Check out my TPT Store

Today is the day I have been waiting for . .. . The DJ Inkers licenses have been released! Do you see that cute little logo right over there to the left!

Yea! That's it!

I'm an official seller of the DJ Inkers products!

I've read their rules, and double checked everything. 

I think I have it ready. . . Really ready.

Now you can go over to my TPT store and see what I'm selling! I've put up 2 activities that I think you'll like. Go on! Check it out! I'd love to hear your opinions too!

Now, I need to get back to work! Oh the things I can do now! I feel like I've been released from a couped up cell! I can work now!

Thanks DJ Inkers! You're the best!



Patty

Storage System that's cheap and it works!

One of the great debates I have had since making the wonderful things

all of you create and share in your blogs is

HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE IT AND STORE IT?

I keep a lot of things in baggies, but they slide around and fall under things. . .
don't you just hate that?

I think I found a solution that works for me
(for some of the task cards that are small)

. . . and maybe for you TOO!

***Disclaimer****

{It is just possible that someone else has blogged about this, and I haven't seen it. Please forgive me if you have. I promise I'm not copying anyone, just trying to make some sort of organization for my centers.}

At Wal-Mart and Michaels I found these little plastic index boxes.

3 x 5 size for $0.50 at Michaels for $0.88 at Wal-Mart.

I went to my classroom and picked up one of my favorite activities that

Christina Bainbridge made called Short and Long Vowel U

She used the clip art from DJ Inkers which I LOVE and just can't get enough of.

I only had to trim the title cards a bit to fit inside this box,

everything else fit great.

It was PERFECT!

Next I made a set of labels to identify the outside and WA-LA!

And I used some of my DJ Inkers clip art.

 Put the elastic around it to close it and you're all set!

 I have a great storage system that fits easily in my tubs

and is easy for the kids to find.

Christina has other vowel cards that you can find when you go to her site: Bunting, Books, and Bainbridge.

And you'll really love this. . .

They are FREE! Isn't that nice of Christina to make those for us?

 Thank you Christina!

You're a peach for stopping by!

Patty

Is your room ready? ugggh!

I am a little bit jealous of many of  you. . . just a wee bit. 

But it's not enough I can't  get over it.

Many of you are in your rooms working hard to get them ready for your students. Sadly some of you are already back to teaching.

But in my case today, .... TODAY...... TODAY, they are cleaning my room. Seriously! Actually I went in last night to drop some stuff off and I noticed that things were wiped down, but the floor hadn't been done.

I'm not sure how your school does it, but in the past they empty our rooms, (and yes, I clear off all the shelves so that EVERYTHING can be moved out) and then shampoo the carpet.  It's a tedious process, but when I return in the fall, I KNOW that everything has been cleaned.

Last night it appeared that the carpets still needed to be vacuumed. . . I even found a pinto bean from my math centers under a desk. Does that sound like they cleaned to you? So I checked the other rooms, and many others seemed to need their carpets cleaned.

Well one thing led to another and now my carpets and the other classrooms are getting shampooed today.

Give me a few days and maybe, just maybe I'll be in my room working. . .

if it's a cool morning. . . . .

and if there is nothing else on my calendar. . . .

and if I am bored. . . .

and if I get out of my jammies. . . .

 and well, as you can see, I'm not all that jealous after all!

I do have a while yet to get started. Michigan schools are not allowed by law to start until the day after Labor day. That's September 4th this year. We have a few boring meetings and learning sessions professional developement activitites on the Monday through Thursday of that last week in August.

I guess I'll be in my room during the two weeks before. . . oh wait, . . . that's just next week. . . Hey maybe, just maybe I call my BBF (That's Best Blogger Friend) Christina Bainbridge and have her help me since she's a uber achiever and has her room all done! Just kidding Christina. . . you did your time, now you can sit back and relax!

Patty