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Here's hoping my blog scheduler WORKS because chances are I'm SLEEPING IN this morning! Happy Saturday! I've got some more outstanding freebies for you to investigate on this Spotlight Saturday feature today! Let's DIVE right in!
Who's all in favor of making life a little easier? If you raised your hand, go ahead and head on over to my friend, Heidi's blog to snatch her Parent Communication Freebie. It comes with a neatly organized parent contact list, student information sheet, and a call log information sheet. Hmmm...wishing I had this last year instead of my plain yellow legal pad. It's much cuter! :-)
Want another back to school "must have" freebie? As much as you LOVE to be at school, April at Grade School Giggles knows you will need a sub at some point in the year. She's created an EDITABLE powerpoint printable for your Substitute basket or binder! It comes with 19 pages you can edit to suit your specific instructions for the day you're out. Schedules, lesson plans, transportation, behavior plan, medical and learning needs, and much more are included in this adorable apple themed goodie.
Data binders...We all have them these days, as our instruction needs to be data driven, right? Laura over at Corkboard Connections has a terrific freebie for you on Graphing Oral Fluency. Students are monitored for fluency while reading a leveled text for one minute and charting the words they read per minute correctly. After completing their chart, students plot their fluency data on a line graph. This becomes a visual tool (and motivator) for students as they watch their own progress on the line graph. *What a great way to teach across the curriculum...fluency in reading AND data with graphing!
Here's hoping that these three FABULOUS freebies help get your year started off on the right foot!
Bananas for sleeping in this morning and for teachers who generously share their goodies!
Hi friends,
I feel like I've been M.I.A. from my blog, my family, my friends, and my life to be perfectly honest. It's definitely the first couple of weeks of school! I AM enjoying my new job as Literacy Coach, though. There's just SO MUCH to learn and SO MANY things to find for SO MANY people right now! :-)
I actually have a post for today, BUT it's on someone else's blog. HA HA! So if you want a place value game to play complete with a freebie, jump on over to Leanne's blog where I have everything posted!
Drop me a line and let me know how school is going for you if you're back. Good class? Great class? You'd rather not talk about your class?!
Bananas for friends who let me guest blog. Thanks Leanne!
WHEW...who's back at school? ME! But as you know, I took a new position as Literacy Coach. As with any new job there are many hurdles and challenges, but I keep telling people I'm on a learning curve. I love my new job so far, although I haven't slept much, skipped lunch a day or two, and haven't really needed to go to the gym since I've been running around like a road runner, as well as loading and unloading boxes for days. (Wait...that sounds just like teaching!!!)
HAPPY BACK TO SCHOOL for a lot of us and for those that are getting there! The BIG Back to School Sale is happening tomorrow and Monday Aug. 12-13th on TpT! Most teachers are throwing a 20% off sale, and TpT is throwing an additional 8% off of that! There's NO BETTER TIME to shop on TpT than during these 2 days! The deals will be amazing! DON'T FORGET TO USE THE PROMO CODE AT THE TOP TO GET THE FULL 28%!
I'm putting EVERY SINGLE item in my store on sale for that 28% off! (Even my Back to School Packs that have been such a big hit!) *I'm up to 12 different themes now! (Sports, Monkeys, Mice, Pirates, Puzzles, Superheroes, Ocean, Owls, Frogs, Bees, Giraffes, and even Rock Stars!) The highlight of my very long day yesterday was when I received a TWEET from a teacher who has the Back to School PIRATE theme pack. She said her kids had so much fun with the "Cannonball Battle" activity, but unfortunately they had lost a Cannonball in the room somewhere. HA! I've lost a few BANANAS in the Banana Battle too! :-)
SO...speaking of Back to School FUN...let's have some! If you leave me a comment GUESSING CORRECTLY what my classroom theme was YEARS AGO before I ever took on the monkeys, I will EMAIL YOU one of the Back to School Packs (YOUR CHOICE) FREE! :-)
The first person who guesses, gets it! GOOD LUCK!
Bananas for some Back to School FUN,
Yep, that says NEW JOB in the title. After 22 years of teaching kids, I decided to step out of the classroom and embark on a brand new adventure. I'm a new Literacy Coach in my district. I'm SOOO excited that I will be spreading my wings a little bit and have the privilege of working with teachers, as well as some students. I will give you the play by play, though, as I stepped into my classroom for the first time after being hired. I looked at all my MONKEY STUFF everywhere and just started bawling like a baby! At first I thought it was because I didn't even know where to begin trying to pack up 22 years of teaching, but it quickly became evident that it was the thought of NOT being in my classroom with my other little monkeys that really hit hard. I picked myself up off the floor and began stuffing boxes full of memories. It took awhile, but after packing my last monkey, I finally found myself excited about my new job, especially when I learned that I'd get to STAY in the same school. I work with some amazing people and count my blessings each day that I get to work with such professionals. Besides, I'm thinking my new office space will look cute with a few monkeys!
THE WINNER, THE WINNER! We have a winner in my 500+ follower giveaway! CONGRATULATIONS to: Jennifer Knopf
She's got some serious shopping to do! :-) Have fun, Jennifer!
THANK YOU ALL for entering, sharing about your summer, and HANGING with me this long!
Bananas for change that is sometimes a good thing,
Happy Saturday...my LAST "official" Saturday before I go back full time next week. The back to school feel is in the air, huh? The shelves are lined up with school supplies, the stores are lined up with clothing on sale, and teachers are scrambling in their classrooms to get their rooms ready! My own kids start getting "bored"...a sure sign it's time!
Hopefully you can grab a few new freebies to add to your collection! Check these out!
Mary @ Guided Math has some Math Word Wall Posters for you! She has some for 2-D shapes, Flips, Slides, and Turns, Angles, Lines, Length,Edge, Face, Vertex, etc. ALL free! So if you're looking for some helpful math posters with great visuals, click on the images to grab. They're even conveniently located in ONE spot. Either image will get you there.
Need some quick and easy assessment strategies for your classroom? Visit Jennifer's blog called Runde's Room to get the scoop on the "Glow and Grow" strategy. You'll need some yellow and green highlighters for students to show areas where they have "grown" or succeeded, and areas where they need some additional work. This is a really cool self assessment tool for students to evaluate their own learning.
I really love the Traffic LIght Comprehension Strategy she has available too! It allows students to SAFELY let you know how they're doing on a project, assignment, worksheet, or whatever. They simply mark their work with a green, yellow, or red dot as a private indicator for the teacher to view. What a safe way for students to say "I NEED HELP with this or this was HARD for me." You can easily sort papers into groups for some quick reteaching! You can click either image to take you to her blog for a quick explanation and link to the freebies! ENJOY!
Finally, don't forget to enter my 500+ giveaway celebration if you haven't. Click celebration image! There's only a couple of days left! THANK YOU so much for your support and encouragement! I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all the comments. You all have been BUSY this summer! Enjoy what's left of it!
Bananas for back to school routines for my family, but NOT SO BANANAS for summer coming to a close. How about you?
Can you believe it? I made it to 500 followers! YIPPEEE! This calls for a celebration! You know me, I like my themes and I like things simple! So here's the drill! The theme will be in 5's (in honor of my 500!) The winner gets all 5 of the following:
1.) $50.00 TpT gift certificate (Yep!!! 50 buckaroos to spend JUST IN TIME for some back to school shopping)
2.) 5 things from my TpT or TN store (Your choice! Anything goes!)
3.) 5 items from 5 of my bloggy friends with great stuff in their stores!
A. Nicole from Teaching with Blonde Ambition Nicole is giving away her 45 Reading Response Sheets unit. WOW! This item is LOADED with incredible graphic organizers and goodies! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/45-Reading-Response-Sheets-for-Common-Core-Standards
B. Katie from Queen of the First Grade Jungle is giving away one ITEM OF CHOICE from her incredible TpT store! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Katie-King-Queen-of-the-First-Grade-Jungle/
C. Lisa from Learning is Something to Treasure is giving away her Kids of Character pack, which is perfect for those new students you're about to get! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kids-of-Character-Character-Education-for-Every-Week-of-the-School-Year
Kimberly from Love of Teaching is giving away one ITEM OF CHOICE from her growing TpT store! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/For-The-Love-Of-Teaching
Pamela from Teaching 4 Real is giving away a Rounding to Tens, Hundreds, and Thousands Sorting Activity, which is Common Core aligned! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rounding-to-Tens-Hundreds-Thousands-Sorting-Activity
4.) a $15.00 Starbucks gift card (Who DOESN'T need to grab a coffee or two, or three, on that first week back to school?!)
5.) 5 Free "Shout Outs" through social media (I can either blog about a post you've done, PIN something for you, tweet about an item, Facebook post for you, etc.) Anything to help you promote your store, blog, items, freebies, etc. (Who doesn't love free traffic?)
The giveaway will be done through Rafflecopter, because I HEART Rafflecopter it's easy and Rafflecopter does all the work for me! :-) There are lots of ways to enter! So come help me celebrate!
Bananas for all 500+ of ya'! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Today and tomorrow ONLY you can grab some items for only $1.00 or $2.00 on TpT. (It's like a trip to the DOLLAR STORE! YAY!) The BEST way to get there, though is through the Lesson Cloud! The Lesson Cloud authors got together and listed over 200 items on sale by grade level to make it easy. Here's the Road map:
1.) Click the Lesson Cloud Sale image for a list of items you'll be able to find on sale by grade level. (While you're there, become a follower....Lots of great posts daily!)
2.) Find a grade level that works for you and click on any of the images for a direct link to that specific TpT store.
3.) Most of the Lesson Cloud authors listed anywhere from 5-7 items each on the master list, HOWEVER, you might want to browse their store carefully. Several (including myself) put MORE items on sale for $1.00 and $2.00 in addition to the ones listed. Think of it as a big treasure hunt! (I have 16 items in my store available for either 1 or 2 bucks! ) Here's a sneak preview of just a few of the items:
**Don't forget to enter the $75.00 gift certificate giveaway to Really Good Stuff while you're there too!
Happy hunting and shopping! Good luck in the giveaway! If you find some time, stop BACK by here and let us know what "MUST HAVE" treasures you found! :-)
Bananas for good bargains,
