Best Year Ever Sale!

The Teachers Pay Teachers sitewide sale is HERE!  I have filled up my cart, checked out, and repeated!

I wanted to share with you some of the products that I have recently added to my store.

If you are in need of a product for behavior management, then Pizza Pan Praise is for you!  I currently have 15 different themes.  You can find ALL of them {HERE}.

I will be implementing instruction in Growth Mindset this year and I recently created some lightbox slides and posters.  These products are the same, but in different formats.

I also have lightbox slides and posters for Bucket Filling.

Head over to my store now!  The sale ends Tuesday night!

Shining a Light on Kindness!

Happy Summer!

Light Box Slide Inserts {Bucket Filler}

I'm linking up today with Tara from 4th Grade Frolics for her Monday Made It!

These fun lightboxes from Heidi Swapp and American Crafts are all the teacher rage right now! Instagram Peer Pressure got to me and I headed down to Michaels to pick one up!

Then I spent most of the night and the next day playing around and creating fun displays for the light box!!!

I love to teach my Kindergarten students about Bucket Filling, and I know that these fun diplays for my light box will be a great addition to my classroom.

Students will see the display all lit up and be reminded and encouraged to act with kindness and positivity!

Here are some of the fun designs that I created.

 Here are all of the designs!

I have added them to my TpT store, and they are on sale {half price} unil Tuesday night - 6/28!!

Just click on the thumbnail below.

You may also like my latest set for your light box - Growth Mindset!

CRANKENSTEIN!

We have been reading this book a lot!  * Crankenstein by Samantha Berger*

My class enjoys listening to all the things that get the boy upset.  And when he gets upset, he turns into Crankenstein!  

So I thought it would be fun to have the students create a collage as themselves as Crankenstein, and then write about what turns them into the cranky monster.

After reading the book a few times, I had the students do a Think-Pair-Share about what makes them Crankenstein.  

We created this circle map with some of the results.

Then they got started on their collages!  I copied the head shape onto green paper, because otherwise most of the heads would be the size of a quarter!!! But I let them create the rest of the monster head on their own.

I showed them how to cut and curl hair.

When the head was done, they wrote about what turns them into Crankenstein.

Here are some of the finished creations!

I am CRANKENSTEIN when...

...mom tells me to take a shower.

...my sister spills water on my Legos.

...mom tells me to clean my room.

...I do my homework.

...I stay up too late

I can relate to that last one!

I did a similar feelings lesson last year with the book Sometimes I'm Bombaloo by Rachel Vail.  You can read that blog post {HERE}.

$uper $aturday $ale! {Oct. 4}

I am linking up with The Learning Highway for their $uper $aturday $ale!

The four featured products in my TpT store will be 50% off this Saturday only!!!

Head over to my store! 

You can easily find my Featured Products by looking right below my store banner!

Work Together Weekend {Morning Meeting}

I'm super excited to be a part of the Work Together Weekend blog hop!  A group of authors from the Who's Who and Who's New blog have teamed up to share classroom ideas that relate to community building and working together!

The book on the top of my summer reading list was The Morning Meeting Book.  Last year, I attempted some parts of morning meeting in my Kindergarten classroom, but I needed additional information to fully implement a successful morning meeting!  So I purchased the book and got reading!

The Morning Meeting is a great way to build connections among students and between teachers and students.

I started using all components of the Morning Meeting this school year, and I love it! Even though we have only had 14 days of school so far, my classroom is running smoothly and students are respectful of each other.  Students are developing their sense of belonging and are attentive and cooperative!

Morning Meeting is made up of 4 components and it lasts about 30 minutes per day. We begin each Morning Meeting by sitting in a circle on the rug.

1.  Greeting
Students greet each other by name.  This can also include a handshake, high five, singing, movement, etc.

Purpose:  Greeting sets a positive note for the day.  It helps students learn each other's names and provides a sense of recognition and belonging.

Here the students are doing Hello Neighbor.

2.  Sharing
Students share news or information about themselves.  They also respond to each other in a positive way.

Purpose:  Sharing helps students to know each other.  It teaches thinking, listening, and speaking skills, and strengthens language development.

I like to have students hold a object, like this squishy baseball, when it is their turn to talk and share.  If they are not holding the ball, they are listening.

3.  Group Activity
The whole class does a short activity together, which builds class cohesion through active participation.

Purpose:  Group activity contributes to sense of community and group identity. It also encourages inclusion and cooperation, and fosters active participation.

4.  Morning Message
The teacher posts a daily note and students read and discuss it.

Purpose:  Morning message builds community through shared written information.  It develops academic skills in a meaningful and interactive way, and builds excitement about the day's learning.

I also want to share with you a cooperative, team handshake that we do a lot in my classroom.  It's called a "SPIRAL HANDSHAKE"!  My table teams use this daily!

 Put hands in the center, fingertips touching and thumbs up.

Gather fingers around like a spiral, cupping hands in a circle.

Shake hands by moving up and down.  Students can also add a team cheer.

I have compiled some greetings that you can use during the first portion of your Morning Meeting.  You can grab them by clicking on the cover below.

    

 Now hop on over to Lucky to be in First to see what Molly has for you!

Sale at Teachers Pay Teachers!

It's Back-to-School time and TpT is having a sale!!! The sale is only for 2 days and runs August 4th and 5th only!

I am putting my entire store on sale for 20% off PLUS when you enter code BTS14 you will get another 10% off, for a total of 28% off!!!

Here are a few of my products that are great for early learners!


Circle Sorts is great for working on letter sounds!

Working on word families and CVC words?  Take a look at these products.

Word Families {Flip Books and Picture Cards}

CVC Words {BUNDLE}

I also have a line of whole group positive behavior management products called Pizza Pan Praise!

You can visit my store HERE!  I have created custom categories on the left side of my store so it is easier for you to find what you are looking for!

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