Unlike a book that must be ordered or purposely shopped for, the ideas from Pinterest come suddenly and wonderfully from people I already know and trust.
But new inspirations have seized me as well. Hello, Scrappin Doodle. Where have you been all my life.
http://www.scrappindoodles.com/
In a relatively short period of time, I downloaded graphics from Scrappin Doodle and, using Publisher, created several awesome materials for the 2012-2013 school year. This is the capital C I created layering two different backgrounds from Scrappin Doodle (the red and yellow stripes) plus two backgrounds from clipart. The Scrabble letter is from Scrappin Doodles.
This is the first letter in CHAMPS, the behavior management model my school is instituting this year. Making the other letters was a snap. I then make a set for "Kendall's Cadets" to put outside my classroom. All of it took me about an hour. Piece of cake.
I've also whipped up a set of Fiction Reading Task Cards. These took me a little longer because I had to determine how to fit the text and graphics together.
I want to give credit to the following site for inspiring the wording on most of the cards.
Because my theme for the year is Space, I want to try to stay with the rocket-stars-astronauts-planets-aliens graphics. There isn't a lot available. I'm loving all the inspiration I'm getting from my fellow teachers. So far this summer I've spent a good deal of my time thinking about and working toward my future classroom, which can't be a bad thing. I'm jazzed about being inspired. And I'm overwhelmed by the talent and creativity I'm seeing in my fellow educators. It's awe-inspiring.
