Super Sunday YouTube Educational Video of the Week!

We had a blog hop going on Saturday, so I decided to move my Super Saturday YouTube Educational Video of the Week to Sunday.  This next week in reading we are talking about the "Main Idea" and "Supporting Details." I found this really cute video that explains it with a song from learningupgrade.com. It talks about the main idea and how it fits into a paragraph, so it would be useful in teaching both reading and writing.


 



I hope you enjoy the video on main idea!

World Gratitude Day, September 21st!

Today is World Gratitude Day, a day to say thank you for the blessings we have been given!

I am grateful for many things: my wonderful husband and beautiful daughter, my sweet 2nd graders, my supportive sisters, and fellow teachers.  I am also grateful for my friends who make up the Teaching Tribune group, as well as all of my followers. 

My friend Mel,  came up with the idea to do a blog hop with all my other Teaching Tribune friends where you can grab LOTS of goodies! Click on the pic below to visit her blog and give her some love!  She also has links to all the participating blogs if you happen to get lost. 

The blog hop ends at The Teaching Tribune, where you can enter to win a $50 TpT Gift Certificate! 

 

To say, "Thank you!", I am offering a FLASH FREEBIE at my TpT store for one day only.  On Saturday, September 21st, you can download my brand new Life Cycle of a Pumpkin for FREE!  Just click on the link below!

You can hop on over to my friend Ms.Smarty Pants to take advantage of another great freebie!  Just click on the pic below!

Once again I would like to thank you for all of your support!

Pinterest Giveaway at The Teaching Tribune

I am one of the author's at a collaborative blog called The Teaching Tribune, and I wanted to let you know about a great giveaway going on this weekend.  We are giving away a $20 gift certificate to Teachers Pay Teachers, and all that we ask in return is that you follow our new collaborative Pinterest board. Who knows?  You might just pick up a few good ideas along the way! Head on over and enter today.  Just click on the picture of the team above.  Good Luck!

Saturday YouTube Educational Video of the Week

This week in reading, we are comparing different versions of fairy tales.  I found this video of the Rough Faced Girl that I can show my kiddos. We are going to compare this book to the original Cinderella. This is a great resource, especially if you don't have access to this book.

 

Super Saturday YouTube Educational Video of the Week: Doubles

Hi everyone, and welcome back to school!  We just started school this past week, and now we have a long weekend for Labor Day, Yeah!!! Since it's that time of year, I thought I would bring back my Super Saturday Educational YouTube Video of the Week!  Each week I will present a video that pertains to something we are studying, and hopefully make some sweet teacher's life a little easier.  This week we are studying "doubles" in math.  I found this cute rap video by a group of 2nd grade teachers.

You can also download a free copy of the rap at Natalie Lemacks TpT Store!

 I hope your kiddos enjoy this video!

SALE!!! SALE!!! SALE!!!

 

It's the one you've all been waiting for, the Teachers Pay Teachers Annual Back to School Sale!  My entire TpT store is 20% off, and with the extra 10% you receive if you punch in the CODE: BTS13, brings your savings up to a whopping 28%! So stop by my TpT Store, and stock up for this school year!

And if you just love the graphics on my sale pic as much as I do, head on over to my friend Mel's TpT store, Graphics From the Pond, and pick you up some graphics too!

Back to School Tip, Blog Hop, Freebie, & Giveaway!

That's right. It's back to school time again!  Where did the summer go?  I just got back from vacation at the coast.....

 

What am I going to do the first week of school?  Well, one of the most important things to do is to create a classroom community, a sense of "togetherness", and one way to do that is with "getting to know you" activities. 

TIP:
One great activity you can do with your kiddos is have them interview someone else in the classroom, and then write an article about them.  One year we had students make people out of construction paper to look like the person they interviewed. We had them paste the written interview on the "body", then we attached a head, arms, and legs.  We even had them use "google eyes" (Kids love google eyes)!

In order to guide your students through the interviewing process, I have created the following freebie just in time for Back to School!

 

Click the pic above for your very own copy from my TpT store!

This freebie includes suggested interview questions, a paper to write the questions on , and a "final copy" paper that they can write their article on. Students can use the final copy page instead of notebook paper to glue on the body of the person they are writing the paper about. 

And now for the BLOG HOP!!!!

My friend, Laurah The ESOL Odyssey is hosting this blog hop, and I have donated an item that usually corresponds with what is taught in the first month in math: Place Value!!! It's one of my top sellers and it is in a cute safari theme.

You can check it out more in detail at my TpT store by clicking on the pic above.

Blog Hop and Giveaway runs August 12th-17th .

Grand Prize ($122 value)

• Pencil Sharpener in color of your choice from Classroom Friendly Supplies
• Your choice of $25 in products from Tools for Teachers by Laurah J OR A blog design
• 10 units donated by Awesome TpT Teacher-Author-Bloggers (see list below)

2nd Prize ($88 value)

• Your choice of $25 in products from Tools for Teachers by Laurah J
• 10 donated by Awesome TpT Teacher-Author-Bloggers (see list below)

Items donated by participating Teacher-Author-Bloggers:

Elements of Fiction Posters

First Week Back to School Classroom Essentials Bundle

Write with Me Journal (Common Core Aligned)

Latin Greek Vocabulary Through the Year, Set 1

Getting to Know You- A Back to School Math Game for your Class

Place Value Safari

Back to School Icebreaker Pack

Ten Real Life Applicable Area and Perimeter Cards 

Back to school and end of year foldables

Common Core Writing and Editing Checklists

Click on the Back to School Blog Hop and Giveaway pic below to visit The ESOL Odyssy!

Good luck!