Guatemala Giveaway WINNER!!!

leslie August 29, 2011 1 Comment
I did a Giveaway in honor of my Guatemala Mission Trip and since I am soooooo close to 100!!!!  With out further ado....The WINNER is TARA from Congrats friend!!!!  Shoot me an email at lesliecragwall@gmail.com with your address and info and I will send it in the mail this week :)Thank you all for reading, following and supporting.  It really means so much to me!

New Teacher Advice Linky Party

leslie August 29, 2011 0 Comments
It has been a while since I linked up, but I found a new party about New Teacher Advice that I wanted to join at For the past 2 years, I have run my classroom with the help of a timer.  I live and die by the timer and my students know it after the first week of school.I bought it at Wal-Mart for about $5.00 and it been worth it!  It's also magnetic which is a double plus because I...

What was I so worried about???

leslie August 29, 2011 2 Comments
This past summer I had been flipping out over teaching 6th graders.Were they going to have that dreaded "attitude"? Can I still give high-fives or will they think I am stupid? Will they still want to get on the carpet and read with me? Will they get my jokes? Could I possibly love them as much as I did my 4th graders? Lots of questions and concerns were put to rest after this first week:)  I...

Closing the NOTEBOOK/JOURNAL….. and GIVEAWAY Reminder :)

leslie August 25, 2011 7 Comments
Don't you hate those ginormous journals that have stuff just pouring outta them and every paper starts to get folded and tattered because the journal won't shut???  Well, I have a solution.... and sound like I am on an infomercial!!I have had some questions in the past about closing the journals.  I wrote about it, but pictures make it so much easier to understand:)   You will...

Teacher Survival Kits… Brought to you by PINTEREST!

leslie August 18, 2011 1 Comment
If you do not know about Pinterest yet, you have to go to the link!!!! Go now!!! But please come back so you can find out what I made today. :)About a month ago, I found this lovely teacher gift idea at one of my favorite blogs,Bee in our Bonnet .The lady is super crafty and makes some of the cutest things ever for her kids teachers and for her home.So I made my own for a couple of my closest...

VBS in the Class Part 2

leslie August 14, 2011 5 Comments
So I have been out of the loop on my blogging for the last 2 weeks and I am missing it!!! Last week our church hosted VBS- Pandamania style by Groups; it was also the same week that I was in Guatemala on a mission trip... which I will post about next.I usually help paint, decorate, and do crafts for the little 3yr-6yr olds during VBS, but since this year I was not going to be able to do that, I...

Mission Trip…. and Followers!

leslie August 5, 2011 2 Comments
I don't want all my blogging buddies to wonder where I am this upcoming week.... just FYI:I am headed to Guatemala on a mission trip!!! :) and I cant wait!!  WOOHOO!!There will not be any internet connection where I am going nor much cell phone service :(  I am hoping that when I return, I could have 100 followers! That would be awesome!  I am going to try to get a little suvenier...

Grading Science Notebooks Makes Me Wanna….

leslie August 4, 2011 6 Comments
SCREAM!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!   But this year... that is NOT going to be me. (Hopefully)  I have an "idea" on what to do, and I got it at the CAMT Conference a few weeks ago.  First of all, it involves these stickers... and lots of them... but they're cheap and worth it...  You can get them at Wal-mart or Staples.  I use them for all sorts of stuff.  Anyway......