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Friday, March 27, 2020

Distance Learning Pinterest Board


It's about time, teachers, for distance learning.  These historic times have us all scrambling to find teaching material appropriate for our students while they cannot be in our schools.  To help with this, I created a collaborative Pinterest board dedicated to distance learning resources.  

If you would like to join this board, send me an email at: itsabouttimeteachers@gmail.com



Monday, March 9, 2020



It's about time, teachers, to snag your March freebies!



ST PATRICK'S DAY HINK PINKS HINKY PINKIES HINKITY PINKITIES Critical Thinking GT
  • syllables
  • vocabulary
  • rhyming
  • critical thinking
  • brain exercise
  • differentiated
  • kiddos beg to do them


CREATIVE THINKING PROJECTS St. Patrick's Day Activity GATE HOTS Enrichment
  • creative thinking
  • holiday fun
  • fluency
  • flexibility
  • enrichment
  • gifted/talented




HOLIDAY MATH and LITERACY CENTER St. Patrick's Day SCRATTLE Differentiated

  • word work
  • verbal fluency
  • differentiated computation
    • addition
    • multiplication
    • mixed operations
  • individual effort
  • competition






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CRITICAL THINKING PUZZLES St. Patrick's Day Brain Teasers Differentiation GATEPOETRY UNIT March Activities Poetry Elements Poetry Forms Writing

TANGRAMS TANGRAM PUZZLES MARCH St. Patrick's Day Math Center Critical ThinkingMARCH THEMATIC UNIT March Activities Math Literacy Critical Thinking



MATH COMPUTATION TASK CARDS: St. Patrick's Day Riddles, Multiplication

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

COMPOUND WORDS LITERACY CENTER for COWPOKES





It's about time, teachers, for compound words!

COMPOUND WORDS LITERACY CENTER Wild West Theme Compound Words Activities

Check out this adorable literacy center that celebrates compound words COWBOY STYLE!  All of the words are related to cowboys to delight your little cowpokes.


This literacy center is self-correcting.  Just flip the pairs over to reveal a cowboy picture.  Your little buckaroos will shout, "YEE-HAW!"





You may also like:
TANGRAMS TANGRAM PUZZLES Math Center Critical Thinking Western ThemeNUMBER SENSE: Numbers to 20, Number Sense Activity, Math Center, Subitizing       CRITICAL THINKING PUZZLES Cowboys Activity Brain Teasers Differentiation GATE   


Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Even More FEBRUARY FREEBIES!!

It's about time, teachers, for some more February FREEBIES!




HOLIDAY MATH and LITERACY CENTER Patriotic Days SCRATTLE DifferentiatedSCRATTLE: Patriotic Edition is differentiated, making it appropriate for all grades 1-5.  Students make words from a collection of letters, then compute the value using addition, multiplication, or mixed operations.  There is a recording sheet for each of the named computation requirements.  Next they engage a friend in a Scrattle Battle, comparing their word values as =, >, or <.  The word warrior with the most >s wins!  Stand back and watch your learners quickly eschew those 3 and 4 letter words for longer ones.

DENTAL HEALTH MONTH ACTIVITIES  Freebie ELA Math
February is Dental Health Month, so attend to that with this FREE product.  It includes a song, class graphing, lost tooth bags, a word find, scrambled sentences, tooth idioms, and tooth problems math.

LEAP YEAR ACTIVITIES Literacy Math Creative and Critical Thinking
It's Leap Year and your students will leap for joy with this free unit.  Included are word work, verbal fluency exercises, and math challenges.



February is fabulous and filled with freebies from my store.  Enjoy!



Monday, February 3, 2020

It's about time, teachers!


It's about time for a TPT Site Sale!
  • Feb. 4 & 5
  • Save 25% with promo code FEBSALE
  • Everything in my store is on sale; even bundles! 
  • My store is on sale through Feb. 7!!

It's about time to save on everything on your wish list.

It's about time to stock up on time-saving products that will make your life easier.

It's about time to check out all of the great, critical thinking products I love creating.  Examples:

CRITICAL THINKING PUZZLES Valentine's Day Brain Teasers Differentiation GATE  CRITICAL THINKING BUNDLE Triads 1.0 Literacy Centers Vocabulary Task Cards  HOMOPHONE TASK CARDS Hairy Harry's Critical Thinking Grammar Vocabulary

It's about time to take advantage of this opportunity to grab gifted education resources based on my many years of teaching gifted/talented/enrichment.  Examples:

ONE DOLLAR WORDS BUNDLE I Critical Thinking Challenge Math ELA Research GATE  HINKY PINKY BUNDLE Critical Thinking Vocabulary GATE Enrichment Synonyms  CREATIVE THINKING PROJECTS Destination Imagination via Creative Thinking Vol I

It's about time you discovered the Poetry Possibilities that reflect my passion for all things poetry and using poetry to teach myriad subject matter.  Examples:

POETRY UNIT Black History Month Activities Poetry Form Poetry Elements Writing  POETRY UNIT February Poetry Activities Poetry Forms Poetry Elements Writing  POETRY UNIT March Activities Poetry Elements Poetry Forms Writing

It's about time you found the emergent readers that provide teaching practices based on my years in Reading Recovery (TM).  Examples:

EMERGENT READER Forest Animals High Frequency Words Reading Skills  SPRING EMERGENT READER BUNDLE High Frequency Words Predictable Text  Word Work:  A guide for teachers of young children

It's about time you treated yourself to the materials that will preserve your precious time with family and friends.




Monday, January 27, 2020

CHINESE NEW YEAR HASHTAG SALE!!

It's about time for a hashtag sale on TpT!



Check out all the great values on TPT at the hashtag sale: #CNY2020

Here are the links to my sale products:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/CNY2020-SYLLABLES-LITERACY-CENTER-Valentines-Day-Syllables-Prefix-Suffix-472940
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/CNY2020-IDIOMS-UNIT-Heart-Idioms-Activities-Figurative-Language-Valentines-Day-1752319

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Chinese New Year Poetry Possibilities




It's about time, teachers, for 



That means it's about time for some Poetry Possibilities to help you celebrate.

Included in Poetry Possibilities: Winter Edition are 2 poems and many possibilities for teaching with them.  









The possibilities include teaching points about poetry, but also include lessons from multiple subjects.  They even include several craftivities.

GUNG HAY FAT CHOY!


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POETRY UNIT February Poetry Activities Poetry Forms Poetry Elements WritingPOETRY UNIT Black History Month Activities Poetry Form Poetry Elements Writing

ANIMAL POETRY UNIT  Animal Poems  Poetry Activities  Poetry Elements  WritingPOETRY UNIT 100th Day Poetry Activities Poetry Elements Poetry Forms Writing