Do you do gifts for your students at the end of the year? This year I decided to give them something that was both fun and semi-educational. I created a letter, scrolled up like a diploma (even though we don't do "graduations" at the end of the year), and included some specific items like bubbles, a racecar, sidewalk chalk, and PopRocks. The letter gave them multiple activities to do with the items, all educational and fun. I also gave them a summer workbook of sorts, filled with an academic activity to do each day. I also included a little collage of pictures from the school year, making sure each student's picture was included! I had fun making these, and the kiddos could not stay away from them on the last day of school! BTW, does anyone else have to fully pack up their classroom and move everything out, just so the carpet can be "cleaned"? Here is a picture of what my classroom looked liked halfway through having to be done...

Here's to Hoping!

I am hoping that my school district will give me access to my blog, so that I can blog and post from my school network. Right now, I have to do everything from home, which works except for all the stuff I have stored at school :(