Pay day, a little Target shopping, and a freebie

Finally payday; and that long awaited trip to Target was on! We first made a stop by Michael's to get a few supplies for a gift for each of my teammates. I’ll be mod-podged later on! Also found some rainbow ombre colored poster board! woo-hoo!
At Target I picked up a tub for my big books that came with our Reading Street series. I had to make a little signage too. Inspired by a Pinterest…shared with you!

Big Books Sign

Collecting Words with kiddos

Last year I used a measly piece of chart paper for our word collector, an idea from Daily 5. Of course it lacked in many ways, but mainly in space. Well, inspired by Amanda from One Extra Degree in design and Beth Newingham in function, I created some beauties to tape to my unused white board on my back wall. I love the colored Duck Tape, and good ole Target now has designer patterns. I picked up some Hello Kitty, paint splatter, and tie dye! I am taping off my grid and taping these letters for a bigger, better word collector! I loved Amanda's idea of having the kiddos add words by putting them in a word jar...!
Happy Collecting!

Word Collector

Lettering Delights Day 3 spree!

So today LD is offering tons of alphabets, graphics, and other goodies for 50 cents each. I bought a few to redo some old files including Snazzy Snack card, Chinese New Year stuff, and I could not pass up the Gnomes! I made a What's the Teacher Reading goody to share.