What's In Your Cart?! Linky!

Have you heard, TpT is throwing a HUGE back to school sale!  And I'm participating!!  

Here are a few new items I recently added to my store:

Cause & Effect Pictures!!

Inferencing Pictures!!

Differentiated Question Scenes

Preposition Pictures Scenes for younger students for the entire year

And my newest bundles!!

Articulation Roll, Say & Color BUNDLE

Seasonal/holiday EET companion pack BUNDLE

Early Language File Folder Activities BUNDLE

Jenna over at Speech Room News is hosting again a "What's In Your Cart?" linky so all of us tpt sellers/bloggers can share what items we plan on purchasing.  This can help you get ideas!!

Nonfiction Texts with English Language Arts Targets {Fall Edition} by Nicole Allison at Speech Peeps

Prediction Comic Strips – A Focused Reading Skills Activity by Teri and Tiff's Creative Resources

and tons of clip art so I can create more materials for you!

Two For Tuesday Week 4

Tuesdays are fast becoming my favorite day of the week this summer with Two for Tuesday with The Teaching Tribune. I have gotten some great deals and added a few things to my wish list each week!  The two products that I have chosen to mark down to 50% off are my Kicking It Math Subtraction and Kicking It Math Division Products.  

You can read the full post about how I implement this in my class here.

Happy students wearing the "belts" they have won!

Yes, belts, as in karate belts.  The program involves a karate theme and the students pass levels to earn different belts.  They LOVE this!

We start by practicing our math facts orally.  Each student has their own key ring with "belts" that have the math facts on them - problems only on one side and problems and answers on the other.  One student says all of the problems and answers while the other student coaches, then they switch.  This takes about 2-3 minutes.



Here is a close-up of the cards.

Then we complete a 1 minute timed test.  The students have folders with their current level in a sheet protector.  They answer using a dry erase marker.  I only make copies at the beginning of the year!  Yeah!

If they finish before the time is up, they raise their folder above their head, I collect them, grade them, and change the sheet out if they are all correct.

Their name is also changed on our level board.

  

Two for Tuesday - Sale

I am loving Tuesdays this summer thanks to the Teaching Tribune and Two for Tuesday! I have been able to grab some great bargains on items from Teachers Pay Teachers and find some great new sellers to follow!  Everyone who is linking up has two items priced at 50% off today only.

The items I have discounted today will have your students becoming very persuasive!

 The first item is A Lesson in Persuasive Writing. Included in this unit are:

• Common core standard addressed• Grading rubric• Lesson plans• Vocabulary Cards• Prewriting graphic organizers • Letter writing graphic organizers
Suggested books are also included.
Aligned to Common Core Standards. 


 The second item involves both persuasion and research as your students try to persuade you to get a class pet.  They will also try to convince you what type of pet to get as well. Can we get a Class Pet includes:
• Common core standards addressed
• Student “I Can Statements”
• Grading rubric
• Lesson plans
• Vocabulary Cards
• Prewriting graphic organizers 
• Letter writing graphic organizers
• Research graphic organizers
• Math activities (budget and graphing)

Report Final Pages include:

• Table of contents page
• Pet physical description page
• Pet’s Habitat page
• What they eat page
• How to care for the pet
• Interesting facts page
• Customizable pages
• Bibliography page
• Glossary page
• editing/writing checklist

Suggested book, internet, and grant resources are also included.

Two for Tuesday

I am participating in The Teaching Tribune's Summer Blogging Event for Two for Tuesday!  What that means is I have discounted two of my top selling products at 50% off for one day only, Tuesday, June 10th (and since I am a little late to the party due to kids' doctors appointments, the items will remain on sale until 4:00 PM June 11th to give you a full 24 hours to save!

The products on sale are my Kicking it Math Multiplication and Addition Units.

You can read the full post about how I implement this in my class here.

 

Happy students wearing the "belts" they have won!

 

 

Yes, belts, as in karate belts.  The program involves a karate theme and the students pass levels to earn different belts.  They LOVE this!

 

 

We start by practicing our math facts orally.  Each student has their own key ring with "belts" that have the math facts on them - problems only on one side and problems and answers on the other.  One student says all of the problems and answers while the other student coaches, then they switch.  This takes about 2-3 minutes.

 



 

Here is a close-up of the cards.

 

 

Then we complete a 1 minute timed test.  The students have folders with their current level in a sheet protector.  They answer using a dry erase marker.  I only make copies at the beginning of the year!  Yeah!

 

If they finish before the time is up, they raise their folder above their head, I collect them, grade them, and change the sheet out if they are all correct.

 

 

 

 

Their name is also changed on our level board.

 

 

 

  

Cinco De Mayo Festivities, Monthly $25 TpT Gift Card Giveaway, and BIG TpT sale!

Today was an amazing day of learning as we celebrated learning - Cinco de Mayo style!   I had already shared a few things we had done last week including measurement poke cards and sombreros. Here are a few more things we did today to honor Mexican culture:

We made pinata bags to hold some goodies from our afternoon fiesta. Many of the students brought some yummy Mexican foods and candies to share with the class.  (Of course I forgot to take pics as I was dishing up the goodies)!  Our overwhelming favorite thing was the homemade horchata made by one of the moms - yummy!

Before the party we did a fun little Reader's Theater from Deb Hanson.

We learned lots of interesting facts - Did you know that Mexico City is sinking?  Or that the biggest Cinco de Mayo celebration is in Los Angeles? Or that they have a chihuahua contest in Arizona on Cinco de Mayo?

We also used some of the activities in Teach from the HeART's Cinco de Mayo Crafts and Printables Pack



And this Cinco de Mayo Math Scoot from Teacher's Desk 6 which was a great review!

And unless you live under a rock, you know that today and tomorrow is the big Teacher Appreciation sale at Teachers Pay Teachers!  I am participating and all items in my store have been marked down.  Combine that with the site discount and you can save 28% on any items.  Remember to use Code TPTXO. Time to clear out your wish list - I know I will be!

And now that you've made it through this epic post, it is time to enter my once a month $25 TpT gift card giveaway that I have as a special thank you for following!  Maybe you can pick up anything extra you missed during the big sale!

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Currently - December 2013

I feel like a blog stalker today - I kept refreshing and refreshing Farley's blog waiting for the December Currently!  This is one of the first times I get to do it early since the first landed on a Sunday - day off!  Woo hoo!  I know - I'm crazy!  Maybe it's the Thanksgiving stupor wearing off?  So without further ado my Currently:

And... I am currently waiting impatiently patiently for the big TpT sale tomorrow, (although I MAY have already purchased a few things that I just couldn't wait for!).  Some sellers are already having sales, so why not?  Just don't tell my snoring hubby!  I am also having a big sale this weekend  at my store with a bonus Buy one get on Free Deal!  Check it out here!

Hosting a Sale in Honor of Fall

In honor of the first weekend of fall, Second Grade Math Maniac is hosting a blog hop this weekend and I've decided to link up.

Click Here to go to Second Grade Maniac's page!

I have put all of my items on sale this weekend for 20% off!  Click here to visit my store!