Christmas in July Day 1

I am teaming up with some other blogging friends to have a Christmas in July sale. The sale will run from July 20-July 25. Each day all of the bloggers that are joining in will have a couple of products from our TPT shops on sale for 24 hours. Each day we will blog about which items from our shop you can snag up for a great price that day. 

You're in luck because this is day one of the sale so you haven't missed a thing!

Today I am putting my favorite and best selling products on sale. I created common core assessments for each math and ELA standard. You can buy them individually or as a bundle, so I am putting each on sale. They come in 2nd and 1st grade versions. You can also get them at a cheaper price without standard posters. So you have a lot of options. Click on any of the pictures to take you to my TPT shop and get 20% off today only. If you want the 1st grade version there is a link in the product description in my TPT shop to click on. 

 In each individual pack as well as the mega pack you will get full size color standard posters(Unless you choose the option without posters):

Mini colored "I can" posters for students:

Tracking sheets for individual students as well as trackers for the whole class:

And assessments for every single ELA or Math 2nd grade common core standard. Some even have multiple assessment options:

Here are the links again:

1st Grade CCSS Math and ELA Assessments Mega Pack {without standard posters}

1st Grade Common Core ELA Assessments {without standard posters}

1st Grade Common Core Math Assessments {without standards posters}

1st Grade Common Core Math and ELA Assessments Mega Pack

1st Grade Common Core Math Assessments

1st Grade Common Core ELA Assessments

2nd grade CCSS Math and ELA Assessments Mega Pack {without standard posters}

2nd Grade Common Core ELA Assessments {without standard posters}

2nd Grade Common Core Math Assessments {without standard posters}

2nd Grade Common Core Math and ELA Assessments Mega Pack

2nd Grade Common Core Math Assessments

2nd Grade Common Core ELA Assessments

Make sure to check out what these awesome bloggers are offering today as well!

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Crayons and Whimsy	Second Grade Perks	Lucky To Be In First	The Tutu Teacher
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A Sunny Day In First Grade	First Grade Smiles

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2 For Tuesday

You're stopping by on a good day! I'm linking up for 2 For Tuesday which means I have picked two of my products to be half off all day long. 

If you head to my TPT shop you can pick up my best selling item {2nd Grade Common Core Math and ELA Assessments} There is also a 1st grade version. Half off means this huge packet of assessments for EVERY math and ELA standard, tracking sheets, mini I can posters, and standard posters will only be $7.50. 

Also half off today will be my 2nd grade Common Core Accountable Talk/Reading Response Sticks making them only $2.00. There is also a 1st grade version. Click on the pictures below. 

Happy Tuesday!

Writing Instruction ~ The Diggin' Into Series

If you have been keeping up with "The Diggin' Into Series" this summer I bet you have gained a lot of good and valuable ideas from some amazing bloggers.

It's time for another week to get you ready for back to school.

.........conduct writing workshop in my classroom.

So, if you are like me writing is one of those hard subjects to teach, especially to little ones. They don't understand why a sentence just doesn't make sense or why a certain word needs to be changed because they have already used it a million times. I don't have the magic answer to solve this but I'll tell you they way we do writing in my room and the product I use to help teach it.

At one point, I was one of those teachers that said "today we are working on our rough draft and tomorrow we will work on revising and then editing." That's, in my opinion, not the best way to go about writing. Kids are going to be at different points throughout the writing process and will not all be ready to move on when you are.

I use a writing clip chart in my class so when a student is ready to move on to editing they simply clip their pin to the editing part of the chart and get started. This not only helps me to see where everyone is but it also helps those that are still on rough draft at the end of the week see that everyone else is working on their final copy. Kind of a nice way to get in their heads that they need to speed it up a little.

Now even though I don't make everyone stay on the same step of the writing process I do try to get through one story a week. So if I see at the end of the week someone is really far behind I might let them work on their story during Daily Five or recess.

This is what I use in my room to help guide me. It's aligned to common core and focuses on persuasive, narrative, and informative.

This is three separate units in one bundle and each includes several writing options with various graphic organizers to help in the pre-writing stages. 

We all start out using one of these organizers to get our ideas down. We will refer back to our organizer all week long as we begin writing our actual stories (paper included).

In the packet there are also mini posters that I will use when introducing a certain type of writing and I leave these up throughout our unit for students to refer back to.

When students are finished with their final copy I always make sure to give them a rubric so that they take responsibility for their own work. They must make sure they have followed each item on the rubric before they can submit their story to me. They also have to find a buddy to help check as well.

I hope this gives you a glimpse into how writing instruction flows in my classroom. If you want to check out the product I mentioned above click {HERE} I am going to put it on sale through this weekend.

Make sure you stop by Where the Magic Happens and check out what other bloggers have to say about their writing instruction.

Happy Weekend!

Weekend Warriors-Pinspirational June Day 2

This is day 2 of Pinspirational June.

Yesterday I brought you ideas I found on Pinterest you can use in your home. If you missed it you can read that post {HERE}. Today I want to share some ideas for your classroom. Click on any of the pictures to be taken to where I found the pin.

The first one I did in my classroom this past year. An awning for my CAFE board out of wrapping paper. It doesn't have to be used for CAFE only. The possibilities are endless for this awesome idea. It took a while to get it all straight but thank goodness it stayed up all year!

The next idea that I want to try this next year are the adorable girl scout seats. 

are so many ideas for these....take them outside when you hold lessons outdoors, let kids use them to read around the room, time out seats, etc. All you do is cut out 2 circles of vinyl and put a piece of quilting between them and sew the edges closed with a ribbon. Easy Peasy!

There is not a link for this next one but it's pretty self explanatory. 

I was totally going to do this in my classroom until I got moved to a room with not ONE window. It's like being in a jail cell. Any who all you do it put up a curtain rod with command hooks and use tissue paper, ribbon, or fabric to tie on to add a pop of color to your room.

This last one I want to share I also used last year in my room and all of the other teachers loved it.

It looked like it might be difficult and take some time but it really didn't. Just pick your favorite color tissue paper and grab a stapler and get busy. You'll be finished in no time!

I hope you found something here today you can take back and use in your own classroom. Thanks for reading!

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