Cute Pencils

I posted the cute pencils I made for my bulletin board, and several of you wanted to know how to make it, so here it goes!

Materials:

Yellow Construction Paper

Pink Construction Paper

Foil Paper

Manila Paper

Toilet Paper Rolls

Glue

Template

Instructions:

1. Color the manila paper as the pencil tip.

 2. Paste it on the top of the toilet paper roll.

 3. Cut the edge of the yellow paper, using craft scissor to make the look of a sharpened pecil.

4. Paste the yellow paper around the roll. 

 5.Paste the pink construction paper over the yellow paper. The pink paper will be your eraser.

 

6.Finally you are going to paste the foil paper between the pink and yellow construction paper.

 And there you have your pencil! Easy to make and very cute to decorate your classroom!

Have a great week!

Mynda

Fun First Week!

I survived my first week of school in 1st grade!!! I ended up super exhausted, but it was worth it! We had a great week! Here are some pictures of some of the activites we did!

 We discussed bus rules and good behavior and created this cute school bus to write the rules inside of it! 

We completed our student-generated alphabet, and I was impressed how good it turned out!

I LOVE my bulletin board. I made a cute pencil for each of my students to display their work. They loved it and the bulletin looks great with their first writing activity about "La Srta. Nelson ha desaparecido".

Here is a close-up of "La Srta. Nelson"

 I really enjoyed my week, but I am thankful of the long weekend and my wonderful husband! He planned a fun family Sunday and we had a great day! Now I am ready for another fun week on Tuesday!

Have a great week!

Mynda

A very successful first day of school!

My first day was great!!! I am teaching 1st grade for the first time, and I have a feeling that I am going to love it!

I welcomed my students with a goodie bag and a beautiful message.

 I love this message so much, that I framed it and hanged it on the classroom wall! 

We did one of my favorite activities. It was about feelings. The students needed to describe how they felt on their first day of school. It was perfect for our book "El regreso de la maestra del pantano negro"

I could not go home without decorating my bulletin boarding! So, here is a picture of how it looks right now!

You can find this cute craftivity for free HERE!

Have a great week! And if you are a 1st grade teacher, feel free to share your ideas with me!!! ;)

Mynda

Making progress!

Last week I was super busy getting my classrooms ready and helping my hubby too with his classroom. My husband teaches high school, so we have different perspectives on how to decorate a classroom!! LOL!

I want to share my hubby's classroom before and after.

 I love the way it looks now! What do you think?

OK back to my classroom progress. I have my word walls set.

I LOVE my library this year!! It looks so welcoming that I wish I could stay there the whole day!

My school theme this year is "Learning is sweet" so I got inspire and decorated my door with sweet lollipops!

I am still working with some labels and Spanish phrases, but I am almost done.

I will officially start Staff Development tomorrow, so I will try to find the time between meetings to start planning my lessons!

 Today and tomorrow are the perfect days to do some shopping on TPT. You can find some fun lessons and enjoy the BIG sale! All my products will have up to 28% off!! 

              Click HERE to visit my store!

Enjoy your shopping and have a happy week! 

Winner and Day 1 working in my classroom!

Today my school building opened, and I went straight to my classroom to start getting it ready! 

This is how the back of my car looked like this morning!

I found  out that all my furniture was moved. Even one of my book shelves was broken :(. But it was time to get a new book shelf anyway. I am not going to worry!

I worked hard today, but I still have more work to do. I will be posting more pictures later on and show you my progress! :)

Now let's announce our last giveaway winner!!!

And the winner is:

Ms. Liuag! Congrats!

Thank you very much for your comments, I love being in contact with all of you! Remember to follow my blog, TPT store and like my Facebook page to find freebies, activities and ideas! 

Have a great week!

Mynda