Teacher Week Catch up...long:)

This week got the best of me and I am dog tired! We had our first week back full of meetings, working in our rooms, and meet the teacher! Meet the teacher was a HUGE success! I am really thinking I lucked out and got a great group of kiddos! They all were so sweet, happy, were excited they had me as a teacher! The parents were happy, brought some supplies in and jumped right in and asked when they can help out! How awesome is that!!! I am excited!

So here I am playing catch up...at home...back on the internet...FINALLY:) I am not at the coffee shop, but home in pj's, in a silent house, with my cat right next to me and pancakes for dinner;) Way better than a noisy coffee shop!

Since I only completed MONDAY of teacher week with Blog Hoppin, I have a lot to talk about and show you! So I am apologizing in advance, but I promise it will be worth it:)

Tuesday-Technology tip
I am SURE someone has talked about this...but my tip is to use...

I always, always, always use PowerPoint to make my creations! It is sooooo user friendly! Word is not! So ditch word and get with using PowerPoint, you will be very happy you did! 

Wednesday-Where I Teach 

I teach 3rd grade in a school of about 900 kids! We have a HUGE staff and a HUGE school! I just finished my room but have to go in this weekend to copy, sharpen pencils, and all that stuff before the kiddos come Monday! So here are my pictures of my final room! Enjoy!

 This is when you first walk in

These are my book bins with their literacy/writing notebooks and my library

  

My math workshop board

  

objective board with homework on the bottom

 Back sink area with crayon/marker/colored pencil bins

  

Writing and Word Work area

My area! Daily 5 stuff will be on the closet doors

  

Welcome area with...

cubbies, mystery person, homework tickets, notes, hopping helpers, soaring eagle of the week, question of the week, schedule, all about me, calendar, newsletter

 Level Up area, frogtastic spellers club, literacy focus board, my smaller desk 

 Math area

  

Their math notebooks are in the fabric bins

  

math manipulatives, games, resources, center materials

Daily 5 papers and stuff they need

When you walk out

When you walk in

 My classroom bulletin board outside of my room!

A nice welcome to my new 3rd grades from last years class:)

Thursday-therapeutic 
When I do relax...and that is a goal of mine this year, these are some things I like to do:) 

Being in Hawaii with my hubby and playing with my cat are very relaxing to me! I do love baking, shopping at Target, enjoying a cold coffee from Starbucks, getting a long pedicure, going to the movies, and yes...taking Step Aerobics relaxes me since I love it so much! 

Friday-FREEBIE 

Freebies are always great! So today I am going to give my Dunking Division Poke game to you for free! I hope you like it!

Well, that is it for today! I will be back this weekend with my 500 follower giveaway! 

Have a great Friday everyone:)

Rolling in Money!!! with a possible freebie:)

I wish I was rolling in money...don't you? hehe! So last night after looking around on Pinterest I found this really cute math idea from Mrs. Prince & Company.

She calls it The Trading Game. When I saw this picture, something clicked! I have that chip tray and had no idea how to use it...until now! 

I came up with a new game called, Rolling in Money!

All students need help adding money and this game is perfect for that! The tray I have has 6 compartments. Place different coins in all 6 compartments. Use the number cards to label each compartment.

I have these in 4 different colors

I created 5 different recording sheets. One for rolling 2 times, 3 times, 4 times, 5 times, and 6 times. Each time they roll, they take the coin out and record it on their recording sheet. After all the rolls are recorded, they add up to get their amount! Check with a calculator, put the coins back, and play again!

So what do you think? I am pretty excited about this and think they will LOVE playing with this game! From my experience, the kids LOVE playing with money! I do too;) You can get them both at my TPT and TN stores!

BUT...Since no one guessed the breed of dog I've only had in my life, I will ask that question again! If you get it right you can WIN this game AND my Dunking Division poke game!

Have a great Saturday everyone:)

Giveaway winners and more freebies:)

I really did not want this day to come:( The LAST full weekday off of the summer! How did it go so quickly??? I have a full week of work days next week and students come August 27th. I am hoping for a really great year! I think good things are going to happen this year!

So onto a few things! Give away winners! here are the 5 people who get to pick one item from my store for free! Congrats to you all and thank you to everyone else for participating! Please email me to let me know what you want!

I am only 24 people away from 500 followers! I can't wait for a HUGE giveaway! Yeah!

So I have a few more freebies for you! Just click on any of the pictures to get the file!

First one is a Place VS Value sign! I made it a long time ago and can't find where the original boxing gloves clip art came from. If you know, can you please tell me so I can give credit or I might need to change it! The fonts are from Hello Literacy:) I LOVE her fonts!

I have a few people who asked for my Literacy Notebook! Well...here you go:)

I also made a check out and check in page for this notebook. This will be where the students record the books they pick for their book boxes! That way, if a book goes missing I MAY be able to find it...haha!

I hope you have a great Friday!

Monday made it Daily 5 freebies for you, reading/spelling trackers, and giveaways!

Monday, Monday, where did you go? I am a few days late to the party but I have been SO busy. Last week of freedom and I can't seem to relax:( So today I am linking up with Tara from 4th Grade Frolics for Monday(Wednesday) Made it!

I feel a little better than yesterday! I spent most of my night really looking at how I have to now work my reading block! See, before the ESL teacher and I had a modified Daily 5 because we say every group for guided reading every day, sometimes twice a day! Now since I won't be working with her(no one is-the system is changing) I have to think about something else....

So I am going back to do a full Daily 5 reading block! I have to get the books back from my classroom tomorrow and really do some rereading! The one thing I don't like is having the mini lessons in different chunks! I have found that there is too much transition time and instructional time is lost! Am I the only one who thinks that? So if my reading block this year is 9:00-11:20, but I have to have 40 minutes of writing in there...how in the world do I schedule my reading block? Anyone have any ideas? If you offer any suggestions, I would gladly give you my new reading and spelling trackers for free(see below for them).

So here are the Daily 5 items I have been working on! I had them last year but just updated a few things and added all the credits and such! Any of these materials are not indorsed by The Sisters. If you want to learn more about how to use the Daily 5 I highly suggest you get their books:)

So first thing...here are some daily/weekly trackers that students can use to keep track of what choices they have done. Just click on any of the pictures to download!

 

Next is a poster to help students with reading to someone

This last one is posters you can use around your room for Daily 5 and CAFE

I hope you can use some of these:)

So the other thing I made last night was a spelling and reading tracker. This is for students to keep data on their spelling tests and also keep up with their minutes they read for homework! Both area available in my TPT and TN stores! 

I currently have FOURgiveaways going on right now! Don't forget about all of them! I sure love having giveaways!

1. My almost 500 follower giveaway!

2. 1 free item for 5 followers giveaway! Ends Friday!

3. Answer the following question and win my dunking division 

4. AND today's giveaway!

Oh my! AND I am participating in a few other blogger giveaways! Check out Dani from Patterson's Porch! She is having a 100 follower giveaway!

That's it for me today! Enjoy your Wednesday!

Winner, 30% off sale, and another giveaway!

It's Sunday, and that means it is the day of the TPT Back to school sale! I bet many of you are already shopping! I just rolled out of bed to make it to the coffee shop! I hope they don't care my hair is a mess! HAHA! 

the winner of my back to school giveaway is...

The Science Penguin! Congrats and thank you to everyone who entered! I have 40 more people until my huge 500 follower giveaway so help spread the love:) 

I currently have my TN shop 20% off....well, to make it more like the 28% off you can get at TPT, I am changing the sale to 30% off my TN store! A little more off for you!

Here are a few of my most popular items! 

Any of my scratch off tickets!

Which item of mine do you like best or would really want for FREE? Just enter below and you might win any item of your choice for free!!! (I love giveaways...can you tell???)
 

5 people can win!

If you decide to blog about my giveaway and earn 25 extra chances to win, you must leave a comment and let me know where I can see your blog about it with the above picture! Thanks so much!

I am hoping to get more items in my store today...well, at least that is the plan while I am doing laundry and such around the house!

Happy Shopping!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

I just can't wait......TPT sale and a FLASH giveaway!

So my hubby told me today that I am an impatient person while we were at Sam's Club...I mean, has the man met me yet? How long have we been together??? The ONLY place I am a patient person is in the classroom! HAHA! 

So, where is this all going??? We all know that TPT is having a HUGE back to school sale starting Sunday! I just can't wait to have a sale! SO, I am placing my TPT AND TN stores on sale TODAY! The sale will run until Monday night! 

ALSO...I just feel like giving something away! So...this is seriously a FLASH giveaway! ONE person will win a $25.00 gift certificate to TPT! YES! Just in time for the HUGE sale! The give away will END Saturday night and I will announce the winner Sunday Morning and get you your gift certificate so you can do some shopping!

Don't forget about my almost 500 follower giveaway! If you blog about my giveaway with the picture below you can pick either my Writing Task Cards or my Listening Task Cards! If you are a new follower you also get them for free:) Just don't forget your email and your choice!

I am 45 followers away from a huge giveaway! I can't believe how many bloggers are helping out! Ginger Snaps, 4th Grade Frolics, Fun in Room 4B and Learning is Something to Treasure are just 4 of the many who are helping out! 

Well, it is finally raining here today and I have been at the coffee shop for almost 2 hours! I really LOVE the people who work at my local Starbucks! They are awesome! My Starbucks boyfriend is working tonight and I am enjoying my second free drink! I am baking these cookies tonight for him and the rest of them that are oh so awesome!

 I wish I could bring you all some! These look delicious! I found the recipe on Pinterest, but it is a Kevin and Amanda recipe! I will have to tell you all about it tomorrow!

Enjoy your Friday night!