Pen Pal Pair Up 2013

Getting up early before church to read some of my favorite teacher blogs was worth it today because I stumbled across this exciting event!  

 

Last year I really wanted to get a pen pal class, and I signed up for some website and it wasn't that easy to follow and I had to do the choosing myself, which I found daunting! Anyways, Kelley over at Teacher Idea Factory is hosting this Pen Pal Pair Up, where you submit a form with your basic information and then SHE will do all the work partnering classes together. She is fantabulous for taking on such a big project! I am eagerly anticipating who my teaching pen pal will be, as I am sure we will become fast online friends :) If you want to join up with your very own pen pal class, you can head on over to Kelley's blog post and read all about it!

Alright, it's time to pull myself away from teaching blogs and get ready for church!

TPT Here I come!

Summer Vacation is here and boy, did that year go fast! I had such great plans for what I wanted to do with blogging and Teachers Pay Teachers, but the year got the best of me. I REALLY want to do much better this summer and this year to share my ideas and adventures! Today I uploaded my first product to TPT and it so very exciting!! I made Pocket Chart Words for Writing: Fall Edition.

 There are tons of adorable vocabulary cards that your students (and you) will love. I display these in a pocket chart that is at the front of the classroom on my board. They stay there so that the students become familiar with these words, and can feel comfortable adding them to simple sentences in their journal, or when they are working at writing centers. The picture cards are also very effective for pre-teaching concepts and vocabulary for those students who are on Learning Plans or IEP's (special education plans). Here's a closeup of one of the cards:

Click here to head on over to my TPT Store. You will be able to download these for FREE for the first couple days since they are my first product!