I was enjoying looking at all of the great bags over at the "What's In Your School Bag" Linky Party the Abby is hosting over at
The Inspired Apple and I though that I would share mine. I apologize in advance for the photo quality. I used my phone camera as my good camera is at school (of course, right?).
First, I love my bag. I even wrote an entire blog post about it when I first got it over on my personal blog
It's the Little Things. It is a custom order from L.L. Bean and better yet, it was a birthday present! I opted for a few fun extras like the extra long handles and the zip close top. Of course I also opted for the monogram and I got to pick the colors myself. Awesome.
Another monogram gift! This portfolio goes with me to meetings mostly because I find that it is hard to be grouchy when you are faced with pink & polka-dots. I get a lot of "F" monogram items due to the fact that it must not be a popular initial and is always in the clearance bin!
Also in the bag is my plan book. I transitioned to the binder a few years ago and it makes it easier to keep all of my papers in one place!
My books for planning are my Lucy Calkins (still cranking through book 1) and my Math Investigations book.
2 umbrellas........not sure why there are 2..........
Some stuff to do while I am watching TV tonight.
After I took out the stuff that I have shown in the pictures, this is what was left. Some popcorn, assorted writing instruments, a camera cord, a CD, Staples Teacher's reward card, and my extra pair of glasses (just in case).
Thanks for taking the tour!
Bee the Change~
Feel free to borrow it! It was a lot of fun!
While I have a bunch of Kathy's sorts copied and ready to go for later in the school year, I decided that I would create a new sort. Our school (and many others I am sure) are moving toward a more technology-based environment and children are exposed to so many symbols in this new tech world. I have always done a letters/numbers sort and have always made an "other" category for the items that did not fit. This year I changed the sort to letters/numbers/symbols and added some keyboard symbols.
Here is the symbol that had us tricked. It looks like an "a"........
OK...this is the best tool on the smartboard. OK maybe not the BEST but it is really, really cool. This timer is in the gallery section of the smartboard software and you can modify it to cheer, clap, have drums play or beep when the clock gets to zero! I used it today to help the children move to different math stations and it worked beautifully. I leave this as a smartboard file on my computer desktop so that it is always available to me. Try it!
