tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79239057851718527172024-03-05T19:33:57.754-05:00Daisy DesignsDaisy Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009362077032676737noreply@blogger.comBlogger266125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923905785171852717.post-67812680641436395852021-05-28T23:00:00.000-04:002021-05-28T23:00:20.467-04:00Daisy Designs has MOVED! New Website!<p> Thanks for coming by this blog! But if you like it here, you will find all these posts and ALL NEW blog posts and web site features at <a href="http://DaisyDesignsTpT.com">DaisyDesignsTpT.com</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://daisydesignstpt.com" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="569" height="975" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxPTutSWOmrLUOgpt9eO_FRqIJuAJVzKtpQjAWJYnfxNc4v8jT_2G31X7aLiKr3sdVO9MqZCZd-PPVjA6rTkxd9QTYyT_n1feY68TI_5jCIda-s0MvwVec5tqlV2n0hG_ASvrldaqHAVH/w641-h975/image.png" width="641" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Daisy Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009362077032676737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923905785171852717.post-45518040408006814342018-08-18T20:40:00.000-04:002018-08-18T20:40:05.923-04:00Place Value FUN!I'm here to share with you one of my students' FAVORITE Math activities EVER. I made these for them last year and they loved them so much.<br />
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The Build a Place Value House is seriously a center I have on hand all year round. The set includes two digit numbers and three digit numbers AND a fun craft to wrap up your Place Value unit. Watch the video below to see it in action! Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel for more educational resources in action.<br />
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<br />Daisy Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009362077032676737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923905785171852717.post-77210116150427579192018-08-12T12:54:00.000-04:002018-08-12T12:54:23.956-04:006 Tips for a Successful Back to School WeekCan you believe it is AUGUST?! What happened to the summer? I'm pretty sure I say that every year, but seriously! It goes quickly!<br />
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Whether you are going back this week (like me) or next month, this post will help you have a great first week back. That first week is critical but can also be stressful, emotional, and definitely exhausting. Here are 6 tips for the first week back to help you stay sane.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">1. ROUTINES AND PROCEDURES</span><br />
I cannot stress this enough... spending at least two weeks on implementing and practicing routines and procedures with your students is CRUCIAL. If you'd like a smooth year, take the time now to teach these things. You might think your class will know to raise their hand to speak, but odds are that after 2 months off from school, they're going to need that practice again. Ultimately, it is a new year with new kiddos and to them, YOU are a new teacher. Set your expectations, because you are probably a lot different from their teacher from last year. If you are in search of a fun way to practice new routines and procedures, check out this board game that I use every year to practice with a partner!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">2. PLAN WITH YOUR TEAM</span><br />If you are part of a team of teachers, I always suggest to plan together. This can be difficult at times, but having other people around to share the load with you is worth the time invested up front. Set aside time to plan the first week out. They might have ideas you've never thought of or can remind you of things you haven't thought about in a long time (and vice versa). Teamwork makes the dream work!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">3. GET ORGANIZED NOW!</span><br />
If you're like me, you've been known to shove last minute messes into a cabinet and shut the door... only to frustrate yourself in a few weeks. I am very Type B... so organizing early is not one of my favorite things to do. This year, I sucked it up and did what needed to be done! And I am so excited that I can now focus on the things that are much more important: my students and their learning. You have a lot on your plate throughout the year. Make it easy on your future self and get it together now.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">4. PLAN YOUR HOME LIFE</span><br />
You don't want to spend the first days and weeks of school rushing around figuring things out for your home. Figure it out now so you can focus on back to school. Every year, I set aside a day before I go back to work and I cook for hours. I make tons of meals ahead of time and freeze them with instructions on how they need to be heated or cooked when I get home. This means: NO grocery shopping for dinner for a while; NO eating out when you're too tired to cook; and NO big loads of dishes to do during the work week! If you're looking for some freezer meal ideas, I used this blog and it was so helpful! I made enough dinners for my family of three for two work weeks for just $150.<br />
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In addition to figuring out meals, don't put off finding childcare. Wait lists are CRAZY! I also suggest treating your tired self when you go back to work and hire someone to thoroughly deep clean your home. This one time service is totally worth your time and energy. Plus, it is amazing to come home to a clean house. I mentioned I'm pretty Type B... so my house after being professionally cleaned is WAY better than when I do it. Hello, Hotel Home!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">5. RELATIONSHIPS FIRST, LEARNING SECOND</span><br />Once you're at school and you've met your darling little nuggets for the year, start to REALLY get to know them as early as possible. This sets the stage for a positive community in your classroom and learning can truly begin. Try to sit down and talk to your students to find out more about them. Take a moment each day to call a couple of parents to let them know who you are, answer any questions they might have, and let them know how excited you are to have their child in your class. That early relationship building goes a long way.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">6. DON'T FORGET TO BREATHE</span><br />
This is the most overwhelming time of the year. Exciting? Yes! Exhausting? Double yes... Listen to your body and your emotions. If you are feeling frustrated, reach out for help or reach out for clarification. If you are feeling exhausted, what you're working on CAN wait. Take a nap or go to bed early. You owe it you yourself after the exhausting few weeks of Back to School.<br />
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Back to School season is a lot of things and I hope for you that it is exciting! Happy 2018-2019 school year!Daisy Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009362077032676737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923905785171852717.post-80848051504140100342018-07-12T13:34:00.000-04:002018-07-12T13:34:50.178-04:004 Time-Saving Hacks for Lesson PlanningIt's almost time for school to start back up and that means designing engaging and purposeful lessons that your students will remember and retain. Sounds dreamy, right? I think I can speak for most teachers when I say that we don't have time for every lesson to be detailed and perfect. I know I don't! Here are the 4 time-saving hacks for lesson planning that help me year after year to remain organized and prepared but without wasting hours each week.<br />
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We are living in the digital age, y'all. I absolutely ADORE those beautiful teacher planners and calendars and teacher binders and have wound up purchasing them... and never touching them. I know some people are different than me in this aspect, but every time I use a physical plan book, I leave it at home or at school when I need it, I misplace it, and get upset that my handwriting isn't beautiful. Those are my silly reasons, but they just don't work for me!<br />
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I originally started simply typing up my lesson plans on an Excel spreadsheet, but then I would lose my flash drive or forget to email myself something. Therefore, I moved to Planbook.org and then finally to Google Drive. I love the weekly templates you can easily create in Planbook and that you can add standards right in with the drop down menus. However, I wanted something I could personalize a bit more and that was easier to share with my team.<br />
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Google Drive is the answer for me. You can find tons of calendar and planning templates available to enter and edit directly in Google Drive. You can have shared folders like I do above, where teammates can access and edit along with you. And as long as you have internet connection, you can access it. No more notebooks and flash drives to worry about losing. This has saved me time by being completely editable and has saved me many headaches of misplacing/losing my physical lesson plans. This has also been a BREEZE to turn in my lesson plans at the end of the year which is the requirement of my district. If you are working in a district that requires seeing your lesson plans weekly or daily, simply link them to your digital plans!<br />
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I am lucky enough to have an interactive white board in my classroom. However, I only just received it in March of 2018 so I understand if this bullet point does not apply to you. If you use Smart Notebook for your Smart Board, this is an awesome tip for you that will save you time and will make your day move so smoothly. At the start of the year, create a daily Smart Board template. I put an image on each slide that shows that part of the day. For example, when students walk in, the page displayed says, "Morning Work" at the top and every morning, I simply type what their morning work is.<br />
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That "Morning Work" is part of my daily template saved directly onto my school desktop. Following that page is a page that says "Morning Meeting." Once students see the page change, they put their things away and come to the carpet. This is all quiet and practiced. Any information I want displayed for the Morning Meeting, I simply type right into it. This originally started for me as the OPPOSITE of a time-saving hack. I will tell you, that it takes some time to get used to and some playing around to get it the way you want it. But once the students are used to it and you are accustomed to inputting all the pieces you want to show, it is AMAZING and will make your day flow so smoothly.<br />
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. Sometimes our curriculum leaves a lot to be desired. I get it. We all strive to be that perfect teacher with the supplies ready and color coded with lots of fun where students are creating and moving and discussing. But listen... sometimes, you just gotta go with the pre-made lesson in the Teacher's Guide that doesn't take a lot of prep. Got a doctor's appointment this week and can't plan like you usually do? - Grab the Teacher's Guide. Have a toddler at home (like I do) that really isn't cool with you working while he so obviously needs you to play with him (like I do)? - Grab the Teacher's Guide.<br />
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My tip with the Teacher's Guides are to take some sticky notes or sticky tabs and tab all the lessons you actually like. When my district used Wonders, I bookmarked all the Literature Anthology stories that I liked that had great follow-up questions. BAM. Done. When I was in a rush, there they were. And when I finished that story, I moved the tab inside the page so I could reuse it next year but it didn't stick out the side to distract me later.<br />
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Don't try to reinvent the wheel! There are MILLIONS of amazing ideas out there for great lesson plans. Use them! Did you just see the cool writing project your teammate did? Ask them to show you what they did and tweak it for your own needs. We have an amazing job where collaboration can literally save the day.<br />
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My district is adopting a new Reading curriculum. I like change, so I'm not worried, but I have spent many countless hours creating a supplement resource for our current Wonders program! I am sad that I won't be able to use them anymore, but I am also excited to see what I can do and create with this new curriculum coming our way.<br />
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I don't know about you and yours, but my students this year have had a difficult time writing independently. Yes, even this late into the school year (it's April!) and even with writing on daily basis, this year's group of kiddos has struggled with writing on their own. The environment is a bit different for me this year as I teach a Gen Ed and ESE inclusion class (second grade) with students ranging in ability level from Pre-K to 3rd grade. With that wide of a range, no wonder I have resistant writers.<br />
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So how can we as teachers help these students with independent writing? Although my students have struggled, they have come a long way since the start of the year. Here's what I have found to be successful, even when my students want to give up.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. WRITE EVERY DAY.</span><br />
Every. Single. Day. This seems like a no-brainer, but it is hard to implement with the tight schedules we are faced with. I squeeze in journal writing in the 20 minutes I have between PE and Lunch. Students are given a topic to write about and they write independently for that time. I usually put on some quiet music to keep students from talking loudly. During this time, I allow students to ask their shoulder partner for assistance in spelling or to help check their writing. This took a lot of time to teach the procedure early in the year, but it has helped tremendously with my lower students.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. ANCHOR CHARTS.</span><br />
Every writing unit we do begins with an anchor chart. Start your mini-lessons or writing time off by reviewing what is on the anchor charts you've already created together. For those struggling, draw pictures for guidance. A lot of words may intimidate those reluctant students. Check out Pinterest! There are SO MANY anchor charts!!! Here's a link to some Pinterest ones I like:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. WRITING FOLDERS AND LAPBOOKS.</span><br />
There are several ways to "collect" or "keep" writing material. You can go the pocket folder route or even the binder route. I also dabbled in lapbooks this year and my class really loved making them! Creating their "Fact-Folio" for informational writing really added to their sense of accomplishment when at the end of the unit, we had a LOT of items inside! Adding in that element of interaction with their research and planning makes the writing a lot more fun. You could do this with narrative writing as well. Click the pictures below to see a narrative writing lapbook that has just been added to my TpT store.<br />
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When you give a topic to write about, brainstorm with your students some words they may want to use and write them on the board or chart paper. Recently, my students wrote in their journals about immigration and how they thing immigrants may have felt when they finally arrived at Ellis Island. My students this year tend to get hung up on spelling and won't move on until they feel it is spelled right. Anyone else experience this?! I look up from the one student I am assisting and 14 more hands are up. That makes the 20 minutes fly by and only a few students helped. By making a mini word wall with words that make sense for that topic, students can refer to it as they write and keep going! Our immigration mini word wall included words like "immigrant," "Statue of Liberty," "countries," and "relieved." These words were thought up by my students, so there was a level of collaboration and students were able to form ideas for their journal entry by listening to word suggestions from their peers as well as spell these large words without getting stuck. I include word wall cards and headers in every Vocabulary Activities Set in the series (which is always growing!), so if you have a specific topic and need the materials, click the images below.<br />
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This is a big one. Sometimes students don't understand the rubrics we lay out. And they definitely won't understand if we don't TELL them what they are. What are your expectations? Do they know what they're expected to do? Do they know if you care about grammar and punctuation or do you only care about the content? Primary students may not know to ask these questions. Creating a visual rubric gives students the opportunity to self-check and keep on track even without your assistance. You can make these rubrics for literally anything. Here's one I made for staying on task! Adding in those colored levels gives you and your students an opportunity to reflect. I often ask my students, "What color would you say you are on this chart?"<br />
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Do you have an author's day? Or an author's chair? Students love to share what they've accomplished, especially if you have build a strong community within your classroom. For some units, I've had short pieces read by every student in the room in one day, or for larger scale writing, we have split it up for students to share a few at a time across a week. I know we all love to post student work on bulletin boards, but writing is one of those things that students LOVE to see posted, especially if they've published it in an attractive way.<br />
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Check out these super creative author's chair/celebrations I found on Pinterest! Don't forget to follow!<br />
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Make that final draft a work of art. There are hundreds of ways to jazz up the final product that will give students the excitement of finishing this laborious task. Add in toppers for them to color or decorate and simply tack them onto construction paper. Use colored pencils or pens to carefully write the finished product. You'd be surprised at how they take their time doing this! And if you're really looking for a beautiful finished product, spend some time allowing students to type their final draft! In the primary grades, this does take a while, but having it as a computer center is one way you can try to fit it in.
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Before diving into the writing and the INB pages, my class and I did a lot of hands-on activities and read-alouds. We read <i>The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body</i>, <i>Parts</i> by Tedd Arnold,<i> </i>and after learning about the brain, we totally learned the song "If I Only Had a Brain" from <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>. They loved it! I loved hearing, "Wait, Mrs. Smith! He would NOT be able to dance and sing if he didn't have a brain!" </div>
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I turned to Pinterest for a couple of hands on ideas, especially with the heart and the brain lessons.</div>
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Here's my Pinspiration for a timed "Beat the Clock" activity to help kids realize how strong and amazing our heart is! They had a BLAST. I found this idea through Pinterest which led me to <a href="http://www.primarythemepark.com/2014/10/human-body-activities-heart/" target="_blank">The Primary Theme Par</a>k blog:</div>
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The heart pumps 1.3 gallons of blood per minute! So we got a gallon of water in one bucket for students to try and scoop to another bucket in a minute! I couple of kiddos got close but no one was able to. Of course it was raining outside the day we did this, so we did it inside, carefully on our Superman blanket. Thanks to the Pinspiration above, here's our try below:</div>
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Also during the lesson we did on the heart we did an AWESOME and extremely easy activity with our pulse. We put marshmallows on toothpicks, balanced them on our wrists after finding our pulse, and watched the toothpick dance! To spice it up a bit, we did an exercise video and then watched our toothpicks REALLY go wild with our heart rate even higher. The students were amazed at how the toothpicks were moving. Here's the Pinspiration from <a href="http://whattheteacherwants.blogspot.com/2011/02/science-experiments-for-elementary.html" target="_blank">What the Teacher Wants</a> blog:</div>
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And here's our try! I will be doing this every year. It was easy and it really stuck with the kids.</div>
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As we moved through the unit, my class did a fabulous job keeping track of their learning activities in their Interactive Science Notebook. I pulled a couple of resources from the Florida AIMS Life Science book, but I made a lot of my own. Check out the photos below. These activities are included within <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Human-Body-Unit-2141661" target="_blank">The Human Body Unit</a> on TpT.</div>
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We also created "brain hats" which was another Pinspired activity. The students looked so cute walking around with their brains on all day. LOVED IT!</div>
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Here's the Pinspiration from <a href="http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/homeschool-freedownloads/lifesciences-games/brainhemishpere.php" target="_blank">Ellen McHenry's blog</a>. The free download for the template is there. The Pinterest photo shows the different sections of the brain. I printed the template without that and the students colored the different sections.</div>
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Here's one of my kiddos sporting her new awesome brain hat! Here's what I learned: card stock is WORTH IT; use Scotch tape instead of glue and don't be skimpy on it; print the adult size version because there are some kids with BIG heads. </div>
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HOW CUTE IS THIS?! While we wore them, we read a mini-book from the Florida AIMS Life Science book (Brain Power) and learned "If I Only Had a Brain." I linked the video below. The kids loved it and it was a nice little break from the "work." ;)</div>
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Within the Human Body Unit, I included integrated Literacy and Math printables. The writing task cards were a big hit in my classroom and not only allowed me to see if the students understood the human body, but also allowed them to make self connections. There are several full color and black and white centers, including a True/False sort (perfect for practicing for true/false test prep), Word Wall cards (very handy to go with those writing task cards), and some really neat "brain games." Take a look at the preview and larger pictures below:<br />
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I'm BACK! After taking a year off from working to stay home with my son, I have returned to the classroom for the 2017-2018 school year. I just finished my first week back and I am thrilled to be there. I miss my baby, of course, but I belong in the classroom and I missed it tremendously. Baby is home with work-at-home Dad and is growing like a weed! He just turned ONE and I can't believe it! Here's a collage from all his monthly photos. <3<br />
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A new year means a new bunch of kids and I feel refreshed and ready for this new start. I decided to change up my classroom this year and went with a fun and exciting Star Wars and outer space theme. I am excited with how it turned out! I got many of my decorations at the usual IKEA, Dollar Tree, and Target, but I also snagged some amazing goodies at Oriental Trading this year, too. Take a look at the photos I took of my classroom setup!<br />
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I made that long poster and sacrificed a LOT of black ink to make it a reality. But it is definitely my favorite classroom decoration! It was worth it! I snagged the Vader poster at a yard sale for FREE! And with it being at the entrance to the classroom, students are asked what <i>their</i> expression is for that day. Let's hope it is a good one!</div>
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The next classroom view is to the left of the door. You can see my shelving unit and some classroom seating. I have a "Paw Wars" poster also found at a yard sale and some cheap DVD shelves for some DVD case centers. If you'd like to store your centers in DVD cases, here's a FREE template to make the covers!</div>
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Here's a better look at my shelf. Some cases are still empty so they are blank, but you can easily see how the printed template wraps all the way around so you have spine label, too!</div>
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This view shows my Jedi Focus Wall! I am loving my sparkly blue border paired with the plain black border from <a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/" target="_blank">Oriental Trading</a>. I used black fabric this year, which is something new for me. I usually do paper, but I'm tired of the fade!</div>
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The next few photos are just a tour around the room.</div>
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Why, yes, that is a sideways IKEA bookshelf.</div>
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How adorable are these library pockets from <a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/web/search/searchMain?keyword=library%20pockets" target="_blank">Oriental Trading</a>?! Paired with the space name tag labels, also from Oriental Trading, they are perfect for Exit Tickets on the door! They have a ton of designs of name tags and they come in rolls of 100! Click <a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/web/search/searchMain?keyword=name+tags" target="_blank">HERE </a>to see what they've got. I'm sure they've got your theme, too.</div>
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Plain and boring now, but those cabinets will be covered with Science Vocabulary as the year goes on!</div>
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Hard to see, but those blue labels are the <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/star-wars-pop-stickers-a2-13738815.fltr?keyword=star+wars+stickers" target="_blank">CUTEST Star Wars stickers</a> of all time. The folders will house recording sheets or corresponding worksheets that go with the centers in the same color (and sticker label) bucket which are on the shelves to the right (not pictured here).</div>
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Those are the colored buckets mentioned above. They are the colored drawers from those drawer systems from Michael's... but sadly... the metal part didn't hold up.</div>
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Probably one of my favorite B2S purchases are these Star Wars buckets. Students who are seated at that area place their pencil pouches inside and their notebooks underneath. Nothing fancy needed and they LOVE the characters on them!</div>
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Here's what they look like up close:</div>
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE these star and moon garlands that I attached to tension rods for this huge window in my classroom. I got them on Oriental Trading and they are HUGE! I was surprised at the size of them. They go across the entire massive window with no problem and they are perfect for my Star Wars/space classroom this year. The cool part, too, is they are made of foam. Not cheap cardboard. They will hold up a long time!</div>
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<br />Daisy Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009362077032676737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923905785171852717.post-46344060952633643032017-04-05T00:48:00.000-04:002017-04-09T12:15:02.301-04:007 Ways to Use Fairy Tales in the ClassroomWho loves a good fairy tale? I know I do and I also know that my students love them, too. There are plenty to choose from, multiple versions of them, and so many great learning opportunities wrapped up in one. So, besides simply reading and responding, what else can we use fairy tales for? Read on to see topics you could address with a simple fairy tale.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">1. KEY DETAILS</span><br />
As with any text, fairy tales can easily be used to work on finding key details. Aren't the characters, setting, and plot in a fairy tale a lot more engaging than most other stories? Students are still practicing the skill, but are enjoying the story simultaneously. I like using graphic organizers for students to practice writing down key details in the story. I also like taking a commonly known fairy tale and shortening it (or finding an already shortened version - check out <a href="http://www.kidsgen.com/fables_and_fairytales/" target="_blank">KidsGen </a>for some shorter versions that you could read aloud, print, or adapt even further - they also include videos). Once I have a shortened version, we can then practice our close reading and answer questions for students to go back into the text to find. You know, the usual! ;) <a href="http://bit.ly/2nIus2g" target="_blank">The Fairy Tale Unit</a> on Teachers Pay Teachers includes close reads as well as graphic organizers and you can get a sample of the graphic organizers for free below.<br />
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This free pack of graphic organizers will help you get started on key details with your students. Click the image to grab it.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">2. STORY ELEMENTS</span><br />
Fairy tales are a little unique in that they have a few other elements that set them apart from other fiction. Yes, we have characters, setting, problem, and solution, but we also sometimes have "magic," and always a "happily ever after." Adding in those extra elements makes learning all of them that much more special. Hang posters throughout the room with these fairy tale elements. They will help us remember them through the recall questions, but once students are beyond that, they can use these story elements to answer higher order questions as well as create their own. The posters below are FREE on Teachers Pay Teachers. Click <a href="http://bit.ly/2o80uaV" target="_blank">HERE</a> or the image below to get your set and hang them up, ready to go in your classroom.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How to Use These Posters:</span><br />
- hang them up and use them for student reference<br />
- read aloud parts of the story and ask students which story element it belongs with. You could also provide written cards and students can sort them as a learning center/station.<br />
- hang them up or attach them to a binder ring to place within a writing center for students to use while writing their own fairy tale (more on that later).<br />
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Paired with this fun graphic organizer, students can analyze and break down fairy tales they are reading or they can use it to write their own (again, more on that later).<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">3. COMPARE AND CONTRAST</span><br />
We know that fairy tales have a lot in common, so let's compare! Using a simple venn diagram will have students using those fairy tale story elements we already learned about and thinking about what these stories have in common and what sets them apart.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">4. RETELLING/SUMMARIZING</span><br />
We all know the kid(s) who summarize by telling you the WHOLE story without leaving out any detail, right? I can't be the only one that has seen that! Summarizing is a skill we use throughout our entire lives and we practice it starting in Kindergarten! Fairy Tales are amazing stories to use to practice this skill. There are opportunities for puppet shows for your younger grades and, what I like to call, The Ultimate Retelling Challenge for your upper grades. Students retell a story either by writing it or acting it out. Read about it on this excerpt from <a href="http://bit.ly/2nIus2g" target="_blank">The Fairy Tale Unit</a> on TpT:<br />
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Here's a couple of my lovely theater students using puppets to retell a fairy tale.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">5. READER'S THEATER</span><br />
I. Love. Reader's theater. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Fairy tales are exceptional stories to use for reader's theater because there are so many different ones, they are easily modified for any reading level, and students love them. Not only that, but Disney has helped a lot in this area, too. Odds are, most of your students have seen or at least heard of the Disney movie of Cinderella or Snow White or Sleeping Beauty, so even if they aren't great at acting out a part, they have a character they've actually SEEN to refer to. <a href="http://bit.ly/2nIus2g" target="_blank">The Fairy Tale Unit</a> on TpT has 5 reader's theater scenes as well as 5 reader's theater monologues at varying levels of reading difficulty. This is also a fun time to add in costumes (again... sucker for theater...).<br />
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Now that students know the key details of their favorite fairy tales and they know what makes a fairy tale, it is SO exciting to have students write their own. By exposing students to multiple fairy tales, they'll have an idea of varying characters and different problems and solutions. I've had some students come up with every detail brand new, but I have also had students that combined their favorite parts of various fairy tales to make a brand new mashup of sorts. Both are awesome and both are showing the creative side of your students while using this new found style in story telling. Below is a game I call "Roll a Fairy Tale." Students roll the dice and develop their story that way. There's never the "I don't know what to write," issue with this game and it is a fun addition to any writing center. They just choose a sheet (character, beginning, middle, end, finish the story, or how did this happen?), roll a die, and basically fill in the blanks. This is included in <a href="http://bit.ly/2nIus2g" target="_blank">The Fairy Tale Unit</a> on TpT.<br />
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We just used our fairy tale knowledge to write our own, but there are so many other opportunities for students to be creative with fairy tales. Here's a bullet list of just some of these opportunities:<br />
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- For younger students, dress up in costumes for retelling purposes or have them create their own crown.<br />
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- For older students, play the Creative Castle Card Game where they write about or draw a castle with combinations of various fairy tales.<br />
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- For any grade level, have students discuss, write, or act out "What If..." questions, such as "What if Cinderella didn't make it back before midnight?" There are many of these included in the <a href="http://bit.ly/2nIus2g" target="_blank">Fairy Tale Unit</a> on TpT.<br />
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- Read fractured fairy tales, such as <i>The Stinky Cheese Man</i> and <i>The True Story of the Three Little Pigs</i> and have students write their own taking a fairy tale and twisting it around. This is GREAT for teaching point of view!<br />
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Here are some GREAT fractured fairy tales to go with your unit. I absolutely LOVE The Stinky Cheese Man.</div>
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For everything you see in this post and MORE, check out <a href="http://bit.ly/2nIus2g" target="_blank">The Fairy Tale Unit</a> in my TpT shop! And definitely make sure you snag those free posters and free graphic organizers to use with all these other fun ideas for using fairy tales.<br />
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I have had an interesting couple of St. Patrick's Days... Last year, I was scheduled at an all day in-service in my county for STEM leaders, so I missed all the shenanigans with my 2nd graders. The year before that, I had an allergic reaction to a new medication I was on and had to take a sick day, so I missed all the chaos with my kinders. And now THIS year, I am on a leave of absence. UGH! I haven't had a fun classroom St. Patty's Day since 2014!<br />
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Well, I decided since I couldn't join in on the fun, that I would at least add to yours. :)<br />
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One of my very first products EVER was a leprechaun pocket chart game for sight words. Well, that oldie got a MAJOR makeover today. It went from 18 pages of two simple pocket chart games... to 53 pages of full blown sight word centers and quick no prep printables!<br />
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Pictured above are the pocket chart cards, the newly added Shamrock Scramble board game, and 2 of the 11 blackline printables now included.<br />
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This set makes me SO happy! So happy in fact, that my entire store (including this updated resource) is on sale for 20% off! The only exclusions to this impromptu sale are the dollar deals.<br />
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Click below to head to the Leprechaun Sight Word Activities and take a peek at all the sale items. Happy shopping!<br />
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<br />Daisy Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009362077032676737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923905785171852717.post-69696133731090139052017-02-10T17:06:00.000-05:002017-02-10T17:06:30.877-05:00Pinterest and Oriental Trading Valentine's Day IdeasI feel like I start every post with "Can you BELIEVE it's already (fill in with current date)?!" But for real... how is it almost Valentine's Day?<br />
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Valentine's Day is easily my favorite holiday of the year for classroom activities. I usually go all out with decorations and special centers and activities. In fact, last year, I did special February centers on rotation all month. February is crazy with Valentine's Day, Groundhog's Day, dental hygiene month, Black History month, President's Day, and sometimes Chinese New Year. That's a lot to cram into the shortest month of the year!<br />
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Oriental Trading has a ton of super cute and useful Valentine's Day materials for the classroom and teamed with my Pinterest finds... Valentine's Day is bound to be a blast. Take a look!<br />
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Here are some awesome Valentine's Day activities I found on Pinterest that use the materials I found on Oriental Trading's website. If you click the images, they will take you to the original post/site.<br />
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One of the things I grabbed from Oriental Trading was a set of Valentine's Day beads. I love using beads in my classroom. Currently I teach 2nd grade and we use lots of beads for number estimation, counting by 3s, 5s, 10s, etc. When I taught Kindergarten, beads were awesome to string on pipe cleaners and to practice fine motor. Here are some things I found on Pinterest to go with my set of Valentine's Day beads. (Remember, if you'd like to see the original post/site, click the image).<br />
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These doilies are so cute and I have always felt that doilies make great craft materials, especially for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and Christmas. I grabbed a set of the mini's from Oriental Trading and they come in packs of 100! I also decided to grab some colored card stock because the colors are pretty and the price was on point. I thought these would make nice Valentines for family members, but 100 is LOT... so I found some other ideas to use those leftovers.</div>
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I stock up on these every year because there are endless possibilities with them. They are also pretty tasty, so that's always a plus. Here are just a handful of activities for them.</div>
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Another extremely useful staple for the classroom are straws. How adorable are these Valentine's Day polka dot ones! I especially love the idea of making friendship bracelets for Valentine's Day!</div>
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It's a classroom quilt!!! I can't express how much I love this idea. The pictures I snagged weren't great, so this is from the website. I also ordered a pack of Valentine's Day ribbon to go with this for students to have more to decorate with.</div>
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Daisy Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009362077032676737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923905785171852717.post-79725446884167447602017-02-05T12:00:00.000-05:002017-02-05T12:00:10.961-05:00Introducing The Crazy Daisies! Share the Love Giveaway and Blog HopYou guys! I've been keeping a secret... for MONTHS. It's finally time to reveal the big news! My buddy Jodilyn of Daisy A Day Doodles and I are teaming up to bring you and your students (okay... and OUR students :P ) educational resources featuring Jodilyn's precious artwork. We'll be able to integrate art into our subject areas. And, really, two heads are better than one! We've been cooking up all kinds of great ideas and I can't wait to share them all with you.<br />
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So, here we are! I'm Amanda, of course, and Jodilyn. The Crazy Daisies is part educational resources, part clip art! We’re putting our heads together to make learning fun for our students and YOURS. I am a 2nd Grade teacher in Florida. I also teache Musical Theater and Dance at a local theater. I'm passionate about reading and am a total dog-lover! In fact, Daisy is the name of my 5 pound chihuahua! I have a 5-month old son, Isaac, and if you've been following me for a while... you'll know that he is a total cutie! Jodilyn Blake @DaisyADayDoodles has been teaching for 8 years on the Indian Reservations of New Mexico. She has taught as a reading specialist, 2nd grade teacher on up to Middle school Language Arts. Her TPT shop has teaching resources along with her artwork. She has been doodling since she was 12 years old for fun. However, her doodles became digital creations in May 2015. She is relatively new to the clip art world, but she loves to share her joy.<br />
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Aw, I just love Valentine's Day. It is one of my favorite classroom celebrations with all the love and kindness just overflowing. I also love how easy it is to incorporate fun and engaging learning activities throughout our day! I have a couple of freebies in my store and a new item (on sale, by the way...), so while you're adding goodies to your cart for the sale, check them out!<br />
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The 100th Day of School is one of the easiest special school days to integrate some math FUN. There are lots of ways to incorporate counting to 100 ideas. Oriental Trading has an area on their website with some totally awesome 100th Day goodies for the kiddos and all the supplies you need to do some pretty stellar activities.</div>
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First, are the number tiles. These are a manipulative that I didn't previously have, but I found them on Oriental Trading for the least amount of money. The tub is a good storage size, the colors are vibrant, and the quality of the plastic tiles is great. For the 100th Day of School, having students stack in groups of 10, or stack their entire 100 tiles for a balance challenge is a fun center and great for team work. </div>
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TREATS! Woo-hoo! I always love to give my students something to celebrate events like the 100th Day of School. I also am a big fan of inexpensive non-food items, like pencils, erasers, etc. I snagged these $100 pencils and notepads and special 100th Day erasers. I hadn't seen erasers specifically for the 100th Day before so I was excited to grab these.</div>
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Last year, I also found this amazing site where you can put your students' FACES on the $100 bill! My students LOVED them. I printed them out and wrote a special note on them. I can't believe I didn't take a picture of them! Here's the site: <a href="http://photofunia.com/effects/100_dollars" target="_blank">PhotoFunia</a> and just for fun, I made one of my son. Seriously, how awesome are these? And I'm not exaggerating... it took me 5 seconds to make.</div>
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On the 100th Day of School, I love doing special centers. One of the centers is this awesome dude! He's a centipede! AHH! The price is so low on this that I got two of them and plan on having students in teams to "race to 100." You could also have it as a stand alone center (I mean, really, with this price, you could easily get enough for a few groups to do it together as a center). You could also have students trace the pieces and cut them out as a team. Lots of different options. The pieces are cardstock material and have a glossy finish, so you'll definitely want to use Sharpies on these bad boys.</div>
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Speaking of centers, one of my go-to 100th Day centers is Cup Stacking. In groups, students simply stack cups to build a structure! They must use all 100 cups and they must work together in their group. The first year I did this, I used the little paper Dixie cups and they were awful. Don't use paper cups with Kindergartners, people! Plastic cups can become a little pricey when you are looking at purchasing 100 of them. Oriental Trading has pretty decent pricing and all kinds of themes. My classroom is a garden theme and we have a lot of gingham patterns everywhere, so I grabbed these green gingham plastic cups. They're also pretty big which makes building and stacking with them a lot more fun.</div>
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I actually got this baker's twine from the Valentine's Day section of the Oriental Trading website. I like to have students make a Fruit Loop or Cheerio necklace on the 100th Day, but yarn gets super yucky. I can't believe I've never thought of baker's twine before! This will be perfect.</div>
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Daisy Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009362077032676737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923905785171852717.post-80839828280312783692016-12-29T01:58:00.000-05:002016-12-29T01:58:07.364-05:00The Highlights of 2016 What a year! I think everyone can agree that 2016 was a wild one! Good or bad, everyone has some highlights! What are yours? Link up at the end of the post to share what your 2016 highlights were.<br />
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The BEST highlight of this year, without a doubt, was the birth of my first child, Isaac. He was born in August and nothing can top what an amazing four months it has been so far!<br />
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He's so wonderful, I can't even describe it. People tell you over and over again how amazing it is to become a parent, but no one can truly prepare you for the amount of love you can feel for a tiny little person.<br />
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I know 2016 for some might not have been the best year, but for me, 2016 was incredible because of my little man, Isaac.<br />
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Here's his four month photo. His room is all about dinosaurs! I take his monthly picture with him laying on the rug in his room! <3<br />
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The family vacation! When I was 6ish months pregnant, I went on a family vacation with my husband's family. It was more fun than I can tell you! We traveled up to Dillard, Georgia to The Dillard House and rented a cabin. Other than the terrifying driving on the hills I'm not used to (Florida land is FLAT, people), everything about this trip was perfect. I couldn't do the horseback riding or the hiking trails because of how pregnant I was, but I could eat a lot and relax! It was right after school ended, so it was the perfect time to go! Such amazing memories were made here with our family AND my sister-in-law did my maternity photos with the gorgeous scenery in the background!<br />
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I am putting my top two best selling resources on sale for $4 from their regular $8!<br />
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This is the absolute LOWEST price I've ever had these Wonders bundles priced at... it seriously is insane...<br />
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Click the links below to head there now and check out #jollygoodbundles on TpT to see what else is marked down!<br />
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Individual products (10 total) - $20 each</div>
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TODAY'S BUNDLE PRICE - $110 ($90 savings)</div>
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Today, the teachers of Jolly Good Deals week bring to you a plethora of FREEBIES! I have two Christmas goodies in my store right now that are absolutely free. Click either of the images below to get them now!<br />
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To find the other great freebies, type #jollygoodfreebie in your TpT search bar and download all the fun FREE stuff! Please share the love by leaving a comment on each freebie that you download. Let these teachers know how much you appreciate their hard work and generosity. Those comments really do get read by each and every one of us and they really brighten our day!<br />
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A HUGE group of teachers have products in their store marked down to only $1 TODAY ONLY! On TpT, just search "#jollygooddollardeals to see what you can snatch up at an amazing discount. My cart is loaded... I can't resist a deal like this...<br />
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In my store, I have TWO Winter and Christmas resources on sale for only $1! One of them is actually a brand new resource and the other was actually the very first product in my store, which has recently been completely updated. Click the images below to check them out and snatch up for only $1.<br />
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IT'S MONDAY! WOO-HOO! Today is Merry Monday and Day 1 of Jolly Good Deals Week! Enter the giveaway below for your chance to win 1 of 6 $50 TpT gift cards!<br />
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You MUST stop by tomorrow for your chance to win one of SIX $50 TpT gift cards! That's huge, people!!! Stop by my blog or Facebook page to enter and find some new stores to check out!<br />
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On top of that, there's a gift guide for you. Take a look! You might find a goodie for your TBFF (Teacher BFF) or even just a great find for your own use in your classroom of unique kidlets. Click the image below to download the Gift Guide.<br />
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I don't know about you, but any time there is a site-wide TpT sale, I spend hours, HOURS, on TpT hunting around for people to throw my money at. Sounds silly, but its true. Often times I stumble upon a real gem that I never would have found had I not spent so much time window shopping. That being said, I've also found so many amazing products that have become highly used resources in my own classroom through recommendations on my favorite blogs. So that's why I'm here today.<br />
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This linky showcases the top wishlisted items in my store and if you scroll down, you'll see other bloggers' top wishlisted items as well. These items are the resources that are the most sought-after within each TpT store below. The best news is that they are ALL on sale for the TpT site-wide sale. I hope you find some great deals and are able to share some amazing resources with your students. Happy shopping!<br />
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Click any of the images below to check them out in my store!<br />
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If you are a Kindergarten teacher using the Wonders curriculum, this is the most time-saving bundle out there. If you would like to see a free sample of it, here is a Unit 5 freebie sampler to get an idea.<br />
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This isn't only the second top wishlisted item in my entire store, but it is also the number one best selling resource in my store! This resource has a free sample, too. Click the image below to download the free sample.<br />
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This math center activity is SO. MUCH. FUN. Watch this little video to see it in action!</div>
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In addition to the original Build a Place Value House, I JUST posted a holiday version in my store this weekend! Click the image below to see Build a Place Value GINGERBREAD House!<br />
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TpT is helping us out with the excitement by hosting a Cyber Monday site-wide sale! You know what that means! Clean out the cart! And somehow since the last sale, I've filled it up again. How does that happen so fast?!<br />
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Even better news, I've teamed up with an amazing group of teachers for a giveaway blog hop!<br />
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There are 26 giveaways in this loop, people! Those odds are GREAT that you'll win at least one $10 gift card. And $10 can go a long way on TpT. Good luck!<br />
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And don't forget to check out the Teachers Pay Teachers Wishlist Linky! Check out what everyone is saying about your favorite sellers and see what their most sought after products are! Click the image below to see mine and those who have linked up.<br />
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<br />Daisy Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009362077032676737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923905785171852717.post-38724462396378831882016-10-23T19:54:00.000-04:002016-10-23T20:07:31.627-04:00Baby's First Halloween! (and a giveaway!)Can you believe Halloween is next week?? This month has completely flown by and tomorrow my little guy is two months old! Next Monday is not only his first Halloween but his first big holiday! Of course he won't know what in the world is going on, but Halloween is the BEST for getting awesome and adorable pictures. So when Oriental Trading asked me to review some of their baby Halloween costumes... I jumped on the opportunity. He's not going to let me dress him up forever, so I gotta get that time in now!<br />
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I chose 4 different costumes that are just BEYOND adorable and thanks to my mom, we were able to snag some awesome pictures! I guess I should thank Isaac, too, because he was super cooperative! So here we gooooo!<br />
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This is the monster costume. My son is only 2 months old and this is advertised to fit up to 6 months... so it's big on him. He liked the leg room, though! And as we were playing in it, the head piece on this one stayed up pretty well, probably due to the weight of the eyes and horns and stuff. So I would say even for small babies, this one would be fine. Here's the link: <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/baby-monster-bunting-costume-a2-13687553.fltr?prodCatId=551168" target="_blank">MONSTER BUNTING</a></div>
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This one's sizing also says for up to 6 months but it was much larger than the monster one so I would say it would be best on a bigger baby. Here's the link: <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/baby-shark-bunting-costume-a2-13638063.fltr?prodCatId=551168" target="_blank">SHARK BABY</a></div>
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Here's another gem... the chili pepper! My husband has a taco costume from the last couple of Halloweens and my boys dressed up together for National Taco Day earlier this month for my husband's online stream (<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/brutallstatic" target="_blank">check it out here!</a>). So. Funny. This one fit really well and was probably the most comfortable for my little guy. The head piece was the perfect size, so if you are looking for something for a smaller baby, this one was perfect. Here's the link: <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/baby-chili-pepper-bunting-costume-a2-MC1594.fltr?prodCatId=551168" target="_blank">CHILI PEPPER</a></div>
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This one does not come with a onesie to wear underneath so be aware. We went with a black and white stripe onesie underneath it, but you can barely see it, so any outfit would be fine. It came with gloves, booties, and a velcro cape. The cape was perfect and I liked that the hood was a little loose. It stayed on perfectly. The booties were way too big but with the padding on the inside, I was really surprised at how well they stayed on. As cute as the gloves are, I'm not sure my hand-chewer would have liked them for very long, but he didn't seem bothered by them!</div>
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The newest product in my store! This is perfect for 2nd and 3rd graders working on place value! Click the picture above to check it out or head over to my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/daisydesignstpt/" target="_blank">Facebook </a>to see a video of it in action!</div>
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It's almost Halloween, ya'll! This time of year is super fun, but I'm pretty sure NO ONE is excited that Halloween is on a Monday. Yikes!<br />
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This is the time of year when Teachers Pay Teachers is super important for my classroom. The students are so easily distracted, my prep time is filled with me scrambling for something engaging, and Halloween is just too fun to ignore integrating into our instruction. There are SO MANY amazing Halloween resources on TpT and here are a few of my all time favorite Halloween freebies! If you download, don't forget to leave feedback on the product to support these amazing teachers! And make sure you keep scrolling too see even more FREE Halloween resources linked up by other teachers. If you have a favorite, link up!<br />
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