31 Gifts Giveaway Winners!!!

I have emailed the winners listed below! The first 3 winners were assigned prizes in the order they were drawn that corresponded with the order I posted the prizes on my last blog post. I have added 1 additional winner because I found out that I can get a large utility tote for $10.00 in addition to the other 3 prizes! So congratulations to the winners! If I don't hear back from someone by Thursday, I will pick a new winner for that prize! I will be ordering them on Saturday, so that you can receive your prize within two weeks! Thank you all who entered!!!!
 a Rafflecopter giveaway

31 Gifts Giveaway

Hey all! I'm excited to bring you my very first giveaway today!

By now, I'm sure you have all heard of 31 gifts! My good friend and K-team member sells it, and I'm pretty sure I keep her in business! Haha! But I chose my 3 favorite items I use at school that I thought you all might enjoy as well! You have 3 different items you could win! There will be one winner per prize! =)

The first item is something I use daily during the school year! My awesome lanyard from 31 gifts! =) I love the bright colors and it matches everything I own! One winner will claim this prize and choose the print of your their choice!

The second item you can win is a lunch box from 31! I love all the fun prints you can choose from and it can even be personalized! So the winner of this prize will not only get to choose the print, but also add a personalization to it as well!

The last item I will be giving away is this adorable organizing utility tote! I use this baby for work and i love it! It holds my laptop, pens, cords, planner, notebooks, etc. and has several pockets all around to keep you organized! The winner of this prize will choose the print and personalize it as well! =) 

 

Here's what you need to do:

 a Rafflecopter giveaway! GOOD LUCK!!! The winner will be announced on Tuesday!!! =)

Classroom Set-Up {then & now}

When I saw that Little Miss Glamour Goes to Kindergarten was throwing a linky party on how our rooms have changed with teaching experience, I got so excited I wrote this post immediately! (Hence, why I'm up past 1 am!) I'm going on my 5th year of teaching kindergarten and have been in the same classroom all 5 years! After my first year of teaching, we had a change of administration and with that came a goal for school improvement! To start off, that summer of 2010, all teachers were ordered to "de-clutter our rooms" (aka: THROW AWAY THE JUNK!) So that's just what I did. Then we were allowed to paint our classrooms, so I did that too! My principal hated the rickety, wooden tables in my room, so she got me beautiful, green tables that were sturdy and easy to clean! I also got a new easel and through the years, have really gotten better at staying organized, keeping clutter to a minimum and creating (and finding) awesome classroom decor for my room! Well enough of my jibber-jabbing... take a look for yourselves! 

My first year of teaching (2009-2010) to My 4th year (2012-2013)

BEFORE

Note the boring walls, old rickety tables and boring table signs... (all before pinterest and this blog!)

 AFTER

EXACT same view of my room during my 4th year of teaching... pretty color on the walls, new tables, chair pockets made by  my mom, pretty table signs I made and matching table tubs for supplies! =)

BEFORE

This was where my writing center was my first year of teaching....

 AFTER

Here is the exact same view but this area is now my calendar area! (I LOOOOVE my new rug thanks to donorschoose!)

 BEFORE

These next two photos were my calendar area my first year of teaching...

Here is that same wall now! It's my word wall/small group area on the large whiteboard and the smaell board is my writing board and listening center.

 AFTER

Close up of my writing board....

This wall is also part of our writing board...

 BEFORE

This is how I used to post my standards...

 AFTER

Here is how I post them now!

 BEFORE

My letter of the week board (before we were told to stop letter of the week)

 AFTER 

Here is the same wall this past school year!

 BEFORE

My tiny little word wall....

Old computer station....

 AFTER

Here is that same corner NOW. =)

Here is what my computer center looks like now!

 BEFORE

Old library station...

 AFTER

My new library station! (That little book shelf didn't stay there... I eventually moved it  b/c it was too cluttered for my liking here.

 BEFORE

Look back to the right side at my flat file and how messy that area is (my first year)!

 AFTER

Now look at this beauty! So organized and loving it!!!

I get so excited looking back at these b/c I can't wait to start decorating my classroom (I know... I'm a big nerd!)

So click on the link at the beginning of this post to go see other classroom transformations!

Sincerely,

#TeacherTalkTuesdays

Our "QU" wedding....

Playing duck duck goose, while waiting for the buses on our field trip!

I taught the kids how to play simon says when we were learning how to act out the meaning of simple verbs... they loved it so much they played it out on the playgrounds!

One of my little guys brought this in for me on teachers appreciation day and I about cried.... it was one of the most thoughtful gifts I have received!

This went with my crayola crayon picture =)

Another sweetie brought me these flowers <3

"Smarties" were in the jar (LOVE the creativity!!!)

Instagram #teachertalktuesday

Man oh man have I missed out on a lot this past school year! I am amazed at how the blogging world has exploded with so many great teachers and teacher blogs out there! Most of you know I took a little hiatus so I could focus on my masters classes this past year. I tried to post here and there, but had a tough time managing it all and staying sane. But I am happy to announce that my classes are going AWESOME and this time next year I'll have a master's degree!

Now onto more fun stuff! I saw the posts on Teacher Talk Tuesday and I thought it was such a GREAT idea I had to join in! (I know... I'm a week late!) I'm officially on summer break since Friday... but I did remember to take a few cute pics of our end of the year fun! I used the picstich and instagram apps to join....

You can find me on instagram as...

underthealphabetree

If you are interested in where I found the cute activities- I have provided a link to TPT where I found them!

An adorable summer craft (Found HERE)

Our writing activity for the last week of school! They turned out so great!!! (Found HERE)

After the kids left for summer break. Don't pretend like you didn't do it too! ;)

I miss these little boogs!!! <3

I can't believe another year has flown by! I hope that next school year I will have a little more time to post on here now that I'm in the swing of things with my masters! =) I will definitely be posting freebies and maybe a few things on TPT here and there this summer. I appreciate all the love and support you have shown me this past week!!! Love my blogging buddies!!! (And those teachers who are loyal readers!) =)

Hope ya'll are having a wonderful summer break! (And to those of you who are still in school.... you are almost there! YOU CAN DO IT!) =)