tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54055342543041362192024-03-13T09:51:15.550-05:00The Educated Crown inspiration for the educated elementary teacher and beyond The Educated Crownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09182487628515439843noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405534254304136219.post-7084614367772155772016-11-09T16:22:00.000-06:002016-11-09T16:22:01.292-06:00Veteran's Day is Friday! (and Thanksgiving is just around the corner!) <div style="text-align: center;">
We have survived the election and it's time to look into the not so far off future. Veteran's Day is Friday, November 11th. But don't worry if you forgot because I have the perfect easily printed and implemented activity. And it's only one dollar! </div>
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It contains a mini book and comprehension questions (print the book and questions on one page double sided per student.) Your students will read the mini book and answer ten questions based on their reading. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The front, back, and inside of the mini book. The comprehension questions are on the back of the book. Just print double sided and fold in half! </td></tr>
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Then your students can complete a timeline based on the events from the mini book. There are two timelines you can choose from. The "easier" timeline has the dates listed and students just cut out each box to glue in order on construction paper or the timeline paper provided. The "harder" timeline has blanks for the dates, so your students would have to go back to the mini book to find the dates and write them in, then cut out the boxes to glue them in order on construction paper or the timeline paper provided. </div>
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Of course I have included an answer key for the comprehension questions and the timeline! </div>
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You may purchase this for $1 from my store on Teachers Pay Teachers. Here is a direct link to the product: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-History-of-Veterans-Day-mini-book-comprehensiontimelines-1539278" target="_blank">The History of Veteran's Day </a></div>
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And please do not forget to thank a Veteran this Friday! </div>
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The Educated Crownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09182487628515439843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405534254304136219.post-63944472197746571752016-09-06T18:25:00.001-05:002016-09-06T18:25:59.046-05:00Celebrate Freedom Week Did you know that five states- Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas- participate in Celebrate Freedom Week? There are laws requiring teachers in those states to recognize Celebrate Freedom Week in their classrooms. This means teaching about the founding fathers and documents that created the United States of America, from memorizing part of the Declaration of Independence to understanding the Bill of Rights.<br />
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In Texas and Kansas Celebrate Freedom Week is recognized the week of September 17th, when the U.S. Constitution was signed. Oklahoma celebrates the week of Veteran's Day, and Florida and Arkansas celebrate during the last week of September.<br />
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I created some products to help teachers teach Celebrate Freedom Week. Since I'm in Texas I looked at the TEKS- Texas Essential Knowledge & Standards- which outlines the standards that need to be taught for every grade level. The products I made cover every requirement set forth by the state of Texas. You can buy each piece separate, or the bundle is at the bottom (and it's the best value!)<br />
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<br />The Educated Crownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09182487628515439843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405534254304136219.post-48590293117966590052016-08-04T18:47:00.002-05:002016-08-04T18:47:18.791-05:00Back to School We GO! <br />
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School is quickly approaching if you live in Texas. Maybe it's approaching even faster if you are out of state! In case you missed the sale on Teachers Pay Teachers I am offering my back to school packets for only $1. They are grade level specific and an easy way to keep students busy on the first day of school while you sort supplies, work on transportation passes and other paper work, etc. </div>
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If you want to get some things made by your student hung on the wall quickly, the second page is an All About Me page- easily personalized by each student. I put each page on construction paper and then hang on the wall for Open House. </div>
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I also have this little bundle of printables and task cards to keep students busy. I use these throughout the first week. The task cards are great to help students (especially those new to the school) to learn important things like your name, room number, the principal's name, etc. </div>
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The Educated Crownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09182487628515439843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405534254304136219.post-44807593988546714152016-06-29T15:41:00.000-05:002016-07-01T12:19:54.897-05:00Texas symbols- Part 1- State Small Mammal: The Nine- Banded Armadillo <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
It has been awhile!!!!! TBH (to be honest) I have been out of the classroom, so it has been hard to find inspiration for new products....I was really racking my brain recently because one of my best friends is going back into the classroom this fall as a third grade ELAR teacher. We used to teach second grade together, and what I remember we had the most fun teaching about was Texas! </div>
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Every year we took a field trip to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, and that whole week we focused on all things Texas. In second grade, the TEKS require you to teach about the symbols of Texas and our students would make these cute little booklet things using paper bags. </div>
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So I thought why not start creating a series that focuses on the Texas state symbols? The first product I have made so far focuses on the state small mammal- the nine-banded armadillo. </div>
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It includes a non fiction reading passage giving facts about the nine-banded armadillo. There are also ten questions about the reading passage, and if you print the two pages double sided and fold in half it make the perfect little book. When I was teaching we would make stuff like this all the time and let the students work in partners reading their little booklets and answering the questions. </div>
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Also included in the packet is a diagram for students to label the armadillo based on what they read in the passage. </div>
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I will be making more of these packets focusing on the other state symbols soon so be on the look out! Once I have created a packet for every symbol I will bundle them altogether! </div>
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In the meantime I am posting this one for 50% off, so it is only .75 cents on Teachers Pay Teachers! Click on the picture above- or <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Texas-Small-Mammal-Nine-Banded-Armadillo-2617562" target="_blank">click here</a>- and if you download it please look it over and leave some nice feedback :) </div>
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The Educated Crownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09182487628515439843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405534254304136219.post-47832417238707054342015-09-07T19:35:00.004-05:002015-09-07T19:35:51.890-05:00Celebrate Freedom Week- Are you ready? Did you know that five states- Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas- participate in Celebrate Freedom Week? There are laws requiring teachers in those states to recognize Celebrate Freedom Week in their classrooms. This means teaching about the founding fathers and documents that created the United States of America, from memorizing part of the Declaration of Independence to understanding the Bill of Rights. In Texas and Kansas Celebrate Freedom Week is recognized the week of September 17th, when the U.S. Constitution was signed. Oklahoma celebrates the week of Veteran's Day, and Florida and Arkansas celebrate during the last week of September.<br />
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I created some products to help teachers teach Celebrate Freedom Week. Since I'm in Texas I looked at the TEKS- Texas Essential Knowledge & Standards- which outlines the standards that need to be taught for every grade level. The products I made cover every requirement set forth by the state of Texas. You can buy each piece separate, or the bundle is at the bottom (and it's the best value!) Since Celebrate Freedom Week is next week for Texas and Kansas, everything is on sale until Wednesday!<br />
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Celebrate-Freedom-The-American-Revolution-1406514" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Celebrate Freedom: The American Revolution</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Celebrate-Freedom-Week-bundle-2080176" target="_blank">Celebrate Freedom Week bundle </a></div>
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<br />The Educated Crownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09182487628515439843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405534254304136219.post-56080445617589961132015-08-02T14:05:00.000-05:002015-08-02T14:05:01.852-05:00Back to School Time!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Educated Crownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09182487628515439843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405534254304136219.post-66534899786742945212015-03-19T10:43:00.002-05:002015-03-19T10:43:47.350-05:00Someone is proposing a Yelp for teachersMy husband sent me an article this morning he found on Yahoo, written by Matt Bai on Politics. You may read it here:<br />
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<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/a-yelp-for-teachers-020014661.html">A Yelp for teachers If the schools won’t make metrics public, maybe the public should make some metrics of its own</a><br />
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He proposes a public rating system similar to Yelp, that parents can use to rate teachers. The article is lengthy, and I do understand where he is coming from. Not all teachers are the same, and parents have a right to know that. However, for the most part, parents do not have a good understanding of what teachers do. Yes we teach their children, but as the comments to the article point out, we are not miracle workers and there are SO many factors to take into consideration when deciding whether a teacher is "good" or not. Plus, teaching is maybe half of what we do. The other half is disaggregating data, planning lessons, grading papers, creating activities, receiving training (if you're in a good district that actually provides training...), etc.<br />
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You can't expect teachers to work miracles if they have not been properly trained in miracle working (ie: how do you teach a class of 25 fourth graders to write a narrative on a fourth grade level when five of them are on a first grade reading level, fifteen of them are on a high second grade reading level, and five of them are above a fourth grade level...and you have no help from anyone.)<br />
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Everyone is quick to judge everyone else, and everyone has their own excuses for their shortcomings, etc. but rushing to quick judgement is not going to motivate anyone to do better. <br />
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Texas" blog hop! Over 40 Texas teacher bloggers have joined together to share what
we love about our state as well as ideas and freebies that we love. You will also have
the opportunity to enter to win TpT products and/or TpT gift certificates by entering
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am Vanessa Blandford (Crown) I just got married last summer and moved from the burbs to the big ole city of Houston! I have always lived in a suburb of Houston, but now that I actually live in Houston I look at the city differently...in a good way, because I really see everything that it has to offer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love our parks. The Sam Houston statue can be found in Hermann Park. My husband and I took our engagement pictures there. The statue was unveiled August 16, 1925. It was restored in 1996 and is simply breathtaking. The surrounding area has changed somewhat, but the statue remains the same. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The park is humongous and has lots of different areas, and is also home to some of the awesome museums Houston has, like the Houston Zoo and Houston Museum of Natural Science. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are many aspects to HLS&R, like the World's Championship BBQ cook off weekend and parade downtown to kick off the festivities. And it's run by mostly volunteers. My husband is on the BBQ committee as a contest supervisor. It's also a family tradition to participate in & attend cook off. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The rodeo also has concerts every night, a big carnival every day/night, an education center with free field trips and a live birthing center for live stock animals (plus lots of other educational attractions.) HLS&R also gives lots of money in scholarships and does a lot of great things. If you ever visit Houston at the end of February through March you must experience the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Texas we did not adapt the Common Core. We follow the TEKS: Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. A big part of the Social Studies standards in every single grade level focuses on Texas. I always try to incorporate Social Studies into Reading, and therefore choose books about Texas as much as I can. I use the below ideas as more of a weekly unit about Legends, but you can adapt it to fit your classroom very easily. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I LOVE reading "The Legend of the Bluebonnet" by Tomie dePaola since it is about Texas! I usually introduce the book by showing the pages and talking about each page, so my students can make personal connections to the book. The state flower of Texas is the bluebonnet, so everyone can at least make that connection. Then we'll "read" the book on You Tube so I can incorporate technology into the lesson. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll have everyone talk about what they liked or disliked, draw their favorite scene, and explain what characteristics of the story make this a legend. We fill out a story map to explain the problem and solution and the main events of the story. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For an art activity we use blue tissue paper and construction paper to make our own bluebonnets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next day we'll read "The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush" by Tomie dePaola. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lesson is the basically the same as the previous day, only I will also ask questions to compare and contrast the two books. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the third day we'll complete a Venn diagram to formally compare and contrast the two legends. I'll also ask my students to discuss or write about which book they liked better and why. For the most part, my students like "The Legend of the Bluebonnet" better because it takes place in the great state of Texas! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tomie dePaola also wrote "The Legend of the Poinsetta," which is a great read around the holidays! </span></div>
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The Educated Crownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09182487628515439843noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405534254304136219.post-24465315512527406912014-11-05T18:22:00.001-06:002014-11-05T18:24:55.991-06:00Behavior Management with guitars <div style="text-align: center;">
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Every year my school chooses a different school wide theme. One year it was something like "Rockin' our way to success." All I have is this link to show you what my inspiration was, and if this is your blog let me know please!<br />
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So my Dad (who has lots of cool and expensive tools in the garage) showed me how to cut out a guitar from wood. I drew it on the wood, and then we sort of took turns using the saws and sander. I say sort of because he did the bulk of the work, but did let me do stuff after watching him do it first. And that, my educator friends, is modeling at its finest. :)<br />
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Once cut out and sanded down, we primed it. Then I took it home to paint. I made the first one for myself (this picture was taken today, after using it for three years...)<br />
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My most recent one was for a male teacher, so I didn't want to girly it up. He also loves the Houston Texans, so I went with a football theme.<br />
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Half way through: I painted the top part of the guitar to look like a football field. I painted it green, then measured out the yard lines. I used a white paint pen with a small tip to draw the lines and write the numbers. Then I traced and painted the Houston Texans logo to the bottom left, and the football in the middle. </div>
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The idea is all the students start in the middle of the guitar- where it says "KICK OFF" and then for good behavior they move up towards "TOUCHDOWN" and for not so good behavior they move down towards "EJECTED." The teacher can decide exactly what happens at each interval, but this gives students many chances to correct unwanted behaviors, and rewards those who do well.<br />
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Do you use the clip system in your classroom? Is it effective?<br />
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Last year I created my teacher tool box- and I absolutely LOVE it, still, over one year later. So I thought I would resurrect my old blog post about how to make it, and I am putting all of my teacher tool box labels on sale for today only (links are at the end of this post!) </div>
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Oh where to start??? I have tried LOTS of things the past few days...but I'll stick with my TEACHER TOOL BOX! I know there's a lot out there....and I was inspired by my friend Jessica over at <a href="http://literacyspark.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Literacy Spark...</a></div>
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It is a Stack On 18 Drawer Storage Unit. I wanted to get one like <a href="http://www.literacyspark.blogspot.com/2013/07/updated-teacher-toolbox-and-dollar-spot.html" target="_blank">Jessica's</a> but of course the Lowes I was at had a limited supply- and it took me asking three different people and finally pulling up what I wanted on my iPhone and showing it to someone before I finally found the right aisle to go down!</div>
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To make this would be long story short (yes- I had other "hiccups" like lack of printer ink, cardstock, etc.) Here is my finished product:</div>
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First I had to make my labels. <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Editable-Teacher-Toolbox-Purple-Dots-Chevron-757401" target="_blank">Literacy Spark (Jessica) has made hers for sale. </a> In all different colors, too! But of course I couldn't find that tool box, so I had to create my own stuff. <strike>I will add more colors later on, but for now <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Teacher-Tool-Box-labels-orange-chevron-with-turquoise-764309" target="_blank">here is the orange and turquoise that I used.</a> </strike>Now I have 8 different colors at my TpT store to choose from!</div>
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Besides buying the "tool box" from Lowes, I needed a color printer, white card stock, double sided tape, scissors, and the labels. After creating and printing the labels I cut them out:</div>
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The orange/ turquoise combo is in my TpT store <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Teacher-Tool-Box-labels-orange-chevron-with-turquoise-764309" target="_blank">here</a> for fifty cents. You can email me at theeducatedcrown@gmail.com for specific color combinations/ specific labels and I can create them just for you!<br />
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So sad but true...which is why I want to start participating in Two for Tuesday every Tuesday! I'm linking up with The Teaching Tribune. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This means I put TWO of my Teachers Pay Teachers bundles on sale for 50% off! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The first bundle I am putting sale is my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Parts-of-Speech-TASK-CARD-bundle-Noun-Verb-Adjective-Adverb-Pronoun-Preposition-970084" target="_blank">Parts of Speech Task Cards bundle</a>. It is normally $6, but it is only $3 for a limited time! You get 173 task cards covering 6 types of speech, plus an answer key to go with each set. Ideal for students first grade and up to reinforce identifying a specific part of speech in a simple sentence. Everything can be printed in color or black and white. I recommend printing on card stock and laminating for durability. Great for SCOOT, small group, work stations, review, etc. </span></div>
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The Educated Crownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09182487628515439843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5405534254304136219.post-22954643836002659402014-08-10T11:47:00.004-05:002014-08-10T20:51:07.363-05:00Back to School BUNDLE giveaway <div style="text-align: center;">
My Back to School giveaway ended a day early...but congratulations to Kickin it in Kindergarten for being the winner! If she does not reply to the email I sent her within 24 hours then I'll choose a new winner. </div>
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Since it ended earlier than expected, I'm doing another giveaway, this time for my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Bundle-K-4-grade-743124" target="_blank">Back to School BUNDLE (regularly $2 at TpT) </a> It is great for grades first through third, to keep those kiddos busy the first week of school, as you run around organizing supplies, filling out transportation tags, keeping track of the mounds of forms the kids are turning in, etc.</div>
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Enter to win below, and if you win I will EMAIL you the Back to School Bundle. If you already follow me on Bloglovin' then all you need to do is enter and tell me the name you follow me as. Good luck! </div>
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I am giving away a set of 19 back to school task cards- they are printed, laminated, cut, and READY TO GO- no assembly required! I used these as time fillers during the first week of school and gave out stickers to those who answered correctly. You can also play SCOOT, put them in work stations, etc.- get creative!</div>
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All you have to do is enter the giveaway below. If you are the winner I will contact you Monday, August 11th for your mailing address, and the set will be mailed to you the day I receive your address. (Disclosure: This set does not include a printed recording sheet. I can email you the recording sheet if you win. I will also not share your mailing address with anyone, nor will I use it to stalk you.) <br />
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Good luck, and stay posted for more 'READY TO GO' task card sets from my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Vanessa-Crown" target="_blank">Teachers Pay Teachers</a> store. </div>
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It's that time of year when the teachers are just as anxious as the students to start the school year. What most students, and parents, do not realize is that most teachers have already gone back to work. There's classrooms to be set up, lessons to be planned, curriculum to learn, data to assess, copies to be made, and a long, long laundry list of 52,000 more things to do. There is also a ton of money spent, by teachers themselves, in preparation of school starting. </div>
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Which is why Teachers Pay Teachers is throwing their annual back to school sale. It is also why I have put all of my back to school items on sale, as well as my $5 and $10 bundles. The sale is August 4-5 only, so start searching for those must-have items now!</div>
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I'm going to be doing some back to school giveaways in the near future, so stay tuned. </div>
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Summertime is here [finally!] and that means loads of freebies, blog hops, giveaways, etc. </div>
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The first one I am participating in is from my dear friend Jessica at Literacy Spark- she reached 1000 followers recently and is celebrating BIG time. </div>
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It is a five day give away, and there are tons of freebies up for grabs! I am one of the featured freebies today, so please check it and enter to win!</div>
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My great friend and motivator, Jessica, has an awesome blog called Literacy Spark. </div>
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She has compiled a comprehensive list of summer reading programs that have rewards. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Please check it out and share it with your friends and colleagues!</span><br />
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The button is a work in progress....maybe someday this can be a linky party? Maybe someone already does this and I'm not aware? Anyway, it's spring time, and with Spring time comes Spring cleaning! The gem below is my report card, circa 1992. Discovered as my mom organized the study. I am pretty sure I have every single report card from Kindergarten (maybe pre-school) all the way to my Senior year. I haven't spread everything out yet. I chose this one since I was in Second Grade and now that's what I teach! </div>
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It gets better....my conduct and attendance:</div>
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and last, but not least, an explanation of reading levels (please note that I was a level 6 the first half of the year, and a level 7 the second half):</div>
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These reading levels are from 1991-1992, second grade. I have know idea what they mean really, I don't know how it was assessed or anything. My third grade report card looked the same. </div>
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I am in Austin this week for the TCEA Convention- basically technology for educators. So expect more posts about all the new stuff I've learned in the coming weeks! </div>
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Since I'm with the director of technology from my district, and another lady from the tech department, and some other teachers, I'm getting some good bonding time with my colleagues, which is oh so important but unfortunately for teachers (at least at my district) it doesn't happen often enough. And since I'm here and with the people I'm with I should get first dibs on ipads for the classroom !! But I've been told it probably won't happen until next school year- seriously?!!! I think I may dabble with Donors Choose....</div>
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1. FALSE- I drink Starbucks everyday on my way to work. Pricey yes, but you can't put a price on LOVE :) </div>
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2. TRUE- Anyone who has known me in the last ten years has known I've always wanted to spend my 30th birthday in Europe- I figured I won't be as depressed about turning 30 if I do it in Europe. And my birthday falls on Spring Break. And my mom loves me. So we are going to London for spring break. and on my actual birthday we will take the chunnel to Paris so we can eat lunch at the Eiffel Tower. Words cannot express my excitement!!!</div>
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3. TRUE- yes, my boston terrier, Hunter, sees an eye doctor for animals. He has been seeing one for about 4 years now? His left eye doesn't make tears very well, at one point it didn't make tears at all, but now- because of all the treatments and money I've spent- his left eye makes some tears but not enough...so he gets three different types of eye drops three times a day, plus he gets some drops on his food to jumpstart the nerve endings in his eyeball. Sounds bad, but really, it's only bad for checking account, my savings account, my credit cards, etc. Not only are the drops and office visits frequent and expensive, the eye doctor is about 45 minutes away from where we live. The things we do for the ones we love!</div>
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My week has gotten off to a rocky start if you count today as the first day of my week. Long story...so I'll spare you the details of my morning! On a side note- I have been able to create some synonym and antonym activities with a Valentine's Day theme :) I will be creating some more things and bundle it all together- a goal I have set for myself for the week!</div>
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Friday we got a "snow day" I use quotations because we didn't actually get snow. In my *ahem" 29 years of living in Houston, it has snowed here, really snowed here, like three times? Maybe. Basically on Friday it got really cold and icy in the morning. So it was deemed unsafe to drive, and school districts closed.</div>
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This week we were supposed to be giving district benchmarks. All week. But I know the district probably planned on copying them all on Friday to give on Monday. But then we were closed Friday, so the benchmarks probably have NOT been copied for us to give on Monday. I'm collecting bets on whether or not the district pushes benchmark week out by a week due to this. That is all I will say on this subject in case someone in my district reads this. Mom always said if you have nothing nice to say, you shouldn't say anything at all, right?! </div>
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3. I've been sick (which, duh, is not positive) but I am going to stay positive and get better this week! After all, Super Bowl is Sunday and I need to be 100% because I'm hosting a party for the occasion!</div>
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4. I will FINALLY finish my DRA2 this week. I have to. It's due Friday. </div>
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