Fraction Game Winner

The lucky winner of the Educational Insights Fraction Game is Lisa R. 

Congrats Lisa. Please email me with your mailing address

All my followers....Stay tuned for another Educational Insights game giveaway soon with another one of their fabulous products!

Whole Brain Teaching

I've not used Whole Brain Teaching in its full capacity YET in my classroom, but after finding this motherlode of resources I think I'll invest time this summer adding more of the strategies to my classroom.

The one tried and true piece I've done so far is the Class....Yes. Love it.

So on to my motherlode find:

 Every Wednesday, Miss L's blog has a post dedicated to WBT.
Her most recent post has tons of other links to other Whole Brain Teacher blogs.
Can you say jackpot?

Are you a Whole Brain Teacher fan? Join Misty's linky party and add your resources and finds!


On another note, I'll be posting the winner of my Educational Insights Fraction game this evening.

There's still time to enter!

Task Card Freebie

Just prior to school ending I received a nice email via my school inbox from a fellow teacher, in a different district, who had run across a popular task card freebie I created called Seven Up Sentences. She was on the search for the author and wondered if it was me, as she wanted to add to her collection. I promised her I planned to make an additional set of Seven Up Sentences this summer. The idea is to take a short and simple sentence and expand it into a sentence with 7 or more words. I encourage use of descriptive adjectives, as well as adding the how or why details.  Grab it {HERE} If you haven't yet picked up the original set you can grab it too!

Have you entered my Fraction Game giveaway yet?
Read about it {HERE}

Summer?? What's That?

I'm lucky to have a whole room at home dedicated to stockpiling my "To Do's" for school.

At the moment I have piles all over the place and I'm telling myself to tackle as much as I can while I'm still in "school mode". This is my 3rd day of summer vacation and here's what I accomplished today.

I organized all my game goodies for math and language. I added labels (from LadyBug Teacher Files) to these colorful tubs to help with organization and sorting.

The Before:

The After:

I'm afraid I need some more tubs now. I'm down to one leftover and I got them at Target months ago in the dollar section so I know they don't have them now. Shucks!

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Be sure to check out my Educational Insights Fraction Game Giveaway.

You can enter to win through May 31st.

Fraction Game Giveaway...Crack Open Some Fun

I'm giving away a wonderful hands on fraction game called Free Range Fractions courtesy of Educational Insights.

This game engages students to race their partner in showing the correct fractional part of their eggs.  This is achieved by simply turning over the two toned eggs to represent the fraction card.

Then the correct ring holder is placed over the eggs to show the fractional set.

What a concrete and visual way to help with a difficult concept!

To enter for your chance to win follow these guidelines:

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3. Like Educational Insights on Facebook
Giveaway is open through May 31st.
Be sure to leave your email address in your comment entries so I can contact the winnerWinner will be selected by random generator and will need to provide a US mailing address

Solar System Goodies

I ended my school year with a science focus on the solar system.

Take a peek at some of the great songs, videos and media I used in my lessons.

Planets on Prezi


The final wrap up of my unit was provided by a student of mine. He brought in this cutest video. It's a musical journey to the planets called My Fantastic Journey to the Planets. You can watch a trailer for it {HERE}

Do you use YouTube videos in your classroom? Link up with your lesson ideas {HERE}

Last Day of School

I'm officially off the clock! It was my LAST Day of school!

I kind of felt like this mom as she sang a celebration wake up song for her child.

For those of you still hanging in there. Save this video and play it for yourself on your last day.

Bubbles of Summer Fun

It's my last weekend of the school year before....Summer Vacation.

2 more days of school for me...and I'm glad they are BOTH minimum days.

To send my sweet students off for summer I'm busy prepping my "Bubbles of Fun" gift.

Perfect, simple, and fitting, as we all know that in the last days of school students show "Bubbles of  ENERGY!"

Grab the "Bubbles of Fun" notes {HERE}

Do you have an end of the year gift idea to share?

Join Courtney's linky party.

Teachers Rule

Want to get your student's candid thoughts of you?

This is the writing to do: My Teacher Rules

Even my "pulling teeth", get to write student loved writing about ME and was the first one to want to share his thoughts aloud.

I posted about this last year, but my blog was just starting, so many of my now wonderful followers missed it. Check my original post for a read aloud I use with the writing.

Grab it {HERE}

Love the illustration too!

My countdown is on....7 more school days.

Hope this writing activity will pull you through your last few school days too!

Appreciation Shown!

How is appreciation shown to you for Teacher Appreciation Week?

Let me share the special ways I was spoiled.

I always look forward to receiving these letters from past students.
My coworker has her class write letters to their last year's teacher to show appreciation.

I also adore my gift from a parent, a Brighton necklace.

Typically, at our school, teachers are showered throughout the week with lots of heartfelt notes, flowers, gift cards, and sweet treats. Our wonderful PTA also provides snacks and lunches every day of the week.

How are you celebrated?
Come join the 3-6 Free Resources Show Me Sunday linky party.

Open House is....Over

Last night I had my Open House.

What a LONG, but fun evening.

Here are some of my favorite highlights.

Mini Me Students

This is my signature Open House project I do every year. You can find my original post about these cuties {HERE}

Name Wordles

Equivalent Fraction Kites

Read more about this activity {HERE}

Litterbug Lounge

Read more about this activity {HERE}

Work of Heart Suitcases

A holder for their work over the school year

Go {HERE} for original post

Now I'm ready for an extended nap.

I always forget how exhausting Open House is.

It's over....until next year!

Link up your fun projects here

I'm at the Blog Next Door

Happy Thursday everyone. You can find me today guest blogging for  wonderful Misty over at Think, Wonder and Teach.   Come take a peek at a great resource I've used in my classroom...and it comes with a freebie.

Video Interviewing done by kids

See you over here:

3-6 Free Resources Giveaway

It's a May Giveaway!

I'm pleased to be a contributor over at 3-6 Free Resources.

Stop on by for our first giveaway!

Product freebies and gift cards are up for grabs for a lucky winner!

Plus you can browse all the regularly posted freebie finds.