Whatever You Want Wednesday!

Whatever You Want Wednesday?! CrAzY? Maybe. Fun?  Ummm.... yeah!  Comment below on anything you think would help you in the classroom that we can create for you and one lucky commenter will get it- FREE! Go CrAzY with it- the more ideas you submit the more chances of getting your name picked. Time to get CrAzy!

With a Little Help From Our CrAzY Friends

As the Beatles said, "Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends."

Back in March we started this journey and it has been a CrAzY one! We now find ourselves so very close to 150 followers!  We would like to host a CrAzY HOT Giveaway to thank you all for the support! We are going to offer everything in our TpT store to the winner! Since we are new to selling we are hoping to sweeten this CrAzY deal by getting some freebies from our friends. If you are willing to share something with us, please comment with your email address.

As Woody and Buzz said, "You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead
And you're miles and miles
From your nice warm bed
Just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a friend in me"

CrAzY for Assessment? We are!

Do you dread assessments? Do you stock up on chocolate just to get through it? If so, you need to check this out!

This is one of our most favorite things! If you made a list of our "Have To Have" CrAzY things, this would be on it! This is an online assessment that will make your life easier. What kid doesn't love to play on the computer or even iPad? Ours love it!  Here is how it works: there are lots of pre-loaded tests all ready for you to start. You can also customize any test you need. We test sight words, shapes, numbers, letters, letter sounds, blends, CVC words, coins, time, patterns, and LOTS more that we can't remember.

You are probably thinking, "So, what?". Well, the items come up on the screen and the kids tell you the answer and you click yes or no.  Here is the best part: it puts all results together and compiles spreadsheets, graphs, and our favorite part, parent letters. It will even generate flash cards for any items the kids miss.

Another CrAzY thing we love is it keeps track of everything. So, let's say Bobby knows all his letters except for B,D,Q, So next time you want to test Bobby it will just show him B,D,Q.

Here is the downside: it is not free. It does cost money each year. We asked our PTA for help and they said yes!!!!  Stop! Don't leave yet!! We suggest you click on the link above and just try it out. They offer a very generous 60 day free trial.  If you love it half as much as we did then you will do whatever it takes to fund this!

The best benefit is all the time it saves us! Who doesn't need more time??  We sure do! This cuts of the time assessing and analyzing those results by a huge amount.  Go CrAzY and check it out!  (Enter Promo code 1007 and we get credit for the referral!) You can thank us later!

Free At Last!

Free at last!  Free at last!  Thank God almighty we are free at last!  School's out! And lazy days are in!  Wait..... scratch that I have a 6 year old, a 2 year old and a 6 month old.  And my Teamie has physical therapy and is a pinterest nut so we will be making tons of fun crafts- there will be nothing lazy about our summer.  However she will be sleeping in cause she loves it, and I will not be, due to my 6am riser.  Boo!  Here is a fun freebie we saw and fell in love with on Pinterest.  Packet of Kool Aid and a CrAzY straw and attach the tag: Have A CrAzY KOOL Summer!  (below) Give to your kids on the last day of school.  We are CrAzY about it!

Alphabet Songs

Greatest thing since sliced bread!!  Calling all CrAzY teachers....... you are going to love these Alphabet Songs when teaching letter sounds!!!  Every time you teach a new sound-show a video---- you are going to love what your kids come up with to rock out to the videos.  Depending on what you allow in your class, I even had one attempt break dancing- Fo Shizzle.  You have an opportunity to get the free download of these songs until May 31st..... here is the info on that:  http://havefunteaching.com/free-giveaway-alphabet-videos-download/ 

8 more days Peeps!!!!!

Speaking of peeps..... did we tell you that we did chicks this year for our kids?  Chicks peep..... so that lead me to chicks.  Anywho..... out of our 12 eggs.... 3 hatched ALL in my teamie's room.... while she was out having knee surgery.  SO neither of us got to enjoy them... well her kids did, but lets be honest here, it's all about us.  SO when my eggs didn't hatch (probably because I cooked them at 105 over the weekend when I got them- on accident) I had a plan.  I dropped the kids at lunch, high tailed it to the feed store up the street (we are in Texas y'all) got me a chick (that they seriously put in a brown lunch sack and stapled the top closed and handed it to me peeping away) headed back to school, popped it in the incubator, picked the kids up from lunch, and boo-yah! our egg hatched!  So while my other half is at home skipping the CrAzY kids these last 8 days I am babysitting all 4 chicks in my classroom.  And let me tell you.... If I forget to feed them they remind me by getting out of the box and running around like a CrAzY chick looking for food and interrupting my great end of the year lessons.  So you guys be thinking of our other CrAzY Texas Teacher while she is at home creating more fun packets for our kids  resting. We decided our kids really needed to be reviewing these core standards every day this summer .  So while we are at home in our pj's watching Lifetime, The Bachelorette, or whatever you guys watch, our kids can be working on this CrAzY awesome Summer Packet.  It is 31 pages, copy it twice and send it home.  They do one page a day over the summer  AND it tells them if they bring it back at the beginning of the new school year- we will give them a treat!  We are CrAzY excited about all the work their little brains will be doing over the summer and the BEST part is- each page will take LESS than 10 min a day.  Just a quick review of: reading, writing, math and word lists.  You're going to love us after you get your hands on this! Click on the picture below to take you to our TpT store.

Thanks for the Memories!

Summer's here! Another year of school is at an end.
We've learned a lot and grown a lot and made a lot of friends.
 We'll say goodbye, now summer's here, it's time for us to part.
But we'll remember all our friends and keep them in our hearts.

Now that the end is near, it is time to get those kids writing about their favorite things. It's always fun to see what they remember and what they consider their favs! They can also write about summer plans and things they look forward to next year. We also included a friends autograph page.  We print out the cover sheet in color and put all pieces in a brad folder.  It makes a great end of the year gift for the parents. It's CrAzY cute!

We created a memory book for Kindergarten, First Grade and Second Grade.
 Make sure you pick up the correct one. 
(As always, all items are also available on Teacher's Notebook.)