Monday Made It!

Welcome and thank you for you for joining us on this wonderful Monday afternoon.  Today's guest stars are: short op-ed piece about wishing and a very special guest for Monday Made It!  Stay tuned!

I am not one to sit around and say things like "I wish today was Christmas, " or "I wish it was January right now" beacuse when you think about it, wishing things like that instead of living in the moment and enjoying your time in the now, you end up wishing your life away.  That being said, I really wish it was Friday morning.

Why Friday you ask?  Friday morning means that I would be officially on Summer Vacay.  No more report cards to file, no more packing up a classroom to do, and no more students asking "what are we gonna do next?" Summer vacation is almost here.  It's so close I can almost taste it. And it tastes like strawberry lemonade, hog dogs on a grill and ice cold watermelon.  You know what I mean?  So, I wish it was Friday morning.

But it's not.  It is Monday.  And that means...Monday Made It!

Today I am going to introduce you to a project that might take a little time because you have to drink a lot of bottled drinks.  A lot.  But, you are going to recycle them into something awesome for your students.  Trust me on this.  It's worth it.  (And due to the excessive heat we get here in Vegas, your kidneys will thank you as well.)

FIrst, I'd like to say that this idea is not mine.  It belongs to an awesome blog I stumbled upon while trolling Pintrest for new ideas.  Here is the link: http://flapjackeducationalresources.blogspot.com
It's totally worth your time.

Today's project is called Bottle Cap Math Facts!

Take these:  

To these! 

Here's what you need:

bottle caps - a lot of them.  Repeat: A Lot of them.

Avery labels #5408 

Time.

1. Go here to download your free copy of Flapjack's Bottle Cap Math Facts.

2. Follow her instructions on how to print your labels.

3. Make your bottle cap math facts.

4. Play!

Seriously - I have made the addition and subtraction in the fall and my students loved it!  I am now making the multiplication and division sets and can't wait for my students to play with them this upcoming fall!  

So there you have it - a Monday Made It Special.  Up-coming on tomorrow's show: Tech Talk Tuesday - some of my favorite apps for the iPad.  

Thanks for watching er, reading.  

Until tomorrow, 

Shauna