*Flash Sale*

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July!  I am currently on vaca right now in *SuNnY* FL!! I wanted to let you know of a little flash sale I am throwing at my TpT Store! Be sure to visit and stock up for next year!!! Summer is really ***FLYING*** by!!!!


~Ashley~

Favorite School Finds

So I know most of you are already in "Summer Vaca" mode..but not me...yet! Summer school is just about over! AS SOON as I am scheduled to be off, I am hitting the road and driving to my hometown! I can not wait! I plan to stay active in my blog while away!

I have big news coming to my TpT Store!!! I am in the process of upload inventory I have left over my teacher supply store. Most of these items will be sold AT LEAST 35% BELOW Retail value! Some are even under 50%!!! Please be sure to check it out!! Some of my FAVORITE MUST HAVE ITEMS::

Double-Sided-Magnetic-Money-I LOVE This and use it all the time in my classroom!!It is large and a great visual. Since we practice money  everyday in our morning routine, this is perfect :) No more taping plastic money to the board!!!

Another favorite-- Fiction-Reading-Comprehension-Cards-Grade-1- I love these cards! They are stored so nicely in a compact little box. The stories are great and the kids love them!!!


I also got such a nice suprise yesterday :) http://moretime2teach.blogspot.com/ stopped by and gave me "The Lovely Blog Award"...... how sweet!!!!  That was so thoughtful of you, Melissa, and I enjoy your blog so much!!

So here are the rules for when you receive this award.


1. Follow the person that gave you the award.

2. Link back to the person that gave you the award.

3. Pass the award on to 15 new bloggers.

So, after much thought and careful deliberation (I've always wanted to say that phrase :0)...I have decided to award the following blogs with the One Lovely Blog Award:

CONGRATULATIONS TO...

That's all for now!!!

Till Next Time~

 

Visit Cook, Learn and Grow!

Hi friends! I need your help! My cousin in trying to earn a $250,000 grant! Please visit Cook, Learn and Grow to help her out! Her blog is AMAZING! You will love it! Tell her Ashley sent you!!

 

Till Next Time

~Ashley~

Summer School and TpT Finds

Summer School is going so great! It's half days, so that is a huge plus :) We finished up our camping unit. I used so many different packets! I used No Monkey Business Michelle's Story-Maps-Collection packet. I also used Primary-Graffiti's alpha cards. This really helped since I have such a variety of academic levels. We have six rotations and they are all over the place.
Last week we worked on Main Idea. I didn't have pictures so I wanted to share a few. I used Amy Lemon's Whats-the-Main-Idea Packet! This is such a wonderful packet!!!!!

This week we are working on Synonyms/Antonyms. So we made these adorable Synonym Flowers!

Here is the template I used to make the flowers:

With my younger group of kids, we've also been working on my Buggy-For-Blends-Literacy-Packet.

  

 My TpT Finds:  be sure and check out this FREEBIEApple-Double-Facts-Addition.

Now that I am only working half days, I am able to really prepare for next year. The very first thing I began to work on was my decor. What theme did I want?? As I looked around, MOST of my things were polka dots...so I found this ADORABLE packet from Kreative in Kinder Colorful-Polka-Dot-Classroom-Decor-Set! I've been printing and laminating every since I got it. And she has tons of other themes too!! Crystal is SO talented! Check out her blog, she is simply AMAZING!

I am also gearing up to reach 100 followers. I am giving away a $25.00 GC to iTunes!! All you have to do is comment with your E-mail, grade level, follow my blog  AND follow my TpT store!!

Be sure to check me out on FB as well :)

Till Next Time!!

~Ashley~

Fishing For Ideas

IT'S TIME FOR THE FISHING FOR IDEAS EXTRAVAGANZA!!!




It's that time of the year! The time when we start thinking and reflecting about last year  and the things that we should have done differently. To help out, a bunch of amazing bloggers are throwing sales and giveaways!!! Of course, I am participating! Please check out my TpT Store !! Everything is AT LEAST 20% off!!!
Visit an amazing Pineterst Board !!!


I  am teaching 2nd,3rd and 4th graders in summer school! What a challenge this is! I thought I would be able to differentiate things I already had and make it work. I was wrong :( I  am teaching reading and wanted to use very little paper-pencil activities. So I asked around and found out some of the skills that the students still needed practice with. The skill that most of the teachers mentioned was Main Idea. So I dug through all of my activities to see what I had. Not much. Not much that I could use with a group of students entering the 5th grade! So I went to the beloved Teachers Pay Teachers. I found some FABULOUS PACKETS!! Amy Lemons from Step Into Second Grade has a wonderful packet that is so easy to use! I purchased her

 Whats-the-Main-Idea packet. It includes loads of cute hands on "craftivities" that the students LOVED! I loved that I could use the same craftivity, just change the stories as needed.

   Another great packet I found, was from Coconut Cuties! Their  Main-Idea-Story-Sacks are great for 3rd and 4th grade strugglers. It's easy to put together and different from anything they are used to. These students work out of work books all year long, so for them, these activities have been wonderful.  I came up with a quick activity as well to go a long with our "Summer Camp" Theme.  My camera is acting up but the kids used these printables, and glued them to brown paper to make our own "Smores". We glued the title heading at the top of the page. Then colored and cut the smore. Finally, they glued the smore under the heading. They turned out so great! Hopefully, I can get some pictures by Monday!

Click here to get your FREEBIE!!!

Be sure to check out all the other great blogs for  freebies, sales and giveaways!!!

Till next time...

~Ashley~

Summer Reads

Well now that we are into summer, I've began my "Summer Reading List". I'm so excited to share what I am reading! I love getting into a good, resourceful book! Of course, I also love reading for enjoyment. I am teaching summer school this year, but it's only for a few weeks. I will still have plenty (hopefully) time to read!! I just ordered the books off of my list!!

Here's My List:

Teaching-Outside-Box-Students-Brains

Christian-Teachers-Public-Schools-Essentials

Leaving-Bailey-Flanigan-Series-

What is on your summer reading list? Do you like to re-read favorite books? I often do! I enjoy  a refresher every now and again :)


Head on over to Mrs.Stanfords Class for her summer reading list & a linky! It's amazing!!


Till Next Time :)


~Ashley~

End of School

I can't believe how long it's been since I posted! Ohh my goodness!! We've been  showing our house to sell it and everything has just been insane! My preacher talked about everyone taking a "Time Out" and we soooo need to do that!

The last week of school  was very hectic! We just finished up Friday. We had our school awards, classroom awards and end of the year party. I purchased a few end of the year memory books on TpT before the end of the year came..but the lovely Cara Carroll posted a FREE End of the Year Book and it was wonderful!! Go get your copy here~School-Memories-An-End-of-Year-Keepsake

We made foldable year books. The folded their papers into fourths, then wrote each child's name in a box. Then they drew a picture of each kid and had each kids sign it. They loved this! I'll add pics later, my camera card is still at school!!!!

Since I finally got to 50 followers, I am doing a giveaway! Rules: Comment with your e-mail address, follow my blog, follow my  TpT Store! I will give away my Guided-Reading-Resource-Kit- Commenting ENDS at 6 PM CST on 06/08

I'm also doing a giveway to TWO lucky people...all you have to do is visit Teacher's Notebook to Enter! Click Here!! You can enter to win my inflectional endings literacy packet

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