NEW TPT GOODIES! And FREEBIES!

I've think I've said it before but... I LOVE TEACHING GEOMETRY. Do you? I think it's so visual and can be so hands on. I really dig it. I try to excite my kids about it too, because you know what I don't love? 10TH GRADE Geometry... I remember it like it was yesterday... However, the only thing I remember about it is that it was awful and I sat by my best friend. That's how I survivedPlease don't ask what I learned...

I'm positive the reason I love teaching math so much is because I struggled in math. I want to make things FUN for my kids, help them LEARN and LOVE math. Not hate it like I do... I mean DID! :)

Back to Geometry.

I've put together all the fantastic activities I do in my classroom to teach Transformations to my students into one pack.

The pack includes note taking with hands-on examples, a hands-on activity using FOOD (yum), a song to get your kids up and moving, AND a game! They will be TRANSORMATION experts when you're done with this pack!! 

Want a copy? Just click this link ---> KATIE TEXAS <--- to be taken to my Teachers-Pay-Teachers store! 

**WANT A FREE COPY??? (You know you do!!) Here's how you can get one: 

- Pin this activity pack to pinterest (put the link in the comments below)

- Become a new follower (if you aren't one already) 

- PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE blog about this pack and include a link to my blog and pack! (If you do this one, I'll throw in my MATH JOURNALS BASIC-SET up for free as well! YAY!)

**THIS IS ONLY OPEN TO THE FIRST THREE PEOPLE**

Here are two more FREEBIES in my TPT store that you can get with no-strings attached :)

These Classroom Schedule Headers are FREE for you to enjoy!! I've made a set for Early Childhood-Elementary (that includes pictures) and a set for Secondary-Highschool (that includes subject headers and 1st-10th period). Both sets comes have clocks on each header so you can let students know what and when things are happening. ENJOY!  

Happy Teaching!

New TPT Goodies from me means FREEBIES for you!

I've added several new items to my TPT store.

Halloween is approaching, and I like to make sure we learn AND have fun on that day. So I made a Halloween activity pack which includes candy graphing, Halloween Categories, a Pumpkin Glyph, Witches Brew recipe page, a maze AND a Halloween Pennant Craftivity! Also included is a teacher printable so you can treat your students to "ghost poop" (marshmallows). Want a free one? I'll tell you how... but not yet! :)

I also have two Math Journal sets for purchase. One includes two Cover Pages (hundreds board OR multiplication chart), a Table of Contents, ons of objective specific templates with instructions AND blank templates for you to personalize your own entries.

If you don't need all of the objective specific templates, no worries! I have a Basic Set-Up as well that includes both Cover Pages, a Table of Contents page, a Math About Me page and all of the blank templates from my full pack.

My Skeleton Symmetry set isn't new, but since it's season appropriate and AWESOME I want to post about it!

NOW. Time for freebie info. Want a FREE Halloween Activity pack, Math Journal set AND a Skeleton Symmetry set? All you have to do follow my blog and post about this awesomeness on YOUR blog. Don't have a blog, no worries, become a follower and PIN IT! Just comment with the link  to your post below and I'll hook up the first five peeps!

-xo-
Katie

It's almost that time...

Just got back from vacation and I'm kinda freaking out...  For my district, there's less than a month until school starts. EEEEEEEK!

Are you freaking out, too?? Let me ease your mind a bit... I made these super cute Welcome to 3rd / 4th grade packets at the beginning of summer (don't ask me why I was working at the BEGINNING of summer!!) and I'm SO glad I did! It includes a getting to know you page, a get to know your classmates page, a get to know your teacher page, a word search,  a name glyph activity and a goal setting activity. FUN!

You can get your copy HERE AND it's 

20% off from now until Sunday!

My whole store is 20% off until Sunday!! 

Rockin' Back to School Linky Party!!
Grab the button & link up to share your idea... Teachers unite! 

Fantastic Fractions & Five Freebies!

I've been working on tons of fraction activities for my classroom, and now the really great ones have been complied and made into a packet for my TPT store!! The pack includes my Fraction Matching Connect Four game (matching picture fractions with number form), my Fraction & Decimal Number Line (practice putting fraction pictures, fractions in number form and decimals onto correct spots on number line), AND my Equivalent Fraction Matching w/ recording sheet (matching equivalent fractions). Phew! Long story short: Lots of fraction goodies!!

Now for the FIVE FREEBIES! The first 5 people to comment and follow my blog get this Fantastic Fraction fabulousness for FREE! If you miss out on the freebies no worries- it's for sale in my TPT store! :)

Laters!!

FRACTIONS!

I'm taking a break from writing and busying myself with math ideas.

Fractions were a weak area for some of my students so I've been racking my brain for fun fraction reinforcement / centers.  This is one of the ideas I came up with:

I'm hoping I'll have some "peer tutors" (kids who get it) again this year so I can partner them with a struggling / almost there student for this game.

Here's the idea: Both students have a game board. They take turns flipping over a number card and finding the match (or equivalent fraction) on the board. First one to make 4 in a row wins! This would also be great for one-on-one tutoring OR with a few kiddos in small group.

Like it? You can buy it! Just visit my TeachersPayTeachers store HERE.

Thanks for reading! :)

Writing Toolbox

After thinking about all the writing information I need to cram into my student's brains next year, I decided it would be helpful for them to create a handy dandy reference notebook...  I narrowed down the most important/ helpful information we used this past year and created a WRITER's TOOLBOX! I wanted it to look like a real toolbox (aren't they red?) and I'm trying to come up with ways to keep it shut-- Any ideas? I think I may add a handle or something...

Check out what's inside!

The top flap is everything you need to know to write a personal narrative and the bottom is the info for writing an Expository. In the middle I have the "Texas Writing Traits" (we use Write Source at our school) and a Revising & Editing checklist. I'm soooo excited about this little guy-- I'll have my students create it during the first week of school after we brainstorm "Why Writer's Write!"

Until next time!! 

EDIT: I decided to make this available on my Teacher Pay Teachers store! Check it out HERE!