Sunday Scoop with SAVINGS!

Sunday Sales- YAY! I am linking up with All Things Apple in 2nd for Sunday Saving Circular! What a better way to start your week and collect your products for the entire week!? A big thank you to Ms. Swisher for setting this one up!

 1. FULL Halloween Writing and Math Pack- $1.75 (normally $3.50)

2. Halloween Writing Pack- $2.00 (normally $2.50)

3. Halloween Math Pack- $1.20 (normally $1.50)

So...my advice would be go for the full pack that includes it all! 

Here's a sneak peak of what's inside: 

Now, it's time for Sunday Scoop with Teaching Trio! What are you up to? 

I don't feel like talking about the things I have to do, right?.... Time to procrastinate: I am LOVING Gone Girl.. so suspenseful. Also, I am needing some Fall clothes too!

 What am I happy to do? Watch the Saints play! Who Dat! 

One more thing- I've donated $5 credit to Tickled Pink in Primary's Giveaway: Click Here to Enter!

Have a great week! 

Birthday GIVEAWAY Celebration!

Woohoooo! My birthday giveaway has arrived! What a better way to celebrate than to celebrate with awesome TpT friends and fellow sellers, right?! Originally I wanted to break up the grade levels into specific days, but then I thought... Why not give everyone a chance to enter ALL of the grade level prizes for ALL 3 days!? Makes more sense to me! :D 

Over 40 incredible TpT sellers have donated to this major giveaway!  This giveaway will be going on for THREE DAYS and will be broken up into 3 categories: Pre-K to Kindergarten, 1st Grade to 2nd Grade and 3rd Grade to 5th Grade. 47 prizes have been donated to celebrate. The donations include: $5 credits,  winner's choice and specific products. Each pack also includes a $10 credit to My TpT Store. 

One more thing- My ENTIRE TpT Store will be %15 off from Monday- Wednesday to add to the fun celebration!

Let's get this giveaway goin'! Enter as many giveaways as you'd like!

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Thanks so so so much for celebrating with me! I am thrilled with the support from all of you. The Rafflecopters will close at midnight on Thursday, October 2nd. The winners will be notified within 48 hours. Good luck to all of you!

Made it Monday- Productive Weekend!

For the first time in...all year... I think.. I had a very productive weekend! I dedicated it to uploading some TpT products and getting a little organized. I haven't been able to upload new products since the start of school, so I was very happy to check those off of my to-do list this weekend! I'm linking up with 4th Grade Frolics for Monday Made it! To celebrate my actual productive weekend, I'm also linking up with Kelly and Kim for Markdown Monday! Anything helps to make Mondays a little bit better- right? 

Now, I'm ready to announce my newest additions: 

I wish I could save the best for last, but I am just too excited about my COMPLETED 2014-2015 Monthly and Weekly Planner. It's been a process, but I've finally found the perfect set up for a planner! Best of all.. I went to the local printing store, printed it AND had it bound for around $5.00! It matches my Teaching Binder perfectly! To celebrate, this item will be 20% UNTIL FRIDAY making it only $2.40! 

Monday Made it #2 is my new Rhyme Time Product. I used this over the summer with my soon-to-be Kinder students and JUST had the chance to uploaded it. Now, I'm ready to show them off! This product includes Rhyming word cards AND an I have, Who has? Game (a class favorite!) This is my second item that will be  20% UNTIL FRIDAY-  making it only $2.40! ! Get it now while it lasts!

 Monday Made It #2 is my Matter Unit: Solid, Liquid, Gas. I covered this unit last week and my students absolutely loved the milk and cookie comparison! I even added a Matter FREEBIE to my store. 

 Well, that's it! I hope you enjoyed my made it Mondays with a markdown! Head on over to my store and check out the new items while they are discounted!

Funday Sunday

I'm linking up with The Teaching Trio for Sunday Scoop for the first time! This is a simple way to see what everyone has planned for the week. I wonder how many lesson plans are on other teacher's to-do list for today.. ;) 

My have-to-dos are of course some lesson planning. Let's be honest.. I'm saving that for tonight! I hope I'm not the only one who does this, but I pick out my outfit the night before. One less thing I have to do Monday night, the better! 

My hope-to-dos are a whole lotta nothing! I want to get ahead of myself and go to the grocery because I'm not 100% out.. Hehe! So, let's see if that happens. I also want to create some Halloween products!  Here's what I've made so far! Some writing prompts and some (will be a review) skip counting for my class. Does anyone have some good ideas?

My happy-to-dos: RELAX, RELAX, RELAX before the week and watch the SAINTS PLAY! Who dat!

One more thing: 

I am very excited about the giveaway I am a part of!Simone from Simone's Math Resources is having a big giveaway that launches today! Enter every day and make sure to check back on Tuesday where my donations will be included! 

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300 TPT FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY!

YAYYY! I made it to 300 TpT followers! I am just over the moon with excitement!!! I am celebrating by giving away some of my favorite items. The giveaway starts NOW and ends Friday! 

Prize Pack #1 MOTIVATION includes: 

• Motivational Quotes
• I Finished My Work! Star Tickets
• Student Motivator Labels: You are one SMART COOKIE!
• A $5 STORE CREDIT

Prize Pack #2: PLANNING includes: 

• 2014-2015 Teaching Planner Rainbow Theme
• 2014-2015 Monthly Calendars
• A $5 STORE CREDIT

ENTER, ENTER, ENTER! TWO winners will be chosen. You will be in the running for either prize pack. Both packs have a $5 store credit that can be used on any product(s) that equal $5. Don't forget to share the post on my Facebook page to receive 10 entries! 

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Monday Made It with a MARKDOWN

Monday.. Yikes. Another week ahead of all of us! How about I make Monday a little  more exciting and link up with 4th Grade Frolics for Monday Made It? I think YES! I have been DETERMINED to make the perfect Teaching Planner that meets all of my needs. I'm excited to show all of you what I've been working on! 

Here's my long awaited creation--

2014-2015 Rainbow Teaching Planner. 

I just uploaded it to TPT! Take a looks inside: 

I love how the simple pops of colors came out! I was definitely inspired by Erin Condren. ;) 

Another goal of mine is to stay on my data collecting throughout the year. I know I won't be perfect at it, but I promised myself I would step up my game a little. :)

The process: I start collecting data with a quick assessment.  Under the specific student and subject, I will write check marks, x marks, slashes, etc. etc. I came up with a system that works best for me! (You can find that in the preview) Whenever I am teaching and looking for responses, I will try my hardest to record the responses. Are they correct? Are they incorrect? Do they need lots of prompting? Are they making connections? Are they making connections that make sense? You get the point.. Again, you have to find the markings that make sense to you! 

After, I record the notes in my summaries for each student/subject. I have separate data binders for each subject and divide the binders up by students. Basically, I note if students are really struggling or flying through the different topics. The quick assessments explained earlier help me remember the amount of correct/incorrect responses. This lets me see if I need to explain the topics better, who can move on, who needs additional help, etc. It's a win-win! I have been using this system for 3 weeks now and I have ALREADY noticed such an improvement in meeting my students' needs. 

    

If you are a 2nd grade common core teacher-don't miss out on this BONUS edition: 2014-2015 Teaching Planner Rainbow 2nd Grade . I have included my 2nd grade common core standards at-glance and checklists  in my new planner! Save money and purchase this fabulous edition!

 As you can tell, I am ECSTATIC about my new planner! I want you to be just excited as I am. I am marking BOTH the 2014-2015 Teaching Planner Rainbow and  the 2014-2015 Teaching Planner Rainbow 2nd Grade Ed.  HALF OFF!!! I am linking up with Kelly and Kim for Markdown Monday! This means that these two great products will be half off until Friday, August 29th. You do not want to miss out on this offer! 

Busy, Busy, Busy! Linkups with a SURPRISE ending

Happy Tuesday! Well, I had all these plans for my blog/Facebook page as the school year began and guess what... I didn't get to any of them! Back to school MADNESS. So, because I did not get to the things I wanted to get to, I am hosting a mini giveaway! But first- I have to reach 300 followers on TpT. Next on the to-do list.. Launch a giveaway with a bunch of TPT sellers! *I want to cross some more stuff out in the meantime*

Click here to make sure you are a follower of my TpT store. :) My Facebook page has more information on the upcoming giveaway. 

The amazing people over at TPT are doing a BOOST sale on August 20th! I hope no one forgets about ANOTHER amazing opportunity! Everything in my store is going to be 28% off when you use the TPT code: BOOST. What's the date of that again? August 20th (That is TOMORROW for all you lucky teachers that are still on summer vacation and don't know what in the world the date is.) Ah.. miss those days. ;)  

With the excitement of going back to school, there are SO many linky parties! What to do? What to do?! I'm first linking up with The Teaching Tribune for 2 For Tuesdays! One of my favorites. I am marking my 2 newest products downs HALF OFF. So, these products are less than $1.00.. Woop woop!

1. Coin Practice: Posters and Visuals for Pennies, Nickels, Dimes and Quarters- $0.75!

2. Types of Communities Poster and Worksheets- Only $0.75!

I'm also going to do a quick link-up with Deanna Jump for Book Talk Tuesday. I am talking about First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg. 

I read this adorable book to my students on the first day and they LOVED it. So did I! This is also leads into a great discussion topic when talking about your excitement and nerves going back to school after summer vacation. If they know other students are feeling the same way, maybe they won't be as nervous! I don't want to spoil this short little book for you, but this is definitely a good one.. Hope you agree!

Going along with First Day Jitters, how about you take the pressure off of yourself and your students and download my ***FLASH FREEBIE***. I am very very very excited that I just uploaded First Day of School BANNERS. This is the perfect stress-free back to school activity and best of all.. YOU CAN GET IT NOW FOR FREE! Feedback is greatly appreciated. :)

 Click here to download: First Day of School BANNERS

Thank you SO much to all of my wonderful followers and supporters! This journey would not be the same without all of you!