Snowday Sale & Freebies!

Snowday #4! That's right another snowday-Woo hoo! {I'm pretty sure that I will be regretting all of this excitement come May!} but for right now... WOO-HOO-IE! This was not only a whooper of a snow {dropping almost a foot of snow in many places} but the temp yesterday was not even above 0! Yep, you heard me right folks...the high temperature yesterday was BELOW ZERO!!! That's just cRaZy cold! The only good thing about it being so cold & having a few extra days added to our break is that I can get my house cleaned & organized.... Well....that just doesn't seem to be happening yet. I made the mistake of sitting down next to my fireplace with my computer. Yep! you know what happened right? PINTEREST!!! Does this happen to you too??? I think I need some sort of intervention or time limit-maybe that site should lock you out after so long? {Just kidding...I'd be really mad if it did that! lol}So, to celebrate these snowdays, I am having a FLASH SALE{today & Thursday, January 9th} on these snow-themed items...

AND...I've also created a few more winter-themed common-core printables to share with y'all. Just click on the pic below & head on over to my lil TpT shop to download your SNOWDAY FREEBIES! {Don't forget to follow my shop for more freebie updates!}

Click the pic to grab your freebies!

Now, I think I'll make myself a nice mug of hot cocoa before I attempt to take down that Christmas tree. Hope you stay warm & cozy!

 



Happy 2014!!! (A Lil FREEBIE for You!}

Wishing everyone an awesome 2014! I feel so blessed to have started off this new year with the most wonderful family & friends ever! And today was supposed to be our first day back to school BUT we had our 1st snowday today instead!!! {I love my firsties, but what a nice lil post-holiday treat! Who wouldn't love an extra day off over Christmas break?!?} It's still pretty chilly here in Missouri but the sun did shine today & clear up most of our roads-guess that means no snow day tomorrow. I guess that means I'll be heading to bed early tonight so I can be ready for 18 lil smiling faces just bursting to share their stories! I've also been working on my new January Common Core Printables pack over the break and TaDa! I've got it finished & ready for tomorrow!

The pages are ready-to-go! They are perfect for extra practice or to use for assessment. Just click on the pics to check it out!

And of course we all need a lil New Year's FREEBIE! Click {here} or on the pic. Click on "Preview" to download your freebie.

Best wishes for the new year y'all!!!

 

BIG CYBER MONDAY {& TUESDAY} SALE!

Hey! It time to get your shop on!!! TpT's big GINORMOUS sale is Cyber Monday AND....BoNuS dAy..... Tuesday!!!! That's 2 full days to load up your shopping cart with everything that you need to get you to Christmas break. I just LUV this time of year-the kiddos are soooo excited, but it is a lil exhausting & that holiday break is definitely a big perk to our profession! I am so anxious to be able to stay up late with my own lil guys watching holiday movies & then sleeping in late. Ahhhhhh.....sounds really good huh??? Well, just head on over to TpT & let's get this holiday party started!!!

Everything in my shop will be on sale....PLUS TpT is offering an additional savings! Just enter the promo code: CYBER at checkout! Happy shopping!

Let's Talk Turkey!

It's time for all those turkeys out there to run and hide! My firsties just LOVE helping these poor lil turkey birds out. I like to send home a Thanksgiving family project-the kiddos get a construction paper turkey & have to disguise their turkey so that it does not end up as Thanksgiving dinner! These always turn out so darn cute. {Ours are due back on Monday & I will be sure to sure their creativity with you!} You can find the patterns, directions & parent letter for this fun project in my Turkey Time Fun unit.

We are also looking forward to working on our 1st grade super writing skills with this fun Turkey Writing Craftivity. Click on the pic to check it out!

 

And all this turkey time fun just wouldn't be complete without reading this hilarious story! I just luv LOVE this fun book-Hope your kiddos do too!!!

 

 

 

 

Word Ladders-Pocket Chart Style!

Check out this awesome Word Ladder Pocket Chart from Smilemakers!

In my classroom, word ladder  activities are part of our daily word work routine. We use magnetic letters, dry erase boards and the SmartBoard and.....now we are using this awesome pocket chart also! It is soooo easy to use & having the pictures for the words is a huge plus! Each word ladder sheet has 7 pictures and lists the letters that you need down at the bottom. It comes with 20 double sided picture cards and oodles of letter cards AND it has a dry-erase surface so its super easy for the kids to clean up! Just slide the picture card in, grab the letters and you're set for a super-fun word work activity! This pocket chart also makes a perfect center or Daily 5 activity! My firsties absolutely love it! Head on over to Smilemakers to check it out for yourself!

The BACK-to-SCHOOL SALE!

Hurry! TpT's big back-to-school sale is August 18th & 19th! Everything in my shop is on sale PLUS TpT is offering an additional 20% off. Just enter the code BTS13 at checkout. Click the pic below to get your shop on!!!

Tutorial: How to Print a PDF in a Different Size {and a FREEBIE!}

Hey all! Have you ever found a super cute sign or poster, but wished that it was a different size? Me too!!! As a matter of fact, I am redoing a small bulletin board in my room {& yes, I promised myself that I was not going to redo any of my boards this year.....but wanted to move my job chart to a more convenient spot} So....time to redo that board! If you've read some of my Whole Braining Teaching posts, you know that I am absolutely in LUV with their technique for classroom management. I made some WBT Callback Posters last year but never found the perfect place to display them....until now!

 My small bulletin board will be perfect except the posters are 8 1/2 X 11 size and I really would like to shrink them down to about half that size. So here's how to print a PDF file in a different size:

First, open up your PDF file & choose the pages that you want to print. Then look for the "Page Scaling" tab-click "Multiple pages per sheet"

Next you need to decide how many of those pages you would like to fit onto one page. You will need to change the numbers next to "Pages per sheet". I want to change it so I have 2 posters on each page.

So I changed the numbers to "1 x 2" but this still isn't the size I want. I need for the posters to rotate on the page so that 2 posters fill the entire page.

To do this just check the "Auto-Rotate" box and TA-DA!!! Just the size I was needing! Now just click OK to print!

 

Hope this lil tutorial is helpful to you all!

 

 If you would like to download my WBT Callback Posters FREEBIE-just click HERE or on the poster pics. Good luck printing!!!