I'm Throwing a Sale!

It's that time of year again, the time that all parents look forward to and all teachers dread... back to school!

TPT is hosting a massive sale for one day only on 21st August. Hop on over to grab up to 25% off your favourite resources - just click through the image below.

Happy shopping!

Back to School Sale

Here in the UK we have only just broken for the summer, so it might seem a little premature to be thinking about going back to school when most teachers are still in the process of winding down with a pink gin and tonic on their sun loungers somewhere in the Med... But teachers in the US are hard at work preparing for their return to school in just a week or so.

To help with preparations i am joining in with TPT's Back to School sale. For just two days everything in my store has been reduced. Along with curriculum based resources, you will find a range of resources to help you prepare your classroom and to ease your new pupils into their new routine.

First day Jitters 

A bumper pack of activities for those first days back at school. Based around the popular book "First Day Jitters" by Julie Danneberg, the pack contains everything you need to settle your kiddos in and chase away any "first day jitters". The pack includes pre-reading prediction activity, post-reading discussion activity,visualisation, sequencing. story map, letter to Sarah, "My Perfect Day at School" writing activity, what's in your lunchbox? activity, My First Day Jitters,  two truths and a lie,  word wall, student v teacher venn diagram, compound words, congratulations certificate. 

Back To School Bobbleheads

Back to School Bobbleheads is a fun activity to get to know your class during the first days back to school. It also provides opportunities to assess how well children can understand and follow verbal instructions - great for children with English as an additional language!

The activity is in four parts: designing a head, designing a t-shirt, making a key and using their responses in the key to write about themselves. The answers your children give will create a design that is unique to them. 

When the activity has been completed, cut out both parts, glue together and string on bunting for an unusual classroom display. Or simply pin to a wall or notice board.

The pack contains everything you need - just print and go!

Open House/ Meet The Teacher Slideshows

  

  

  

  

 

  

Classroom Organisation

   

  

Pop on over and check out my full range of products. Or if the design you want is not featured, drop me  line and I will create a bespoke resource at no extra cost.

Happy shopping!

Best Year Ever Bonus Sale - Win a $10 TPT Card

Hi all

It's that time of year again - back to school. To help us all with our preparations, for one day only, TPT is throwing it's Best Year Ever sale.

On Monday 22nd August you will be able to get 20% off everything in my store, If you use the code OneDay at checkout you will receive a further discount up to a massive 28%. Now that's a great help for the new school year. Clicking the image below will take you straight to my store.

As a bonus, you can win a $10 gift card to spend in my TPT store. All you have  to do is follow my TPT page , like my Facebook page and this post and in the comments box tell me which country you are in and when your kids go back to school. I will randomly choose a winner and post here on 23rd August. Good luck!

Here's a snapshot of some of the items on offer:

 

A bumper pack of activities for those first days back at school. Based around the popular book "First Day Jitters" by Julie Danneberg, the pack contains everything you need to settle your kiddos in and chase away any "first day jitters".

The pack includes:

Pre-reading prediction activity
Post-reading discussion activity
Visualisation
Sequencing
Story map
Letter to Sarah
My Perfect Day at School writing activity
What's in your lunchbox?
My First Day Jitters
Two Truths and a Lie
Word Wall
Student v Teacher Venn Diagram
Compound Words
Congratulations certificate

 

A huge bundle of lesson plans, activities and resources intended to explore talents, skills and strengths, including:

Lesson plans x3
All About Me Passport
My Very Own Poster
10 Fascinating Things About Me
Our Book of Talents
Sharing our Talents
Things I Am Good At/Like to Do
Poster Design
Strength Sort
Going for Gold Medal
Coloring Pages x5

Objectives
To reflect on personal skills, interests and talents
To find out about how people share their talents with others and why
To demonstrate talents to the class
To think about how to play to strengths

Open House Slideshow - Pirates

   

There is no feeling quite like when your child starts school for the first time, or moves to a new class. Teachers arrange their classes in different ways and have different procedures for homework, class management, behaviour etc. There are lots of questions that parents want answering, and Open House is a great time to meet the new teacher and find out a little about what the new school year will bring for their child, They also want to know how they can help their child and how they can help the teacher.

This slideshow can be adapted to include all the information you need to pass on to your parents, from classroom expectations to grading policies, to what you will be teaching across the year. From field trips to special events. From Daily 5 to Math, Science and Writer's Workshop. From morning arrival to afternoon dismissal.

This slideshow can also be adapted to suit older students.

The slideshow has a cute pirate theme. Each slide can be edited to suit your schedule and activities, and put on a loop at Open House so that parents can get all the information they need at a glance.

14 slides, all with embedded fonts.

Also available: pink and green owls, zebras, kids, carnival, giraffes, cheerleaders, great outdoors, snake jungle, fall critter and sock hop

Common Core "I Can" Statements

Available for reading, writing and language for K-5

I also have a full range of Great Outdoors classroom décor items.

Presidential Election 2016

I am very proud of my latest resource - my Presidential Election 2016 movie and activity pack. Both are available separately or purchased together at a discount.

   

This pack provides lesson ideas and activities to help teach Grade 3-6 children about the Presidential Election system in the USA.

The pack includes a fully animated 7 minute 5 second movie which gives a background to the Presidential Election system in child-friendly language. It includes cool graphics and exciting music, sounds and animations that are sure to appeal to a younger audience.

The activities pack is 29 pages long and begins with a Cool Kids KWHL chart to brainstorm facts already known, things they want to know, and how they will go about finding out. Through teacher input and independent research, children then build up biographies of the candidates, and research the key issues they represent. Finally, they use books and websites to research information for their own presentation to the class on their chosen candidate.

The movie is in MP4 format. Please contact me if you would prefer it as a Powerpoint animated slideshow.

Happy shopping! And remember to leave me some feedback - I'd love to know what you think of my work.

Sue

Last Chance Sale!

 

Today is the last day to grab yourself some super cyber savings! The sale ends today at 11:59PM (ET)
  My whole store is selling at 20%, but you can get a further discount by applying the 10% promo code to all purchases.

I'd love to show you a few previews of some of the resources in my store but I recently lost all my data and can't retrieve any of my pics...! But you will find lots of goodies in my store to see you through the Christmas period and beyond by clicking on the banner above and filling up your cart now.

And another huge thank you to Jenna at Speechroom News for the fabulous graphic.

Happy browsing!

You are so appreciated!

It's Teacher Appreciation Week. To show how much I appreciate you all, I'm offering 20% off everything in my store from Tuesday through Wednesday, with an additional 10% off when you use the code TPTXO. The total discount amounts to 28% off the original price! Why not take a look today and add items to your shopping cart now? Then when you check out Tuesday or Wednesday, enter the coupon code to receive the full discount! Go to SOS-Supply on TpT to get started! Clicking on the picture will get you there too.

 

I'm just off to fill up my basket now! See you there.

Pinterest Hover Button

Isn't Charity Preston just great? She has such fantastic ideas to help us all with our blogging, and is always willing to share. Last week I picked up her post on adding a hover button to your blog and was immediately hooked.

I don't know about you, but I've often wanted to pin something that I've seen, but found it quite a long-winded process if a Pin button is not readily available (that's probably me not doing it right...!). So Charity's post was perfect for me.

Using just a short piece of code in the right place on your blog, a pin button will conveniently pop up when you hover over an image. You can place the button anywhere on your image (I find that, for me, the bottom left or right corner works best) - clicking on the button takes you to Pinterest, whilst you can still click the image itself to take you to TPT or TN, or any other location you have linked up to.

It sounds difficult, but really, it isn't. I'm no computer geek, and I managed it very easily. You can try it out by hovering over images in my posts.

Charity has given step by step instructions on her blog, and has even thoughtfully included a video clip that walks you through the process. You can read her post and get the codes here.

Good luck!

Supermarket Sweep - Fill your Carts!

I'm always on the lookout for a bargain, me. There's something very satisfying in getting something at a knock-down price. That's why I'm bursting to let you know that starting tomorrow (August 12th-13th) all of my products in my TPT store will be 20% off!!!  In addition, TpT will take an additional 10% off with the promo code BTS12!  This is a great time to grab your back to school goodies at a discounted price, so why not take the opportunity to fill up your carts now. Click on the thumbnail to browse my store.

Thanks to Miss Jessica at A Turn to Learn for the wonderful sale sign - so clever.

I hope you all have a fabulous start to your school year!