Bring on the first Full Week!

3 minutes of teacher-humor. You'll love it!

Welcome back to school, make this year your best year. We must!

TPT B2S14 Sale!

The Back to School 2014 TPT sale is just around the corner! Enjoy unto 28% off at most stores Aug. 4 - 5th!

My store is ready. Everything in my store will be on sale. My wishlist/cart are full of great products made by amazing teachers! 

I. AM. READY.

Are you???!!!

Check out some of my favorite Back 2 School products from my store: *click the picture to go to my store...add it to your cart and wait patiently for Aug 4th *

1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade Beginning of the year Math Assessments (3rd grade version is brand new!)

Open House forms--get organized quickly & collect information from families easily with the included forms and ideas. 

Chevron Classroom decor--I have this set up in my classroom and LOVE IT! I get compliments all the time!

Calendar Math Yearlong Student Workbooks--This is my absolute favorite product that I've created so far! I use it at least 3 days a week all year long!

Daily Schedule Cards 

Grammar Posters

One huge tip I can give you to get ready for this sale is to go back into your previous purchases and make sure to click the "provide feedback" button. Each time you provide feedback you earn TPT credit to spend on future purchases. You can save a lot of money doing this!

Happy shopping!!!

CCSS Overload

July is winding down... B2S sales are beginning to pop up... and I am forcing myself to stay away from my classroom for one.more.week. {I don't officially go back to work until Aug. 25th... Kids come Sept. 3rd}

This year I am moving up to 3rd grade. I am so super excited {especially because I get to take a few of my last year 2nd graders with me!}

But I am also anxious--mostly about the jump in skill level between 2nd and 3rd grade. I have loved teaching 2nd grade for the last 6 years! I know the standards, I know strategies, I have a plethora of resources and materials in my cupboards, cabinets and drawers. So now I need to learn my 3rd grade stuff! I. Can. Do. This!

I have spent most of my time just reading the standards then TPT-ing & Pinterest-ing ideas for each standard--this is mostly just helping me get a visual understanding of what 3rd grade looks like. 

I have also spent time looking through my 2nd grade stuff figuring out how I can tweak something I love {like my writing station} to make it work for my 3rd graders. 

When I begin to feel overwhelmed, I watch this video. There is something about it that inspires to keep pushing myself and reminds me why I am a teacher! 

Take a look!

Creative Clips Summer VIP

Have you seen this?! Are you a member yet?!

Ms. Krista Wallden is hosting an amazing Summer VIP Membership club--

Creative Clips Summer VIP Members will get:

- 10 Creative Clips Digital Weekly Newsletters with tips, updates and a summary of each week’s goodies
- Advance notice of two major summer sale dates
- Many samples of new types and styles of clipart before other sellers!
- Mini Sets of clipart and a variety of isolated images that will not be available in her store until after summer
- A full-set of clipart valued at $4.50 as a Back-to-School Summer Send-Off Gift (specific set will be included)
- Creative Clips printables which may include thank you notes, classroom labels, bookmarks, etc. that will jumpstart your school year with go-to goodies!
- Opportunity to provide specific feedback through exclusive surveys and polls to make sure Creative Clips is offering you everything you need/want!

WHAT?! Please tell me you are a member! This is amazing! 

I love her newsletters each week. Learning from other teachers/bloggers about tips and tricks that work for them is super inspiring for me!

With that being said I was inspired to revamp one of my most popular Back 2 School TPT {Freebies}

Click {here} for your copy!

And if you are a clip art lover/hoarder like me, make sure to sign up to be one of Krista's VIP members! I am certain she will inspire you, too!