Monday Made It: Back to School Gifts, Reading Cart, New Product

It's Monday Made It with my friend Tara! (I'm back to school today, students return next Monday).

I made some goodies for my teammates to get them excited about being back to school!

I got this adorable idea from Around the Kampfire. Now, let me just say...it's not that easy finding Chevron composition books! After scouring all the office supply stores, I found them at Walgreen's (well, I had to go to three different ones to get enough!).

 I think our meetings will be more fun with these notebooks! :) I only have 4 teammates, but I have to make them for my children's teachers and a few close friends!

 

I also made them these teacher goodie bags! These bags included pens, whiteout, highlighters, pencils, post-its, and post-it labels. I like to spoil my teammates and friends and get them excited about their summer ending!

 

We have an AMAZING office staff at our school. I made these personalized hand sanitizer bottles.

This is just a transparency placed inside the bottle! Print whatever you'd like on a transparency (laser printer), cut it out, roll it and place in the bottle. I used an orangewood stick to position it.

Tie a cute ribbon around it. Voila!

Are you ready to see the ultimate guided reading cart??!! I can't even tell you how excited I am about this project!! As soon as I saw this cart I fell in love with it! Let me tell you about this beauty! It's on wheels, the drawers are white plastic, so it can hide clutter if it's not organized, the drawers come out of both side so you can use it a tub, AND the bottom drawer can hold hanging file folders!!!

Do you have goose bumps, are you salivating, are you already in your car driving to go get one?? LOL!

I used full size labels to decorate the front of my cart.

The first drawer has all my "reading rings", Citing Evidence Rings, Interactive Reading Comprehension, Non-Fiction Text Features, Reading Questions: Before, During & After. 

The second drawer holds our Reading Response Menus.

And the bottom drawer will be used to hold my Guided Reading With Post-Its Binder, lesson plans, graphic organizers, Scholastic News, and incomplete group work.



This cart is going to be such a wonderful addition to my classroom! It will keep me organized and all my materials at my fingertips! It's made by Hefty and I bought it at Target (not sure if other retailers carry it or not).

 

 

My last Made It is my most recent product: Back to School Reading & Writing: Activities to Build Community in Your Classroom. This summer I finally compiled all the activities and mentor texts I use with my class at the beginning of every school year. This is one of my favorite times of the year when we get to bond and form our class family. I love the discussions these books bring to our classroom. These texts and activities will be remembered all year! I've selected popular books that can be found in most media centers or local libraries, but I've also included SafeShare video links to all of the books to listen/watch online! I'd like to give at least one away!

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Pin either image of my product, copy & paste the URL in the comments, and include your email address so I can send you the prize!

I will giveaway one pack for every ten comments made! Winner will be notified Wednesday.

 

Be sure to check out all the other fabulous ideas linked up to Fourth Grade Frolics!