is sooooo cute!! Trust me if you don't get them now, you will regret it! Oh, and I got the moose for If You Give A Moose A Muffin! 

Have a wonderful glorious night. May you look for blessings in the smallest of things and count them as such.

 

Great for getting to know your campus!

Who doesn’t love Pete the Cat?

Well, here is a great activity to go with it!

Click the link below to go to my new favorite blog for a Pet the Cat FREEBIE!