Back to School!!

Hey everyone!! It's been a little while since we last posted, and I bet you can guess why! Yep, that's right...school started and we have been crazy busy! 

We wanted to share with you our forms that we used for back to school night! We absolutely LOVE anything simple that keeps us organized. That's exactly what these forms are! They can all be found in our TPT store. We used 4 forms...

1. Student Information Sheet: outlines all the important information we need about our students. 

2. Flip Book: we included our contact info, homework info, supply list, our daily schedule and class policies. We LOVE this flip book because it includes a ton of info all in one simple book!

3. Parent 3-2-1 Form: This form asks parents to tell us 3 words that best describe their child, 2 things we should know about their child, and one goal they have for their child this year. 

4. Volunteer in Our Class Form: This is a great way for parents to select what days, times and projects they are available to do! 

These 4 forms kept our back to school night super simple and were LOW PREP! 

Here they are:

Visit our TPT store to download these forms! 

Thanks for reading! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at keclassworks@gmail.com. 

Check back soon for our BIG CLASSROOM REVEALS!!! 

-KE Class-Works

EXTREME Classroom Makeover- Rug

    We just love how our classrooms are coming together! It has been a lot of fun decorating and adding that personal spin to our rooms.  There definitely have been a lot of IKEA purchases and bargain shopping around town and online.  

     One item I (Emily) have been looking for to add to my black with bright colors classroom theme was a colorful rug! I have seen a few floating around on Pinterest and other blogs. I FINALLY read where someone said they found this bright neon chevron rug at Big Lots. I was so excited!! I got I my car right away and drove to Big Lots. Of course what did I find? Big Lots was CLOSED! FOREVER! So I did a simple google search for the next closest one. It was 45 minutes away. Of course that one was closed down forever too! I had to have this rug though! It would be perfect with my theme and add that extra pop of bright colors in my reading corner next to a black bench. I convinced my husband to go on a road trip and drive 4 hours to where there were 5 different big lots within 45 minutes of each other.  It was my birthday that week so he couldn't say no 😀.  I searched all of those stores and NEVER found the rug I wanted!! 

     I was determined to have a rug that was chevron with bright colors! I continued by search for the rug online, but no luck. Then I came across several blogs that talked about painting the rug to the color you want. I figured I was already pairing basically everything in my room this year so one more thing would be fine!

     This project took about 6 hours from start to finish. I found a rug on Overstock.com for a fairly good price (about $40). 

Here is the rug before painting.

     I went to the craft store and bought acrylic paint and fabric medium. 

     I used two bottles for each color of acrylic paint and two bottles of the fabric medium. I mixed two parts paint to one part fabric medium and mixed it together.  Then I used a regular paint brush to paint 

    I painted one chevron line at a time. 

Here is my finished rug!

It will be perfect for my reading Corning!! Check back soon for pictures of our classrooms all finished!

Thanks for following! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to comment below or email us at keclassworks@gmail.com!

-Kassidy & Emily