I am sure you have heard the news.  If you follow blogs on Google Friends Connect, it will be GONE on July 1st! 

So, many are moving their list over to bloglovin'.  I have to say I signed up this morning and it was REALLY easy!  I am lucky I know how to turn on the computer. (OK, I might be exaggerating a little, but you got the idea!) 

You can click on the icon and follow me over at bloglovin:)


If you want help, Catherine at Brown Bag Teacher has a great Tutorial with pictures and a little giveaway too:)

Thursday night is Fall Festival at school where teachers and PTO sponsor booths to raise money for the school.  The best part is teachers are able to use the money earned for classroom supplies!  I am joining with another first grade teacher to make "Witches Brew" found in Mrs VanMeter's packet .  She can be found over at Primary Possibilities..  Super fun and yummy! I will post pictured later this week. Its a fabulous packet filled with academics and fun! Head on over and check it out!
  
  
   

So, without further ado, I have a winner for the Marianne Berkes' Animology giveaway!

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Congratulations to Michelle over at Run! Miss Nelson's Got the Camera! This is a blog that is a must have on my follow list.  I am so excited to be able to give her a little something for all the fabulous ideas she has shared on her blog:)

Am I crazy, am I going to ruin my beloved printer?  I read the reviews and heard many good and some bad.  Hmmm....  Any thoughts, comments, suggestions from blogland?

Then while at Amazon, I ordered Laminating Pouches for my home laminator.  I actually bought it last year and never used it (OK, maybe once!).  SO-as I am often a Sunday planner (don't judge) I have started printing my TpT purchased and made (yes, by me!) centers.  Now, I want to laminate everything with this as it is so thick! The Amazon price was $4.00 less than a certain office supply store and was 100 pouches instead of 20! SCORE!

 I do still put lots of things through at school...but its not the same.  I store my centers in large  envelopes and they don't fit through my laminator.   Here's a sneak peek at what's laminated and ready to go for this week. 
         

Ok, maybe now I don't feel so bad! 

Now, don't forget to enter my Marianne Berkes giveaway for a free, autographed book called Animalology!  Check it out HERE! You will love her books if you haven't read them and they work perfectly with first grade Science curriculum.  You have until midnight tonight.

 Ms. Berkes will be sharing her three newest books with first, second and third grade classes.  Her stories are engaging and the illustrations are always fabulous!  In her newest book, The Tree That Bear Climbed , she makes a dedication to our school's very own Media Specialist, Trish Purdham!

    

 I will be giving away a copy Animalogy on Sunday night.  I am hoping I will be able to have it autographed for the winner.  No promises though as we have to order books by tomorrow!


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