Mini Birthday Bulletin Board... Want to Win?

Hey there!  Happy Wednesday!  I'm on my way to the dentist... so maybe not to happy for me... however, I do see a trip to the Dollar Spot in my future this morning!  I went to Target on Monday and the Dollar Spot was completely empty except for some Spam stuff... Spam?!  Who knew!  But the workers were busily unpacking loads of boxes and getting ready to stock it up!  So, I'm hopeful that it will be full of goodies today!

And I'm going clothes shopping!

And to get a coffee at Biggby!

So, before I go, I wanted to share with you what I made yesterday!

In my quest for the perfect birthday bulletin board kit, I realized that what I wanted only existed in my brain.  Everything else was too big or just not right for 3rd grade.  I wanted something more than a poster but less than a mondo massive bulletin board display.

So, I ended up making my own!

It has 2 different sets of month cupcakes- one set has month names in plain fonts and the other has month headers with little graphics that coordinate with whatever holiday/season is that month.  There are candles you can write students' names on or type and two different bulletin board titles.

I'm psyched about getting these laminated and hung up!

 Find it on TpT          or          Teacher's Notebook

You can win a set!  If you will share the fun birthday things you do in your room on your students' birthdays, I will use the random number generator to choose 2 winners tomorrow morning and then everyone else can look through the comments to get some fun new ideas to add to their classroom traditions!

I'll go first.

I have this guy:

and the b-day kid gets to keep him at their set and press his foot at any time during the day if I am not giving direct instruction.  He sings "Happy Birthday" and does a little dance!

I used to have all of the words to "Happy Birthday" printed separately on cards and the b-day kid would arrange them in a pocket chart and we would sing their version to the right tune... it was fun!  But last year, I just had kids stand on a chair and we would scream at the top of our lungs "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!" and they really liked that!


I also give out a pencil and a b-day sticker badge with their name on it.

The last thing we do is create a birthday book for the kid.  Each student writes a birthday message and colors a picture and then I bind them all into a book.  My theme packs at TpT and TN all include a themed birthday book cover and themed book page.  Or you can download a general one on my class website HERE.

Happy Birthday... to... My Blog!

My little blog is growing up!  Today is my 1 year bloggy birthday!

To celebrate, I'm giving away my birthday flippy book for free at my TpT store today only & my TpT and Teacher's Notebook shops are at 20% off until the end of the night... that means classroom theme sets are only $8.00... and flippy books are only $0.80!

And, my friends at Marygrove College have wished me a special birthday greeting on their blog... seeing that was the perfect finish to a hot, crazy day!  I hope you'll check it out- the post is full of links to other topics- they are always striving to bring new information we can use in our classrooms!

Thanks for all of your b-day wishes!  I'm counting down the seconds until I can officially reveal the need for my blog change, which I briefly mentioned the other day... so stay tuned!

WAIT!  One more thing!

My sweet friend Sandy is having a birthday celebration for her blog too!  Click the pic to enter to win some fabulous prizes!

It's my BIRTHDAY!

Happy Monday!

Today is my birthday so I thought I would share my "Birthday Flippy Book" with you all! I shared it before a looong time ago, but so many more people have followed my blog since then! It will be free here for a week or so... and then you'll be able to find it and more flippies at The Teaching Oasis or my Teacher's Notebook store!

Dinner with my parents, sister and brother-in-law, and husband tonight... we're going to have pizza and I can't wait. Since starting Weight Watchers last year, I have had real pizza ONE time and that was while on vacation in New York City this summer. So, pizza it is and I am going to enjoy every bite!

I couldn't think of anything I really wanted for my birthday... but I did have my eye on a purse at Kohl's and I'm crossing my fingers for tickets to a show. "Memphis" is on tour right now and we saw it in NYC this summer... I LOVED it and want to see it again. My husband is a good gift buyer so I'm hoping!!!!!!!! In NYC, the guy who played the lead was phenomenal and I really want to see someone else take on that role too. If you haven't seen or heard of it, you can instant download a recording of the show from Netflix and I would HIGHLY recommend that you do it! Immediately! If you do, let me know what you think!

Anywho, here's the b-day flippy book. I'm having my kiddos make this on their birthday while their classmates make the "birthday book" for them!

200 Follower Freebie!

I can't believe it! Over 200 followers!

AND I have a new blog button which you can grab over on the right!

I have to share to celebrate... so, here's a new "flippy".

This one will not be forever free at The Teaching Oasis and so download it here now, or there later... it's up to you! Look for flippies for other holiday and classroom celebrations coming to The Teaching Oasis soon!

This would be super fun for your kiddos to fill out on their birthday, while all the other kids are making them a page in a special birthday book!

Thanks for following me! If you love it, let me know!

P.S. I just realized that I really use exclamation points like they are going out of style!