I'm so excited to link up with Monday Made It today at 4th Grade Frolics and show you what I've been making this week!! Many of you may have seen the mirror I made last Monday, but it was kinda plain Jane and I wasn't super excited about it....but I needed a mirror for over my classroom sink and it would have worked. BUT THEN......I happened to be at Good Will and saw this mirror for only 4 bucks and had an idea so I bought it! Here is the before picture. A little blurry, but you can see it's just a plain green mirror.
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I bought some wooden ABC's from Walmart and painted them with spray paint. |
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And Here is my finished mirror!!! Once the letters dried, I used a hot glue gun to glue them on !! I am much happier with this one than my last one! My room is done in primary colors, so this is going to match perfectly above my sink and I can also use it as a learning tool, by having the students sing their ABC's when they are at the sink! |
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Monday Made It #2 Next, I made four pocket folders! I like having everything in one place and organized. In my last Monday Made It, I organized my assessment binder so that all of my assessments and assessment materials will be in one place this year and easy to retrieve. Now I thought if I could just find four pocket folders, I could organize my students work samples, and their state, district, and benchmark assessments in one place for easy retrieving. So I decided to try and make my own and they turned out fabulous! Here is what you will need if you choose to make these! It is very simple. |
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You'll need hole puncher, glue stick, sharpie, scissors, and two folders for each child, or for each 4-pocket you will be making. You need the folders with prongs. |
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Fold one of your folders backwards and cut off the prongs. There is a fold there to cut along. If you have a paper cutter, it would be easier, but mine is at school so I had to use scissors. |
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This is how it will look! |
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Then put them together back to back and slide both pieces underneath the prongs in your second folder! |
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Use a sharpie to make a small dot. |
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Then, with your hole puncher, punch each dot you made. This does not work with a 3-hole punch as it does not line up properly. |
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Lift the flap up before punching the bottom hole or you will punch the flap. |
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Then insert it into the prongs as you would do with a sheet of paper. |
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Last, glue the two sides of the center folder you inserted together, so they do not flap and stay together. |
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And there's your 4-pocket folder!!! |
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This is how I will use mine! But you could use it many ways!!! I also plan to make some fancier labels for mine, but did this with business cards just so you could get the jist! |
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Oh.....one last thing! You'll need to tuck the prong strip underneath the flap so that it lays nicely and will hold your papers. |
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Monday Made It #3 I made business cards with my contact info to give out to parents on Back To School Night!!! The picture is a little blurry.....I'm a horrible picture taker, but they are actually super clear! I love the way they turned. The clipart is from "Just So Scrappy". I finally found the clipart package that was used to design my blog page. So excited to find this! |
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Monday Made It #4 And last, I made these bags of peppermints to give to parents on Back To School Night! I used the soft peppermints....love those! I purchased the labels from Ashley at Cupcake Express from her Etsy shop and then added my own text! I thought the colors blended so well with the mints that I had to have them. I believe I paid $3.50 for them and there are six designs! |
And there's my Monday Made Its!!! I actually made two other things too, but I don't want to show those until I get them displayed in my room. I still have until Monday off and haven't been in my room all summer!!! Yikes this is my last week of vacation!! I know many of you are already back!
I also have a question for you! I just finished my second Master's, so now I have a M.Ed and a M.S. My husband thinks that I should put these titles beside my name on my contact business card above. What do you think??? I always feel like I am being boastful when I put my Masters titles by my name and I worry about people thinking this.....whereas my husband says I should be proud to display it!!! Let me know what you think!!!!
I love the idea of a business card with your information. The parents always seem to misplace your information and this way hopefully they could keep it in their wallet.
ReplyDeleteKate
http://funinecse.blogspot.com/
Thanks Kate! I thought the same thing. Even though I give them my contact info in my beginning of year letter, they are always still asking me for it again throughout the year!
DeleteTraci
What a clever idea to put pocket folders together like that! I have tons of those lying around. Thanks for stopping by my blog! I am your newest follower!
ReplyDeleteDiane
Teaching with Moxie
Thanks Diane! I can't wait to make my pompom erasers I saw on your blog!!
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ReplyDeleteHi! Thanks for stopping by my blog. Yours is so cute & I just love your back to school "mint" gifts! How cute. As to your question, I feel the same way you do about putting my M.Ed and Ed.S after my name but my boyfriend & parents think I should.I can't wait to see what other people thing.I've been dying to ask! :) I'm your newest follower !
ReplyDeleteKelly
First Grade Fairytales
I love your folders! I know you already follow--but wasn't sure if you knew I was giving away a laminator! Come and enter!
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Yes, I did know that and I have already entered! What a great giveaway!!
ReplyDeleteTraci
I also do my folders similar to yours.
ReplyDeleteI flip my folder without prongs over (I buy 1 with prongs and 1 without prongs) and hole punch the edges.. then stick them into the prongs.. saves the gluing step. :-)
Loved your mint idea.
I also do my folders similar to yours.
ReplyDeleteI flip my folder without prongs over (I buy 1 with prongs and 1 without prongs) and hole punch the edges.. then stick them into the prongs.. saves the gluing step. :-)
Loved your mint idea.