Finally! Something Checked Off My List!

Finally, Finally, Finally I have finished one (yes only one) back to school project. Time is running out and I still have sooooooo much to do. We start on August 16^th (teachers on the 13^th) which is better than the other local schools that start on the 9^th. Do they not realize it is 110 degrees out?? And is only going to get worse in the great state on Oklahoma. My poor lil kiddos are going to be melting I tell you with a capital M. We don’t nap in first grade but we will be “resting while listening” after our 40 minute lunch recess. The teacher those little darlings are going to need it.

This week I have to cook/host a surprise birthday party, interview prospective new teachers at our school, pick my mom up from the airport, finish school items and buy supplies, and nap. I feel the end of my summer closing in as we speak or read or whatever it is we’re doing.

SO on to my newest project. It is a “Back to School Book.” I designed it as an activity for the kiddos, and an assessment tool for me. We begin school on a Thursday (I know-right) and so having something to keep the kiddos engaged and not melting is my top priority.

This book is made so that you can keep it until the end of the year and use it as a starting point with your kiddos.

The pictures show how to put it together and how I used the super cute new duct tape designs and colors to pull it all together. Common Core standards are listed on the last page.

First page before folding

After folding.

The rest of the book all folded.

Staple all pages together. 

Find you some of this (duct tape)

Cut a strip a little longer than the book.

Cut slits in top and bottom. Fold to make tabs. 

Tabs

Place book about halfway in the middle of the duct tape.

Fold the tape over the stapled edge. 

Fold the tape to the inside of the first and last folded pages, so they don't show. 

Whaaa Laaa a bound book that will last the year.
And cute too!

Comes in TWO versions-First grade specific or generic.

The tape is a is a good place for info. 

So here it is. I hope you like it. Or think it could be useful. Or at least don’t think I’m a total dork. You can find your copy here.

If you’d like a copy I will send one to the first person to add a nice comment.

Coming soon- Family Involvement items, How to befriend a dragon, and what to do with smelly socks!