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Wrapping it Up!

Welcome to our fun blog everyone!! I hope that you enjoy our blog, as much as I have enjoyed getting to know the ladies behind this amazing blog! These ladies have gone from teachers I ~~stalked~~ followed on IG, TPT and blogs, to now being some of my favorite blogging ladies!! I have already learned so much from this group, and I am so excited to be part of it!!

I'm even more excited because this weekend I will get to spend the weekend with some of these amazing ladies!!

Today I am excited to share with you some of my favorite ways to Wrap Up the School Year!!

In third grade I love keeping my kids busy until the very end, because if you don't, you will loose them!! To do this I give them an incentive every day. Some of these incentives cost me money, some of them cost me nothing!! I love doing our Fun Days in May calendar because they look forward to it just as much as I do!

I have a great, fantastic, wonderful set of parents who are more than willing to help us out! They have provided so much for us to do during these sixteen days!!

To help display these fun ideas I post them on our back bulletin board! I have every day in an envelope and then at the end of the day I open the next day's envelope. My kids do a drum roll, and then go silent as they await to see what the next envelope will say!

Another way I helped to get into the end of the school year mood this year was to work on some awesome end of the school year lap books and bucket lists!

These lap books come from another talented Hello Sunshine Teacher, Ashlyn over at The Creative Classroom! I LOVE them!! My kids have had a lot of fun putting them together, and it is amazing how different each one looks!

I also started working on my end of the year gifts for my kiddos! I found these awesome cups from Walmart, in my colors of course, and knew that I wanted to use them for something!! I went to the Dollar Tree and got the crazy straws, ran to Fry's to get the koolaid and I was in business!!

$15 for 24 presents! Score!!

I hope that you have found some fun ways to celebrate the end of your school year! If you're looking for more great ideas feel free to check out our link up, and share your ideas too!! Plus come back all month as we share more ideas with you!!

Here's Your Backstage Pass to a ROCKIN' Year!

As the end of the year approaches teachers are looking for ways to keep students entertained, engaged, and focused until those last days of the year. This year I have chosen to do a rock-n-roll theme to end the year. It's a fun theme and I use the phrase, "You are all rockstars now!"

One thing that I have noticed is that the month of May can be the most exhausting month for teachers. With to-do lists that are miles long, students with a ton of energy, and teachers who are just plain worn out! I have created a fun behavior management activity that will help with the behavior so that you can focus on getting things done faster so you can get rest easier!

Rockin' Behavior is a classroom management activity where you first print and prepare all parts of the Rockin’ Behavior Memory Game provided as a freebie in my TPT Store. Think of 8 different classroom prizes that the class would love to earn. Write each prize on the back of two different numbers. Now the class works on earning the letters R-O-C-K for making great choices, helping their classmates and following he classroom rules. Once they earn the 4 letters then randomly choose a student to pick two numbers and see if they are matching prizes. If they match I reward the class the following day and if not they start over spelling ROCK again. After beginning this last Monday, we have already earned the prize, PEN DAY. My 2nd graders were in heaven on Thursday when they each got a color pen and got to use it all day instead of pencil.

Isn't it the little things that make them happy?

In addition, later this month I will be having my kids make the Rockstar Memory Lapbook. These lap books will be wonderful ways to keep those memories of 2nd grade and reflect on the past. Please watch the short video to watch how the lapbook is assembled and visit my TPT store to pick up the lapbook for your end of the year memory making!

Later this month I will also be showing my ROCKSTAR theme bulletin board showcasing our 2nd

grade memories. I can't wait!!!

Quick & Easy Mother's Day Crafts for Kids

A great collection of quick and easy Mother’s Day DIY crafts and gifts for. Depending on your time and budget, these ideas range from simple to a little more complicated.

Mother’s Day is right around the corner and I thought I would share some of my favorite Mother’s Day gift ideas. Depending on your time and budget, these ideas range from simple to a little more complicated.