After going all out decorating last year for our student award ceremony....I thought duh....let's keep this party going & give out awards to the staff too! We intended on doing this during Teacher Appreciation Week but decided to wait until the end of the year. We get spoiled enough by our HSA (Home School Association) so we decided to surprise our staff with another dreaded "staff meeting". Behind the scenes a chosen member from each grade level chose the best fitting awards for their colleagues. Our principal chose our awards & I chose all the awards in between. We chose the perfect awards for each staff member! We NEVER laughed so hard at a staff meeting....EVER! I have been working on these all year long. Any teacher I encountered, I would think of an award I would give them & write it down. I'm so happy our staff had such a memorable time together! Just when we were all feeling burned out & unappreciated...BAM! This is … [Read more...] about Staff Award Ceremony
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End of the Year Awards Ceremony
This year was our 3rd year for our end of the year awards ceremony. I have to say this year was the BEST yet! We are lucky enough to have a brand new beautiful school. We also have a gorgeous stage that our staff signs up for. I had big plans at the end of last year to do plays, have a mother's day tea, etc. Well...the year just slipped away. I had to get these first graders on this beautiful stage! They did have a performance for the first time this year that was produced by our music teacher. They did awesome! They loved the stage! If you follow me on IG then you know I have an obsession with black and gold right now. When I am going through a phase it spreads to every part of my life. I had a vision of what I wanted it to look like. I will leave all the links at the end of this blog post for everything I purchased. Decorations everywhere! The lights above are called "fairy lights". I originally purchased these for my … [Read more...] about End of the Year Awards Ceremony
End of the Year Awards-Updated!
I created these awards three years ago and every year they keep getting better. With each classroom comes different students with unique personalities. Any of your students could fit any of these awards. Well, this year I created even more! I don't think there could possibly be a student that doesn't fit one of these awards! I ended up adding 35 BRAND NEW AWARDS!!!! +++I added voting slips and various award tracker sheets to help with your organization. +++ Here is an excerpt from a blog post last year about these awards BEFORE they were updated. "Holy Mama! I had no idea what a hit these awards were going to be for my students and all of you. I was pleasantly surprised when I went browsing on TPT this morning & saw this product of mine was in the top 5! Holy Schnikey's! I about fell over! My husband just doesn't realize the feeling of being on cloud 9 over this. Not only am I filled with excitement that this product was … [Read more...] about End of the Year Awards-Updated!
End of the Year Student Awards
Holy Mama! I had no idea what a hit these awards were going to be for my students and all of you. I was pleasantly surprised when I went browsing on TPT this morning & saw this product of mine was in the top 5! Holy Schnikey's! I about fell over! My husband just doesn't realize the feeling of being on cloud 9 over this. Not only am I filled with excitement that this product was actually purchased...I am thinking about all those little nuggets that will be getting these awards all over the world. That my friends made my entire school year! Thank you! I spent so much time on this product and added the full page color & b/w option last month. After creating this last year & watching my own students rip into those candy bars, they had nothing to keep :o( I really wanted them to have something to add to their collection of memories from our school year. So I decided to make the exact awards with a full page color or b/w option. I am … [Read more...] about End of the Year Student Awards
End of the Year Ideas Summer Linky Party- Week 1
Some of my blogging BFF's from Freebie-licious and I are doing weekly Summer linky parties. We hope you will stay tuned & gain lots of ideas for next school year! I posted a few sneak peek pictures on my last blog post. We had a totally peaced out partaaay! I had the BEST class this year & they worked so hard...plus they filled our classroom bucket full of nuggets which means....partaaay! If you don't follow me on INSTAGRAM, you should. I post pics immediately on there & I am kind of addicted....really? Like I need another thing to be addicted too! JEEZ! Here is how it started............... Well, it started last year when I changed my classroom from a Dr. Seuss theme to a peace/hippie theme. My little nuggets, even the boys, slowly became obsessed with peace signs, tie dye, flower power...yo! Seriously, I should have been born during the 60's. I've always been a closet hippie since high school...don't laugh. My husband and I still … [Read more...] about End of the Year Ideas Summer Linky Party- Week 1
EOY Awards using candy bar wrappers!
So I decided to whip up something a little different for my little nuggets. I threw them a major bash which was most of their EOY gift from me. With the help of some fabulous room moms the kids had a fabulous EOY peace party....that is a whole other post. I'm all about quick, cheap, & easy with 2 days left. Above gives you the directions on how to wrap the candy bars. You can use a glue stick or Scotch tape, either one looks great. I simply filled out the awards, signed them & wrapped them in 30 minutes. After our peace shindig I completely wore myself out & am now sick....BOO! I need quick, cheap & easy. Here is a sneak peek of 24 out of over 50 awards to choose from. I just know my students are going to LOVE it! Aren't they precious??? They are on sale at my TPT shop. Click on any pic above or HERE to grab your own set. OK.....I JUST HAD TO POST SOME OF OUR PEACE PARTY PICS...I JUST CAN'T STAND IT. I AM SO … [Read more...] about EOY Awards using candy bar wrappers!