8-13-14

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I love you guys!

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Your emails asking about what supplies you can send to my class/school have been so nice!  I can't believe how awesome you guys are!

Just so you can see how bad things have gotten I took a picture of the supplies I was given for the year.....

That box on the bottom is file folders.  I'm really thrilled about the stapler because it's the first new one I've been given in ten years.

We haven't been given anything for the kids to use in years.  Those things are either donations or purchased by the teachers.

The most needed items in my grade level are:

Primary pencils, crayons, highlighters, colored pencils, markers, two pocket folders, primary lined
writing paper, glue sticks, construction paper, tissues, index cards and gallon sized baggies.

I've got a Dr. Seuss theme going on in my room this year.  As a matter of fact, I've got some laminating I need to go cut out....

8-11-14

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Thank you, Barbara!

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After reading my post about Redditgifts for teachers, Barbara suggested that I post my school address for anyone that would like to send supplies directly to my class.  Please, be warned that if you do this I will take lots of photos and post them here thanking you over and over again.

As far as what we need/could use.....pretty much EVERYTHING!  I promise nothing will go to waste!

Ms. Brown's Class
Greynolds Park Elementary School
1536 NE 179th Street
North Miami Beach, FL  33162

8-9-14

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Redditgifts for Teachers!

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I know, I know, lately all I do is complain and beg. 

Deal with it!  LOL!

Yesterday I complained.  Today I beg!

The third annual gifts for teachers sign ups have begun at Redditgifts.  This is a one way gift exchange.  You either sign up to receive something for your class or you sign up to send something to a teacher.  It doesn't have to be anything super big or expensive.  As a matter of fact most gifts are worth around $20.

BUT....you wouldn't believe how helpful an extra $20 worth of crayons or glue or pencils or tissues or whatever can be to a teacher.

Every year THOUSANDS of people sign up to give something.  THOUSANDS more sign up to receive something. 

The last time I checked the satistics there were about 3,000 people who had signed up to give and around 5,000 who had signed up to receive.  I'm one of the 5,000 and so are several other teachers that I know.

We've registered and listed the things that we would most like to receive and hope that we get matched with someone.

Would you please consider signing up?  Would you please help out a teacher?

This is a world wide gift exchange and teachers from all countries have registered so it doesn't matter where you live.  You can even ship to someone from another country if you're willing to.

Last year, there were $325,000 worth of supplies sent to teachers through this exchange.  Isn't that wonderful?  Isn't that something you would like to be a part of?

UGH!!!!!

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The good news is that my finger is better.

Sometimes I'll pick something up or bend it just right....maybe I should say wrong...and it will yell at me to stop.  It's not unbearable though and I had stopped wrapping it a couple of days before going to the specialist.  The specialist agreed that it was fine and said that I may still have some soreness for awhile.  Of course, she brought up the soreness after she twisted, pinched and pulled on it so much that it would have hurt even if nothing had ever happened. 

The bad news is that my car is still fixed WRONG! 

I took the car back in today so they could fix it right, but after waiting for over an hour they "invited" me into the garage area to show me "something".  The something  they wanted me to see was that the front bumper was on and looked good, but it didn't fit with the fender they replaced and the hood still wasn't lined up correctly.

So, they now have to replace the fender that they used to replace the smashed fender. 

I told he guy that there were easier ways for us to become friends and that he didn't have to keep fixing my car wrong just so he could see me again.