Search results matching tags 'teacher resources' and 'poetry and writing'

How to Frost a Cupcake Writing Unit

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 02:47:00 GMT

Hey guys! I finally finished up my cupcake How To writing unit!

Last year, I did How to Make a Coke Float, but that was kind of my colleagues idea so I wanted to make my own!

It is available in my both my shops, but first...in keeping with my usual manner, here is the font challenge 2 to win the unit for free:

The first two people to correctly guess the font below, which was used in one page of the unit, will win it for free!

Good luck! I don't think this one's too hard. =)

Oh and below you can download a few freebie pages from the unit!

To download them, click HERE!

Enjoy!

SALE and more Common Core ELA

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:17:00 GMT

So I decided to keep my FLASH sale going until tonight because I can. =)

After receiving several emails, I decided to break up my ELA Common Core cards into individual grades! You people are hard to please! LOL Now, at least you will have the choice of a the bundle (grades 3-5) or your own individual grade!

And the vocabulary cards look like this...

Go grab your set since they are HALF OFF in my TN Shop until tonight at midnight!!

I will begin grades K-2 soon!

I have been getting emails from people about doing cards for 6th grade. I just don't know guys! It was enough work creating 3-5! If I have time at the end of the summer, we will see about getting those done! I know you middle school teachers like cutesy stuff too!

Volcano Unit Proofreader Needed!

Anonymous — Sun, 13 May 2012 17:30:00 GMT

Hey blog friends! I need two people to proofread and check over my 85 page Voyage to the Volcano Unit. I have already looked over it, but it's always good to get a second set of eyes!

I need them to be checked out within the next hour or so! The first two people to comment with their emails will be my proofreaders! You will keep the unit I email you as a token of my appreciation for helping me out!

Sorry the first ones blurry!

I hope to have this posted in both my shops this evening!

Happy Mothers day to all those wonderful mamas out there!

Cursive Corral Unit

Anonymous — Sat, 05 May 2012 12:23:00 GMT

I am so excited to share the finished product of my cursive unit! I worked on it all night last night so I could get it done! The creative juices were just flowing!

This Western themed cursive unit includes:

A Wanted: Cursive Writers poster

Order of Teaching sheet

Cursive practice pages for A-Z

Western Words practice sheet

Cursive paragraph practice

Upper and Lower Case: A Matching Game

Cursive Prescription

Cursive Sheriff notes for neat and messy cursive

Cursive Awards

I hope you all can use it!

It is available for purchase in my TN and TPT shop!

Inserting Media/Links in Flipcharts and some Research!

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:23:00 GMT

So, before I went out on my sick leave, my students were finishing up their animal research reports. I was so happy with how they came out and how much my students have grown since the beginning of this year! Anyway, after they publish, we gave them this adorable animal research sheet made by my BTF (best teacher friend) as I like to call her.

I can't give this away to you, since it wasn't my creation, but at least now you have the idea! They came out so cute that I just had to share.

Howler Monkey

Gila Monster

Wombat

Killer Whale

Bison

Aren't they precious!!??

Annnnnd now for my next flipchart tutorial! I had a request yesterday to show you how to insert media and links to your flipcharts. I hope you can use this!

Valentine's Day Ideas

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:11:00 GMT

So, I hate that I haven't been able to blog much this past week. I have had some pretty serious things going on with my family and I just haven't had the time or the energy to post. I have tons of stuff I plan on posting but I'm going to start with the most important first! Valentine's Day stuff!

A while back, I was inspired by What the Teachers Wants to steal her pumpkin present idea to help quell the nutty children during the Halloween season. Click HERE to see her post! This has inspired me to adapt the idea for Valentine's Day! I plan on using of these to fill with small trinkets. As the day goes on, I will pass it along to different desks of students who are following rules and expectations, being kind and considerate to others, and respecting the school environment.

I was thinking I would fill it with pencils, candies, erasers, stickers and other fun things! When a student receives the Valentine Present, they will get to choose one thing from the chocolate box. I am so excited to try this out and see who it works!

Another fun thing I plan on doing on Valentine's day is reading this adorable book, "How Do You Hug a Porcupine?" by Laurie Isop, that I found at Barnes and Noble. SOOOOO freakin' precious...

It is a cute rhyming story about a boy who discusses hugging all kinds of animals, but he wonders how to hug a porcupine. He comes up with a clever idea to solve his problem by the end of the book. I am soooo in love with it!

I thought it would be fun to have students write about how they would hug a porcupine, so I made this cute little writing page!

Just click the image above to download your free copy!

I have some fun science activities to share soon also and more clip art to be uploaded. I will be posting this rectangle clip art sometime today along with the digital stamps of all the fraction sets!

I know I said I would do it Monday, but I haven't had time!

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday blog friends!

Freebie and Some Clip Art News!!

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:44:00 GMT

I have made the move from my Etsy shop to Teachers Notebook for my clip art! It will be so much easier for me now! From this point on, if you could please use my Teachers Notebook Clip Art gallery to purchase your clip art. You can visit the link in the side bar to head over there! Now you don't have to wait for me to e-mail your files! You can just download them from TN!

You can click HERE to visit my new clip art shop!

I was going to participate in the tag game today, but I am just too tired!

BUT, I did want to share a freebie creation from tonight. We are doing animal research papers and I made this graphic organizer to help students organize their research information into five paragraphs. We are requiring them to have an introduction paragraph, a paragraph about their animal's life cycle, a paragraph about its habitat, a paragraph about it adaptations and defenses, and a closing paragraphs with interesting facts learned about their animals!

Tomorrow, we will be filling in this graphic to help us outline our information!

FYI: TS stands for topic sentence! =)

Just click the image above to download.

Poetry Unit and a Holiday Giveaway!

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:23:00 GMT

I have been working like a mad woman (like that simile!?) to get this unit finished and available for purchase in my Teacher's Notebook store! I have seriously been in a frenzy for the last two days trying to finish it all up. It feels good to have it done!

We are working on characteristics of poetry and devices of figurative language when we return from our Christmas break so I thought I would share the love I've put into it with all of you, for a small fee of course. =)

This colorful unit includes elements of poetry (rhyme, repetition, and stanzas) and activities and poems for teaching similes and metaphors, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, and alliteration!

Head to my store and grab your copy!

When I reach 30 shoppers who have me as a favorite store on Teacher's Notebook, I will be giving away this unit to one lucky liker! =)

To participate in the giveaway, you must either:

1) Add me as a favorite on Teacher's Notebook

2) Like my facebook fan page

3) Tell me your favorite winter writing activity for after the Christmas holidays! (I desperately need your good ideas...)
Or do all of the above for more chances to win!

Oh and don't forget to leave your e-mail in one of the comments!

Please leave a separate comment for each way you enter.

Per Request - Friendly Letter

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:07:00 GMT

Someone asked about getting the printable of the friendly letter guy and I found who I stole it from! Visit Thriving Third Graders to download the document with the friendly letter guy in it! She also has some great lesson ideas for teaching the friendly letter!

All I did was take him from paper to poster! But he looks so cool hanging on the wall!

I am also working on finishing my Rocks, Minerals, Fossils, and Soils unit! When I am done, I will post for all to have!

Just a few ideas I've stolen from Pinterest...

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:55:00 GMT

So, like most everyone else in teacher blog land, I live on Pinterest. I have an app on my iphone and I use it constantly on commercial breaks! This guy, who has yet to be named, was an inspired by someone on Pinterest who I can't think of at the moment! But it really helped my kids remember the parts of a letter!

Isn't he cute!? I mean, he has a big ole head that isn't really proportional to the rest of his body, but who cares!

I actually did not find this next idea on Pinterest. I actually came up with it all on my own! =) I gave my kids a learning style survey during the first week of school and then I turned it into a consensogram!

This idea came to me this week when I was trying to figure out what to do with my students South Carolina landform maps. I decided I would just make a collage out of them and make one large map!

I will post more from my world later this weekend!

Now, if you'll excuse me, my glass of wine and I have a date!