2012-2013 Themes & Christmas In July

I get a lot of questions on tpt and sent to me via my blog or email about my themes. Which ones we do, which months are what, what order we do them in, etc. Well it just so happens that I just met with my co-team leader and we planned out our themes for the entire upcoming year. So I thought I would share them here with you!

August: Back to School (2 weeks of school theme, alphabet review, color review, shape review, and names)

September: Community Helpers, Fall, Apples & Johnny Appleseed

October: pumpkins, spiders, monsters, Halloween

November: Election, Veterans Day, Harvest, Thanksgiving

December: Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas

January: Penguins, Snowmen, MLK, Ocean (2 weeks)

February: Groundhogs, President's Day, 100s Day, Valentine's Day

March: Dr. Seuss, St. Patrick's, Spring

April: Easter, Plants, Dinosaurs, Earth Day

May: Insects (2 weeks), Farm (2 weeks)

June: Summer 

Also the gals over at blog hoppin’ are having a Christmas in July sale and I’m linking up! All my seasonal products will be on sale July 25^th all day! 

Top 5 Teacher Must Have's Linky Party

Three cheers for new teachers ya’ll!! I have several friends/family members who are about to embark on their very first year teaching. O.M.G. Do you remember YOUR first year? Were you a hot mess like I was?? Did you think you knew everything, only to realize halfway through the year that you didn't know anything? I thought I would take a minute to list my very favorite must haves, to give new teachers some ideas. Then I thought, why not make it a linky party? That way everyone can chime in, and we can all help inspire some new teachers together.

Here are my top five:

 HeidiSongs DVDs – love, love, love them, and so do the kids! They learn their letters/sounds and sight words so fast!

 Scentos/Mr. Sketch Stix – Love these. It’s amazing what good work a kid will do for a smelly star or smiley face on their paper!

 LakeShore Learning Instant Learning Centers – for the days when you feel like you have nothing together. Happens to the best of us. Everything you need for the center is in the box. No extra work required!

 Scotch Sticky Chart Paper – I’m lucky that my school orders these for us. They are the best! No more taping charts up to the wall! These stick like a charm and come down easily without pulling up paint!

Pebble Plus Books – LOVE. Beautiful pictures. Simple, easy to understand sentences. Every non-fiction topic under the sun! Use them for Science, use them for social studies, use them for your theme units, just use them!! I have their plant set, their ocean animal set, their dinosaur set, and a ton more on the way thanks to DonorsChoose!

What are your top 5?? Make sure to link up below!!