Free Fonts, Egg-speriments, and Shake Breaks!

This chick has been a BUSY BUSY bee!! I have been trying to post for like a week, but just can't seem to find the time!! I have been up to a lot and want to share a few things!

First up, OUR WHOLE SCHOOL (teachers that is) GOT iPADS!! How cool is that!??!! I have been dying to get one and now I don't have to! Each teacher only got one, so I have to get creative with how to use it in the classroom. =) 

I have also been waiting to get one so that I could download the app, iFontmaker, and create my own fonts! Sooo, that's pretty much the first thing I did when I got it...I might have been doing that during one of my planning period at school! SHHHH! Don't tell!!

Anyway, they are all free and can be downloaded right from my sidebar underneath where it says fonts. Here is what they look like!

I have actually added two more since creating the picture above and they are also in my side bar for your downloading pleasure! =)

Click the button below to view my terms of use!

I also used my iPad this week to video our Egg Float Egg-speriment! The kids absolutely loved it! I could only upload 15 minutes of the video so you won't get to see the very end -- it's only 16 minutes so you don't miss much, but this lesson is a great way to introduce the Scientific Method! Check it out below! I know it's kind of long, but it's so neat to see the progression of the lesson from the outside! I might also develop a slight stutter during one part, so please forgive me!! HAHA

UGH!! My arms look so fat in that video! Eek!! lol

And finally, I finished my SHAKE Break file! Remember I told you about this guy??

Well, instead of having a regular ole dance party shake break, I thought it would be TOTALLY awesome to have a Disco Party and turn on the colored disco ball for two minutes while they break it down!! Hopefully, I don't get in trouble for this one...lol

Anyway, here is the complete file! There are 42 Shake Breaks included with directions for each one! P.S. Shake Breaks are just my version of Brain Breaks. 

 I cannot wait to print these bad boys off tomorrow and start using them! I plan on incorporating them with my WBT scoreboard! I will still use the brain breaks as necessary in class, but I have a feeling the students will be begging for more so I think if I link it to the scoreboard, they will totally work their little butts off to earn one! They will try to earn a Shake Break instead of 1 minute of extra recess for the scoreboard game.

You can get this file for $3.50 at either one of shops by clicking below!

And don't forget about the Carolina Blogger Meet Up! Please go visit Hope's FB event to RSVP so we can get an accurate head count! Just click the picture below to head over.

Whole Brain Teaching Posters and a Peek in my Room!

So I finally finished my Whole Brain Teaching Starter Set and it is available to download free in both of my shops! The links are included at the end of the post. You MUST check out what I've been up to in my classroom!

You will see some of the items from the set in my classroom previews in the next part of this post! 

Sooo....I am still not ready to reveal my WHOLE room because I MIGHT be anal about what certain things still look like so here are a ton of pictures of things that I have hanging up or just projects I have done.

 And by Kristen, I mean Ladybugs Teacher Files! You can get her labels HERE! And if you love Amy's number words as much as me, you can get those HERE!

 I'm still debating about leaving the black on the inside of some of the letters. My colleague said she likes it, but I'm still not sure how I feel about it. I know...I am OCD.

 I saw someone post recently about their very posh READ sign with ribbon and I decided to do a spin off of that! I cut out my letters and then I cut out giant circles with my Cameo of course! I glued the letters down and then outlined the circle and the outside of the letters with a white paint pen. I think they came out cute! You can see the finished product in the preview below!

As I am looking at the picture of my Super Improvers Wall, I'm thinking it's totally getting crooked as it goes down! Ahhh!! And it's upside down! Geez... Something I'll have to fix this week...lol

I am not quite finished with those pencil baskets yet. I will share more about those later! 

If you wish to download the WBT Starter Set, you can click either of my shop links below!

My first OFFICIAL day back is tomorrow! The day will be filled with staff meetings for back to school! YAY! ;) 

Hopefully I will have some time after meetings to work some more in my room so I can do the final reveal soon! Meet the teacher is Monday so it will DEFINITELY have to be ready by then! 

Happy HUMP Day everyone!!

Whole Brain Teaching Set Preview

Hi friends! I hope you all have had fun filling up your cards on TPT and TN! I certainly spent a lot of moolah today!! 

Anyway, I am trying to prepare for being back in my classroom tomorrow and so I've been making some Whole Brain Teaching rules posters and teaching signs. The pack will also have a Rock Star themed super improver wall!

Here is just sneak peak! I'm just waiting on some more clip art to arrive in my inbox before I can complete it!

Don't forget about the TPT and TN sales! You still have time! It ends tonight at midnight!! 

Click HERE if you would like a preview of many of my units and products that are available for purchase or just go to my stores by clicking one of my buttons below!!

Carolina Blogger Meet Up and Some Other Stuff

I can hardly contain my excitement! We are finally having a Carolina blogger meet up! I will finally get to meet my bloggy heroes!! 

 And no…not just for bloggers…stalkers other teacher friends are welcome to join! :) 

So, If you will be in the Columbia area on September 15, I would love to see you there! I know this is still 2 months away, and we are still in the beginning stages of planning, but I wanted to give you PA-LENTY of time to put it on your calendar! Time and location will be announced once we have a general idea of how many people to expect.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED…

Please head over to Second Grade Shenanigans and leave a comment under Hope’s Carolina Blogger Meet-Up Post {HERE}.

Please make sure that you leave your email address so that we can contact you with further details!

What? What!? Who else is excited!? 

Again, please head over to Hope's blog and comment with your email if you are interested in attending. 

In other news, I have missed blogging and catching up with everyone these last few days, but I have immensely enjoyed my time here in Missouri for the Whole Brain Teaching conference! 

I met some bloggy friends...

Angie from Timeouts and Tootsie Rolls and Kathy from Kathy's Coordinated Class!

Ate some delicious food at a 360 degree rotating restaurant with a KILLER view...

And learned some amazing teaching strategies from Chris Biffle and his team of awesome instructors! (Sorry my camera phone was all I had!)

I can't wait to get home and share what I learned and finish working on my new Super Back to School Unit!! 

Hope to get it done soon so I can share it with you all! 

Later gators!