hip hip horray for our wonderful notebooks from our b.f.f. ... Classroom Central!

LOVE does not even describe our affection for our new notebooks!

They are so very perfect as we begin to prepare ourselves for EOG testing (yikes!!!).

Thanks (as always) to our wonderful friends at Classroom Central and their donors for these additions to our daily learning experience.

With appreciation,
Mrs. Preville and her 4th grade students

Notice our creative use of post-its to create (color-coded) divers in our notebooks.  Impressive organizations skills, right???? :-)

Holiday stockings....

Here are pictures from the week of our holiday stockings!

Wednesday ... 

Some stockings are getting really full!

I really loved those clear folders!   They have already found so many uses for them!

Thursday....notepads, pen and a ruler! 

I really loved those notepads too!  They have already found so many uses for them too (like...this morning some boys were taking a survey about McDonalds toys in Happy Meals with their super fancy notepads... they looked like journalists).   

Thursday... 

Friday...a placemat, activity book, and bag of colored pencils. 

Friday's goodies!

Some of the bags got to be too much for our 'clips' ... by Friday, three clips had to be hot glued back onto the cabinet.   (that's a pretty great problem to have, isn't it?)

holiday stockings...

Folders from Classroom Central in all sorts of fancy designs

so cute!

Holiday stockings (...or...lunch bags) hung with care

As you know, Classroom Central is by far one of my most favorite places ever!  The sight of school supplies is a beautiful thing.  The sight of FREE school supplies for my students...well...that is simply AMAZING!

With that being said, this is the first installment of a series of holiday school supply gifts for my 4th graders.  Stay tuned for much much more...

'Twas the night before Friday, when all through the school
Not a student was stirring;
The lunch bags stockings were hung by the cabinets with care,
In hopes that school supplies would soon appear there;
.......

In true Courtney Preville fashion, I attempted to 'monogram' each lunch bag stocking with their initials (I pretty much attempt to add my initials to everything I own).   I'm not sure if they will all truly appreciate the monogram - but I couldn't resist.  :-)

A book from Scholastic and a bookmark to use with our INCREDIBLE new books from the OMINVA grant.

Stocking supplies!! 

Classroom Central

On Monday I loaded up with awesome goodies from Classroom Central...

....pencils, paper, scissors, rulers, notebooks, binders, books, glue, paint, book-bags, water-bottles, pens, colored pencils, markers, classroom decorations, pencil sharpeners, art supplies, .... 

(I could go on and on and on and on and on ....)

We are SO very lucky and the people who volunteer their time and supplies deserve our thank you.  Please use the blue paper and write a thank you note to "FRIENDS OF CLASSROOM CENTRAL" and turn in by next Friday, November 12th.