IT'S ABOUT TIME for MORNING BELL-RINGERS!

 

• Are you looking for a daily bell-ringer activity?
• Would you like it to be digital (no printing)?
• Do you need something your upper elementary learners cannot speed through but must actually use Higher Order Thinking Skills to complete?

Then, it's about time, teachers, that you discover  this FREEBIE!  Available absolutely free on TPT Easel, you can find it here.

If you love it, and I think you will, you can get an entire year of daily, morning, thinking challenges.

IT'S ABOUT TIME for CLASSROOM PANDA-monium!

 

It's time to create some PANDA-monium with these precious, perky, panda, classroom decor elements.  NEW THIS WEEK are 13 products to prepare your room for that pack of new pupils.

If you opt for the bundle, you'll save 30%!

DOLLAR DEALS SALE on TPT

 It's about time, teachers, for some FUN IN THE SUN!  While you are relaxing in the sunshine, be sure to visit the #funinthesun hashtag sale on TPT.  

A group of great teacher authors are offering dollar deals on hundreds of fabulous products for your classroom.  The sale is just 2 days, 6/30/23 & 7/1/23 so don't fall asleep under the sun.  TIME is of the essence!!

Here are my dollar deals:

IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR THE 4TH OF JULY!

Let's celebrate America's independence with a patriotic FREEBIE! SCRATTLE combines word fluency with computation; individual effort with competition. It's easily differentiated for any elementary grade level. Your learners will quickly learn to eschew easy words in order to win the "battle." They may even beg to play again!

These patriotic resources are on sale this week.

IT'S TIME TO CHECK OUT MY BIRTHDAY SALE!

For my birthday, I'm sale-ebrating with a sale for you!  Every bundle in my TPT store is discounted 50% through 6/24/23.  

Here's a sample of the awesome deals you can score:

If you haven't discovered HINK PINKS, et al., you are in for a treat.  

WHAT ARE HINK PINKS?

• Hink Pinks are word riddles.  
• Hink Pinks are fun, word riddles.
• Hink Pinks are fun, word riddles with rhyming answers.
• Hink Pinks are word play.
• Hink Pinks expand vocabulary.
• Hink Pinks extend students' vocabulary.
• Hink Pinks are fun, critical thinking exercises.
• Hink Pinks are fun, critical thinking exercises that help students learn to interpret data.
• Hink Pinks are fun, critical thinking exercises that help students make inferences.
• Hink Pinks are fun, critical thinking exercises that help students draw conclusions.
• Hink Pinks are fun, critical thinking exercises that teach students to analyze new information.
• Hink Pinks are serious learning disguised as fun.

HOW DO HINK PINKS WORK?

• Read the clues.
• Think of a 2 word answer. The answer words must rhyme.
• Each answer word must have just 1 syllable.

For example:

Did you figure it out? The answer is barn yarn.

HOW DO YOU USE HINK PINKS?

• as a literacy center  
• as a warm-up activity
• as a sponge activity
• as an anchor activity
• as a fast finishers' challenge
• for differentiation of instruction
• for enrichment

WHAT ARE HINKY PINKIES, HINKITY PINKITIES, AND HINK PINKS FOR KINDERS?

• HINKY PINKIES are just like HINK PINKS, except the 2 words in the answer must have 2 syllables each.
• HINKITY PINKITIES are like HINK PINKS, too, except the 2 words in the answer must have 3 syllables.
• HINK PINKS & HINKY PINKIES FOR KINDERS are word riddles that do not require reading. Students deduce the 2 rhyming words that answer the riddle by studying the picture. This makes them perfect for kindergarten and 1st graders who do not yet read, as well as ESL and ELL students.

IT'S ABOUT TIME for a BIRTHDAY SALE-EBRATION!

 

It's my birthday week! To celebrate, I've discounted all of my BUNDLES 50% off. That's 50 bundles at half price from 6/17/23 - 6/24/23. Find all of my bundles here.

Bundled products include:

• classroom decor
• thematic units
• hink pinks, et al.
• triads
• kangaroo words
• square puzzlers
• one dollar words
• Scrattle
• idioms
• phonics centers
• vocabulary fractions
• sight words
• poetry
• holidays
• tangrams
• math centers
• literacy centers

Help me celebrate!

IT'S ABOUT TIME for D'NEALIAN DECOR on Sale!

 

It's about time for D'Nealian decor!  You may have a hard time finding classroom decorations in D'Nealian manuscript. So, I have created some! These products are all in blue and green; calm and serene. The following products are discounted 20% this week, ending Sun., 6/11/23:

Here's a preview of the products:

The bundle will save you 30%!