Happy Sunday! Just thought I'd pop in for a minute and share what I'm up to today.  I'm linking up with Teaching Trio (who, by the way, got a whole new blog design since I lasted visited them and it's fantastic!) for The Sunday Scoop!

I am happy to say that my "have to's" are actually all done! (I may have decided to link up this week just to be able to say I accomplished something! :-) I just uploaded "Rock the Rules" to my TpT store. Ever have one of those projects that just kept getting bigger and bigger? It's over 100 pages of goodness all about getting those rules down in the first few weeks of school.  TONS of graphic organizers... enough said.  (You can click {HERE} if you want to check it out.) As for paying bills, also enough said.... but what did I ever do before online banking, I ask you?  I also reviewed a huge resource for another seller which is going to be wonderful!

My "hope to's" include a lake boat cruise.  Don't get too excited... it's a very small lake and those of us oldies like to troll along the edge of the lake in the evening... we started calling it the "dinner cruise" and it kind of stuck.  Given that it's about 100 degrees right now (finally some summer weather!), being on the water will be nice. Before that, I hope to get my "to do" list done for the week. I find that by writing down what I want to do, I get more done.  And that includes shopping trips to Target, etc.

I am very happy to be still enjoying my summer! I've said it before, but I know that many of you are already in back-to-school mode, and although my teacher brain never really shuts off, it's nice to know I don't HAVE to think about school just yet.

Be sure to head over to Teaching Trio and check out what everyone else is up to this summer Sunday. And while you're clicking around, go over and visit one of my very good friends who is celebrating her one year "blogiversary" today! Leave her some love and grab the great freebie she has to celebrate!

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Hi again!  Just a quick little post today to link up with the girls at Teaching Trio for their Sunday Scoop.  It's a great way to catch a little glimpse into everyone's lives - which of course right now is all about school and teaching!  Here's my scoop -

I'm sure some kind of planning is on everyone's list for today.  I know I shouldn't wait until today to plan, but I was never able to feel comfortable getting everything ready by Friday.  I tend to change things on a whim and I'm always way happier with my plans on Sunday night than I was on Friday!

Now, the laminator.... oh the laminator.  Would you believe that a few weeks ago I actually bought a second laminator to use, thinking it would be so much faster to have two going at once.  Little did I know that the SECOND laminator would soon be my ONLY laminator, seeing as I didn't follow the directions.  I know you aren't supposed to cut the sheets before you feed them through, but I only had one little thing left to laminate and I didn't want to use a whole sheet just for that.  And I've done it before.  I cut it, slide it in, and help it come out the other end.  Only this time it never came out he other end.  Not even after I ran a piece of cardstock through there to push it out.  I have a feeling that it melted to the roller.  I'm not willing to give it up though, so I'm going to take it apart and see if I can save it.  Ugh.

The grocery shopping is self-explanatory.  I simply cannot survive on another lunch of lettuce, dressing and parmesan cheese.  Time to go shopping.

And hopefully, time to work on blog post #2 about anchor charts.  I got a few really sweet emails about my first post (click HERE) from people who were concerned I was too hard on myself.  It's ok, really.  I know everything doesn't have to look perfect to be important and useful in a classroom.  That was the point of the post, actually.  I'm going to follow up with some tips that have worked for me to make using anchor charts (and creating them) a little easier.

I'm also hoping to finally make the labels for my gradebook.  My school went to standards based report cards so it's important for me to have a gradebook that shows each standard.  I have all the pages done, everything tabbed, but I need to add the labels.  And I know I can just hand write them on the little white piece that come with the tabs... but that just wouldn't look good, now would it? 

I AM looking forward to hitting "publish" on this post and go take out all my fall decorations for the house.  I love the colors of fall, the scents, the activities.... but not the temperatures.  I get cold fast and I tend to be cold from now until next May.  But, fall is just so pretty, and living in New England I get to experience it in all its glory.

Be sure to visit Teaching Trio and get the scoop on what other bloggers are doing this weekend. 

 Have a great week!

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