Back to School TpT Sale!!!

Y'all! School is starting for me in 10 days! Get ready for school by visiting TpT! Many sellers are joining in on this back to school blast off sale August 4-5th!

Wordless Wednesday: Early Finishers

How do y'all handle early finishers?

Monday Made It: Posters!

Classroom Community Quote Posters!!! I made these yesterday after being inspired by the sermon my pastor did on the importance of community. All the quotes in this pack relate to community, teamwork, and accepting differences. ^Here is an example of one of my favorites! Check them out {HERE}. They are only $1.30

Check these out {HERE}!

Hopefully I'll have some more things to update y'all about on here. When school starts, my goal is to post at least once a week on what we've been doing in our classroom. :)

New Product: Wonders Series Weekly Task Sheets!

I've been working very hard this week on a lot of items for the school year. I have had many requests for this product, so I hope it is useful! Our parish has adopted the Reading Wonders series, so these are weekly task sheets for 5th grade! You can find task sheets for grades 1-3 on theteachersguide.com! I spent a lot of time on these. I hope you are happy with them! Please let me know if you'd like any changes. I'd be happy to! 

Click the images to view on TpT!

Five For Friday: Presenting & Working on New Products

This has been such a busy week!

This week I presented at Camp RTI on our new parish guidebooks for teachers. The Common Core Task Force Committee I'm on created guidebooks that align with our new textbook series, Reading Wonders. 

I've beenvorming very hard on a lot of items that will be sold on my TpT site. Currently I'm working on weekly outlines to go with the Wonders series, a Parent Handbook, and a new Book Study for Who Were the Wright Brothers. I sure hope I get all of this done by the first week of school. I have so much to do. I'm sure you all understand that. A teachers work is never done. lol

I've been working in my classroom some this week as well! I'm done with the decorating part, but I still have the little things to work on in my room. You can see more pics under My Classroom tab. :)

I downloaded these amazing Interactive Notebooks! I am so excited to use these in my classroom!!!! You can find them {HERE}

Last, but definitely not least, today is my hubby's birthday! He's out of town on training for his job, but he'll be back late tonight. I can't wait to see him and celebrate with him!

Monday Made It: New TpT Products!

I'm linking up with 4th Grade Frolics again for Monday Made It! I've been making a lot this past week! I've been in a training all day, so I'm sorry this is a late post. Click the images to download or purchase!

2 FAN FREEBIES!

This is the 1, 2, 3 procedure I use in my classroom. I made posters for my room and am sharing them with you! :)

This is my super detailed procedure checklist for the beginning of the year. It's amazing for first year teachers!

Daily 5 Rotations Power Point 

This is a power point slide show set to a 15 minute timer. You can change the time and add student names. I can also create one with Listen to Reading as an option if you e-mail me (info on TpT). 

Daily 5 Posters and Anchor Charts

Wonders 5th Grade Skill Posters

Wonders Reading Series Skill Posters for 5th Grade- Unit 1 is free if you click the preview. Here are a couple sample pictures from Unit 1. 

Wonders Spelling Tests for 5th Grade

These are spelling tests I designed for each unit of wonders. I provide an explanation of how I use this test to incorporate the multiple leveled lists. Unit 1 is free if you click the preview! Here are some sample pictures from Unit 1.

I hope you all can utilize some of my creations! 

Five for Friday

Hey all! I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching again for my Five for Friday!

I just finished creating my Early Finisher Posters. They are $1.00 or you can purchase the Customizable Early Finisher Posters for $5.00. You can type on and change the fond on the customizable posters, as well as add your own activities and borders to suit your classroom! Both are available on my TpT website!

Along with these awesome posters, I designed a fabulous way to hold students accountable for their early finisher work. I also made it so that it's a team building concept so everyone succeeds! I highly suggest you read about it in my post below.  It's such a great idea!

My awesome door hanger came in the mail this week! You can see where to purchase one under My Classroom tab! I am so excited about this. I think it's just adorable!

I'm currently working on Daily 5 and Comprehension Strategy Posters! I just learned about the Daily 5 Literacy Strategy. I'm planning to use it next year, but haven't quite figured out how. I will have to tweak it a lot. I am in a small room and do not have an actual reading center or teacher table. I will of course designate areas for this to make this work, but it'll be a little difficult. I can't wait to share my posters with you all! I'm sure most of you have heard of this, but just incase you haven't you can find out more at The Daily Cafe!

I've been re-reading Strategies That Work. I'm trying to decide how to incorporate these strategies and mini-lessons into my classroom. My first idea is to have a Friday Five (instead of the Daily 5) where I focus on teaching these strategies or re-teaching anything my students are having trouble with. Then they would break off into their "Daily 5" stations. My other idea was to just teach these strategies to my small group when they rotate to me. I haven't quite figured out how it's going to look. It's so hard to figure out since I'm at a new school with a whole new schedule. 

If you haven't read this book, it is amazing! My professor, Dr. H, in college had us read this and complete some of the mini-lessons. I haven't done a very good job of incorporating it in the past, but I   am planning on doing better this year. :)

I met with an amazing principal yesterday to go over a presentation we will be doing. I'm on a Common Core Task Force Committee. We are in charge of creating Guide Books (which outline our curriculum) for the district. I'm presenting twice next week and am super nervous! It is definitely out of my comfort zone. I am very reserved and have high anxiety about things like this. So, I am so blessed to have her there with me. Although, I have to be prepared to present on my own just in case she can't be there. She just became principal this year, so she is being pulled in a million directions. I will be sure to update you all on how it goes! Wish me luck!