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It’s Monday (So Of Course I Made It)

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… and I’ve been dying all weekend to show you. Really. I’ve been working on these off and on since I decided on my classroom theme. They’ve gone through a few different iterations, but I’m settled. Finally.
When I chose the Wizard of Oz as my theme, I did so because I felt like I could really use it to my advantage when it comes to classroom management — and starting off the year. I plan to read (an appropriate version of) the book to my kiddos on day one, and do some community-building and foundational activities surrounding it.
So, then, the first thing I have to do is decide what I want my kiddos to focus on. In Room 108, what are the most important things? This was the answer:

I want my students to embody the journey through Oz — I want them to use their hearts, their brains, and their courage each and every day, and I want them to do it together.
While I’m still working on more in-depth “first week” activities, I did fashion-up the anchor charts to go along with these “rules to live by” and vision statements. I’m going to project the color version on my SmartBoard to discuss and write about as a class, and distribute a reproducible version to each table group to complete together prior to our whole-group discussion.
  
Because I want these “rules to live by” to really stick with my students throughout the year, I also made some bookmarks that they can utilize during Daily 5 or at home, and plan on making sticker versions that they can put on their journals or whatever my team ends up utilizing.
If you think you could utilize my Oz-Inspired “Rules to Live By” in your classroom, head on over to my TPT store (or click the preview below) — it’s on sale for $2.50 until I remember to put it back to non-sale price sometime on Wednesday!
And don’t forget to enter my giveaway — it ends tonight, a minute after midnight! If you win (remember, FIVE winners!!!), you’ll not only get my Oz-Inspired Binder Set and “Rules to Live By,” but ALL future products in my TPT store! I’m excited to find out who I’ll be e-mailing attachments to until the end of my teaching career (and then some)!

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  1. I just found your blog and I am your newest follower. WOW!! You are amazing! I love your Oz theme. I was about to award you with the Leibster Award but saw your previous post. I am surprised you have not received them before. Thistle Girl Designs http://thistlegirldesigns.com has an Oz inspired graphic set-not sure if you have seen them. Scrappin Doodles doesn't customize but if you tell her what you want she will make it put she will post it for anyone to get. I am waiting on some western graphics with the (reading, words, writing) sets like she does for all of her sets-so cute. Hopefully she will have them ready in August! Keep up the good work! I am a true fan!
    Crystal
    Ms Jones Junction

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    • Thank you so much for the compliment and tips! I was thinking about asking Scrappin' Doodles to do a set — as I'm doing my best to collect Oz-inspired graphics from all of my favorite artists. 🙂

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    • Thank you so much! I figure — being a first year teacher — I have to do more work to establish routines/procedures/organization anyway, so I might as well to a little extra and have a theme I can pull out each year (when it suits me)!

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  3. Wow!! What an awesome way to incorporate your theme into your classroom! I love your signs. I have the "remember" sign on my to-do list for my own room. Thanks for sharing your theme craft with us! I can't wait to see what your room will look like. I move into mine next Monday and can hardly stand it!

    Ashley
    That's So Second Grade

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    • Thank you so much! I am so excited about putting this all together in my room; right now it's just in bits and pieces in our home office, so it doesn't look like much!

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    • Thank YOU for creating this linky party — I look forward to it all week! And double thank you for featuring my lightbulb moment as your Monday Made It! I hope your vacation was awesome.

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