Hi all! Happy cold day from me to you! We’ve got another day off today in NE Ohio, and the word on the street is there’s a possibility that we might not be back to school until next Thursday?!? WHAT?!
ANYWAYYY I have some extra time to blog about my creations and thoughts of the week SOOO I’m linking up with Doodlebugs Teaching for Five for Friday!
First up is a fun “yay for a snow day!” linky being thrown by Literacy Spark!
We’re throwing a $1 sale in our stores! She’s celebrating a snow day in Texas, and invited anyone else sharing a snow day “yay” to link up, too!
Here are the rules:
- Choose TWO of your TpT items to put on sale for $1 for today only
- Create a blog post showing the two items
- Add the button above as well as these rules to your post so others know how to participate
- Choose “get the InLinkz code” down below above the place where you link up. Copy and paste this code into the HTML section of your blog post. The link up will now appear on your blog as well.
- Link up and advertise!
Here are two items that you can click on to grab for ONLY $1 for TODAY ONLY in my store!!!
This Helping Verbs pack includes anchor charts and a SCOOT game to practice using and identifying helping verbs! It would work in your 1st or 2nd grade classroom!
I’m also putting my Valentine’s Day word work pack on sale! This pack is packed full of word building activities, word wall words, writing paper, AND MORE! Check it out by clicking the image above!
Next up – I’ve been BURIED in to-dos this week, and I’ve been wondering if I’m the only one who seems to get NOTHING done at school?!?!?! I TRY to conquer the list . . .and yesterday, for the first time in what seemed like FOREVER, I finally completed an entire page…
…but my goodness, I feel like the only time I’m TRULY productive is at home??!? And I don’t love that I take so much of my time at home – beyond the work day – to tame the to-dos?! Am I alone in this?! Do you manage to plan at school!? I just can’t do it. Between broken copiers, interruptions that totally steal my train of thought that I never easily get back, meetings, tutoring, putting up/taking down bulletin boards, fighting with the laminator, and internet crashes (NOT TO MENTION TEACHING 26 7 year olds!!) . . . I just. can’t. get. it. done! Do you find the uninterrupted time to manage your to dos at school?! I’m jumping for joy at the snow day today because an uninterrupted day on my couch will guaranteeeee to-do list damage control! Please please please tell me I’m not alone on this?!?
Moving on . . . my kids are going to ROCK our next social studies test…well, at least the part on types of environments. Check us out . . .
We arranged ourselves into urban, rural, and suburban parts of an environment. I sent kids to the hall to help explain how far “out there” rural environments are. The kids LOVED it. My suburb kids were even making their hands pointed above their heads like house and my urban kids were making themselves tall like a skyscraper. So fun. We also used a sort and flip flap book from my new Environment Types pack….
Check out my newest pack in my store by clicking the images above!
This week I hit a few milestones . . .
I hit a follower milestone on Instagram – 2000 IG teachers who rock my world with their talent, creativity, and endless support! love.
I also have had my highest selling month on TPT as well as hit a milestone selling goal!! I absolutely love to collaborate with all of you, and being able to share what has worked in my classroom with you all makes my heart ridiculously happy! I LOVE hearing from you and love even more getting to SEE what is working in your classroom. Thank you for sharing and for letting me into your classrooms in the ways that you have!
Thank you thank you thank you for your endless support and inspiration and for being such a bucket-filling part of my life! I’m celebrating YOU with a 20% sale all weekend.
THANK you for hanging out with me and for helping me to become a better teacher this year in the endless ways that you have!
This morning – (again, yay for extra productivity on snow days) – at your request, I updated my Reading Wonders focus wall packs to now include the high frequency word and vocabulary word cards! I have a pack for all 6 units for 2nd grade – 1st grade, I will be updating yours this weekend! – and I also, now have BUNDLED my 2nd grade Focus Wall packs!
You can click HERE to check out my bundled pack of ALL 6 units for 2nd grade – which will also link you to the individual unit packs! If you already own my 2nd grade packs, be sure to re-download to get the newly added word cards to complete your word walls!
Head over to Doodlebugs Teaching to share your Five for Friday and then hop on over to check out the $1 Snowday Linky at Literacy Spark, too!
Wow you might not have school until next Thursday? I'm totally with you on the working at school thing. I actually can get a lot done from 6:20-7:00…stuff that has to be done in school like hanging things up, copies, etc. But, planning, no. I have to do it at home too. Congrats on all your Instagram followers and thanks for linking up!
Jessica
Literacy Spark
Thanks so much for your comment! I can totally do copies and hang things up too… But planning is impossible!!! So glad I'm not alone… And our temperatures are INSANE! We got an email from our principal that said "enjoy the weekend… It might be very very long" haha! We shall see what happens! Thanks so much for inviting me to the linky party! 🙂 stay warm!
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Enjoyed reading your post! I just found your blog through the snow day linky. I am a fellow second grade teacher blogger–AND I feel what you feel in regards to planning at school. I have been at this a LONG time now, and I ALWAYS get the majority of what I need done outside of the school day. Had to laugh when you mentioned the copier–SO true. Anyway, stay warm! We are expecting some frigid temps early next week here in Illinois and have had the most snow days here than we have had in some time…
Smiles,
Sarah @ Hoots N' Hollers
Hi Sarah!! Thanks for your comment! I hear ya on the frigid temps!! It's to plummet again this week PLUS snow on top of the cold this time… I sure hope my kids are snuggled up with a good book! Haha ! Thanks for your post and I'm so glad I'm not alone on the planning! After 8 years, you'd thinkkkk I'd be more productive at school but I can't do it!! Stay warm!!:):):)