WILD ABOUT LEARNING FREEBIE!

 It's about time, teachers, for a FREEBIE!

Here's what you will find in Wild About Learning Posters and Garlands:

These 8 posters are letter sized. I plan to print them on cardstock and post several of them with my welcome back banner. All of this will go on the big, cement block wall outside my classroom; a dull space if ever there was one.  

But the display still needs some pizzazz. So I made some garlands of forest elements. I will make several leaf and acorn garlands for the beginning of school. Later, I will provide the components for my students to create garlands of their own. To that end, I have included black line elements so the students can color them to suit themselves. Or, maybe I'll print them on construction paper for the kiddos. I haven't decided yet.  

Here's my display so far:

[Wild About Learning... does not include the pennants.  They are available here.  Neither are the toadstools included.]  

It is my pleasure to offer this product for FREE. If you download it, I would greatly appreciate feedback on TPT.  TYIA

A quick trip to Michael's scored this wreath for my forest theme.

While it definitely has a fall feel, I think I can justify leaving it up all year since it blends with my theme. The room number part is just a simple sign I printed and glued to the back of the wreath. It's much more appealing than the room sign my school provides. It's the little things...

This product joins a plethora of other Forest Friends resources. Check them out here!

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!