Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Favorite Teacher Supplies


If there's one thing teachers all love, it's a great set of school supplies! Today I am sharing three of my favorite supplies with you...


Classroom Friendly Pencil Sharpener: This is by far the best sharpener I have ever used. It's SO quiet, and makes the sharpest point I think I've ever seen. Just check out the points on the pencils below! I wrote a post over on Chalk & Apples last week about them, so you can check it out there if you want more details. Between this sharpener and The Wise Owl's Winning the Pencil War system (free on TPT!), I finally have pencils in my classroom under control!


Frixion Pens: I am in LOVE with these erasable pens! Before you have flashbacks to those awful erasable pens we all tried to use in middle school, let me assure you that these are different! They really do erase... completely! It's some kind of heat/friction/science-y thing that I don't get, but I'm so glad someone smarter than me came up with it!

I use these puppies all the time for grading, and I am so glad I can erase when I change my mind about how I graded a particular question, accidentally get a little "check-happy" or miscalculate a score. I no longer have to scribble out mistakes or hunt down the white-out. These have saved me so many times!

Laminator: I have one of these bad boys at home AND one at school! I love that I can laminate full pages and not have to cut anything out. This is much faster than waiting for the big machine at school, and the laminating pouches are much thicker! (Here's the one I have)

The Favorite Things Linky is a great way to share your 3 favorite anythings! Grab the template and button and link up below! If this is your first time linking up, check out our Favorite Things page for more details!



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Sunday, November 1, 2015

Sunday Scoop {11.1.15}


The Sunday Scoop is based on the popular 3-2-1 graphic organizers so many of us use with our students. Tell us three things you HAVE to do, two things you HOPE to do, and one thing you're HAPPY to do. If this is your first time linking up, check out all the details on our Sunday Scoop page, then link up below!

Here's the Scoop on my week...
Have To:
This week was a bit hectic. Usually I am able to find time to get papers graded and lesson plans at least started for the next week, but not this week! Full moon + end of the quarter + Halloween = Chaos.

Hope To Do:
Although the week was fun, it is time to put away the Halloween decorations and get out my Thanksgiving decorations!! Wahoo!

Happy To Do:
We are having lunch with my husband's family. It is always a good time!!

What are you up to this week? Link up below!

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Sunday, October 25, 2015

Sunday Scoop {10/25/15}


The Sunday Scoop is based on the popular 3-2-1 graphic organizers so many of us use with our students. Tell us three things you HAVE to do, two things you HOPE to do, and one thing you're HAPPY to do. If this is your first time linking up, check out all the details on our Sunday Scoop page, then link up below!

Here's the Scoop on my week...


What is going on with you this week?



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Sunday, October 18, 2015

Sunday Scoop {10/17/15}


The Sunday Scoop is based on the popular 3-2-1 graphic organizers so many of us use with our students. Tell us three things you HAVE to do, two things you HOPE to do, and one thing you're HAPPY to do. If this is your first time linking up, check out all the details on our Sunday Scoop page, then link up below!

Here's the Scoop on my week...

We flew to Texas this weekend for my husband's high school reunion, and are headed back home today. It's been a very short trip, but nice to see family and meet some of his old friends. I'm hoping for some very productive time on the plane, because I have lots to get done before Monday! PowerPoints for teaching Explorers (which will be part of a unit in my store soon), lesson plans for everything else, and it all needs to be done by 8pm so I can watch Walking Dead!!

What are you up to today? Link up, and let us know!

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Sunday, October 11, 2015

Sunday Scoop {10.11.15}


The Sunday Scoop is based on the popular 3-2-1 graphic organizers so many of us use with our students. Tell us three things you HAVE to do, two things you HOPE to do, and one thing you're HAPPY to do. If this is your first time linking up, check out all the details on our Sunday Scoop page, then link up below!

Here's the Scoop on my week...

Have to Do:
* We spent yesterday sheet-rocking (spelling? verb?) our garage. It looks great, we only have a few small spots to finish up and then clean up! We got a doggie door in so now our main man (Crosby) can go in and out as he pleases... he is one happy kid!

* I am so excited to teach about Christopher Columbus this week. We have only a three day week (no school on Thursday or Friday) so we are taking a break from our reading series. Instead, we will be focusing on Christopher Columbus and the truth behind the explorer that he was. I will be doing a few different things including reading a picture book that is written from the point of view of a Taino Indian, the first group of people that Columbus encountered after landing on the island of San Salvador. The picture book shows the truth behind Columbus and teaches students about how his arrival caused destruction to the people and culture.
After reading a the picture book, we are going to use a bunch of activities from Beth's {Adventure of a Schoolmarm} amazing Columbus Day Unit. Beth literally thought of everything for this unit. She included a reader's theater play, non-fiction text passages with comprehension questions, KWL charts,  full color vocabulary posters, and SO MUCH more. Here are some pics of her unit:
* So with all of that excitement happening in just three days... Today I will relax. :)

Hope to Do:
* I have a group of about 5 students that are consistently finishing their work earlier than the rest of the class. It can be as much as 10 minutes early! They are seriously some speedy little devils. I have a few challenge activities that they work on but I need some more for them to choose from... so that is on my hope-to-do list today.
* I got a few (errr... 5) new packs of scrapbooking paper the other day and now I desperately need to clean up my scrapbooking paper stash.

Happy to Do:
* The hubs is home all day with no plans to go anywhere... so that means he GETS to spend the whole day with me. Lucky him!! ;)

Happy Sunday Friends. Can't wait to hear what you have going on this week or today! Grab the images and link up below.

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