Giving Thanks Giveaway

Who doesn't love a giveaway? Well, Krystal from Lessons From The Middle and Kate from Kate's Classroom Cafe have teamed up to create giveaway just for middle school teachers, as a little thank you for all you do! I'm excited to be apart of this middle school giveaway and there are lots of fantastic prizes to be won! Let's get to it!

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Book Review: The Novice Tutor

So, has anyone out there been thinking about tutoring as a second (or third) job!  I’ve always wanted to have my own tutoring business!  For YEARS and I mean YEARS (no more than 13 Ha Ha!)  I’ve tutored 3rd-5th graders and/or taught 5th grade summer school.  I honestly love tutoring!  I’ve always wanted to get a start with my own business. Adrianne Meldrum of The Tutor House suggested that I read her ebook…The Novice Tutor!  A great resource!

First of all, Adrianne blogs about fabulous ideas and resources that you can use for your tutoring business!  When you get a chance, hop over to her blog The Tutor House and check it out!  

If you are really serious about starting a tutoring business, then you need to purchase her ebook The Novice Tutor!  It answers a lot of questions about running a successful tutor business! 

The ebook covers topics ranging from deciding if tutoring is for you to growing your own tutoring business.  She addresses those commonly asked questions about running a tutoring business.  Check out her Table of Contents so that you can see all of the topics that she covers in her ebook.

The Novice Tutor even includes ideas on how to market your business and where to find great resources!

The Novice Tutor addresses many things that I have not thought about when starting a tutoring business.  I enjoyed reading about pricing.  Adrianne gives great details and websites that you can use to decide on what to charge clients.  I also like her section on policies!  I would have never thought to come up with a Sick/Late Policy or even a Payment Policy.  I guess I have a long way to go when it comes to planning my own tutoring business!  She also has tutoring forms that can be purchased from her website.  I really like her Tutor Business Budget Planner!  It’s very cute, helpful and FREE!  Most of her forms are EDITABLE!

Worried about reading a book when you already have a full plate?  No problem!  The Novice Tutor is a short read!  You can read the ebook from cover to cover within a couple of hours or easily jump to the sections that interest you.

Purchase The Novice Tutor here.  

Once you purchase the ebook you can email her for an invitation to a private Facebook group called Just for Tutors where your will get help and support from other tutors from around the world.

Don't forget to check out my TpT store for 

some helpful products that you can use for tutoring!

Here are some FREEBIES!

Sweet, Sweet Arrays:  A Game of Concentration     This concentration game will provide students the opportunity to practice understanding and recognizing arrays. Students will match the array to the appropriate multiplication fact.

Student Notes: Factor, Prime, Composite & Multiples  Provide students with notes to reinforce skills taught by you or in class such as factors, prime and composite numbers and multiples.

Other great products to use!

KaBlooEy! A Game of Factors  Students LOVE to play this game to practice finding factors!

KaBlooEy! Kinds of Sentences  Again, students love KaBlooEy. This practices identifying kinds of sentences.

Water Cycle Activities  Help students understand the water cycle through these activities.

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Water, Water Everywhere! The Water Cycle

I don't mean to sound biased, but this is an AWESOME product...I LOVE it because...#1 I love science  #2 It took me the LONGEST to create!  #3 It's SO Colorful!  This is my biggest creation yet (well, besides the LOTS and LOTS of K-5 Common Core Checklists)!  I love teaching science!  The students get so into it!  Teachers are able to have all kinds of valuable discussions because students are so curious about how "stuff" works!  So here is something that you can use to assist you in teaching the water cycle.  

 You can find the following in this helpful pack:

• Teacher Notes/Suggestions
• Lesson plans that includes website suggestions and teacher demonstrations for each stage in the water cycle
• KWL Chart
• Colorful vocabulary posters with pictures.  The following vocabulary words are included:  atmosphere, water cycle, solar energy, evaporation, condensation, cloud, water vapor, transpiration, surface runoff, precipitation, rain, sleet, snow, hail, fog
• Vocabulary graphic organizer where students can write definitions and sentences to vocabulary
• Cut, paste and label water cycle worksheet with answer key
• Directions for students to make water cycle bracelets.  Comes with student directions that can be printed or displayed on SmartBoard.  Fill in the blank directions where students have to tell what each color represents in the cycle.
• Writing prompt related to the water cycle
• Flip book.  Students can define and draw a picture of vocabulary words; color and label the water cycle; and write a paragraph using water cycle terms.  Rubric included.

Be sure to check out these activities. 

You can find The Water Cycle Activities here.

You're Kidding... CURRENTLY, It's SEPTEMBER!

Oh boy, it's September, and I can't believe it!  It seems as it it was just May!  This year is flying by!  Christmas will be here soon!  Yay!

I'm linking up with Farley over at Oh' Boy Fourth Grade for the September Currently!  You should join in on the fun!  You'll learn a lot of interesting stuff about a lot of interesting people!  It's funny too!  
Before I share my Currently September I want to remind you to enter my Silhouette Portrait Giveaway which ends on September 4th.  I've stalked this AWESOME machine so much to know that it is absolutely FABULOUS!  Good luck!  

I would also like to share my newest product on Character Education.  These 36 posters are very colorful and have 3 examples of each trait on each poster!  A great way to teach character!  Here's an example!

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NOW CURRENTLY in SEPTEMBER I'm....

So hop on over to Oh' Boy Fourth Grade 

and join in on the fun!!!!!

Who Wants To Win A Silhouette Portrait?

Yeah, that's what I said!  Who wants to win a Silhouette Portrait?  I've been stalking researching Silhouette America for well over a year now!  These machines are 
A-W-E-S-O-M-E!  And the possibilities to transform a classroom...U-N-B-E-L-I-E-V-A-B-L-E!  During my stalker stage, ummm.., research stage, I found a lot of ideas on how to use the Silhouette to transform a classroom.  Be sure to check out some of those ideas on my Pinterest Board Silhouette Ideas.  

Now if you've been stalking the Silhouette Portrait to make some of those terrific back to school ideas, here's a chance to win one!  My friends over at Silhouette America have decided to give a Silhouette Portrait to one of my lucky followers!  I know...AWESOME!!!  

Here's what you have to do to enter.....

1) Go to Silhouette America and sign up for the Educator's Discount.  So easy!  Be sure to leave a message on my blog telling me that you have signed up and leave your email address.
2) Follow me on Teachers Pay Teachers.  Leave your TpT username.
3) Follow me on BlogLovin'.

If you already follow me on TpT and/or BlogLovin', still leave your username.  I wouldn't want you to miss out on the chance of winning a Silhouette Portrait.  So, what are you waiting for!  Enter the giveaway in the Rafflecopter below!  

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Good luck!

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Back To School {Sale} With TpT!

It's time for Back To School shopping!  I'm linking up  with Christina of Bunting, Books and Bainbridge for the "Best & Most" Linky!  Everyone LOVES Senior Superlatives!  

Check out my 

"TpT Back To School Superlatives"...

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The "Teacher's Pet" is a product that every teacher needs in the classroom.  My "Teacher's Pet" is obviously my Tracking Common Core Checklists!  These checklists will help you stay organized by tracking the standards that you address during instruction.  A checklist is also included to help track student mastery of standards.  This is a great tool for the classroom!

The "Best Couple" is two products that work well together.   My "Best Couple" focuses on kinds of sentences!  This couple is a KaBlooEy Kinds of Sentences game and Kinds of Sentences posters.  Students love the cute troll characters that are on both of the products!  Students can use the KaBlooEy game in centers.  Teachers can provide support to students, especially lower level students, by displaying the Kinds of Sentences posters at the center.  Students love yelling KaBlooEY!  The students will love to learn!






The "Most Likely To Help Your Students Succeed" award goes to my Standards for Mathematical Practice posters!  SMPs are a portion of the math common core standards that a lot of teacher sort of forget about.  These standards are very important!  SMPs describe a variety of skills that teachers should seek to develop in all of their students.  The posters can be displayed as reminders for teachers.  They can be very helpful to students because they are written as "I Can" statements.  These posters are available for primary grades which has lots of cute graphics or for intermediate students which has less graphics.

Be sure to check out all of my "TpT Superlatives" especially from Saturday, August 17th through Tuesday, August 20!  You'll be able to get extra savings on Saturday, August 18 and Sunday 19th!  

Visit my store here!

Also check out one of my newest products!  

Back To School Flip Book

This flip book covers some of the following activities:

Be sure to check out all of these products 

while they're discounted for the next few days!

 Shout out to Krista Walden of Creative Clips for the clip art!

Currently...It's August...ALREADY!!!!

It's back to school season!  I cannot believe that it's already August!  It seems as if we JUST got out of school last week!  So don't forget to enter my pencil sharpener giveaway from Classroom Friendly Supplies.  Click here to enter.  The giveaway ends tomorrow!  Wouldn't you LOVE to win one of these beauties!

Anyway, I'm linking up with Farley over at Oh' Boy 4th Grade to participate in the Currently linky party!  Here's what's Currently going on with me in August...

So hop over to Oh' Boy 4th Grade and let us know what's Currently up with you!