Monica is a wonderful friend of mine and always has such awesome ideas. Check out her Earth Day hats!  She makes these super simple hats with recycled materials! If you would like to see how and see a video to boot, just click here!



You can check out more Earth Day fun over on her blog by clicking HERE!

The item that I couldn't live without (the teacher's pet) is my {editable station rotation cards}. If you would like to see more about how I use these cards in my room, just click {here} to see more pics and videos. 


My {Inference Posters and Activities Pack} is the item that has helped my students succeed the most. It is difficult to help students comprehend text and teaching them to infer seemed almost impossible at one point in my teaching career. These posters, activities, and worksheets make it all make sense! If you would like more information on this pack, you can click {here} to see my kids in action.

A 'couple' of my items that will have your kids expanding their sentences and using more expressive language are my {French Fry Words} and {Author's at Work} packs. Click {here} for examples of my kids expanding their sentences.

I can't believe that it is October tomorrow! To celebrate, Monica and I thought we would set up a Linky Party to share out our favorite fall teaching resources! 

When you link up, be sure to include:

• Name of the product
• Price of the product or if it is Free
• Grade levels that the product could be used for

My good buddy Monica is having an awesome SPARKLY Giveaway on her blog. There is some really cool jewelry for anyone who loves sports. Everything is just so . . . well, sparkly! Be sure to head over and see everything and get signed up!


I know I haven't been on my best blogging behavior lately . . . I'm so excited to be heading to Chicago next week for the Midwest Conference on Differentiated Instruction. I actually got a booth there so that I can introduce more teachers to my teaching stuff and to my virtual teaching friends' shops. 


I have a blog post ready to go out on July 21 about the awesomeness that we call teacher bloggers. I want to get everyone all linked up on a grade level list before I head out. 


So . . . What are you waiting for? Get your amazing blog on the correct linky list (Just one of the lists please . . . unless  you have more than one blog). Get ready for some action next week!

Hi guys! I know I said I was back . . . but . . . Wow! Life sure has a way of kicking your booty! I'm good, . . . It's just going to be 'one of those summers!' I'm sure you all know what I'm talking about.


I'm also having a bit of writer's block . . . What does a teacher talk about when not teaching? My mind seems to be mush and I can't get out of bed in the morning! 








One of the awesome posts that Amanda has is about a plethora of word work ideas! I thought I had a lot of word work stuff! Check  out this amazing compilation {here} or just click the pic above!!

I found this awesome blog and they have a Math Linky party going on! There are already some great blog posts listed and there are only 9 hours left to enter! It is sponsored by love2learn2day who happens to have an awesome Daily 5 blog post called Let Go, Let Grow! posted today. I think you might want to check it out . . . especially if you are wondering if you should jump on the Daily 5 bandwagon . . . Jump!


Okay . . . so here is the post for the linky party. If you have a blog post that has something to do with math, you will want to add it on! You need to hurry though . . . there are only 8 more hours left to join the party!
And now to the next order of business . . . WOO HOO! We have a winner in the Easi-Speak giveaway! And the winner is . . . (drum roll please) . . .

It's almost tax day . . . Can't think of a better time for a sale, can you? 


Oh, and that's not all . . . It gets even better than that! I marked some of my best sellers down by $1.00 before I knocked off the 15%! What a bargain! Here are the items that you can get at extra savings. You know the routine . . . Just click the pics!

I ran across some awesome Linky Parties, and thought I would share with everyone! Linky Parties are great to find awesome ideas and share some of your own.

You don't want to miss this sale at TpT! Most of my friends, and ME, are giving 20% off of all our items in our teacher stores! Then, when you check out, just enter the code for an extra 10% of the sale items! That's 28% off! Just click the pic to go to my TpT store!


A couple of my friends are also having 20% off sales as well! Here are a couple of my favorite items in their stores!

Janaya at the Lesson Plan Diva is having a Linky Party for ways to organize learning games and other materials. AND Lorraine at Fabulous 4th Grade Froggies is having a Linky Party for other organizational tips! You should see the idea for THOSE desks...you know the ones I am talking about! I swear I once found an entire outfit that a girl had stuck in her desk! Ugh! 


I thought I would show you a couple of ways that I organize. One of my favorite ways is to use these hanging bags from Really Good Stuff. I use them for writing materials, books and CDs, and station activities. The cool thing is that you can take the bags and put them where you need them. I hang them on the bottom of the tables so that they are ready for the kids and don't take up tons of table space.