Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Definitely a Hoot!

Well I have finished my first year as a 3rd grade teacher and it was definitely a HOOT.  3rd grade is nothing short of a marvelous challenge. I have not had a chance to even breathe let alone blog since January.  We managed to have a fabulously adventurous year jam packed with learning together as we prepared for the mysterious new STAAR test.   I am thrilled to pieces to be past that hurdle and am so ready for a relaxing summer of blogging, creating, and sharing. 

Every May it hits me!  I become obsessed with redoing my classroom.  This year was no exception.  Since my blog is owl themed it seems only fitting that my classroom follows suit.  So... I have been feverishly working on this Owl Classroom Decor pack.  I included an adorable welcome banner (just add ribbon), table numbers, locker tags (or desk plates), subject headers, calendar numbers and months. 





I got some  bright tissue paper poms from Party City and attached the table numbers to them with fancy ribbon.  Hung them from the ceiling and voila! Not a new concept but I love it!



I revamped my Word Wall and Owl Daily 5 signs as well.   I can't wait to put it all together!    Of course I had to create a freebie print for y'all.  In keeping with my mantra from last year I had to do another Keep Calm for you to frame!


Click HERE to grab your free print.
I also have some name tags for you HERE.


25 comments:

Miss Kindergarten said...

Very cute!!

Glitzy In First Grade said...

LOVE it! Super Duper Cute! How do y'all get away with hangin' things from the ceiling? Our Fire Marshals are super strict.

I had cute Christmas lights with robins on my wall & was asked to take them down...I never had them on all day only when we worked with the lights off. I see lots of super cute decor ....I was just wondering.

Glitzy In First Grade said...

ribbons...sorry...auto correct! geezzzz

Lisa at Fourth and Ten said...

Love the tissue paper poms hanging from the ceiling, what a grade idea! :)
Lisa
Stories From Second

Melissa said...

Thank you for the freebie! :) LOVE the pom poms!

Unknown said...

Can you type on the name plates? Also, do you print your owl stuff on regular paper or card stock?

Amanda said...

Absolutely precious!!!!! I love it, Misty!

Eva said...

Soooo do you have something similar for the super heroes theme you had? I love the super hero theme in my room but would love to give it a face lift.

Laura said...

Super cute! I'm loving the zebra background on the posters!

Laura
Will Grade For Coffee

Unknown said...

Absolutely adorable!
TIPS: Teach, Inspire, and Prepare Students

Lisa R. said...

This is beyond precious!! I absolutely love it!! :)

Lisa
Learning Is Something to Treasure

laurie said...

I love love love this theme!! SO cute!

Laurie

Wolfelicious said...

Love the Owl theme! Super cute! I am your newest follower. I would love to have you stop by my blog when you get a chance.

April
Wolfelicious

Miss Sara said...

Love this!!! My class is owl themed so anything with owls gets me very excited! But this is REALLY cute! :)

I am a new follower! Welcome back to blogging :)
Miss Elementary

Melissa said...

OMG, love this!! I'm a new follower and love your blog!

Katherine Scott said...

I bought it and loved it...I should have bought your word wall pack too but I bought someone else's...not as cute. I came across it on TPT and it went perfect with what I wanted this year. I wanted to do blue and green polka dot with an occasional owl and a splash of pink. I will post picks when I get it all set up in my room.

Anonymous said...

I was just wondering how you made you own theme? It's adorable! I Bought one elsewhere a few days ago and do not like it as much. I would like to change my theme every few years but that can get expensive. How did you do it? Was it a template? Or Is there a program you use? BTW I Love your blog!

Robin Harris said...

I just became your 1000th follower! Whoo-hoo! I love your blog and your classroom theme! I have just recently become ObSeSsEd with owls! So cute!

TZ Burps! said...

OMG love all this! My 4 year old daughter started the owl craze at our house and now I make plush owls on Etsy. I am also a teacher as is my mom and we both chose owls for our classroom theme!! I can't wait to share your blog.

Unknown said...

I would really like to print the Keep Calm and Love Owls poster, but it says it is a Bad Request and won't load it. Could you fix it? Thanks!

-2nd Grade Owl Lover

Ms. Durbin said...

@Brittany - I just clicked on the link and it loaded fine. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5B5hdDjumvfU0M0Z2VEZlNiSGs/edit?pli=1
Let me know if it still won't work for you and I can email it to you.

Tonya Roshi said...

I'm having trouble finding the Daily 5 Owl set for purchase or download...help! I love it!

The Sassy Teacher said...

I just decided on Owls as my theme and I'm so happy that I came across this!!! Thanks so much. I changed schools this year and my room is a mess, so I really need the Keep Calm sign... I might need to print the eat cupcakes one too!!!

Unknown said...

Your owl theme is so great! I have a teacher friend who has an owl theme in her classroom and I am going to send her to your blog! I know she will be thrilled to see all of your great resources!

All Star Resources
http://allstarresources.blogspot.com/

Heidie Malavé said...

Thank you...I love your work

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