Winner, Winner!

Congratulations to Kelly K. and Samantha T.! They have won the Rafflecopter giveaway I hosted this week. Thanks to everyone who entered!

{Kelly and Samantha, check your email! I've sent your prizes to the email you used for the giveaway.}

Have a happy weekend! :-)

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Long Time, No See - and a Giveaway!!

Hello!

It has been a BUSY school year for me! I've been pretty active on Facebook, but my blog has been a ghost town. It is a goal to post at least once a month - if not more frequently - in the months to come. :-)

Thanks so much for your support over the past year. It means the world to me!

To celebrate my first anniversary on TpT as well as various milestones I've reached, I am hosting a 10% off sale in my store this weekend (March 21-23), as well as a Rafflecopter giveaway (March 21-28)!

You can win a $25 TpT gift certificate or my year-long 4th Grade Daily Math Review bundle! Don't miss out! 

Also, now that the end of the year is quickly approaching for many of you, here are a few fun activities to keep your students active while practicing math:

Thanks again!

Love. Learn. Teach. on TpT


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It's Time for a Sale!

Wow! A super-secret, unexpected Teachers Pay Teachers sale! Use the promo code FB100K and get 10% off everything, site-wide, this weekend only!

Many teacher-authors are also hosting sales, up to 20% off. As soon as I heard about it, I jumped over to TpT to list my own sale, and then got to work clearing my wish list! I just loooove a good sale!

Happy shopping, everyone!

It's Giveaway Time!

To celebrate 500+ followers on Teachers Pay Teachers and 750+ followers on Facebook, I'm hosting a giveaway! 

Among other prizes, you might win a $10 TpT gift certificate. You can enter every day this week for a chance to win.

Thanks to all of you for following me on this journey! I love learning from all of you. :)

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Tried it Tuesday - Task Cards

My new love this year is task cards. They're so versatile, and give students an opportunity to practice the skills they need.

In our classroom, we use task cards in so many different ways:

* to review before a unit test
* as a reward for completed work
* as a learning station
* as part of math rotations
* for extra practice at home or in class (Parents love when these come home - especially with answers provided! I usually shrink them down to save paper.)
* as part of various cooperative learning structures (Quiz-Quiz-Trade, Fan n Pick, Inside-Outside Circle, etc.)
* to play Scoot or variations of Scott
* for test prep
* to print out and have students use in math journals

The list goes on. You get the idea.

My first introduction to task cards this year was through awesome teacher blogs, and I purchased several sets on TpT. I found so many fabulous sellers! Some of my favorites are Teaching with a Mountain View, Math Mojo, Jennifer Findley, Kristin Kennedy, and Rachel Lynette. If you haven't visited any of them, you're in for a treat!

My kids love the variety, and I love that they're aligned to Common Core!

Once I became a seller on TpT, I decided to start making task card sets of my own. While I love each set I've purchased, I always find I need to tweak something here or there. I've posted two sets that meet all of my own class's needs:

- self-checking (answer on each card)
- Common Core aligned to a specific standard
- adaptable for a variety of uses
- various sizes, so I can send them home, and use them in quite a few different ways
- a wide variety of concepts within one standard (so I can give repeated, varied practice to students who need it)

I don't want this to be a commercial for my task card sets, so I'm not posting a link here. If you want to find them, you can visit my TpT store easily enough. :) Here are two pictures, just to give you a taste.

 

I have big plans for my summer - lots and lots of task cards sets to be made. I hope next year's kids love them as much as this year's kids (and I) do.

I can't wait to see what everyone else has tried this week! If you haven't done it yet, go link up!

Fractions Series: Fourth Grade Studio

If you teach fractions (especially with a Common Core approach) and haven't been following along with Meg over at Fourth Grade Studio: Learning, Thinking, Creating, you need to get there. Now. Here's a link to the first post in her fractions unit. Click here! Really, you need to!  You won't be sorry. 

While you're at it, visit her Teachers Pay Teachers store. In my opinion, her products are well-written and really make kids think. I love using her products, because they are so in line with my way of thinking - especially about math. I'm following her store, because I can't wait until she publishes her fractions unit. It's just that good.