Totally awesome but unrelated...

Looking for a quick and easy way to have fabulously gorgeous curls in about 5 minutes? Do you want your hair to look like this with almost no effort?

Yeah, if you are a teacher, then I bet I have your attention! My mom discovered this video on youtube. She explains how to get these gorgeous curls with only a headband. No heat was used to get this look!!! I know...crazy, right?

You can view another example done on my neice's hair on my mom's blog, Coggie Crafts.

View on friends!

I realize this had nothing to do with education, but I am sharing because if you are like me, you know a teacher needs some good sleep! You can set your alarm for a little bit later the next morning because you just wake up and viola, 5 minute hair!!

Newsletter Template

I worked on a new newsletter template this weekend and I wanted to share! It is an apples and back to school theme! I plan to make some themed ones too so keep checking back! 

Click the image to download. (FYI: If you don't have KevinandAmanda fonts downloaded on your computer, the newsletter fonts won't look like this!)

Happy Tuesday! 

P.S.  Someone's blog today suggested using Dropbox for linking to documents since Google Docs likes to reformat stuff! I have to say, I will be using this from now on and it was soooo easy! 

Spelling Menu

I've seen various versions of this around the internet and last year I decided to create my own! My students keep it in their PIRATE binders and I just love it. Secretly, I think the kids do too. =) They love being able to choose how they do their spelling each night! It's nothing fancy, but it works. Click the link below for access to the document. 

Spelling Menu 

More fun stuff to come soon....So, stay tuned! 

Sub Folder and Plans

We have sub plans due tomorrow and so today has been devoted to overhauling last year’s document! I had to make it all cute to go along with the class theme!! I wanted to share it with you all in case you like the idea! Hopefully, this will save you some think time! I know it's done in a pirate theme, but you can use different graphics to suit your classroom. =)

This is the document in PDF form. 


Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, I cannot give you the editable version with the clip art. I am linking to the editable Word version below. If you wish to download, you need to have Pass The Chex, Smiley Monster, and Wish I Were Taller, Digs my Hart fonts installed from Kevin and Amanda.com for it to look like this. If any of the other fonts don't look the same, just replace them with fonts you already have installed on your computer.


Please click the read more button to view the document.

Free For All Friday!

I am so sorry I didn't get around to posting last night! I made plans to have a girls night at Sips and Strokes to paint and sip wine with my sister and mom! Check the link to see if there is one near you! It was so much fun and I was exhausted when I got home! Here is picture of my painting! 

Isn't Hootie cute!?

Anywhoo, (haha! get it!?) on to my free for all! We have been working on place value since school started! The kids always seem to struggle with reading and writing numbers through the hundred thousands, especially because I have so many ESOL kids, so I created some fun resources to help students practice and to help you teach! These resources are geared towards upper elementary, but are easily adaptable to my primary friends out there!

Let me know if you have any questions! Please click read more to view the resources as the file is rather large and slows down my pages load time! (Thanks to Ladybug Teacher Files for the tip!!)