Target Finds!

I don't even want to think about Back to School yet.  So of course I don't want to see this in my mailbox or in my Sunday paper.   

However I did go to my favorite store today Target.  Of course I had to stop at the $1 spot.  You can't pass that up.  It's right in front when you first walk in!  How can one resist!  So I have to check it out.  

This is what I found.

I thought these would be great to use with any bulletin boards.  You can write on them with chalk or I was thinking silver glitter pen maybe.

Pouches- they have a place for a badge.  I was thinking for field trips.  Just making a badge and putting it in the photo id slot.  This way I don't have to make name badge for each field trip.  I got purple for the girls and black for the boys.  I might have to visit another Target to pick up a few extras since I don't know yet how many boys/girls I have.  Lucky for me I have two Targets within 10 min.  or less from my house.  I took all that they had.  We don't let me bring money on field trips so they won't get to use the the zipper pouch (I know were mean- we are not there to shop, but to learn about something.)  Another use might be when we have book fairs to the library and they bring money without any envelopes/baggies.  They can just use this.  I just couldn't pass this up.  

Scotch Duct Tape- $1.50 - found this in the school supply area.  I'm always losing supplies to the students so I thought of using a little decorative duct tape might do the trick.  

My Target didn't have a lot of Back to School stuff out so I'm sure I will be back looking.

Guided Reading Giveaway

Happy 4th of July!

Simply Skilled in Second is having a Giveaway that I just had to enter and even blog about.  I just heart these flip flap books!  I think they are so cute!  If you haven't seen them check them out here.  Click on the image below to go to Simply Skilled in Second to learn more and enter the giveaway.  Winners will be picked on Friday.  

Don't forget everything in my TpT store is on sale today 20%.  See the post below.  

Have a good 4th of July! 

FireCracker Flash Sale

Woke up this morning to a gloomy, cool, and damp morning.  So when I checked my email this morning and saw that Rachel Lamb had sent me a graphic for a 4th of July Sale.  I thought why not.  It's been awhile since I've had a sale.  So Thank you Rachel Lamb for the idea and the graphic.  

Just click on the graphic below to go directly to my TpT store.

So everything in my TpT store is 20% today July 3rd and July 4th.     It's a great time to stock up anything that you were looking to buy for Back to School.

I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful 4th of July holiday!

Bloglovin

Finally got my Bloglovin button on my blog.  It's on the left side.  Nothing fancy, but it's there.  I wouldn't be surprised if I was the last blogger to get mine up and going.  Better late than never.  I has happy to see that I already had 303 followers.  :)    Definitely put a smile on my face.  

This week I hope to have a freebie ready to post. So be sure to check out my blog.  

Missing in Action

Sorry I have neglected my blog this past school year.  I had a lot on my plate this year.  Then this spring my laptop started acting up.  Well I decided to go Mac and got my new computer just the other day.  Macs are new to me, but I figured the summer is a good time to learn a new operating system.  Once I get a handle on things again I will be posting and creating more items.  

Oh, if I wasn't busy enough I even started another part time job selling lia sophia jewelry.   Needless to say I have been extremely busy and stressed out.  But now that school is FINALLY  over things are starting to calm down.


Question to any of my blogging friends.  I have created many of my old documents using PDF (can't remember which one I had) , but I could make things fillable.  Does anyone know a good pdf app in Mac or should I stick doing things in pages or  ppt (keynotes) and making that editable, but still keep my graphics protected.  (Which I will have to learn how to do all over again.)  I hope that makes sense.  Like I said I'm not sure what I'm doing yet.


Stayed tuned  . . . I hope to add some math ideas here in the near future.! 

TpT Teacher Appreciation Sale

Everything in my store is 20% off on May 7&8.  TpT is also giving an additional 8% when you
use the code TAD13 at the checkout.  What a great deal!

Sorry I haven't blogged much this year or have new items.  It's been one of those crazy years.   I also just decided to sell lia Sophia jewelry as well.  So needless to day I have been swamped.  However this summer I have many great ideas that I want to share and create.  I am looking forward to having time to do that again.

21 more wake up days for me.

Happy Teacher Appreciation week to everyone!

A Cool Website Find!

Tonight I was looking for an interactive rekenrek that I could use on my smartboard; when I came across a website from the Indiana Department of Education.  What else had can I ask for a rekenrek and Garfield. How cool is that?  Plus it had even more activities on the site so it was a bonus, and it's available in Spanish. I know my bilingual teachers/friends are always looking for things that are available in Spanish as well. :) 

So I won't keep you in suspense by writing a long post.  Here's what you can find on the website:

"What Do I See?"  This will help students to visualize a number.  It will show the number in beads to the students then the curtain will close.  They will give the students three numbers to choose from.  If they can't remember they can click on to see it again.

"Push to Make 10"  Here students practice pushing beads on a rekenrek in a certain amount of pushes. Helps students to get away from counting each bead.

Another great math game. There are other things on the site as well so be sure to check it out.  This is primarily for grades K-2.  

Professor Garfield