Did someone say, "1,000 Follower Celebration"?

Did someone say, "1,000 Follower Celebration"?

Why yes, yes they did!

Congratulations to 

AMC from Looking from Third to Fourth

and Emily from I Love My Classroom

for each of their 1,000 followers.

So excited for them reachin' this huge milestone!

I absolutely love readin' their blogs and checkin' out their

wonderful ideas.

AMC and Emily have teamed up with a ton of spectacular bloggers to celebrate.

I'm super duper honored to be a part of this awesomeness.

Don't sleep on this...go check out what they've got

goin' on to thank YOU, their fabulous followers.

Not already a follower?

No problem; you can go follow them now

and enter for your chance to win some amazin' prizes!

Happy Monday, friends!

Gettin' ready for Easter...Monday Made It...

Woot Woot...Monday Made It time!

I'm linkin' up with Tara from 4th Grade Frolics.

Thanks, Tara!

I made a trip to Dollar Tree to get some

supplies for behavior as we get closer to Spring Break,

our state testing, and Easter.

I needed something to keep the kids excited and on track.

 I wouldn't suggest buyin' this sparkly grass.  

 It will NOT come off of your hands once you touch the grass.
I almost had a freak-out session because no matter how
hard I tried...it wouldn't get OFF me.
That was probably the most stressful five minutes of my life
that I have experienced in a long time.
I seriously almost cried because of this sparkly grass.
Imagine if I would've taken it in the classroom.
*shudders*

 I bought clear litte bowls to put on each table in my room.
No way was I attemptin' the grass...EVER AGAIN.

I have six tables.

Students work together to earn eggs for positive actions.

I took an old flower vase that I had under 

my sink to store the sparkly eggs.

Table groups can decide on which color they want 

to add to their bowls.

Keep one color, mix it up...their choice.

Tables that earn the most eggs at the end of the day

may choose from a large egg to earn a reward.

I had my kids help come up with the rewards.

 They got pretty creative with their choices.

They came up with 16 different ideas.

I put the Easter Rewards/Labels in my TpT store if anyone 

would like these.

They will be on sale until Friday.

There are also blank, editable ones if you want to make your own.

I bought these too...just because they were the same color

as my table groups, but I can't for the life of me

think of what I want to use them for.

Any ideas? 

Pointers?  Toothpicks?

Magic wands?  

Anyone?  Anyone?

Bueller?

Miss Nelson and I made some Spring Question Cards.

You can find these in our Double Trouble TpT store.

These will also be on sale until Friday.

Read how my friend AMC at Looking from Third to Fourth

used the Spring Question Cards 

in her classroom here.

These are fun, quick instacards that can be used for

writin' or to spark discussions.

I also made a sequined Easter egg to start gettin'

ready for Easter.

I can't decide if havin' this many sequins to choose from

is super awesome or just plain sad.

I sure do love the sparkle!

I gave this one away to my sweet lil' friend, Morgan.

She loved it!

Want to learn how to make one?

Read here and here.

Be sure to head over to one of my other BBB,

 Jivey's blog at Ideas by Jivey

to enter her Feelin' Lucky?

Follower Appreciation & Birthday Giveaway.

This will end on Monday, March 17th at midnight.

Happy almost Monday, friends!

Be sure to check out the rest of the 

Monday Made Its and leave some love!

Tried it Tuesday...Whoooo is ready for St. Patrick's Day?

Woot Woot...Tried It Tuesday time

with one of my BBB's, Holly, from Fourth Grade Flipper.

AND

I'm also linkin' up with Jenny from Suntans and Lesson Plans

for her "Whoooo is ready for St. Patrick's Day?" linky.

*Warnin'...lots of green pictures.

Gettin' ready for St. Patrick's Day...

Tried It Awesomeness #1: Shamrock Math

I bought these lil' Cupcake picks at Hobby Lobby for 30% off.

 We are reviewin' equations in my class, so I wrote on all of the shamrocks.

 Students partnered up.
One person held an equation shamrock 

while the other person solved.
The correct answers are on the back.

 We had 11 students on one side facin' the other 11 students.

As students solved the equation appropriately, their partner would stand up.
We made a it into a lil' race.

 We then switched sides and kept passin' the shamrocks for 

everyone to get a chance to solve a few equations.

My sweet AP walked in while we were doin' this
and enjoyed watchin' the kiddos in action.

 I then placed the shamrocks in a math center and used 

Starburst to hold them in place.
I wanted to do Skittles to "taste the rainbow", but
I didn't think Skittles would hold the shamrocks.
I'm no genius...just makin' an educated guess.

 The boys and girls got to use different rainbow colored pens to
solve the equations.
Of course they then got to eat the treat.
I'm pretty sure that was their favorite part.

Tried it Awesomeness #2: Art for Kids

Have you checked out Rob Jensen's website, Art for Kids!?

Rob and his children create videos and tutorials for art

that kids love!  

I have blogged about this before here for a Tried it Tuesday,
but I felt like I needed to bring it up again...because I LOVE

Since St. Patrick's Day is quickly approachin', we choose 

How to Draw a Leprechaun

I'm not sure you're ready for the cuteness...

Jumpy the Leprechaun                                 Skittles the Leprechaun    

Lucky the Leprechaun

MoMo the Leprechaun                          Billy Joe Bob the Leprechaun

Rosie the Leprechaun

Winky the Leprechaun                           Jiggy the Leprechaun

Triangle the Leprechaun

Pinky the Leprechaun                             Lucky the Unlucky Leprechaun

Teeny the Leprechaun

Mickey the Leprechaun                                Cosmos the Leprechaun

Trouble the Leprechaun

Clover the Leprechaun                        Patrick the Leprechaun

Gracie the Leprechaun

Abby the Leprechaun                          Sneaky the Leprechaun

Skippy the Leprechaun

Tried it Awesomeness #3: Question Cards

To continue on with the St. Patrick's Day theme, Miss Nelson

and I made some Spring Question cards that include

St. Patrick's Day, Spring, Easter, and April Fool's Day

questions.  We will have these on sale for you until Friday.

Want to see samples of the other holidays?

Check them out here.

They are located in the middle of the post.

St. Patrick's Day questions from Spring Question Cards

Also, have you checked out my sweet friend, Erin's

(I'm Lovin' Lit)

Follower Appreciation Week & 

Blog Birthday Giveaway?

Be sure to head over there every.single.day from

March 8th through March 14th.

She has some pure awesomeness goin' on 

over at her blog!

Happy Tuesday, friends.