The Tw-elf Days of Christmas - Days 10-12

Here's the last three days....

Day Ten: Gingy Boys and Girls

We bought mini gingerbread men from the store and "decorated" them with icing, m&ms, jimmies, and sprinkles.  I gave each student a dab of icing and a toothpick to decorate their cookies.

Day Eleven:  Reindeer Food

Pinterest strikes again.... I found the recipe and idea on Pinterest. We told the kids that  I received a box from the North Pole that had the magic sprinkles that we would add to our reindeer food.  Santa sent the box to make sure that the reindeer could take a rest stop at our homes.

Day Twelve: The Polar Express/Farewell

Last year my school went ALL out and had a whole section of the building transformed in to a train complete with a conductor and waitresses that served hot cocoa.

The Tw"elf" Days of Christmas - Days 7 - 9

So maybe I didn't post all 12 days during the Thanksgiving Break but here is the next installment of days 7-9.  

Day Seven: Grumpy Grinch Alert

We read the Night before Christmas and had Grinch pills at the end of the day

Day Eight: The Perfect Gift

Another Pinterest find on BusyLittleBugs.  We read Olive the Other Reindeer and
they received Ziploc bags with whoppers and a cherry sour.

Day Nine: Snow Bear Poop

We made Santa Claus graham crackers from a recipe that Chalk Talk posted from Pinterest.

Death by Pinterest and Classroom Reveal

***WARNING PHOTO OVERLOAD***Okay, so I am obsessed with Pinterest. Admitting you have a problem is the first step, right?  I spend hours on projects that I think will take a "few" minutes. I've spent the last two weeks working like a madwoman trying to get my room ready.  If you know me, this is no small feat.  I am the teacher who is ususally the first one in the building unpacking and the last one at the end of the year.  My new class wasn't ready for move-in until 2 weeks ago, so I'm still "adding" to it daily.  Almost every corner has "pinteresting" feature.

This is the view as you enter thedoor.  Even though I'm not Dual Language, I like to split my room up into 4 quadrants: Math, Literacy, Science and Social Studies. I also like having a student generated word wall with vocabulary.

Another pinspiration idea from April at ChalkTalk, but I still need to add a few vowels and graphic for each letter.

I lurve Ladybug Teacher Files.  I still need to decide on an alphabet but I'm loving her genre dots.

My leveled library in progess...

Recognize those dry-erase spots?  Yup, pinterest!  I also have my brownie points, birthday balloons, homework club, rainbow polka dot storage carts and teacher papers organizer below all from Pinterest. 

My small group area has 5 gallon bucket seats and my "stop" sign per Debbie Diller inspiration.

How can I forget the inspiration from Sarah Cooley and her awesome writing station. I'm working on getting my "writer's eye" together as well.

I also have my whole brain rules from GingerSnaps and my very own classroom rules freebie!

I am in awe of all the truly fantastic teacher resouces available made by teachers for teachers.  I'm sure I failed to give credit where credit was due for all the wonderful inspiration, ideas and work from fellow teachers  Thanks ya'll and have a great year!