Best Year Ever TpT Sale!

It's that time of year again! The time when you are figuring out everything you want for the upcoming school year and filling your wish list or cart with tons of great TpT products! I know that I want to make this the BEST YEAR EVER and I'm sure you do to, so come on over and check out the Teachers Pay Teachers Best Year Ever Sale!!

Click on the picture to check out what's on sale in my store! 

Hope you get some AWESOME purchases to help with your best year ever!

Back to School ALREADY? How about some lesson planning organization?

I don't know about you but I LOVE summer. I know some of you may be feeling like this when you hear the words "back to school"...

It's been nice being able to have my own schedule and do what I want, but at the same time I LOVE having a routine and as much as I love summer, back to school just gets me excited!!

What's the first thing you do before going back to school? I always get my lesson plan book and calendars all set up! So, I thought I'd share with you one of my FAVORITE ways to help me get organized for the upcoming school year. It's my Ultimate Teacher Lesson Plan Binder!

Read below to see everything that is included that will absolutely help with all of your organizational needs! :)

                                      

Information Sheet (2 versions)

Binder Covers (6 different colors to choose from!) 

- A blank space is provided to write your name! 

Divider Covers

- Grades

- Important Documents

- Parent Communication

- Student Information

- Class Schedule

- Substitute Information

- Lesson Plans

- Student Data

- Pacing Guides

- Benchmarks

- Meeting Notes

- Parent Contact Information

- RTI

- IEP's

- Calendar

- Class Lists

- Attendance

- Volunteer Information

- Emergency Procedures

- Technology

- Notes

- Passwords

- To Do

- Newsletters

- Permission Slips

- Book Check-Out

- Class Information

- Transportation

Additional Binder Covers

- Student Information Binder

- Substitute Binder

- Professional Development Binder

- Accelerated Reader

- Parent Communication Binder

- Substitute Information Binder

- Lesson Plans

- Student Data Binder

- One cover for each of the twelve months! 

Subject Covers and Dividers

(these can be used for covers or dividers)

- Reading

- Spelling

- Fluency

- Literacy Stations

- Word Lists

- Grammar

- Language Arts

- Math

- Math Stations

- Science

- Social Studies

- Writing

- Morning Work

- Workshop

** A blank copy of each color of the dividers/covers is also provided so you can create any of your own!

Notes and To-Do lists

- Notes

- Faculty Meeting Notes

- Parent Conference Notes

- To-do full page

- To-do half page sheets

- Blank notes page

- Meeting Notes

Logs and Forms

- Parent Contact Information (3 versions)

- Student Allergies

- Parent Communication Log (Class Sheet)

- Parent Communication Log (individual student sheet)

- Student Passwords

- Teacher Passwords

- Book Check-Out 

- Safety Procedures

- Classroom Birthdays Sheet

- Literacy Station Planning

Rosters and Grade Sheets

- Daily Schedule

- Class List 

- Class List (separated by boys/girls)

- Student Numbers

- Transportation (2 versions)

- Blank "grade" sheet with no title (black and white)

- Colorful grade sheet: checklist

- Colorful grade sheet: Reading

- Colorful grade sheet: Math

- Colorful grade sheet: Writing

- Colorful grade sheet: Science

- Colorful grade sheet: Social Studies

- Colorful grade sheet (Blank)

The lesson plans are included in both black and white and colorful! 

Teacher Planning Pages

Separated by day of the week

Calendar

 COLORFUL 2 page spread calendar for every month! June 2016 - July 2017

Binder Spines

- Chevron Assortment for 1 inch binder

- Chevron Assortment for 1 1/2 inch binder

- Chevron Assortment for 2 inch binder

Tabs

- 1 3/4 x 1/2 rectangular tabs

- 1 1/2 inch round tabs

If you're as obsessed with organization as much as I am, then check out this teacher binder at my TPT Store! 

Teacher Appreciation TPT Sale!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! In honor of this, TPT has decided to host a sale! The best part about this sale is that my ENTIRE store is on sale and if you use the code CELEBRATE, you get extra off! How lucky are you! So, hop on over to TPT May 3rd and 4th and check out my store and others to see what great sales are going on!

Leap Day Brag Tags

What only comes around once every 4 years? Leap Day! This is a great day to plan some really fun activities for your kiddos! I also thought it would be fun to FINALLY start putting up my BRAG TAGS! I've been doing brag tags for a few years and I have been so busy that I have neglected to put up any of my brag tags!

Brag Tags are AWESOME! It is an awesome way to help with classroom management and the kiddos LOVE it! If you head on over to A is for Apples, Elyse has a great post on what Brag Tags are! 

If you are super interested in getting "Leap Day" Brag Tags, you can click here or on the picture below!

Happy Leap Day! 

Valentine's Day Bulletin Board and a Freebie!

I am FINALLY able to say that my team and I put up our grade level bulletin board early!! What a great feeling! We got our kiddos to write about their favorite book and 3 reasons why! They really rocked it! Then, our team got together and busted out this awesome bulletin board that I just had to share!!

Click on the picture or here to grab yours!

 I printed the hearts on different colored paper so it made the bulletin board stand out! You could also use this as a writing about a friend, too! I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for stopping by!

                          

Are you ready to be....INSPIRED?

It's that time of year again when TPT is having a sitewide sale! That means that my ENTIRE store will be on sale! You can save up to 28%. Now's the time to check out that wish list of yours!

    

 

Now, what are you waiting for!? Start shopping!! :)

Making a list...checking it twice!

The holiday season has quickly come and we all know that shopping is on our minds....but it's not only time to shop for your loved ones, but for yourself and your kiddos as well!

Now is the time to check your list for the TPT products that you've been wanting and wishing for because TPT is having another SALE!!

Check out my store and others as well to grab your favorites and get a lovely discount! The sale is on Monday, December 30th and Tuesday, December 1st!  

Don't forget to add the code to get an extra 10% off!

Happy Shopping!

Veterans Day Flash Freebie and Take Home Project!

How do you teach your kiddos about Veterans Day?

We do this little booklet and the kids LOVE it!

and since I'm feeling generous, I'm making it a flash freebie for tonight only!!! Click on the picture to grab yours! :)

I also send home this take-home project.

We make an awesome american flag bulletin board (with our handprints) and use the stars as the stars for our flag! We are in the process of making ours, so I will post a picture when it is complete! Click on the picture above for it! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Back to School Classroom Makeover DIY on a Budget

Hey ya'll! It's time for another iTeachFirst blog post! Check it out on how to make some fun changes to your classroom without spending a ton of money!

Back to School GIVEAWAY

Do you love free things? If so, you're in the right place! How would you like to win an Ipad Air 2, an awesome owl case, a Stylus Pen, or an iTunes gift card? I know that you're right now thinking of ALL the awesome things you could do with one of those giveaways!

Well, you're in luck because the lovely blogger at iTeach are hosting an AWESOME giveaway! If this sounds AWESOME to you, then hop on over to iTeachFirst to enter to WIN!

If I had an Ipad in my classroom, I would TOTALLY use the Class Dojo app! I use this on my phone all the time to help with classroom management, but an Ipad would help me rock out my DOJO even more! :)

The winner will be announced on Sunday (August 9th!) Good luck to everyone! :)

TPT Back to School SALE!

It's that time of the year when you're crafting, planning, decorating, and looking at ALL the awesome stuff on TPT and deciding which to purchase. But there's so much and you don't want to spend ALL of your money.

Well, you're in LUCK because it's TPT SALE time! Check out that wish list of yours and save money at the TPT Back to School August 3rd and 4th!

My entire TPT store will be 20% off!! Don't forget to add the code to get an even better discount! 

So hop on over to my store or other TPT stores to check out the sales that are going on!! 

Literacy Station Cards and Signs MAKEOVER!

There are so many things that I would love to redo if only I had the TIME! Well, my Literacy Station Cards and Signs are SOOO important to me and I have so many people requesting/buying them so WHY not start here! It's also getting close to back to school time and I know that many of you are starting to prep and plan for the upcoming year!

You even get MORE station cards in this new pack! The pack comes with literacy station cards that fit perfectly in your pocket charts AND signs that you can place around the room, on tubs, or boxes! It helps make literacy station time as efficient as possible! 

 If you've already purchased this pack, be sure to check it out here and re-download the updated version! If not, grab one for yourself! 

The ULTIMATE Lesson Plan Book

What is one thing that REALLY makes you feel organized? For me, that's my lesson plan binder. It goes EVERYWHERE with me....seriously. My husband thinks it's funny that I take it to places where I don't even need it at. I just keep SO many important things in it, that I would be devastated if anything happened.

So, I wanted to share with you my recent teacher resource pack MAKEOVER! I decided to REDO my old teacher resources pack into this NEW and IMPROVED one!

You get SO much to help you stay organized! There are 164 pages to help you personalize and make your teacher binder the way you like it! 

You can choose from a variety of cover pages, binder covers, or even make your own!

It even comes with lesson planning pages in both black and white AND color!

I would say that my favorite part would either be the lesson planning OR the calendars! I LOVE calendars, especially when we have so much going on as teachers! 

You can find this wonderful lesson plan binder and MORE by clicking here or on the picture below!

Just interested in the calendar? Well, you're in luck! I also have a brand new 2015-2016 Calendar pack! The awesome thing about this as well is that it will be updated every year so you don't have to repurchase every year!

I hope you enjoy!

               

Calendars and Labels: A Start to My Classroom Organization Tour!

Organization could probably be my middle name. I like to organize things that are organized. I thought it would be fun to share some of my classroom organization and teaching organization! This post is mainly about calendars and labels, but stay tuned because the rest will be coming soon! :)

Calendars...who doesn't love calendars? I use these in my personal lesson plan binder but you can also use them for student calendars as well!

Vertical Calendar

Horizontal Calendar

Although this doesn't necessarily pertain to organization, I also have reading log calendars that I send home monthly with my students. This helps students stay organized and track their at home reading!

Of course, the only way I'm able to stay sane with all of the million supplies us teachers have is LABELS! I LOVE labels...it goes with the territory of being super organized, but when I say I love labels....I mean I'm OBSESSED. I wish I could take pictures in my classroom now to show how many more labels I've put up, but I promise I will get to that as soon as school starts back up!

 

In addition to supply labels, I have number and letter labels. These chevron numbers and letters are great for classroom labeling, math tub labeling, student tables, and MORE!

and now of course, there are many things that you probably just want to label yourselves, so I made a blank EDITABLE labels pack!

and of course I always have to throw in a fun FREEBIE! Here are some FREE black and white editable labels!

Thanks for checking out this post! Stay posted for the other awesome organization posts!