Back to School Sale!

Back to School Sales are here!! I am very excited to tell you that my Teachers Pay Teachers store will be on sale from 8/18-8/19 for 20% my products! Use the promo code: BTS13 and receive a total of 28% off!! Such a great deal : ) I am also have my Teacher's Notebook store products on sale for a total of 25% off  too if you are a TN shopper :) Stock up your wishlists now ;)

 Look at this adorable graphic from Creative Clips! Love her : ) 

Here are some of my products that you might be interested in for Back to School : ] Click the pictures to take you to the product link! Happy shopping!

 

TN Winner and Book Project

This weekend is getting away from me!.... I forgot to announce the winner of my Teacher's Notebook Giveaway!
a Rafflecopter giveaway

The winner is... Tara!! Congratulations, and please check your e-mail soon!
I am so thrilled with the feedback I have gotten with this giveaway... all of you deserve to make sales and make a little extra money by joining Teacher's Notebook - and I can't say enough about how wonderful the people that work there are.

Before I "leave" you, I wanted to send you my students' latest book projects... comic book strip! As I have posted before, my lovely friend Krista from Stellar Students has this wonderful product I purchased a while back of a bunch of different, fun book projects that students can do with any book.
Check out these cute title pages and a peek inside a comic book strip made by my kiddos!

Have a wonderful day!!

Teacher's Notebook Giveaway

I know some of you are done with school already, but for me and others, we are still approaching the end of the year! :) The kids (and us!) are very excited, I am sure.

I am very happy to announce my giveaway with Teacher's Notebook.  My sales at my TN shop has been wonderful and continue to grow.  The founders and workers of TN work very hard to ensure that their customers and sellers are 100% satisfied.  Open up your own shop today and receive up to 90% of your sales... with a ONE TIME fee (not annually or monthly.. one time!) Don't want to pay the fee or want to wait to see how you do? Well, you can open up your FREE shop and start selling and earn 75% of your sales :)

Border from the 3am teacher & Fonts from Kevin and Amanda :)

Please enter my giveaway below to win $25 to Teacher's Notebook... there are so many amazing resources from amazing people.  Stock up for next year or for your summer tutoring/school :] Good luck!! Also as a little bonus, you will win one of my products from my store ;) Giveaway runs now through Saturday 5/25! Best of luck!!

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Five for Friday :)

Hi everybody! I am linking up with the wonderful Doodle Bugs and her Five for Friday :]

Here are 5 random things about my week:

 

1. Almost done with science test prep with my kiddos!! I am actually more "relieved" with this part even though I am a new 4th grade teacher AND I am the only one... so I had to make sure that we got all the equipment and resources that we needed (or at least I am pretty sure we needed!)

Here is a picture of our electricity kit today.. we also did one yesterday on simple machines but I didn't take any pictures.  With doing review and taking practice tests, I realize that they are ready and a lot of the questions on previous tests are "common sense" :) Almost done.. 5/22 and 5/23 are the performance testing dates for my kids and 6/3 is the written test.  And then NO MORE TESTING :]

 

2. I went to a place called "The Pottery Place" in Albany, NY with some friends (including K-2 is Splendid!!!) last week and we created these beautiful plates with a scenic background with cute love birds and flowers... here is how mine came out.  I am pretty artistic and creative when it comes to certain things, but wow did I really make that?! :) :) I can't wait to go back.. anyone who has the opportunity to do a painting or pottery or something creative in their area should do it.  It's a lot of fun and I learned a lot about painting!

 

3. Today I was dismissing my students, and one of the students in another class got picked up by someone new today.. wouldn't it happen to be a former student of mine :] So wonderful seeing them so grown up.  I had him in 6th grade, and he is now in 11th grade and looks so happy and tells me he is doing great.  I love students of all ages.. I try and teach them as much as I can and have them enjoy learning - that was always my motto.  Life lessons and engagement.  This is WHY I am a teacher XOXO

 

4. I am in the middle of gathering ideas for my wonderful tutoring students for over the summer.  I am sure I will have a summer math unit of some sort for 4th or 5th grade (or both).. :) Also, just want to give a shout out to Teacher's Notebook... are you a part of it yet? You should be.. they rock! GIVEAWAY COMING SOON. ;)

5. And last but not least, I wanted to tell you about a contest I am in and the voting just started.  Mary Kay is a company that basically wants women to feel beautiful "in their own skin" and be happy to be themselves.  Mary Kay gives different messages but I think it is overall very positive, encouraging, and builds confidence.  I am a part of the Mary Kay Makeover Contest that is going on now... and I really would LOVE your votes.  The grand prize winner (there can be 50 winners throughout the country) win $5,000 for A CHARITY OF CHOICE.  That is HUGE and I could never in my wildest dreams give away that much to charity... what a wonderful, beautiful prize to be able to give back.  There are so many children and families that need that money in my area and to help them out would be better than any prize.

Please please please if you have the time or a chance at any time between now and 5/28, please vote for me.  You can vote up to 5 times every 24 hours (no sooner.)  If you vote for 4 days (20 total votes) I will give you anything from my store - big or small.  If you vote 40 times, you can get 2 products from my TPT or TN store!!
Thank you so so much.. all of you are amazing! :]

 

 

Teacher Appreciation Sales!

It's Teacher Appreciation Week! I am very, very excited to show the LOVE to all my teacher friends XOXO We all work so hard and I hope you know that I love each and every one of you! I hope you enjoy lots of smiles and good deals this week!

 

As you know, I have a store on Teacher's Notebook and Teacher's Pay Teacher's (both have been a blessing and have helped me so much.) I am participating in the big sales going on this week!

With Teacher's Notebook, there is a giveaway with your chance to win $100 from Oriental Trading.. EVERY DAY! There is a winner daily, so don't forget to enter daily!

 

ALL of my items in my Teacher's Notebook Shop will be 20% (with an additional 10% from Teacher's Notebook because they are oh so sweet) from MAY 6-10!

 

 

 Teachers Pay Teachers is having their annual Teacher Appreciation Sale May 7-8th :) I will be participating, and last year when I did it, it was a huge hit! Everything will be 20% in my store, and with the code TAD13, you will get an additional 8% off!! That's 28% off ALL my products from May 7-8th :] Hope to see you there!

 

 Please link up with Falling into First and her amazing linky of all the TPT stores that are going on sale :] XOXO so much appreciation to all of you!

 

Common Core

Hi all! :] It is almost midnight, but since I am on February break I have been staying up late and trying to be productive.  I just had some fabulous ladies help me out by checking over my Reading Common Core Task Cards, and I am happy to say that they are live up on Teachers Pay Teachers and Teacher's Notebook! Please check them out :]

The Common Core learning is very important so our students stay on track.. working at a private school, it is not emphasized as much as the public schools, but I make sure to stay on top of it because I want my kiddies to be successful - I love them, and I want to give them all I got as a teacher so they are prepared for 4/5th grade.  I am proud of my ELA Common Core Pack as it has been selling quite nicely over the past couple days.  :] Thank you SO much to all of you for your support and love. I have re-did my Government Unit, Poetry Unit, and now Weather Unit.. all new and improved, better content, fonts, and additional resources.  It took me a LONG TIME but I am so glad I did it since those 3 units are my "Top 3 Sellers".  Please check them out at both my stores!!

I wanted to show you FIVE Common Core products that I think are just fabulous... Please check them out!!

From What the Teacher Wants.. Rachelle has amazing common core checklists for a few different grade levels!! Here is the one for first (one of her best sellers!)

From 3rd Grade Gridiron.. my girl Dana has a 89 page pack full of assessments for ELA for third grade.. Amazing! You need to get this if you are a 3rd grade teacher!

From Deanna Jump... the most talked about TPT seller and millionaire :] She has one of the best all time Common Core sellers for Kindergarten out there... Already has over 2,000 feedback messages! WOW! Such a sweet gal too :]

From Rachel Lynette... she is my go to girl for task cards.. she has the most AMAZING bundles and for such a cheap price!! I have a few of her task card sets, and this is one of my favorites.. perfect for the Common Core, please check these out!!

From One Extra Degree... let's not forget about Poetry!! There are 75 pages from Amanda's Poetry Centers, aligned with the Common Core!! Amanda is another talented lady with many amazing products out there.

 

Don't forget about my GIVEAWAY that I am having.. you can win $25 to TGI Fridays [yum!] and any two products from my teacher store!! Tell your friends!

 

By the way, my Pinterest is under construction.. I have finally decided to divide all my teacher delights that I have found into appropriate categories.. boy, I wish I had done that sooner than later!! It has taken me a few days, and I am STILL not done :[ Advice - if you have not already created a pinterest and you want to, do NOT bunch all of your activities into one category.. organize first ;]

I also messed up my Pinterest account by trying to pin from my blog from my Kindle Fire.. do not do this because now it won't let me pin at all from my blog because of "spam/inappropriate content." I was so excited to pin that I tried over and over and over.. and finally, it cut me off.  I can't wait until they respond and I can start pinning again!!
Come follow me anyway!!! :] http://pinterest.com/lauralove2teach/

Valentine's Love and Craft

Happy Valentine's Day to you all! I hope you had a wonderful day and enjoyed spending time and sharing the love with your students and loved ones.  I had a great (but hectic) day with my lovely kiddos, but I am excited for February break coming up.  I know many teachers do not receive a February break and they get a longer Christmas break than I do, but I like the split up.  I just wish it wasn't so early this year!

Check out our adorable candy holders that me and Miss Mound's class made :) So cute!! Heather is a lot better than me with keeping up with Pinterest and finding the best ideas!! Check out this pin HERE and how you can make a DIY Candy Jar/Gumball Machine!

Posted below is my finished candy jar :) I can't wait to put it in my apartment!! I hope Mike likes it!

Also, we made delicious Valentine's ice cream sodas!! Also found on Pinterest, here :) [What did we do before Pinterest?] Even though I am on a "diet/changing lifestyle", I HAD to have one of these!!

The love of my life of 3+ years and counting got me a half dozen roses and a half dozen carnations :) He also got me a beautiful necklace/earrings set, and the adorable pug that you see below!

I am still in the process of updating my TPT and TN activties... so far, Government Unit is fixed, and I JUST finished my Poetry Unit!! :) Please check it out on Teachers Pay Teachers and of course, Teacher's Notebook!

TPT and TN are both wonderful, but I am so happy that Teacher's Notebook will be featuring my ELA Common Core Pack in the upcoming newsletter!! Steve and Debbie are amazing!!

Speaking of awesomeness, I think I am going to be getting my fonts from Tonya's Treats for Teachers from now on!! She is a great and talented gal, so I am definitely going to get a commercial license once she gets going... Please check out her blog if you haven't already and show her some LOVE :] Tell her Love to Teach sent you!

Well, I am tired and need to try to wake up in the morning to do my workout.. I have been so exhausted, but it doesn't help that it's already close to midnight by the time I go to bed! Again, I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day, whether you are single or taken, live with someone or alone, always know that there is someone that cares for you!!
And you are all the best teachers!!