D.Z. Mars Creative

My students are starting to have a lot of missing assignments.  What can I say... it's that time of year.  So, over my Thanksgiving break, I made this cute little mouse missing homework record sheet . I figured others might be having the same problem, so I posted it in my store on Teachers Pay Teachers.

As a fun little side project, I created some Rubber Ducky themed PDF printable nameplates.  I may actually use these in my classroom this year, as my theme colors are turquoise/teal, lime, and black.  If you're interested in having these in any other color combination, please feel free to contact me on the teacherspayteachers comment section for this item! :)  I may turn this into a whole theme at some point when I have more time. Click on the photo or here to get to the link.

I've been working on ways to cover my shelves and make my room look more unified, all without spending too much money.  Here's how I've been doing this: Take black butcher paper and cut to desired size. Put a cute picture from a calendar in the middle (Dollar Store calendars rock) Put a border at the bottom. Laminate the whole shebang. Attach with a strip of color-coordinated duct tape to the shelf above. If you're working with a very wide shelf, it might be a good idea to make separate "doors" that are half or 1/3 of the width of the shelf.  That way, you don't need to lift a long, heavy flap.  Just lift the little door you want to move. As an added bonus, you can say, "Hey, Joey, go get a dictionary.  They're behind the tiger!" The side of my cheap utility shelves that make the side of my classroom library area:   Covered back side of my (sagging) utility shelves.  I store class library books on the other side...

Click here:  Sock Monkey Classroom Theme in my Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Tired of creepy-looking sock monkeys? They always kind of look ready to leap out of your closet late at night, don't they? This file hopes to remedy this by giving you 45 pages of cute, non-scary sock monkeys waiting to decorate your classroom instead of giving you nightmares. (OK, so there's a possibility they might still be a little creepy, but probably a little less than some others.) This theme revolves around boy and girl sock monkeys with different hats, and is based on red and black polka-dot and hearts backgrounds. All children's materials are suitable for both boys and girls. Heart and polka-dot background is used under the terms of use of and provided by www.MyCuteGraphics.com. All other artwork is mine except letters and numbers are from D'nealian.  This file includes the following: Table of Contents ….................... p1 Name tags......................................