We LOVE Super Teachers Giveaway! Gift Cards and Thirty-One Bags!
Hello fabulous teacher friends and happy February! I've been a blog slacker lately as I've been using my snow days (7 so far in January-crazy Michigan!) to work on my newest products. My goal for...
View ArticleLast Day for Gift Card and Thirty-One Giveaway!
Win $25 gift cards or a Thirty-One Zip-Top Utility Tote! It's the final day of the We Love Super Teachers Giveaway and we'll be announcing winners tomorrow, so don't forget to enter! You can go to...
View ArticleMaking Mentor Texts Meaningful and Memorable
Want to make those amazing mentor texts you spend countless hours hand picking for your mini-lessons more meaningful? This is a simple strategy I've used to sear these texts into my students' little...
View ArticleOlivia Costume and More - Getting Ready for Book Character Day
I promised my husband if I bought this cute red dress I would wear it over and over again. So, not only is Olivia the pig my favorite Halloween costume, it will now be my go-to March is Reading Month...
View ArticleHappy Teacher Appreciation Week!
It's May! Another school year has flown by and Teacher Appreciation Week is over. How did that happen?! I've had pictures from last year's Teacher Appreciation that I've been waiting to post and I'm...
View ArticleNeed an easy end of year tradition? Wonka Week!
Our last weeks (we finish up with kiddos June 6th) have been so busy that I didn't have the time for Camp Coyote. Instead, I pulled out the tried and true Wonka Week. If you're still in school and...
View ArticleBack to School Writing Activity - Stones in the River
I just had an interview at a school I'm super excited about today (Yay!), and they so nicely said they had stalked this blog (Hooray!), but I have been a horrible blog mom and not updated since June...
View ArticleShow Us What You Bought Linky - My Back to School Buys
I'm beyond thrilled that I actually know what I'll be doing next year (more info on that in a later post) and could do some serious shopping at the Teachers Pay Teachers Back to School Sale. There's a...
View ArticlePlease Donate to Help Sweet Baby Kate - Two Amazing Teaching Product Bundles
Just a few weeks ago some of our close high school friends got the news that their sweet 7 month old daughter, Kate, has leukemia. Our friends live more than an hour away from the hospital this little...
View ArticleNeed a Quick and Easy Teacher Halloween Costume? Be a Super Teacher!
It's my favorite month and it's already October 20th! Gah!One of the good things about having a new job (I should probably write a blog post about that) is that I can recycle all of my old costumes...
View ArticleLet the Winter Break Countdown Begin! Freebies, Osbert, and RACK Sacks
Here we go! Three weeks baby! I'm currently mentally preparing myself for the weeks ahead (so much to do!) and starting my look for fun new freebies and/or holiday activities. If you're in the same...
View ArticleFavorite Things Blog Hop
Welcome to I Want to be a Super Teacher! I'm so excited to be participating in this AMAZING blog hop!Here are just a few of my favorite things.Classroom Supply FaveOne of my teaching favorites and...
View ArticleHappy New Year - No Prep Art/Team Building for First Day Back
See how I'm blogging instead of showering? Gah! Completely horrible, but tonight is the night people might actually need an easy idea to get them pumped (or at the very least keep them from being...
View ArticleTesting Tips Posters
I feel pretty lucky that my Michigan kidlets don't have to take the dreaded MSTEP and NWEA until May - That's right - May! This is way better than Colorado, where my third graders started standardized...
View ArticleSummer Stuff #8 Collecting Mentor Texts for Writing
Holy cow I've been a slacker blogger! I was so excited to get a new job last summer that I spent a whole lot of time working in my new classroom and hardly any time blogging. But now it's SUMMER and...
View ArticleInterview Questions, Tips and A Picture Portfolio
When I moved to Michigan two years ago I had no idea how difficult it was to get a job in a public school. I had to get serious! I looked a tons of blogs to get ideas and am hoping to pay that back...
View ArticleBachelor in Paradise and Blog Resolutions
August is halfway over! How did this happen?! I've noticed as I look at my Blog Archive that I used to be a halfway decent blogger. I wrote 67 blog entries in 2012! Then my poor blog started getting...
View Article40 Bloggers Amazing Giveaway for B2S!
Just in time for Back to School 40 bloggers are giving away tons of classroom items in Daisy Designs Blog Launch Giveaway! I'm giving away $10 to my TpT store. You can enter here, but make sure you...
View ArticleTeacher Week Monday: 5 Fun Facts
I'm linking up with Blog Hoppin' for Teacher Week. This means a blog post daily for a week! A WHOLE WEEK! Gah! This is a challenge for me as my blogging has been sporadic at best this last while, but...
View ArticleTeacher Week Tuesday: Make Ahead Meals
During my first year of teaching my idea of a"Make Ahead Meal" was ordering a $5 pizza from Little Caesars and picking it up on my way home from work. Awful idea!! In addition to a very much...
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