Friday To Do List

I just returned yesterday from a visit with some of my family in Texas. It was so hard to leave my adorable niece and nephew (especially since they were both sick and my sister could really use the help). Of course flights were booked and I had to go. Now I'm back to my huge to do list so I decided to join in on Lorraine's link up at Fabulous 4th Grade  Froggies. Luckily (or unluckily as the case may be) I use the reminder app on my iPad/iPhone to keep track of my long list so nothing slips my mind.

Here we go:

1. Daily 5/CRAFT boards with ocean theme done
2. bulletin board headers - done
3. diver for ceiling
4. classbook poster and headers with ocean look - done
5. redo templates for daily 5 posters - can use Wise Guys as templates - so generous
6. make memory jar - found jar and printed label so almost done - done
7. PHH book bags - painted need to do iron-ons
8. make scratch off tickets
9. random acts of kindness jar
10. big speech/thought bubble
11. boggle board - have file just need to print and assemble
12. classroom jobs
13. absent folder
14. update welcome coupons
15. ask me about buttons - bought materials done
16. student check in pizza tray
17. labels for table recycle bins done
18. name sign - bought materials
19. hall pass sign with ribbon and clips - bought materials
20. need a writing conference sign with ribbon and clips - bought materials
21. light bulb jar - bought materials done
22. set up class blog
23. figure out class blogging plan
24. reorganize electronic reading and writing files
25. make diving related introduction presentations

making some progress :-)

Okay, I'm going to stop there before I freak out. Apparently I need to seriously get to work this weekend since I leave Monday for California. When we return from the week vacation I have two days before teachers need to report to work. Luckily I spent all day in my classroom today so it looks pretty decent except for a couple bulletin boards and little projects. I took some pictures that I hope to share tomorrow.

While doing my room today I was reminded of a purchase that I made a couple of weeks ago, the Desk Apprentice Organizer. I just took out of the box and I'm super excited about it. I definitely think it counts as a fabulous find. Mine is still empty I just need to get it all organized and filled with great stuff like Mel D.

from Seusstastic Classroom Inspiration

The final thing I wanted to do today is link up with Third Grade is the Place for Me's

Having only been at this for a few weeks, I definitely count myself as a newbie. Here are my responses to Janis's questions.

1. I teach in Georgia
2. I teach fourth grade - this will be my sixth year doing it at my current school
3. I have been teaching 17 years. I have taught third through fifth. I was also an instructional technology specialist for four years that worked with preK-5 classrooms.
4. I started blogging six weeks ago.
5. There are lots of resources out there about how to do anything you want to know - just google it. Recently I wanted to know how to include my a link back to my blog when I leave a comment. Here was a handy code generator to do just that.

Thanks for dropping by.