The Florida bloggers had a great time welcoming everyone to Florida to kick off the 2016 TpT Conference! We want to thank everyone for coming out and joining us as well as our amazing sponsors and donors!! Mary, from Full of Smiles Photography , did a fantastic job of capturing the event! First, we must thank Adam, Amy, and Paul for coming to our event!! Don't they look great?! A huge thank you goes out to Sarah from  Educlips  for making this amazing clip art! But for real...  Thank you to Team TpT for coming out to the event!! It was so awesome for them to come and help us welcome everyone to Florida! BIG thanks to Tabitha Carro from Smartphone Marketing for all her support and fun giveaways throughout the event! Another huge thanks goes out to A+ Images for sponsoring our event and giving away a class set of shirts! We hope everyone enjoyed all the great stuff they found in their swag bags! These were p......

I was inspired by Greg Smedley's post about Number Recognition here . A simple, yet effective activity. Why not do the same thing for letter? I have a few kiddos who do not know the letter names. I realized that Greg's technique for numbers will work just as well.  **Who I am kidding, I am 'stealing' the idea. After all, the best teachers Beg, Borrow, and "Steal" ideas.** I focus on two letters a week until they are all taught and reviewed. I do 4 consonants than a vowel and word families. My class is 85% second language learners, so everyone can use a little more practice with letters and sounds and vocabulary. I made a letter mat for each group of 4 letters and one with all the vowels. The letter mats are made to be printed on Legal sized paper. Of course with a PDF you can select Fit or Shrink Oversized Pages to print on letter sized paper.  The letter cards are made to be printed on letter sized paper. I made th......

Happy Saturday friends. I had someone ask for some signs to be added to my Bathroom Rules/Procedure Posters. I have add the following signs: 1 Pump of Soap 2 Pumps of Soap 1 Paper Towel 2 Paper Towels Paper Towels in the Trash sample of the signs  If you own my Bathroom Signs, go to TPT and download the updated file. If you would like to purchase the signs, click on the image to get to my TPT store . Thanks for looking....

Did you hear the news?!?!?! TPT is having their Back to School sale on August 3rd and 4th. I am joining the linky party at Speech Room News  to share a few of my products and some things I want. First up our my Concepts of Print booklets. Each booklet contains a simple sentence and picture. There is a dot under each word to help the students practice work tracking skills. There are 5 booklets in this set. Simply Print, Cut, and Go!  The Ending Sound Sorts has everything you need to teach and practice ending sounds. There are large color cards for instruction and smaller color and black and white versions for independent practice. Help the kids sort picture by the ending sounds they hear.  My simple Bathroom Signs contain a sign with the bathroom rules: Remember to flush, Toilet paper in the toilet, and Wash your hands. Each sign is available in three different color options.  There are lots of things in my cart. Writing through the year ......

I have been tinkering with my blog this summer. I updated my Social Media buttons on the right. I also added some pages and navigation bar links below the title.  Next I turned my attention to my Teachers Pay Teachers store. I used the tutorial " How to Dress Up Your TpT Store! " Found on Mrs. Fultz's corner. I do not see any reason to reinvent the wheel and there are so many kind bloggers who share tutorials. I always start with a Google search.  I used Canva , the online platform for design, to create a new 'quote'. My quote doesn't link to products. This is where I diverged from Mrs. Fultz's tutorial.  After creating the image in Canva, I downloaded it to my computer. I then added it to my blog. I have an unpublished page of images so I can grab the HTML codes. I previously used Photobucket, but my account was having issues. After getting the HTML code I logged into my TPT account. Under the Seller's Dashboard, click on Edit Pr......

Here it is; my TpT challenge Masterpiece; hosted by Teach Create Motivate , Third in Hollywood , Peppy Zesty Teacher , and Sparkling in Second . I created this for reinforcing letters and sounds.  Many children come into Kindergarten knowing most or all of the letters and many of the sounds. They no longer need a week on each letter. Yet, they need to master the sounds and shapes of the letter. They need to recognize the letter in different fonts for reading. This set provides resources to practice the letter names, letter shape and beginning sounds.  What do you get?  Each letter has three options for font sorting. You get two pages of color or black and white letters, in a variety of fonts for sorting; mats are included. These are great for small group or center work. Each letter had a printable page for font sorting. This can be used as independent practice, homework, or just use it for the students who still need help, instant differentiation. ......

Have you heard the news? TPT is having a one day sale this week; Wednesday, August 20th. That's right, a second chance to buy all those things we missed during the first BTS sale. TPT is offering 10% off prices with the code BOOST. If you favorite seller is having a sale, you get the 10% on top of the sellers discount. Be sure to check out your favorite seller on Wednesday.   Did you buy a lot or a little earlier in the month. I bought a little. I couldn't resist this Color the Room set by Erin from Creating and Teaching. Many of my students aren't ready to write the room in August. Coloring is something they can do. Click on the picture to go directly to the product.  My wish list is always at least 3 pages long. The majority of the list is clip art, but there are plenty of activities as well. The Listen Up bundle by Fluttering Through First Grade looks like a great way to practice listening skills.  Finally, I added a new product to my store this......

I spent the day in my classroom. It doesn't look as bare as in the earlier post from today. There are no 'in progress' photos. I will do after shots next week. I have more to get ready than my room though. My goal for the year: Paperless. I have been trying to use Evernote more and more for personal and work related organization. If you haven't heard of Evernote , check them out. It is a cross platform organizational tool. Everything syncs, so your phone, tablet, and web versions are always current. I love using a really cute desktop calendar. A calendar app is perfect for recording important dates, but they just aren't cute. So I made my own. I really like the graphics from KHDigi on Etsy. They are bright and colorful. Just what I wanted. I use an iPad; with Pages I will be able to type right on each month. Just like a real calendar.  For my friends, I posted a PDF version on TPT. Click on the calendar cover or here .  Enjoy. ...

It seems early to be having a Back to School sale. Yet it really isn't. I have family and friends that all start school this week, the kids not just the teachers. Here it is, TPT's back to school sale. I am linking up with Nicole & Eliceo from Teacher Tips Around The World to share the sale with my fellow bloggers. Check it out here to see other fantastic stores on sale.  Happy Shopping.  An InLinkz Link-up ...