Welcome and Pinterest Top 10

Welcome! I have many goals for creating this blog! First I want to give parents and fellow teachers a personal glimpse inside of my classroom, what I am working on, and what motivates my teaching. I also want a place to reflect on day to day progress in the classroom, hopefully it will provide a little inspiration to others and give me a place to look back on my past teaching experiences. So to start off this new, techy endeavor here is a peak into my summer addiction - Pinterest. I have created a list of my Top 10 Teaching Finds from Pinterest!

1. Teacher Binder - One of my goals this year - get organized! This seems like a great way to start!

http://pinterest.com/pin/107242034847215583/

2. Cafe and The Daily 5 - I'll be taking on a new literacy program this year (I'm a little nervous), but after days of reading, thinking, planning, and creating I am excited about this new idea!

http://pinterest.com/pin/115897390380107542/

3. Family Tree - Everyone loves a cheerful, new bulletin board! This is what my teaching partner and I have chosen for the our beginning of the year bulletin board! Pictures to come when this project is complete!

http://pinterest.com/pin/107242034847596646/

4. Attention Grabbers - Last year I used the "Class! Yes!" whole brain teaching strategy to get the attention of my busy students, I can't wait to add more fun attention grabbers to my vocabulary - I am especially excited about "Macaroni and Cheese! Everybody Freeze!"

http://pinterest.com/pin/107242034847674192/

5. School Supply Addict - This website has tons of great ideas for organizing your classroom! I decided to rearrange my room this summer, so this site came in handy!

http://pinterest.com/pin/107242034847687334/

6. Boggle - I am excited to use this fun Boggle activity as a Word Work choice during Daily 5! I haven't decided if I want to create a Boggle Board or just use the Smart Board version.

http://pinterest.com/pin/107242034846370633/

7. Trash Can Thesaurus - I've really enjoyed teaching writing these past two years and I always get excited to see new ideas that fit perfect with the goals I have for my 4th grade writers!

http://pinterest.com/pin/107242034847661378/

8. Fluency - I can see many reading strategy lessons coming from this anchor chart! This chart matches the Cafe plan so well!

http://pinterest.com/pin/107242034847654899/

9. ALL I DO IS LEARN - My teaching partner found this song and we are both super excited to use it during transition time this year! So cute!
http://pinterest.com/pin/107242034847687422/

10. Teachers Pay Teachers - This has been one of the best finds of the summer! I love finding things that I want to use in my classroom that are already MADE for ME! I have downloaded countless things from this website - ALL of them FREE! I have even been tempted to pay for a few products, because they are just that great!

http://pinterest.com/pin/180636635024485965/