Monday Made It Class Journals Galore!

     I am linking up with 4th Grade Frolics for Monday Made it!  I LOVE this linky!  It reminds me that I NEED to finish my projects on my project list.  Speaking of that, my project list has about 20 items listed and I don't have a ton of time left to get them all done!  Oh well!  They will be done when they are done.

      Many of the bloggers I follow are already getting their hands dirty in their classrooms.  We are not allowed in our classrooms yet, so most of my to do list items are things that I can work on at home and prep before the year begins.  Here are some things I have finished:

 1. Class Journals- 

      I have noticed a lot of posts on Pinterest about class journals. I decided to create my version of class journals.  Most of the ones I have seen have had one prompt on the cover.  I wanted my journals to allow for more than one prompt to be used throughout the year.  So, I labeled my journals by numbers.  On the first page of each journal is a prompt for the students to respond to.  I purchased 30 journals from Office Depot for $0.25 each!  WOO HOO!  I actually used an editable Teacher Binder Packet that I purchased from TpT by Bridget at www.littlelovelyleaders.blogspot.com.  I created the covers using a template for the teacher binders and cutting it down.

      Do your students always want to share stories and ideas with you?! My kids always want to share and I wish I had more time in the day to talk to them about what they want to share. SO, I thought this would be a great way for my students to not only practice letter writing, but also share their thoughts with me.  In this notebook, the students will write letters to me and then I will respond to their letters!  

2. Take Home Teddy Journal- 

     I always have my students take turns taking home a Teddy and his journal in the beginning of the year.  See my post HERE about Take Home Teddy and for a little freebie.   

3. Teacher Binder- 

     Our school does not require us to print our lesson plans and for the past few years I have used www.planbookedu.com.  Because of this, I have gotten a little less organized with student information and I have not been as good at keeping everything together.  So, I purchased an editable Teacher Binder kit (mentioned above) and started piecing together my teacher binder. I am hoping this will help me organize information as the year begins!

4. Pie- 

     Who doesn't love PIE?  We have a TON Of peaches that we either froze or canned in the last few years.  We need to get rid of some of them, so what better way than making a pie?  I am looking forward to a piece of peach pie when I finish this post!  

Tomorrow I will start on the long to do list I have, but for now, I am going to enjoy a little piece of pie!  

-Michelle