Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts

Monday, August 3, 2015

New Product, Just in Time for the TpT Sale!

Hi friends!  I'm so excited to have my newest product up and ready for the TpT Back to School Sale!  My store is 20% off for today and tomorrow only, so it's a great time to get some things you've been eying!  You can check out my store here!

My newest product is a favorite in my classroom!  I'm all about creating student writings that can then go in our class library for awhile.  The students love to read each other's writing and sometimes I even have to "ban" the books for awhile because they are fighting over them!  I love watching students see their peers read their writing...that little glow of pride they have on their face is priceless!
My newest product for sale has to do with writing and it is Monthly Writing Journals!  Duh duh duh duhhhhhh!!!  I like to put out two writing journals each month for students to use during Work on Writing time.  I add a page in the front of each journal with a class list and students cross off their name when they have finished their story.  I also write my story first as an example for the students.  Students have all month long to write their story and illustrate a picture.  At the end of the month I put the journals in our classroom library and the students read them all year long!  They love reading each other's work.

  There are two ways you can use these writing prompts to create the journals.  You can print out the prompts that are two to a page and glue each one on a notebook for students to use or you can print out the prompts that are one to a page and add writing pages for the students.  I like to print each prompt on a single page and add the writing pages so that I can use the paper with handwriting lines.  As the year goes on I transition from handwriting lines to regular writing lines.  I also like to add the paper with the picture box so students have a place for an illustration.


So if you have a few minutes, check out my newest product!  Hopefully you can use it in your classroom this year.  Don't forget, my Monthly Writing Journals are on sale today and tomorrow along with the rest of my TpT Store!

Monday, July 20, 2015

All About Me! book for Back To School

As I sit here looking at the date, I keep thinking, "Ugh, I'm going to be back to school in less than one month!"  and yet, I'm already thinking of what I need to get for my classroom, or things to print off, or products I want to upload to my TpT store.  Why is it that teachers can never turn their brains off, even in the summer?

I have been a little slower making and uploading products the past week or so.  My husband's grandmother passed away last week so we have been working through that and preparing to travel (she lived in Texas).  I also keep getting distracted by two cuties who happen to live with me ;)  Trying to soak up every second of summer with them!

I've also been working on a book for back to school time that has taken me awhile and I FINALLY finished it!  I have used similar books in the past but none ever had exactly what I wanted so I made my own.  This is a 15 page book that comes with a cover and a table of contents.  It's a great way to get students started off with non-fiction writing at the beginning of the school year and what better to have them write about than themselves?  I like to have my students complete a page each morning for their morning work while I take attendance, look through backpacks, make sure lunch boxes are where they need to be, etc.  It is perfect for occupying students while I deal with the beginning of the year chaos...you know what I mean?  (And all the teachers said AMEN!)

Since primary grades have varying degrees of writers, I created a few different versions of the All About Me! book.  My product includes a book with blank lines, a book with handwriting lines, a book with blank lines and sentence starters, and a book with handwriting lines and sentence starters.  So there's a book for everyone!  Click here to take a look!


Happy Monday everyone!