This week has been ridiculously hot. We've had temperatures over 100 degrees every day since Sunday! I can't complain too much about the heat though because we had "minimum days" (a.k.a. half days) as a result of the extreme heat and humidity yesterday and today -one of the few, no only, benefits of having no air conditioning at school.
Anyways, that's enough complaining/bragging. Today I was SO excited to receive an item off of my wish list from one of my student's parents. If you are a teacher and you do not have a wish list you are missing out big time!
I was afraid to make a wish list when I first started teaching because I work in a Catholic school and I was worried that the parents would complain about being asked to spend more money than they already do on tuition, uniforms, supplies, etc... However, I decided to be brave the next year and created a wish list on Classrooms by Walmart. I shared the list with parents but made sure to tell them that they were not obligated to buy anything, but that any contributions to our classroom would be greatly appreciated. I ended getting just about every single item that I requested and am now a huge advocate of classroom wish lists.
My list on Classrooms by Walmart was definitely helpful, however, this year I decided to branch out and use Amazon to make a wish list and I am loving it. Once you create a wish list on Amazon you can download the "Add to Wish List" button and add anything from anywhere on the internet. When I discovered this, I went a little bit crazy and start adding everything I have ever wanted for my classroom to my list. I shared the link to my Wish list on Back to School night and have already received about twenty books for my library, book bins, and my newest gadget that I mentioned being super excited about - my own personal, thermal laminator!!!!
Of course, I had to try it out immediately! It took about five minutes to warm up and as soon as I got the blue light, I laminated everything within arm's reach and took pictures to show you how amazing this thing really is.
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