Sunday, October 26, 2014

Thursday, October 23, 2014

My Beginnings

I am so excited! My Teacher's Pay Teachers business is beginning to take off. It is still in the beginning stages but I am learning more and more everyday! My Facebook page is also growing. However, I have yet to conquer the blog. I am mostly hesitant because I am not yet teaching. I hope to have stories to blog about as I begin my student teaching in just two months!



I will begin my student teaching in January. As a Saint Mary-of-the-Woods student I feel well prepared.  However, I am thrilled and terrified at the same time! Getting teaching exams accomplished will take off so much pressure!!! In the meantime, I find it relaxing and enjoyable creating learning and organization materials to someday use in my classroom. I hope others find them useful in the until I can use them myself.

I was first inspired my one of my favorite professors. She teaches language arts in the morning in southwest Indiana and is also the head of the English department at my college. After creating some worksheet and lesson plans, she asked me if I had ever considered Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT). I had never heard of it. After I created a unit plan, she asked if she could use it with her students. I was estatic! I couldn't believe my professor wanted to use MY material. I decided to check out TPT but really had no idea how to start. Then I had another professor encourage me to sell on TPT. It just did not work out at the time.

The following school year I got a full time job as a special education assistant at a local elementary school. Let me tell you, working full time and going to school full time was beyond stressful!...but I digress. One of the special education teachers I worked with continually talked about TPT. Sometimes I would even edit things for her. She was an awesome teacher to work with and I learned an abundant amount of information and teaching skills from her. She also encouraged me to try TPT....so I did. Turns out, she is TPT's famous teacher author with the store The Primary Gal! I have been very blessed to get some basic instructions from this wonderful lady!

Now to conquer the blog.........………

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Upper Elementary Book Study

     I am happy to share with you my newest book study!  This is a short study on Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric Kimmel.  This study would be great for both public and private school settings.  Wouldn't this be so much fun this autumn?!

 http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Hershel-and-the-Hanukkah-Goblins-1353528
Click on the link next to the picture to find this product.
  
     This is a fun study that incorporates vocabulary, sequencing, comprehension, and culture with fantasy.  This study would compliment many of the upcoming holiday lesson plans coming up.  In this packet is included teacher answer keys and an assessment.  The students I have worked with have enjoyed this book and the accompanying activities.

     This following is a sample of the vocabulary pages that accompany this product.  The students are to record context clues that help them decipher what the vocabulary word means.  Next, they can write what the word means based only on information from the context clue.  I would add a time after this for discussion between students and the teacher about what the word means and the dictionary definition. 


     A culture activity is included as well.  Students will learn about what a menorah is and use it for a sequencing lesson.  This product would be perfect for a 4th or 5th grade classroom. It could be used for advanced readers in the 3rd grade or struggling learners in the 6th grade.  Enjoy this learning adventure and let me know what you think!

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Organized Daily



This is it!  My very first blog post!!!  Well, as someone producing teaching materials anyway :)

I am so excited to introduce my first product....and it's free!  This is the first page of a daily organizer.  I made this my first creation because I love organization materials.  It makes my life easier, gives me more time to teach, and allows me to focus on my students even more.


  

The above picture is how I use this product.  I have a future date and made up students on this sheet.  I write each of the items I would like to accomplish during the school day.  Having each of these items crossed off at the end of the day makes me ecstatic!  I also really love the monitoring section.  A goal of mine is to progress monitor all of my students each day.  Sometimes this is not possible so I have a short list of those that must be monitored on that particular day.  The bottom section of this page contains items I need to attend to after the school day is over...er....when the children leave.  If possible, I would try to delegate some copying and laminating tasks to friendly volunteers.  By following the link under the above picture, you can have this item for free!  

I am now working on finishing a more complete product. It will include pages for a monthly calendar, sub plans, classroom procedures, basic school info, discipline, progress monitoring trackers, and much more.  If you have anything in-particular that you would like to see in the coming packet, make sure you comment below.  Enjoy and God Bless!