I am a 5th grade teacher in a large urban public school district. I am always looking for ways to make learning interesting for my students and as hands-on as possible.
I am a 5th grade teacher in a large urban public school district. I am always looking for ways to make learning interesting for my students and as hands-on as possible.
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Hi,
I have added a link from my website to your free mobile pieces. Hopefully it will bring you buyers for your products.
I am interested in creating an About page on your website–give me glues about doing this.
Janice VanCleave
Science Author
Thanks! I am new to the blogging thing so I am not sure how to do that! Tracey
i need battle of books for catching fire, the last lepoard and the red pyramid any chance you have any of these. Lynne SPence
Who is the author of The Last Leopard?
Do you have a packet for sale with all the math mats?
Yes, there is a CD available with 30 of them. Check this link: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Ultimate-Math-Mat-Collection-1-on-CD-Ten-Packs-1-2-3
Where do you find your cardboard tubes? My teaching partner and I love the angry bird project!!
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Thanks!!
They are empty toilet paper rolls! My kiddos bring them in by the bagful! You could also cut paper towel rolls down!
Hello, just dropping in to say what a great blog you’ve got here! If you’re interested in more craft ideas, visit our blog LittleFingersBigArt.com. We update every Friday with new craft ideas and if you ever make anything, take some photos and send them to us via subscriber@roylco.ca. We’d love to see how our crafts and activities are integrated into your classroom experience. As a side note, we’d like to feature your button to link it back to your blog (we will have a resources section on our blog up soon). Let us know, looking forward to hearing from you!
That would be great, thanks! I am definitely going to try some of your ideas! I will post pics!
Are you on Instagram? I looked for SmartTeacherChick but didn’t find you.
-Amy Marie
I am not! I am on facebook! 🙂
I love your ideas, but I’m wondering what standards you use. Some of these ideas don’t match the standards I am required to use.
Hello! We now use common core standards for ELA and Math and our own state standards for science and social studies. I am in the state of Ohio, so prior to last year, we had our own state standards. Last year was our first year with the common core.
Hi There,
I just purchased your lesson plan for “Catching Lincoln’s Killer” from TpT and I like a lot of what you are doing. I did encounter a problem though b/c many of the pages are blacked out! I was hoping to use some of what you did in my 7th grade classroom.
Thank You!
If you’re using a Mac: This sometimes happens when PDFs are opened in the Mac’s native PDF program (‘Preview’) instead of Adobe Reader. So you’ll need to open this with the latest Adobe Reader which can be downloaded from here: http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/
IMPORTANT PART! 🙂 Don’t open the file by clicking on it (as this will automatically open it with Preview). Instead, launch Adobe Reader then go to ‘File’–>’Open…’, and select the PDF that way.
If this doesn’t work, please email me! indiansprings18@yahoo.com
Hi, I love your blog & am nominating you for a Liebster Award! Please come visit my page to find out more. 🙂 http://katrinawirth.wordpress.com/
I admire your blog – so many resources, so much color, so many good ideas! I just started a teaching blog that I am hoping to build into a resource for dealing with tough teaching issues: https://teachingismadhard.com. I hope you will check it out and leave a comment, or message me with a post of your own to share on my blog!
We have used your save Fred activity in the past but now can’t find it anywhere. Do you still have it somewhere and would you be willing to share it.
Hello, I am looking for your Teachers Pay Teachers store but it seems to not be working right now. I would like to be able to use your You’ve Been Penned activity for my teachers. Is there any way to access this still? Thank you for all of your great resources!
Email me and I will send it your way! indiansprings18@yahoo.com
I wanted to know if there is anyway I could get those pac-man resources. Please let me know, Thank you!
Hello! I am happy I found your site, I am looping from 2nd to 3rd and I really want to create student writing portfolios with writing samples from each month where they go through the writing process. I want the portfolio to have a variety of writing types (narratives, poems, opinion writing, letter writing, persuasive writing etc..)
I found your monthly writing ideas and I love them but I only see August-January on TPT. Are there more!?!
please reach out I would love to chat!
Hello! I am working on finishing the rest of the months before schools starts in August! They will be bundled together. If you have already purchased some of them we can work something out!
Here is the link to the bundle! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Monthly-Portfolio-Writing-Pieces-11-Month-BUNDLE-13989772
Hello,
I recently purchased your “Weekly Reading Passages – Year Long Bundle – 96 Total Packs” on TPT. I absolutely love this resource. However, there are only 48 total packs included. I’m wondering if I missed something. Thank you for your time!
Jill
Hello! Something went a little haywire with the TpT bundle listing! It should have been 48 packs worth $96! UGH! I will send you some of my other packs! SO very sorry!