Favorite Pins and GIVEAWAY

I'm linking up today with Cara over at the First Grade Parade for Favorite Pins Friday. There's also a giveaway so please enter. 
But first.... I'll announce the winner from yesterday Flying to Fourth- Melissa  Please email me your $10 worth of products from my tpt store and I'll email them to you. missnelsonattpt@yahoo.com

Here are my pins this week.

Did you see my buckets/table caddies from the last Monday Made It?

I am IN LOVE!

They look totally new even though they are not. I am so pleased with my ribbon and label from Quite a Pear.  If you have your own caddies then it's so simple to add her precious labels.

Today you are in LUCK. Sweet Jessica at Quite a Pear and Dandelions and Dragonflies has teamed up with me to offer an AMAZING giveaway. Jessica is giving away 5 custom labels with ribbon so you can make your own personalized caddies. All you need is to find you some caddies. Target is usually a great place to start looking.  You can use plastic or metal buckets. Jessica will customize your labels and ribbon to match your room. HOW FUN??? I have pinned many things in the past from her awesome room. I'm sure you've seen it too. If not I highly suggest looking at this post. I just love all of her polka dots.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Transportation Display

I love making lists so I couldn't wait to join this fabulous linky party hosted by Fabulous 4th Grade Froggies. It's a To Do list linky party of all the things I need to accomplish before the first day of school. Well, my list gets longer by the minute. Here is what I have so far:

1. Make labels for student BEE binders, name tags, and journals.
2. Make birthday photo poster (inspired by Erica Bohrer)- IN PROCESS- MONDAY MADE IT
3. label cubbies and mailboxes with BEE labels
4. create class checklist and make multiple copies (best tip ever)
5. organize my closet and put away new supplies I bought over the summer
6. make transportation display   DONE! (inspired by Laura at Tattling to the Teacher)
7. Redesign my class t-shirt – order multiple colors
8. Make brain break bucket
9. Put together bee binders and be sure to make 3 extra bee binders for any new students who might show up later on in the year.
10. Plan for the first few weeks.

Head on over to Jennifer's blog at Herding Kats in Kindergarten because she's giving away Donor's Choose gift cards. I love  Donor's Choose.

Bulletin Board 101

I just got back from school redoing my boards for the new year. Oh how things have changed throughout the years. My first couple of years I had border to match every season and thematic unit. I would spend hours switching the fabric every few weeks. Not only was this exhausting for me but it really was too busy for my students.  My room was filled with color. Some could describe it as skittles exploding in my room. Now I have learned a few things.

Tip #1 Cohesive Backgrounds-The best tip is to keep the boards cohesive throughout the room. I like using fabric so I stick with black and white. I sometimes pick a different pattern but the colors are all the same. Wrapping paper is also very helpful along with twin bed sheets.

Tip #2- Cohesive Borders- Another thing I love is keeping the borders cohesive as well. I no longer need storage for my borders because I only pick a few patterns.  To make my boards fun, I layer the borders. I think it frames the boards much better than a single border.

Tip #3-Student Space-The last tip is to keep your boards simple. I provide each student with a space on my board and make sure it’s easy and quick to change out their work. I have used paperclips, clothespins and tacks. The paper clips allow me to easily slip their work under the clip. The tacks allow for multiple sheets over the course of the semester and a clothesline with clothespins allows for easy access.

Paperclips are an easy option for switching out student work

Clothespins are also very easy!

Tacks allow for multiple sheets over the course of the semester

Daisies, Dots and Bees

I'm linking up with Corinna at Surfin' Through Second, Two Busy Brunettes and 3-6 free resources to share my classroom theme for the new year.  I’m definitely set on black and white with daisies, polka dots, and bees. I have just returned from Hobby Lobby with new bulletin board fabric and all the stuff to make my Monday Made It. FYI- fabric, deco mesh and ribbon -half off today! Don't forget to use your teacher's discount.

 

Here are some things I’ve made for my room:

Here are my borders:

Here are some of my fun purchases from today:

Some classroom pics but more to come!

Just finished up for the day! I was able to get a couple of things accomplished. I put contact paper over my ugly cabinets,  hung my daisy balls, and put bee labels on my cubbies.

If you are doing a bee theme or would like to win any of my bee products pin this picture and you'll be entered into my giveaway. Don't forget to leave your email!

Contact paper found at Marshalls and TJ Maxx but I also bought a roll full price here

This packet was intended for many uses. It’s perfect for any bee lover. It can be used as an AR quiz tracker, no name system, transportation display, attendance, lunch count, graphing and more! The little bees could even be used as calendar tags, bus tags, name tags or cubby numbers. When I call on a students I pick a bee out of a container. Basically the possibilities are endless!!! 

*Attendance

*AR quiz line tracker

*Transportation Display

*Lunch Count

*Graphing

*Student Picker

*Name tags

*Calendar tags

*Gift Tags

*Cubby numbers

Graphics print candee  www.missnelsonsgotthecamera.blogspot.com

Pin it to Win it Giveaway

Hope everyone is having a relaxing summer or about to! I just created some Whole Brain Teaching Signs that are pretty basic. I'm doing black and white polka dots next year but have tons of friends doing greens/blues/browns as their colors so I also made some brown polka dot ones too! I will be giving away any 3 packets from my TPT store to the first 5 people who pin one of my Whole Brain Teaching Rule Signs or my Brown Polka Dot Center Cards. Ready Set Pin! Also, I'll do a random number generator for 2 more lucky winners. Just leave me a comment with your email after you pin them.
Be sure to check back Monday as I will be having a FABULOUS giveaway for reaching 300 followers. Check out the video below for your clue to what I'll be giving away.