Follower Appreciation Sale Item and Worksheet Wednesday #6

Today I am continuing my Follower Appreciation Sale. Thank you to all of my followers!!

Today my 50% off item is The Silly Bear Hunt!

It is the best-selling item in my store. 

My kids love it!

Also, I am linking up with The Teaching Tribune for Worksheet Wednesday! 

Today I am offering a friendly letter template that has clue words to jog your students' memories of the different parts of a friendly letter. It includes one of Krista Wallden's cute new Zoo Animals...a giraffe. 

Isn't he adorable? This is a preview freebie of the set of "Zoo Animal" Friendly Letter Writing Templates that I will be posting by July 12th...fingers crossed! Of course, I am working on THREE different animal activities. Why do we work on a million things at once? It is a smidgen difficult to get just one of those things completely done. I would imagine that I am not alone in this. :-)
Anyway, if you would like a copy of this cute giraffe paper, please click {HERE}. If you are in the market for more friendly letter templates that are seasonal, I have a few spring sets as well as summer sets that are even in a bundle. I guess I should bundle my spring sets...

Add that to my list. I need to be thinking about setting up my room for the school year. But I love doing summery-type things. Like going to lunch with my friend today. We teachers need to fit those things in. Whilst we can. 

Back to the link up...
For Week 6, there are all kinds of free Summer worksheets listed.

Hop on over to The Teaching Tribune for their linky to get some great free summertime worksheet resources!

What a great deal! Thank you team from The Teaching Tribune!

Have a great day!

Carrie

The Think Aloud Cloud (TpT store)

Follower Appreciation Sale Items, Two for Tuesday! #6, and a FREEBIE!

It's TWO for TUESDAY!

Hi!
Since I am linking up with The Teaching Tribune for their Two For Tuesday Linky - Week 6, I will have TWO Follower Appreciation items for 50% off today!

Here are the items that I have on sale:

The Eagle Cam:

Keeping an Eagle Eye on the Eagle Nest

{A Writing Activity}

Need a fun way to research and to write about the lifecycle of an eagle?  This may be the resource 
for you! The students will record observations and illustrations in these little booklets. What student does not like to write in booklets?

 

To read more about it, see {THIS POST} and {THIS POST}.
To check it out in my TpT store, please click {HERE}. 

If you are a PebbleGo fan, then you may like this organizer to help with your research. 

You can get a free copy {HERE}. I have also included an organizer with no lines if that is what you need instead. 

If you are not familiar with PebbleGo, then please stop by my blog on Saturday, July 12th. I will be blogging about that gem of a website in conjunction with the You Oughta Know Blog Hop.  Sounds like fun to me!! 

My other sale item:

      "Hello Neighbor!" How to Make a Friend {and Keep a Friend}

This pack has "How To" writing activities including a silly version that coincides with Dr. Jean's song, "Hello Neighbor."

Click {HERE} to see it in my store.

Great News...
Dr. Jean actually has that song as a free download in her store! 

Click {HERE} to check it out. I love how Dr. Jean incorporates songs into everything. That is right up my alley!

Both of these would be great resources for now, for Back-to-School, or for anytime during the year as needed.

If you would like to check them out, today is the day! 

Hop on over to The Teaching Tribune for their Two For Tuesday Linky and see what kind of exciting deals you can find from other bloggers!

Have an awesome day!
Carrie

Follower Appreciation Sale And Monday Meet Up!

It's Follower Appreciation Week!!

As a thank you to all of my followers, I will have a different item for 50% off each day of this week. I am choosing items that are the most wish-listed in case you have something in mind, but a sale would help in your decision process. :-)

Today's sale item is The Plural Noun Song Pack.

My students love this song and the coordinating activities! If you would like to read more about how I use this resource, then please click {HERE}.

Also, I am linking up with The Teaching Tribune for their Monday Meet Up.

Hop over to the Summer Bloggin Link Up to find out lots of bloggers' thoughts, memories, and random interesting facts. You just never know what you will find out!

Check out my blog tomorrow for some Two for Tuesday action! (Two of my most wish-listed items will be on sale for 50% off.)  

Have a great day!

Carrie

Organizing with Diet Coke boxes {TBT} & FREEBIE

Hi Everybody! I'm linking up with the awesome bloggers at The Teaching Tribune for their Throwback Thursday challenge of Summer Bloggin'. See the link at the bottom of this post and hop on over!

Diet coke. Is the box the best part?

It's like waking up on Christmas morning!

Why do my students act giddy like they found an awesome present under the tree when I bring a Diet Coke box to school? Because... I offer these boxes to students to use as a drawer in their desks. It keeps them "organized!" They fit perfectly inside their desks after the top is cut off. 

Actually, some of my students truly use them to organize their stuff better. Others use them to contain all of the extra markers, pencils, crayons, etc that tend to fall out of their desks. I saw it on Pinterest a while back, I think. I can't remember exactly, but where else would I have gotten a super great idea like that? I will give credit to that brilliant person when I come across it again.

As a matter of fact, my students were getting creative while waiting for the next box to come along and asked for boxes from tissues and from zip lock bags. While those were helpful, none of those boxes "did the trick" like soda boxes can. One of my students finally came around to seeing it that way. I think she will be able to find her scissors now since she doesn't actually look for them INSIDE her desk...usually. How adorable! 

The positive results? Students who have better ideas about how to organize their things...although I have several boys whose things are "squared away" at any given moment. They are my expert helpers who help some of the other students get their things in order. 

Another positive result, the desk fairy has more desks to admire. I made a new reward coupon for her to give the students for the new year. If you would like a copy, please click here.

Maybe this will spark some New Year's resolutions for my students!

Happy New Year! May all of your students' desks be in tip top shape for the new year! Now if the desk fairy would just come give me a hand with my own desk... :-)

Hop over to The Teaching Tribune to find out what other bloggers have to say for Week #5 of the Summer Bloggin' Link Up - Throwback Thursday.

Have a great day!

Carrie

Monday Meet Up #5

It's time for the Monday Meet Up Linky with the bloggers over at The Teaching Tribune.

The "assignment" was to list three things that you are thankful for. They can be light-hearted or heart-felt. I think mine are both!!

So, here goes!

{ 1 }

The "UNDO" Button on the Computer

I am thankful for the "undo" button on our computers. Can I get an "Amen!" for that?! I say out loud OFTEN how thankful I am for that thing...even if no one can hear me. 

{ 2 }

My Family

I am thankful for my husband and my daughter. My husband is ever so kind and a teacher also! I am thankful that we get to spend summers together. Also, he understands "where I am coming from." He is my voice of reason. My daughter is fun to be around because she makes me laugh...most of the time! 

{ 3 }  

My "Coffee"

I am also thankful for Diet Coke. I know that it is really not good for me. It is my coffee. I have cut back lots in the last year or so. As a matter of fact, the boxes come in handy too! Check back on Thursday to see my throwback post about organizing in the classroom with fridge pack boxes. You may think it is awesome too!

Disclaimer: I got the idea from Pinterest, but I have no idea to whom I should give credit. If it is you, or you know who it is, would you please let me know so that I can give that person credit for that brilliant idea? (Be your best friend...)

Hop over to the Monday Meet Up group to meet some bloggers and find out three things that they are each thankful for. 

Have a great day!

Carrie

TpT: The Think Aloud Cloud

Email: thethinkaloudcloud(at)gmail(dot)com

Worksheet Wednesday Linkup {FREEBIE} (On Thursday)

Today I am linking up with The Teaching Tribune for Worksheet Wednesday! For Week 3, there are free ELA worksheets listed.

Here is a contraction worksheet that you might like to use. It is a sample of a larger pack, so that you can see if you could use something like that in your plans.

The graphics seem to break up the "work" so the students don't feel like they are working TOO hard. :-) It is also a great activity to add to sub plans. The students like coloring in those cute graphics as well. Click here to download it.

If you would like to check out the whole "kit and caboodle," click here.

The whole "Kit and Caboodle"

Hop on over to The Teaching Tribune for their linky to get some great free ELA worksheet resources and to qualify for a $25 TpT Gift Voucher!

What a great deal! Thank you team from The Teaching Tribune!

Have a great day!

Carrie

The Think Aloud Cloud (TpT store)