Last Weeks of Summer

Another summer break is about finished.  Where did the time go?  

Oh yeah.  Weekends at the lake. Endless hours on the couch knitting.  Multiple days just relaxing without worry about the day or time.  It's been nice.  As much as I need each summer break to refuel and recharge for a new school year, I've also been using the time to create new resources for the upcoming school year.  

Welcome To Our Class Letter

First Day Jitters Activities 

I Dream of Being Activities

Growth Mindset Bulletin Board & Activity

1st Day of School Signs

Thanks for Poppin' In tags

See! All the things you need to start the school year, right? I always LOVED putting together the Welcome To Our Class letter and goodie bags.  The anticipation of waiting for my newest set of kids to walk in and see them waiting at their desk was so exciting for me.  

Having all my anchor charts pre-made and ready to be filled in with student responses. Even the popcorn bags for Open House or a Back-to-School Night all prepared with ribbons tied and tucked neatly in a basket.  It's like the CALM before the STORM.  

Of course this year will be different for me. Year 14 of teaching and I'm in MY OWN gym!  Yea! Last year I traveled between 4 different schools and shared the gym space with the other Health & Fitness teachers.  I'm SO lucky to be back at the school where I was teaching in the classroom.  I'm looking forward to seeing my colleagues, previous students, their families, and the community. Nothing like being back at home. 

With that said, I'm going to start transitioning from working on classroom resources to creating and focusing on Health & Fitness resources.  I've already started a handful of projects for back-to-school and look forward to creating many more.  

Here's a sneak peek! 

I'm working to create some FUN bulletin board ideas.

As well as creating some Fitness Measurements sheets and folders to organize ALL THE THINGS that we'll use when creating, monitoring, and reflecting on our SMART goals this year.  

More details to come soon! 

As much as I want to be back at school setting up my own space  [I CAN'T WAIT to reorganize the gym office and equipment. Can you say LABELS. ON. EVERY. THING!],  I'm going to try and soak up these last few weeks of summer without doing too much 'school' work.  I'm sure there'll be a little TpT'n in there.  There always is, but at least it's relaxing. 

As always, remember to Find your Balance!

Shelby 

Showing Appreciation

"Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other."

When I feel appreciated I'm ALWAYS willing to go above and beyond what's expected.  I think most people do too.

With that being said, I always try to find cute and fun ways to show my appreciation.  Whether it's for people that lend me a hand in the classroom or volunteers at an after school club, a fun thank you tag always makes a small treat that much cuter!  I mean, who doesn't love a tag?!

I've created these different thank you tags to help YOU show that appreciation with a simple treat and voila!  Easy and convenient to help you SAVE TIME! 

Simply print the tags and attach to a food/non-food item to show your appreciation!  

BEE THEME:

COFFEE & TEA THEME:

FLOWER THEME:

MISC THEME:

If you're interested in these tags check the resource here: 

Thank You Tags BUNDLE

There's 30 thank you tags to choose from and can be used throughout the year for colleagues, volunteers, student-teachers, students, and MORE!  They make great thank you gifts during TEACHER APPRECIATION week too! 

Let's continue to make people feel appreciated!  It takes a village! 

Find your balance,

Shelby