I'm on Teachers Notebook!!!

Hi friends!  I'm here to introduce you to my store on Teachers Notebook and tell you a little more about the site.  I have only been selling my products on Teachers Pay Teachers and have been very pleased with the progress and response to purchases.  I ventured out to a giveaway that was happening on Teachers Notebook and when I got there I had to create a name.  So why not upload my products and see if any would sell.  

Well, the first night I uploaded my Fall Math Stations and by the morning, I had sold one!!!  So I thought...why not upload other products and see how it goes.   With all of that said, I'm here to tell you that my store is now open and has 3 products (that are also in my TpT store) for sale.  I'd love to begin having some followers on Teachers Notebook as well.  Please check out my store and leave some feedback if you like what you see/purchase!

I also wanted to put a plug in for the extremely talented graphic artists that are selling things on Teachers Notebook.  I was interested to see if it would be the same or similar ones that sell on TpT.  Some of them are, but a lot were new to me.  I was very pleased and have already purchased some clip art to use! 

The font is from Kimberly Geswein.  You can click her name for her direct website or click {HERE} to find this font on Teachers Notebook for personal use.
 So...check out my new store and stay tuned for new products and updates!!  I'll be back tomorrow for a Peek at my {APPLES} Week!

Five for Friday {10-18}

This week was Pumpkin Week!!!  We had Monday off for Columbus Day and Tuesday we went to the pumpkin patch!  Check out the rest in the pictures below!

1.   Here are our pumpkin patch pictures!!  You can't tell here, but it had just rained for several days so it was MUDDY!!!  A tractor got stuck!

 

2.  We are practicing recognizing and spelling our color words.  Here are a few things we did this week.

Sorry for the sideways photo.  I will try to fix that and re-post!

3.  I put up my Math Word Wall!  If you don't have one of these in your classroom - - GET ONE!!!!

This is where I put ONLY math vocabulary words that we are learning about.  I encourage my kids to use these words in their math talk during stations.  This is a great resource for them when writing too!!
4.  Here is what I have settled on for Literacy Stations! Again, sorry for the sideways picture.  I'll try to update!

This is my old school rotation schedule and as they always say, "why re-create the wheel!"  But I really wanted to give the true Literacy Stations a try.  I just couldn't find a way for it to work for me and my thoughts on how I wanted my reading time to go.  Here, each group spends about 15 minutes at each center and when the timer goes off, we rotate.  Usually "Meet with Teacher" is one of the centers.  I will begin my true guided reading group instruction next week!!!

5.  This chart was made this week during our mini-lessons for writing workshop.  I have purchased Mrs. Deedee Wills and Deanna Jump's pack for writer's workshop.  It is amazing!!!  We are on day 8 and I love every day of mini lessons, "try it out" time and share time.  My kids are making some great strides and are really stepping outside of their comfort zone to write!!

 
I hope you had a good week too!  Have over to Doodle Bugs Teaching and link up or just check out everyone else's week!
Happy Weekend!

PDF printing question!!

Hi! I have had this problem in the past and just don't seem to understand what is happening. When I go to print products that are PDF format, the fonts do not always print the correct way. HELP!!! What is happening?? And what can I do to fix it??? Thanks!

Teachers Inspire Teachers Linky

So I just posted my Peek at my Week and how appropriate to then check BlogLovin and find this amazing teacher blogger who has started her first linky party. 

 It is appropriate because my biggest inspiration for beginning this blogging/selling/TpT journey was Mrs. Deedee Wills herself.  I have followed her along with a few other collegues ritually for the past several years.  Since I have bounced between grade levels for so long, I have been disappointed to not be able to use all of her ideas!  But here I am hopefully in kindergarten to stay and am L-O-V-I-N-G her ideas and products!  You can check out her TpT store {HERE}.
Deedee has some amazing ideas to use in the classroom but has also created some fantastic products that I have purchased and gotten for free.  
I have this whole set of math journals.  This is what my kiddos do for their morning work.  Usually, it is enough to keep them busy but not too much to where they don't finish.  They are excited each morning to see what they have to do.  It's on sale until midnight tonight too.  Click the picture to check it out!
I also have this unit and Unit 2 that Deedee Wills has co-authored with Deanna Jump (that's a different post too!)  But I love using this unit with my kids right now.  The lesson plan is practically scripted so there isn't much planning for me.  I only have to look at what materials are needed and be prepared that way.  
She was also very open to giving me advice when I first had this thought of blogging last April.  I have been creating and selling products on TpT for almost a year but didn't start my blog until the following spring.  So to have her input - and her to be so willing to respond to a strangers email - is very rewarding!
I encourage you to not only follow her blog and stores but be sure to check back often for her amazing ideas!!!
A huge thanks to Heather at The Busy Busy Hive for stepping out of her comfort zone and hosting this Linky Party.  I can't wait to see what other teacher bloggers have to share!!!! So hop on over and let's hear it!

Peek at my Week - it's only 3 days!

I'm linking up with Mrs. Wills Kindergarten for a Peek at my Week!

Well, we have tomorrow off for Columbus Day.  Last week, our county had an extended day on Thursday to work on our goal setting for the year so the trade off is having Monday off.  Tuesday the kindergarten classes will go to the pumpkin patch.  I'm so excited!  This is my first time going with a group of kinders!  They are excited and I know will have so much fun.  So take a look at my 3 instructional days for the week below.  You can click the pictures to download the PDF and get to my Fall Math Stations link on TpT.  It's on sale through Tuesday.

And of course, be sure to go to Mrs. Wills Kindergarten to check out all the other plans for the week!

Happy Sunday!

Flash Sale!

My store is included (click the sale picture above to go to my store)!  It's 20% off until Monday!  And you can get an extra 10% off Saturday and Sunday...be sure to enter the code FB100K  - the 00 are both zeros.  
Happy shopping!!!

HELP!!! Literacy Center/Stations Problems

Hi everyone!  I'm really struggling with my reading centers this year.  It has been great trying out the "Literacy Stations" concept where my kids go to 2 centers a day, visit with me and the computer.  They work in partners at their 2 centers but travel as a group of 4 or 5 to the computer and to meet with teacher.  It is great because they work so much quieter!  However, here is my problem.  I can only have 5 in a group because I only have 5 computers in my classroom.    In the past, I have had 4 centers a day and they go to each center 4, 5, or 6 in a group.  This worked great but it can sometimes get loud and without an aide in my room to help manage, it makes it difficult.      How do you do it?!!?!?  Please help me!!!!!    You can leave your comment below or send me an email (shiftingteacherk2 at gmail dot com).