I am sure you have all heard about the big Teachers Pay Teachers Back to School Sale! I know I have already filled up my cart with some great products, and I'm currently trying to guilt myself into hitting the "purchase" button! Luckily I still have all day today and tomorrow to do it!
Since this is my first Back to School Sale, I decided to do something special to celebrate! I am having a Buy 2, Get 1 Free sale in my TPT store. So on top of the 28% off you're already getting (don't forget that promo code- I did once!), you can get an item from my store totally FREE!
All you need to do is:
1. Purchase 2 items from my store.
2. Do NOT put the 3rd item in your cart!
3. Email me your username and your choice of a free item to butler . erica @ gmail . com.
4. I will email you a link to your free item!
***The free item choice needs to be of equal or lesser value of the regular price. So for example, you choose my "Talk Derby to Me!" unit for $6 (on sale for $4.80) and my "Investigating Arctic Animals unit" for $5 (on sale for $4), then you can choose an item that is $5 or less for FREE!***
I have been working on something new to put in my store for a very, very long time now, and I am so glad they are finished! I loved the Beanie Baby Word Attack Strategies that you see all over the internet, so I connected many of the Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension strategies to a different Beanie Baby, and created cards for them. Now I have decided to create posters for each individual Reading Buddy. I have been working on creating the buddies for over a year now- matching each Beanie Baby I own (which is a LOT!) with a strategy for teaching comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, and decoding!
For today ONLY, they are 50% off- regular price is $6.00, and they are on sale for $3.00, plus the extra 10% you can get by using the BTS13 code. They also qualify as one of your Buy 2, Get 1 free items because I am feeling super generous today! Click on the picture to check them out!
I also purchased some of those wooden animal pieces from Hobby Lobby and some other craft stores, and I intend to attach them to dowel rods or popsicle sticks as Reading Buddies the kids can use while they are reading. I found a lot of them, but there are some more I need, so I may just need to create them from clip art and attach them to foam core or posterboard or something. I'll definitely share when I get them finished!
Some of my favorites that are on sale this weekend include:
This is a great unit for back to school! This is something you can start the first or second week of school if you wish, and the prep is super easy! I wrote about how I use Family Journals in this post, if you didn't catch it and are interested in learning more. Family Journals are one of the best things I implemented in my class last year.
If you haven't started school yet, you may want to consider purchasing my Back to School Postcards. There are 7 different themes, so hopefully one of them is bound to match your classroom theme or your tastes! I use mine to welcome my students back to school and remind them about our Back to School Social. I love it when they come to the social all excited because they got mail from their teacher!
Some of my other favorites are my Investigating Writing Packs. I loved teaching informational writing last year using my Arctic Animals pack. This year, with the new Next Gen Science Standards, I will probably be using my Animal Life Cycles pack as my focus as I think it will go well with what we're going to be doing in my district. My students did an amazing job of creating informational posters and writing their own informational books complete with a Table of Contents and a Glossary. I almost cried, I was so proud of them.
And if you really want to get thinking ahead and start prepping for fall activities, I have my Trick or Treat Math Centers. These centers have some fun ways of practicing math, including a Halloween Themed Yahtzee game, a "Cooking Up Some Magic" board game, and a "Slide to 120" game that is similar to Chutes and Ladders.
Happy Shopping! And please don't forget to leave feedback! It's so easy- go to your Purchases, and click on the flashing "Leave Feedback" button! Plus, you can redownload updated purchases as well. When you leave feedback, you receive credit towards your new purchases, and you get $$$ off! It's awesome!