tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78289764544728563902024-03-13T01:37:49.339-07:00Love. Learn. Teach.Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480525314017067250noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828976454472856390.post-16436732686852582362014-03-29T12:52:00.000-07:002014-03-29T12:52:29.973-07:00Winner, Winner!<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Congratulations to Kelly K. and Samantha T.! They have won the Rafflecopter giveaway I hosted this week. Thanks to everyone who entered!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been a BUSY school year for me! I've been pretty active on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LoveLearnTeachTpT" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, 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. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for your support over the past year. It means the world to me!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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)!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can win a $25 TpT gift certificate or my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/A-Full-Year-of-4th-Grade-Daily-Math-Spiral-Review-Common-Core-Aligned-1138670" target="_blank">year-long 4th Grade Daily Math Review bundle</a>!
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To celebrate the sale, I'm having a <b>Pin It to Win It contest</b>. Act quickly - it ends Sunday night at 11pm Eastern time! For every 50 entries, I will be giving away one free product. I just announced the contest this afternoon, and I've already had enough entries to qualify giving away one item. I hope that I will be able to give away many more. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Repin any of my products from my Pinterest board, and enter to win that item. You must enter with each different URL on <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iQpM_6BT_AebA7hpPRPpADWlygT6CLHLzg8sAKRNRi8/viewform" target="_blank">this form</a> to be eligible to win - and multiple entries ARE accepted! For every 50 entries received, I will award one winner. Participants may win more than one prize, as well!</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go to this Pinterest board to get started: <a href="http://pinterest.com/LoveLearnTeach/love-learn-teach-on-tpt/">http://pinterest.com/LoveLearnTeach/love-learn-teach-on-tpt/</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I report next week, and kids start two weeks from today. Yep, it's crunch time. My focus this week is on planning my entire first week, down to every activity I want to use with my students. I know I'm not alone in wanting to have lots of ways to build a classroom community and get kids learning classroom routines and expectations. Therefore, that's the focus of this week's linky party!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I'm linking up with Cara from <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/2013/07/favorite-pins-friday_12.html" target="_blank">The First Grade Parade</a> for Favorite Pins Friday!</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.59375px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I absolutely love this post from Kim on her blog, <a href="http://letmestartbysayingblog.com/2013/01/28/hold-the-door-lessons-for-my-kids/" target="_blank">Let Me Start by Saying</a>. It's for her kids, but it absolutely has a place in my classroom, too!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is an AMAZING idea from Reagan at <a href="http://tunstalltimes.blogspot.com/2013/07/rise-and-shine-binder.html" target="_blank">Tunstall's Teaching Tidbits</a>! I am in love. Reagan's system for morning work makes me miss 2nd grade. I just need to find a way to make this work for 4th graders... I'm only teaching math, science, and social studies, so it has to be filled with that content. I start school in a few weeks and my to-do list is already a mile long, so I don't see it happening for the beginning of THIS year. Maybe mid-year? Or next year? If anyone has great 4th grade ideas for adapting this, let me know!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow! This week I was nominated twice for the Liebster Award! Thanks, Erin (<a href="http://mrsebeattie.blogspot.ca/2013/07/liebster-award.html" target="_blank">Mrs. Beattie's Classroom</a>) and Lisa (<a href="http://gradefourbuzz.blogspot.ca/2013/07/liebster-award.html" target="_blank">Grade 4 Buzz</a>), for the nominations!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am nominating <a href="http://rockandteach.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Katie from Rock and Teach</a>, <a href="http://growteachlearn.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Renee from Growing a Teacher</a>, <a href="http://windycitylearning.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mary Kate from Windy City Learning</a>, <a href="http://writeonfourthgrade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sarah from Write on Fourth Grade</a>, and <a href="http://www.comprehensionconnection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Carla from Comprehension Connection</a>. <i>You know you've spent too long drafting a blog post when several people you nominated have received the award in the meantime. :) Chalk it up to great minds think alike.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. If I could change one thing about myself, it would be my horrid habit of multi-tasking. I wish I could shut it all down and just concentrate on one thing fully. While I'm working on this blog post, I'm also working on another, organizing pin boards, listening to a TV show, and checking emails. It's an illness.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. In my classroom, I rely most on my SMART board/document camera/laptop combo. I've had them since my second year of teaching, and I just can't imagine life without them. The one or two days that I've had technology mishaps in the past 10 years have really challenged me!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. If a movie was made about my life, I'd like Candice Cameron or Elisabeth Shue to play me. I've been told I look like each of them, and I enjoy watching them as actresses, so why not?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. If I wasn't a teacher, I'd love to be a curriculum writer. (Isn't that really the other side of a teacher?) Some days, I wish I had a full-time curriculum specialist to design my lessons, so I could focus on the delivery and reaching all kids. Other days, I wish I was that full-time specialist, so I could help another teacher have time to teach all of his/her kids. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. I started blogging because I love expanding my network of teachers and fellow learners. I love to learn, and learning from teachers is the best!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. My sister and I revisit our boy band love whenever we can. NKOTB and friends this weekend, Backstreet Boys in the fall, and Justin Timberlake in December. The men in our lives just roll their eyes. ;)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. I love books. I own too many books. I was reminded of this when we moved earlier this summer.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yep, you read that correctly. I know many of you use Dropbox. Have you filled your free space yet? I have, so I wanted a place to store more - and to backup the ultra-important files again. I found copy.com this spring, and I am thrilled with it! It works just like Dropbox, but comes with more free storage. You START with 15GB (or 20GB if you sign up with a <a href="https://copy.com/?r=KExWrF" target="_blank">referral link, like this one</a>) - and can earn an UNLIMITED amount of add-on storage for free. You get 5GB of storage every time someone signs up with your <a href="https://copy.com/?r=KExWrF" target="_blank">link</a>! That's a great deal! <a href="https://copy.com/?r=KExWrF" target="_blank">Go check it out - you won't be sorry</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's now July 8, and many teachers are gearing up for a return to school. Three more weeks of vacation for me - and I know I'm not the earliest one to return!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check back throughout the week for products that are added to the linky. I hope you'll be inspired to cross off your summer to-do list! :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;">Use these cards as a great way to break the ice with your students the first week of school. You can use them to teach different routines in your classroom, or simply as a sponge activity.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You might also be interested in my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Self-Checking-Common-Core-Task-Cards-4NF1-Equivalent-Fractions-641467" target="_blank">Equivalent Fractions Task Cards</a>, which you can purchase in my TpT store for only $3.25! There are 48 cards in the set, and they come in 3 sizes, so you can use them in learning stations, math journals, or small groups. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">Do you miss Google Reader yet? Have you jumped on the Bloglovin bandwagon? I have - and I am so glad I did! I can follow my favorite blogs - and I have them all sorted into categories, so I can prioritize my reading. Love it! If you haven't yet set up a free account - why are you waiting? :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">If you didn't import all of your favorite blogs from Google Reader, you may be trying to remember all of them, and figuring out how to follow them all. Or maybe you're just looking for a few new great blogs to follow! For this reason, I've joined Laura Candler's Blog Hunt. Be sure to check back often to find new links to great blogs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I realized today was July 1 (eek!), I mildly panicked. We go back to school in four weeks. Four. Weeks. I'm not too thrilled about that. My summer has flown by this year! I have been pinning and wish-listing items all summer long. There's a time and place for brainstorming and gathering ideas, but it's time to get cracking on those lists!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's one way to get focused and organized. Each week in July (and maybe August? We'll see how I do once school starts for me. Ha.), I'll be setting up a themed linky party on Monday to help you focus on one item or idea that you'd like to accomplish in the week ahead. My hope is that you'll be inspired by things you see here and get things ready for the first weeks of school, week by week!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep your eyes peeled for more giveaways in the future - and don't forget to follow all of your favorite blogs on Bloglovin! :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know that my summer is flying by. It's hard to believe teachers report back in 4 and a half weeks here. Eek!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">To celebrate 100 followers on my Facebook fan page, I've set up a Facebook fan only freebie. Go check it out! </span><b><span style="color: magenta;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-Learn-Teach/158394914318239" target="_blank">Click this link to go get it</a>.</span></b></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Just click the "Fans Only" tab under my cover photo on Facebook, and you're in!</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a great Back to School - Getting to Know Your Teacher task card set.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've also linked up with Erin for her <a href="http://mrsebeattie.blogspot.com/2013/06/back-to-school-bonanza-linky-party.html" target="_blank">Back to School Bonanza</a> - go check out all the great things available for back to school time! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Okay, so I haven't been blogging long - or much - but there's one post I'd love to share with you today as part of Throwback Thursday. I'm linking up with Cara at the <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/2013/06/throwback-thursday.html" target="_blank">First Grade Parade</a> - and wow, there's a bunch of great posts to see!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was originally posted on April 15, 2013. I only had a few followers back then, and was really hoping to hear from people and get some input. I'm still in touch with my student teacher, so it's not too late to offer her advice. ;)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This school year, I've purchased so many great resources on Teachers Pay Teachers! I know I'm not alone.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would love your input on the following. My student teacher has asked for advice, and I have shared what I do, but I don't experiment much. It made me wonder if other methods are better!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please share your strategies and any specific products you use and love. We only have five weeks of school left, and I want to be sure to send her off with the best advice possible. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the one and only comment I received, from Courtney at <a href="http://polkadotlessonplans.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Polka Dot Lesson Plans</a>. I'd love for you to join in and share, too!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">Dawn, I'm so glad you posed these questions because I've been thinking this same thing myself! In the last 2 months I've used up 2 whole color ink cartridges just printing goodies from TpT! </span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;" /></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">Color or Grayscale? Color for games, task cards,and anything I plan to laminate and use again. Grayscale for anything I'm going to make copies of for the students. </span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;" /></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">I do color printing at home and grayscale both at home and school. </span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;" /></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">I have a small color ink jet printer/scanner that I use just for color printing and then a Brother grayscale laser printer for everything else. The laser printer has been a great investment. I print until my heart is content and have only replaced the cartridge roughly 5 times in 4 years. Because of that I'm so tempted to buy a laser color printer!</span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;" /></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">I laminate at home and I cut before I laminate. I have a Scotch Thermal laminator (from Wal Mart) that I love! </span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;" /></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">I also use a fiskars paper cutter (from the scrapbook section) to cut most things. </span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;" /></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">Sorry to have written you a book here...I didn't realize I had so much to say about copying and laminating! I'm anxious to hear what others have to say. </span></span></blockquote>
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<br />Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480525314017067250noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828976454472856390.post-71222274552515077112013-06-27T15:11:00.002-07:002013-06-27T15:11:40.898-07:00July Goals<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow. The switch over to Bloglovin has sure kept me busy this week! I want to be sure I keep up with all of the blogs I love - plus I've found so many great new ones! Don't miss out on the HUGE <a href="http://love-learn-teach.blogspot.com/2013/06/bloglovin-and-my-first-giveaway.html" target="_blank">link-up of giveaways</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm linking up with Jess at <a href="http://iheartrecess.blogspot.com/2013/06/july-goals-some-sad-news.html" target="_blank">I {Heart} Recess</a> to share my goals for July. This summer is flying by MUCH too quickly. :/</span><br />
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<br />Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480525314017067250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828976454472856390.post-66912950749292574082013-04-16T15:19:00.001-07:002013-04-16T15:19:56.550-07:00Tried it Tuesday - Document Camera Read Aloud<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before I get started with this week's Tried it Tuesday, I want to say how heartsick I am over yesterday's events in Boston. It certainly makes me wonder about our world. And then I see a quote like this, and feel a bit better, especially when helping children understand tragedies.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm once again linking up with <a href="http://fourthgradeflipper.blogspot.com/2013/04/tried-it-tuesday-save-my-sanity.html" target="_blank">Holly from Fourth Grade Flipper for Tried it Tuesday</a>. This week's "Tried it" isn't very exciting, but we're in the midst of state testing, so nothing is very exciting in our world right now. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My kids have been working extraordinarily hard this week. They take 8 different state tests (2 science, 3 reading, and 3 math - about 260 questions), spread out over 4 days. This year has been fun, because it's a transition year for Common Core for the state, a full implementation year for Common Core in our district, and our state tests are still based on our previous standards. These kiddos have had so much put before them this year, the last thing I want to do is work them too much during this exhausting week. I want their brains fresh for each new morning, full of tests. (Can you tell I love testing?!) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our school has a tradition of rewarding students with perfect attendance during testing week (all grades - no tardies or absences allowed). On Friday of testing week, all kids get to have a free dress-down day (no uniforms - yippee!), a popcorn party, and watch a movie.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My neighbor and I decided to read and watch "How to Eat Fried Worms" with our kiddos. Nothing better than enjoying a book for fun after a stressful morning of tests, right? The catch? I only have one copy, and my kids this year are definitely visual learners. There are very few in the bunch that don't get distracted without the text actually in front of them. I relate, because I'm the same way.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have two more days of testing. I'm really proud of my kids - they're taking their time and doing their best. Well, most of them...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those of you in the midst of testing or heading into testing season, remember:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe next week I'll have the chance to try something a little more creative. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you haven't yet linked up with <a href="http://fourthgradeflipper.blogspot.com/2013/04/tried-it-tuesday-save-my-sanity.html" target="_blank">Holly from Fourth Grade Flipper</a>, what are you waiting for? :)</span><br />
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<br />Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480525314017067250noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828976454472856390.post-40986664013939983562013-04-15T05:00:00.000-07:002013-04-15T10:34:56.427-07:00Color Printing and Laminating<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This school year, I've purchased so many great resources on Teachers Pay Teachers! I know I'm not alone.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would love your input on the following. My student teacher has asked for advice, and I have shared what I do, but I don't experiment much. It made me wonder if other methods are better!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Do you cut materials apart before and/or after laminating?</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please share your strategies and any specific products you use and love. We only have five weeks of school left, and I want to be sure to send her off with the best advice possible. :)</span><br />
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<br />Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480525314017067250noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828976454472856390.post-24404697256885942192013-04-14T20:58:00.001-07:002013-04-16T14:18:45.315-07:00Giveaway! K-3 Bundle and a 4th Grade Package<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go visit Antonia at Forkin 4th. She's having a great giveaway to celebrate her birthday AND 200 followers! One of my products is featured, and I couldn't be more excited!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Join my B-day Bash and Giveaway Celebration in honor of 200 blog followers! </b>I'm celebrating my 26th birthday on 4/23 so I'm giving you <span style="background-color: white;">until the 26th to WIN</span>!! 2 prizes are up for grabs: a 4th grade bundle & a K-3 bundle catered to the primary teaching folk. </span>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nicole over at </span><a href="http://mrsriosteachessecondgrade.blogspot.com/2013/04/1000-followers-celebration-giveaway.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Mrs. Rios Teaches Second Grade</a><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> is having a fantastic giveaway celebrating 1,000 followers for her </span><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Nicole-Rios/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Teachers Pay Teachers store</a><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">! She has different prize packages for each grade from Kinder through Fourth - wow! The giveaway runs through Saturday, April 13.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had fun entering this morning, and discovered several new bloggers and TpT stores that will help me as a 4th grade teacher.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go and visit her site, and enter to win some fabulous prizes. Just be sure to enter the K-3 contests. I have my eye on the 4th grade package. ;)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking forward to... I am looking forward to my boyfriend returning home! He has been out of town for two weeks, and I miss him! Life is so much richer with him around. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dreading... State testing. Enough said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hoping to accomplish... I would like to post at least 4 more task card sets into my TpT store, as well as a bundle of my fonts. It's so challenging to take my drafts and turn them into full, polished products - and I love it!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go<a href="http://literacyspark.blogspot.com/2013/03/giveaway-winner-mentor-texts.html" target="_blank"> link up</a>...it's a quick one!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In our classroom, we use task cards in so many different ways:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* to review before a unit test</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* as a reward for completed work</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* as a learning station</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* as part of math rotations</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* 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.)</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* as part of various cooperative learning structures (Quiz-Quiz-Trade, Fan n Pick, Inside-Outside Circle, etc.)</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* to play Scoot or variations of Scott</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* for test prep</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* to print out and have students use in math journals</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The list goes on. You get the idea.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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 <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teaching-With-A-Mountain-View" target="_blank">Teaching with a Mountain View</a>, <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Math-Mojo" target="_blank">Math Mojo</a>, <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Jennifer-Findley" target="_blank">Jennifer Findley</a>, <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kristin-Kennedy" target="_blank">Kristin Kennedy</a>, and <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Rachel-Lynette" target="_blank">Rachel Lynette</a>. If you haven't visited any of them, you're in for a treat!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My kids love the variety, and I love that they're aligned to Common Core!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- self-checking (answer on each card)</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Common Core aligned to a specific standard</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- adaptable for a variety of uses</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- various sizes, so I can send them home, and use them in quite a few different ways</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- a wide variety of concepts within one standard (so I can give repeated, varied practice to students who need it)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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.</span><br />
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<br />Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04480525314017067250noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828976454472856390.post-90362752902531545692013-04-02T00:15:00.000-07:002013-04-03T19:53:14.308-07:00April Currently<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the flip of a calendar page, it's already April! It's just past midnight on April 2, and I'm already well past the 300th person to join in on this month's currently linky. Wow! I'm going to follow the rule of 3 and check out at least 3 other folks' posts - but I'd love to read them all!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Listening: </b>These days I'm loving JT's new album. It's great music to keep me moving.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Loving:</b> The school year is winding down! This year's group has been especially challenging, so I'm looking forward to some down time to recharge. We have some fun things planned for the last 6 weeks, so it will fly past!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Thinking:</b> I should be sleeping! I got my second wind, and need to just put things away and go to sleep. The dangers of being home alone while the dear boyfriend is out of town...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Wanting:</b> I love springtime. I don't love that springtime in Phoenix often means 90 degree temperatures. I want my 80s - at least for a few weeks. It's too soon for SPF and sweaty after-school duties!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Needing:</b> I need some motivation to stay after school once or twice a week and start purging/organizing. I've somehow accumulated a lot of STUFF this year, and it needs to find a home. Preferably not all in my classroom...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Advice:</b> Since I'm pretty new to selling/blogging/etc., I don't really have any advice. Instead, my advice is personal in nature. I think it speaks for itself.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope everyone has a great April! I know for many, April means testing season, and that is always stressful. May you find peace through this time of year. :)</span><br />
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