My Favorite Recent Pins

Hey, everyone!  Today I wanted to pop in and share some of my recent pins that I'm really excited to use in my classroom.

In two weeks, we'll be talking about the verb "ser" in class, and I always get a few wise guys who love to say "soy sauce" or "soy milk" when we talk about the word "soy", so when I saw this image, I knew I needed to save it to show my kids when we talk about "ser".

I LOVE this conversation foldable idea from http://karmencreates.blogspot.com  I love that it's easily adapted to a ton of different topics and I think it will really help my students organize their thoughts.  I think I might have them put a few different answers to each question under the flap.

I'm not sure who made this activity, but I think my students will really enjoy it.  I love the tangible aspect!

I'm not sure who made this, but I love it.  I'll probably use it as a warm-up later in the year.

I'm not sure of the origin of this pin either.  I like this as a centers activity for review.

What are some of your favorite classroom pins?

Monday Made It - Classroom Decor Edition

Good morning everyone!  I am really excited to link up again with Tara from 4th Grade Frolics for another Monday Made It!

This week I wanted to share some of the things I have made to decorate my classroom.

I am in love with this banner I made for over my desk!  I was inspired by Maria Menore at Kinder-Craze and Leslie at Kindergarten Works.  I love how bright it is, and it really cheers up my little corner of the room.

My second Made-It is my spruced-up bookshelf.  There are so many of these out in the blogosphere, and I just had to try my hand at it.  I used this wrapping paper from Target.  I love how it goes so well with my colors!  I may have to find a different way to hold my dictionaries so that the back of the shelf is visible.

Number three are my little curtains.  I've had this fabric from Hobby Lobby for a while, and I finally got around to making the curtains.  I love how such a little thing can make my room look so much homier.  And I promise they're not really crooked, just my picture-taking skills :)

This calendar had been in the works for a while, and I finally finished it this past week.  I used a pocket chart from the Target dollar spot (it's from last year, I think) to hold the cards, and a pencil-sized drawer organizer from Walmart to hold the extra cards.  I am so happy with how this turned out!  I plan on having the date already set for the first week, and then having a volunteer do it in each class every day.

So I know these aren't decor, but I'm so excited to use these "clocksicles" when we do our lesson on time.  I laminated them so that they were dry-erasable and hot-glued the faces on large popsicle sticks.  I go the idea from Denise at Second Grade Ponderings.  She has a link at the bottom of her post to download these, but I couldn't get it to work, so I made my own in Silhouette Studio in 4 of my classroom colors (which are the same as my blog colors - can you say obsessed?) and had my Silhouette SD cut them out for me after I laminated them.  I also used my Silhouette for the name banner and the calendar.  

The last thing I want to share is a bought-it, but I love how well it matches my colors!

This is the $3.99 wall clock from Walmart.  I bought it intending to switch out the face, but I was so happy to find it in this color, I think I'll just leave it alone (for now, at least...).  They also had this clock in black, white, lime green, and hot pink.

What is your favorite classroom item this year?

Favorite Pins Friday

Happy Friday, everyone!  It's time for another Favorite Pins Friday :)  I really enjoy looking at everyone's pins each week.

In no particular order:

This site has a ton of different pictures like the one above.  I'm still deciding if I want to hang these up in my room, or just use them when we practice vocab.

I can't find the source on this one, but I love the minions and I think it's a really cute picture to use either when I teach tener or commands.

I love all of Erin Bradley's stuff, and these are at the top of my wishlist right now :)

I read this post by I {heart} recess recently, and I got a lot of new ideas for using task cards in my classroom.

I love this photo series from NPR of meals from around the world.  I try to use photos like these when I teach food so that they are learning the Spanish but also being exposed to culture from around the world.

These look so yummy :)  I think I'll probably bake these instead of frying them, but either way they look pretty delicious.

What are your favorite pins of the week?

Another favorite pins Friday linky

Hello everyone!  I'm excited to link up with Cara again for the favorite pins linky

School Pins:

I love this method of organizing paper.  Last year, I used the ubiquitous plastic three-drawer units, and I wasn't very happy with it, so I'm going to try this.

I love this idea of a checkers game, and I'm trying to think of how I can adapt it to my Spanish classes.  Any thoughts?

I need this in my life.  That is all.

This is a great post on using clip art to make bulletin board accents.

I love these colors together and I've been itching to do something to my bookshelves.

I think this is just genius!

I try to pack a lunch every day, and always run out of ideas, so I'm excited to use this site as inspiration this year.

Random Pins:

I love these nails and the color combination.

This video never fails to make me laugh!

I love this picture so much I printed it out for my classroom.  I can't even explain it, it just makes me smile.

What are your favorite pins?

Favorite Pins Friday

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had fun celebrating yesterday!  I did a little shopping, and will post my finds later.

Today, I want to link up with Cara Carroll for her Favorite Pins Friday linky party.

I have already tried this one and it's so easy! 

I can't find the original source of this pin, so if you know who this belongs to, please let me know!

I just love this bunting!

I love the glittery digital papers.  For whatever reason, this took me a few tries to get right, but I finally got it!

I feel like this idea could be adapted to so many different topics and subjects.  I can't wait to try this!

This is so my style and I love the shelves above the commode.

This is on my wish list!  I love the combinations of patterns here.  It just makes me happy :)

What are your favorite pins?