Showing posts with label Non-Teacher Love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Non-Teacher Love. Show all posts

Are You Following Me On Social Media?

Well? Are you?!

Howdy blog world! I just want to stop by real quick to remind you to follow me on social media!








I am pretty active on social media, and it's the best way to check out what I am up to on a regular basis!




I even shared my wedding video trailer on Facebook this past week!

Not to mention, I love doing giveaways and throwing sales periodically. Following me on social media is the best way to know when those things are happening!

Now I want to leave you with a little sneak peak at the HUGE blog series and resource I am currently working on. I seriously can't wait to reveal it all!



Come back soon to see what it's all about!

Five for Friday!


I swear I am alive and kicking over here!


Number one: This baby has been my life for the last 8 months. I put the finishing touches on it this week and should have it up this weekend/week. Praise.The.Lord.


Number two: Moving into a new home means no more coming home from work and chilling on the couch! We've been busy. This was 30+ landscaping trash bags later.


Number three: This man loves me. :) Putting together our new (SUPER CHEAP!!) headboard that I scored on Amazon! Excuse the ugly mattress. ;)


Number four: This e-card is kind of amazing. When it comes to picking out curtains and paint colors...yeah. I am sure many of you can relate. ;)


Number five: We took 150 5th graders to camp last week, and of course it stormed like crazy and POURED for the entire trip. YAY. Here is how you attempt to keep 150 5th graders occupied while you are taking shelter from the impending storms. Yes...that is me on the stage with wet hair and wet clothes, and later in the life jacket. JOY! ;)





Happy weekend teacher friends!!!

How to Get an Updated File on TpT

Hello sweet friends, I received a question today from the sweetest lady on TpT. She was concerned that she had already purchased my assessments, and now that I had updated them with the answer keys, she was afraid she was going to have to purchase them again! Oh I felt so bad! Once you purchase something, it is yours, FOREVER!!!

Any updates that I have made to any products, you get to download, FOR FREE!!

I have added ALL answer keys to ALL assessments, and am now working on changing the font of my 5th Grade Homework Packs.

For those of you that are unsure of how to get your updated file, see below:

First, log in to your Teachers Pay Teachers account, and go to your "dashboard." 

Then, follow the steps below: 






Sorry I don't have more to share with you this evening! My conferences start tomorrow and I am in the middle of moving...AHH!! Say a prayer I make it Spring Break my friends!!! 


P.S.- I PROMISE ELA Assessments are coming VERY soon! I have received ALL of your emails. Y'all are TOO sweet! :) 



Hall Pass Linky Party!

I'll be back in my next post to share part 2 of Khan Academy, because I couldn't pass up this great linky party!

Reagan Tunstall (have you seen her classroom? I DIE!) is having a linky party called:



This is a great opportunity to step outside of our own classrooms to see what's going on in the classroom next door! Although, do you think our kids talk about what they're doing in class when they "need a bathroom break?" Yeah. Doubt it! ;) A teacher can dream...

Product: My data tracking binders!! They have changed my teaching life like WHOA! I blog about them A LOT! I have just recently started implementing them in our ELA block as I have been finishing up ELA assessments. Click HERE to read up on these babies! There are 'lots more posts besides just this one.








Area: Our read aloud/mini-lesson area. This is where my kids beg and plead for me to keep reading, even through our lunch. This is where some of our best conversations about characters and visualizing and inferring happen. This is where my kids sit and learn to fall in love with reading. Something magical happens in this space, and I kind of love it.



Signal: My #1 transition signal is this music triangle:
My kids know that sound means STOP EVERYTHING and DROP EVERYTHING! It's kind of funny how quick they've got used to this routine. I mean, pure silence. Pretty awesome! 

I am also a serious Whole Brain Teacher lover. I use a lot of transition signals and sayings. For an everyday transition like taking your math book out, I love the call and repeat. I say, "MATH BOOK!" and my students repeat back 3 times with: "MATH BOOK, MATH BOOK, MATH BOOK!" and quickly race to pull it out, place it on their desk, and put their hands on the book. I sometimes even award points for the quickest group!

Sanity: My personal Pinterest page. I have a separate teaching Pinterest and personal Pinterest. When I need a second to step away from grading papers, responding to emails or calling parents on my break, I go on my phone, put some Pandora on, close my door and PIN AWAY! My fiancĂ© knows that when I am on my personal Pinterest looking at home decor, super adorable outfits and yummy recipes, I have had a hard day and need to escape. ;) 
ooohh....ahhhh.... HAPPY PLACE! 


 


Head on over to Tunstall's Teaching Tidbits to link up!

Winners and February Currently

Howdy blog friends! The day has arrived for 1 fabulous follower to WIN a $50 gift certificate to TeachersPayTeachers! Once again, thank you to all of you for entering. Your constant blog reading and comments mean the world to me!

DRUM ROLL PLEASE...

Erika Reyes

Look in your email for your prize! CONGRATULATIONS!!

...AND because I could not just let 1 person win, I decided to offer 2 other fabulous people ANY single item from my store for FREE!! The next two winners are:

Shannon Engley
Donna Milligan

Check your emails for a message from me to claim your prizes. Once again, thank you SO much for the overwhelming love and feedback from all of you. It means so much to me!


I am also linking up for Farley's February Currently:





Head on over to link up as well! 


Student Data Tracking Binders and Standards Based Assessments FAQ!

Happy Sunday teachers! Are you busy PLANNING away for the New Year? Perhaps you've been back since Wednesday like me?!

If you're going back tomorrow, check out THIS BLOG POST for some ideas on your first days back with your students!

Lately, I've been receiving so many amazing questions about my Student Data Tracking Binders and Standards Based Assessments and Teaching Notes! With the New Year, a lot of teachers are using this time to start them in their classrooms!

So, to help you all out a bit more, I created this FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FREEBIE! My hopes are that this freebie helps you implement the binders easier in your classrooms! I've said this in many posts, but these binders and assessments have profoundly changed my classroom for the better!

If you're reading through this freebie and realize you still have questions, don't hesitate to email me or write your questions in the comments section below.

Grab a cup of JAVA and enjoy!




**Side note: Thanks to all of the fabulous teachers that have emailed me, written on my YoungTeacherLove facebook wall and have left comments here telling me about how the binders and assessments work in their own classrooms. It means the WORLD to me, and I love to hear how it is going for you! SO THANK YOU! Keep it coming my friends!


I am also linking up with Ms. Farley again for her January Currently Linky! A little late, yes, but I love this linky! It's a great way to find other new blogs out there!


A 'Lil Non-Teacher Love

I just wanted to stop by real quick to say hello and Happy Holidays to my bloggy friends!!!! I have been a 'lil MIA recently because I am enjoying some R & R!!
(See photos of what we ESCAPED and now what we're enjoying below!)

Sorry for the photo quality, bloggin' from the beach on my phone isn't easy! ;)

I'll see you all in the new year!! I've
got some fabulous teaching ideas and blog posts up my sleeve, not to mention I have been updating my store like a crazy person and the new year will bring my MASSIVE ELA assessments that I have been putting the finishing touches on!

Thanks for all your love and support blog world! Cheers to 2013 and to our best teaching years YET!





BY the way...did I mention I love me some ONLINE SHOPPING! Um, do you SEE the snow in the above picture? The last thing I want to do is get in my car and drive around in that craziness! This year I bought my students' holiday presents from a great website called MPM School Supplies! I also got some goodies for throughout the year as well! My kids LOVE this kind of stuff (erasers, bookmarks, pencils, etc.)!!



I had heard about it through fellow bloggers, and I am so happy I shopped through them! The site was super easy to navigate, I could sort items by "most popular" to decide on some hot gift ideas, and the check-out was a breeze! I got the box of goodies delivered right to my school a few days later, just in time for our holiday party! I will definitely be using this site in the future!



If you're interested in checkout out MPM School Supplies, they're offering 10% off of my first ten readers' orders! All you have to do is follow THIS LINK and shop 'til you drop! Have fun!

December Currently and a 'LIL Non-Teaching Love

I'm linking up with the fab Mrs. Farley for December's Currently party!



...I've just GOT to share my "loving" with you all...

I know you've seen these AMAZE bubble necklaces from J-Crew right?! 


Well, J--Crew was selling them for $125!! NO THANK-YOU! So, in my true (teacher salary) fashionista way, I found this on ETSY for only 18 bucks! YES!!! Super adorable and I couldn't NOT share that steal ;) 




Head on over to: 

...to join the fun!! 






Thanksgiving Math Games, Centers, Activities, and A November Currently Party

Happy Hump Day blog world! Did you have Election Day off? We had professional development meetings all day, but I am not complaining. This little lady got 'lots done!!

I wanted to update my loyal followers on my latest Thanksgiving products. They have been in my store for a bit, but I wanted to share with you too!

I blogged about my Thanksgiving Coordinate Graphs in a previous blog post. Click HERE to learn more about them!

My latest products came from a dire need for my kids to review the math concepts they need extra help with!

My Common Core Fall and Thanksgiving Math Centers and Activities Pack have been a life saver!



I have been using the activities in my guided math/math workshop rotations and for early finishers. One of my sweet girls asked if she could take home the fraction cards for extra practice after she finished her homework (are you dying right now??!!)  I made answer keys for these activities/centers to make life easier for all of you.  Parents also appreciate it so they know that their child is doing the work correctly.

Here are two of my fast finishers working on the  activity: 









I laminated the cards, sent them home with a parent to cut out (which is AWESOME by the way!), and let my kids use wet-erase markers. That way I can re-use them from year-to-year. Plus, the students don't feel like you're just giving them worksheets. Something about the pretty leaves, lamination and markers makes it just so much more fun. ;)









Here are the girls doing another activity which requires them to line up a series of decimals from least to greatest or greatest to least. 












Another activity my students completed was the "Color by Quotient" activity. It is an upper-el spin off of Color by Number. Perfect for morning work too! My students love doing these during indoor recess and I even let them tape them to the sides of their desks to dress out classroom up during the holiday season!





Also included in this packet are a number of different fraction activities with these SUPER adorable fraction turkeys:







AND writing algebraic expressions. We start algebra next week, but some of my high kids have been begging for more enrichment!



Here is the complete preview of these Thanksgiving Centers:




You can see more and check out a larger version of the preview by click HERE!


I've also uploaded a Thanksgiving version of my Persuasive Writing Pack!  Don't you just love this time of year??!!



 I will be back to share more about this pack, because we just started using it in our classroom today! My kids are loving this guy though: 


Click HERE to see a preview of this pack! 

Last, and most definitely not least...

I am linking up with Farley over at: 

...for her November Currently! 



Here's what I'm thinking...the first 2 people that comment on this post with your email, I'll send you either a copy of the Thanksgiving Persuasive Pack or the Thanksgiving Math Centers for free!! Just leave your email and your preference in your comment!! Thanks for reading!
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