I LOVE TpT!!

I LOVE TpT!! I have been a Teachers Pay Teachers seller for a year and a half now. I have been purchasing from TpT for SOOOOO much longer. During my first year of teaching, I found amazing resources for just about anything I wanted to do in class. I don't know how well I would have succeeded that first year without this fantastic site. But I'm not the only one that appreciates all that TpT has to offer. I came across this blog post today from Learning to Read by Jen Strange and I wanted to share it with everyone. Check out her blog here. This is a great post for those that are familiar with TpT and for those who are not. Have a great read!

 5 Reasons Why I love Teachers Pay Teachers 5 reasons I love Teachers Pay Teachers:

1. The teachers at Teachers Pay Teachers are GENEROUS: There are literally THOUSANDS of free educational resources at TpT.

2. The teachers at Teachers Pay Teachers are KNOWLEDGEABLE: The depth of knowledge about education and about students at TpT is unbelievable. Whatever you need help with, there's a resource available.

3. The teachers at Teachers Pay Teachers are EXPERIENCED: Read some seller bios. Teachers at TpT have crazy amounts of education, training, awards, and/or years in the classroom.

4. The teachers at Teachers Pay Teachers GIVE BACK. Many sellers use their stores to raise money for disaster relief, cancer research, and people in need.

5. The teachers at Teachers Pay Teachers are RESPONSIVE. Through feedback or the seller's Q&A page, you can communicate with the person who made that product you love. Where else can you talk directly with the creator of an educational resource that you're using?

If you are interested in becoming a TpT seller, click here through my referral link to open an account. You WILL become addicted!!! :)

Catching that Sneaky Leprechaun!

St. Patrick's Day is one of my favorite holidays! I can not wait for all the fun things we will be doing in class next week. While going through lesson plans and activities, I came across pictures of some of our leprechaun traps from last year. They are SUPER cute! My kinders have such GREAT imaginations. The traps had to be smallish (to keep within bus regulations), they had to have at least one moving part, and since leprechauns are so sneaky, the traps had to be clever enough to trick that mischievous leprechaun into getting caught! Check out some of their great contraptions!

And don't forget... we LOVE to eat green food!! Especially pistachio pudding! YUM!!

Of course, it's not all fun and games. We still need to meet those Common Core Standards! In my classroom, we will be learning about the country of Ireland and the similarities and differences to where we live. We will also learn about potatoes and all the different food you can make with them. Plus, our math and literacy lessons will have an awesome Irish twist! If you need a little help getting that Leprechaun theme in your math and literacy, check out my Ireland and St. Patrick's Day Math, Literacy and Social Studies Unit at my TpT store.

Just click here! Hopefully, that Irish Luck will rub on us all and we will have a great week!

Bring on the Spring!

This winter has been SO crazy!! I can't even imagine how the people in the North are dealing with all of these winter and snow storms. Yesterday, we had another late delay at school due to the cold. Seriously?? It's March and I live in the South!! I have decided that from this point on, I will be wearing my sunglasses EVERY day to entice Spring to hurry up. If I wear them, it will come.... I'm pretty sure it's going to work... Maybe the Kinders can do a writing about Spring! It can be like a rain dance - except to bring the sunny weather, not so much the rainy weather. Maybe we will even write it in the shape of a pair of sunglasses. This makes me happy. I think I am off to create a new writing assignment!! Bring on the Spring!