Fractions Craftivities for the Hallway

I was looking for something cute to hang in the hall after Christmas!  I made this easy foldable that the kiddos loves.  We made our Names into Fractions and they turned out cute!  This was a great way to assess who understood fractions so far.  Check out the whole packet here!

Mastering 3.NF.1 and 3.NF.2  This supplemental packet will help your students understand the concepts of recognizing fractions, drawing and naming fractions as well as placing fractions on a number line.  

LET's Have a SALE!!!

I am so excited to announce TPT's CYBER MONDAY Sale!

Here is how it works: On Monday and Tuesday, my entire store will be marked down 20%. You will receive an additional 10% off when you enter the promo code cyber2016 at checkout. That's a total of 28% off of the original price of EVERY product in my store!

Ready to shop? Click here to start saving!!!

It is TIME to Multiply!

I am currently working on many different projects and wanted to share a few!

I have taken all of the things I like to use in my classroom and compiled them into a packet for each standard!  I use some of the pages in whole group, most of them for small group and I have even included a few interactive notebook pages and task cards.

Click on the picture below to see the whole packet!

TpT is having a Sale - Best Year Ever

I am excited to announce a SALE!  

Who doesn't love a sale?

Make sure you use the code BESTYEAR 

when checking out!  

CLICK HERE TO START SHOPPING!!!

To add to the excitement 

I am hosting a giveaway! 

Leave a comment of your favorite product 

from MY store and you could 

win a $10 TPT gift card!!!!!  

Drawing will be held Monday 8AM!!

Is it Too Soon To Think About Next Year??

        I have enjoyed my summer vacation so much!!  This year my husband and I decided to take a two week trip IN THE CAMPER!  At first we thought about going out West, but then decided to stay on the East coast.  We dwindled our itinerary down from 8 stops to 3!!  And I am so glad we did!!!

     It is a lot of work setting up camp!  We went to the mountains, a lake and to the beach!  We had the best weather in the mountains and at the beach!
     Our three teenagers had a great time, except for the lack of wifi in spots!  It only became an issue for the girls when they realized they could not watch the Bachelorette or the Men's Soccer Game.  Our son ran into a few snags with the online college courses he is taking this summer, but other than that, we have not missed the fast paced life we normally live!
Every morning I would wake up, have my quiet time and begin working on a TpT project.  I really cranked out a lot of projects and enjoyed every minute of it!  My husband is a numbers-guy and has told me all along, to grow my business I need a lot of products to appeal to a broad audience.  So I have focused on second and third grade and I have made a unit for basically everything I have ever taught!

If you have not visited my store lately, CHECK IT OUT!
I have about 120 products and I am really excited!
Fill up your cart and get ready for a sale right before school starts!!!

I Think I Can, I Think I Can...

We are there and I am so excited!  The last two months have been extremely rough with a few of my students, but we did it!  We can see the light!!!

I have made several end of the year goodies and want to share!
Here is a packet to get you through the last few days of school.  They are a review and easy enough that the students will not be crying and neither will you!

 This is one of my favorite graphs!  They love telling their stories of what their summer plans are and where they went last year!  By now they know how to collect the data and they pretty much finished it by themselves!  I gave the girls a piece of butcher paper and they made it for the class!

I made several sets of cards and they were able to match the reflexive pronouns and contractions easily!
It always amazes me how much they grow in one year!  They come in so "feeble" and leave so boldly!  I love my job!!!

Don't Be Fooled!

Teaching is not as easy as it looks!  OR
Object may appear bigger than they really are!

I am not sure who is winning right now, but we keep on-KEEPIN' ON!

   After I made the 3rd Grade Science Bundle and it started selling immediately.  I realized I was on to something!  So I looked back at my store and started thinking about all of the units I could pair up together!  I started BUNDLING everything!  I know I love saving money, and apparently so does everyone else!

This unit is a 2nd Grade Social Studies Bundle.  This complete unit contains

• Rules and Laws

• My Government

• Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, Musgrove & Sequoyah

• Dr. Martin Luther King (my all-time BEST seller)

• Jackie Robinson

• Jimmy Carter

• Economics

If you are a TpT seller, I highly reccommend you start BUNDLING products together for Big sales in record time!

March Madness

We are in full swing and ready!  We are so ready for SPRING BREAK!
Sadly they are getting on each others nerves and need a little separation!
We are READY!

I have finished making all of the units for 3rd grade Science in Georgia!
I am so excited to offer the following units together!
Do you Like to SAVE MONEY? Check out a few of my BUNDLES:

 Earth Science BUNDLE Rocks and Mineral AND Soil, Weathering and Fossils $8.50 

Here is the ULTIMATE bundle!!

 The ULTIMATE SCIENCE BUNDLE with all of the above packets in one purchase $22.00


3rd Grade SCIENCE Units Sold Separately-

Earth Science Rocks and Minerals $5.50 

 Physical Science Magnets $ 5.00

 Earth Science Soil, Weathering and Fossils $5.50 

Physical Science Thermal Energy and Heat $5.50 

Georgia Habitats – Swamps and Marshes $2.00 Georgia Habitats – Mountains $2.00 
Georgia Habitats – Piedmont $2.00 
Georgia Habitats – Coastal and Oceans $2.00 

I hope you survive the countdown to SPRING BREAK!!!
We Can Do This!!!!

What's Not to LOVE about February?

     We are getting ready for the testing season.  My kiddos have so many too many tests for their little 8 year-old brains.  We have our County Benchmark coming up that they say is for school purposes only, but always manage to pit us up against the Best schools in the county.  My littles do not have the same schema as the other children, but we preserver!  I have to build their schema on top of everything else on the curriculum map!
     After we finish Benchmarks we have the Georgia Milestone Blitz and test online this year.  We round the corner to the finish line with a SLO - Student Learning Objective test.  For third graders, they take a Reading, Math and Science tests.  I teach Math and Science so we will be teaching all the way up to the last three days of school!!!
     We are so busy in Science I thought I would share a few more of my units.

 This HEAT UNIT was a lot of fun in the classroom.  We made mini smores with toothpicks and marshmallows, teddy grahams and chocolate!  They adored that day!!!  I have put the science experiments in the unit and also listed them separately.

 The unit on rocks was a lot more in depth than I originally thought it would be.  I found a few edible science experiments and included them in the unit!  You have to engage the learner somehow, so why not through food!!!

Our unit on soil was very hands on.  I had gathered soils samples, sand and clay from all over.  We made stations around the room and really explored the different types of soil!

So check them out for your self at TpT.  I have lots of pics and so far the reviews have been great!!

Happy Science Teaching and here is hoping for the best with all of the upcoming tests!

Happy New Year 2016

I am so excited for the new year!  It is hard to believe we are half way through the school year!  I have been working hard on completing a Science Unit for 3rd graders in Georgia!  Most of them can be used for all 3rd grade curriculum, but the Habitats unit is specifically for Georgia!

The first unit is Magnets!  My students loved exploring with magnets.  

 Inside the 30+ page unit you will find:

• 2 introductory labs
• Magnetic Stations (4) – Foldable book for documentation
• 2 Interactive Notebook foldables
• What are Magnets? Take Home Booklet
• Vocabulary – Interactive Notebook Page
• Text Features – Reading Passage
• Attract/Repel quiz
• Earth is a Magnet Quiz
• Final Quiz
• I Have-Who Has vocabulary cards (18)
• Word Wall

I love this FlipBook!  It has so many good details they need to know!  My original intent was to put it in their Science Interactive notebook, but they loved reading it so much I sent them home in HW folders.

Another favorite is the Text Feature page!  It has several images to explain repel and attract.  I love incorporating ELA and Science whenever I can!!

Go to my TPT store to check out  my newest unit!

Martin Luther King - Unit for MLK Day

I am so excited about my newest unit - Martin Luther King.

I took the text feature page that is a favorite and made a third grade version!  It is a wonderful way to incorporate ELA and Social Studies content!  I added all the materials I have used in the classroom for bulletin boards and timelines and dressed them up with cute clipart.

I hope you enjoy this unit as much as my students have!

Is it Too Early for Christmas?

Wal-Mart does not think so...
I am ready for glitter and fun in my classroom!  Every year I read the Polar Express and LUV watching their eyes light up and gasp at the end when I pull out my red and white striped box with a bell inside.  It never fails!  Every year, I think "this group doesn't believe," and sure enough... They gasp.
I cry.
Every single year!
One time I even videoed them to show my husband and own children.  It is truly magical!

Here is the Christmas Packet that I love using during this season!

Reading Classic - Stone Soup

Stone Soup is a classic folktale that is listed on the 2nd grade Common Core Reading List.  I thought about using it this month before we start text features. 

I aligned this unit is to 2nd grade Common Core standards, but it can really be used in many grades. It is also compatible with many different versions of the book!

Here is the book I use in the classroom:

All of these activities have been used in my classroom. 
This unit includes:
• Compare and Contrast – Venn
• Character Traits
• Vocabulary - ABC order pages
• Grammar Practice
• Cause and Effect
• Story Map – B,M,E
• Main Idea and Details
• Story Map including Main Idea and Details
• Text to Self
• Create your own Stone Soup Recipe
• Creative Writing - Create your own Soup

Baby Names

No, not for me...... a coworker!

I just love how true this really is...

Teacher have to think long and hard about the baby names they choose!  

I can think of several names I hope my own children do not choose to name my grandchildren!

Happy Tuesday!

Mrs. Patton

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year...

This could very easily be labeled as "My Strange Addiction."
I simply love buying...getting...playing with...
new school supplies!
I am sorry!
Mrs. Patton

Turn Up the HEAT

I have spent hours looking through my new curriculum.  I am really excited about all of the Science Experiments we are going to do!

Here is the latest Physical Science unit - Heat

I spent many hours working on this unit.

I put together a three week lesson plan that includes EVERYTHING!!

 This was a fun unit to work on.  I included NINE experiments and many handouts to support and engage the kiddos!

 Check it out!
Mrs. Patton

Georgia Habitats

I am moving to THIRD grade!
I am very excited about my new move!  Not only will I loop with with my current kiddos,
I will have ALL NEW CONTENT!
That may not sound exciting to some, but I am thinking about all of the new material I will have for TpT!  My Teachers Pay Teachers store could double in content in 2015-16!

Here is the first of many new packets to come...

GEORGIA HABITATS BUNDLE

This pack includes all 5 Georgia Habitats. 
All pages directly correlate with the Georgia Performance Standards for 3rd grade Science. 

1. Piedmont
2. Mountains 
3. Swamps & Marshes 
4. Coastal Plain 
5. Atlantic Ocean 

Each habitat contains an assessment, a text feature page which incorporates ELA, and a vocabulary page which incorporates using a glossary or dictionary. 

A Habitat Diorama information sheet and rubric are also included. Several compare and contrast pages and research writing pages are also included.

Go check it out!!!
Mrs. Patton

TpT Adding a Photo to your Teacher-Quote

I searched the internet to find out how everyone was posting a photo to their TpT page.
I found a good resource that told me to upload a picture

Afterwards, I needed to use this code to embed it:

<a href="http://bit.ly/1ZjTIwi"><img src="http://bit.ly/1kXD56x"></a>

Now go to bitly.com and shorten the URL
http://bit.ly/1kXD56x

St. Patty's Day

We hope you have a great St. Patty's Day!

Getting Ready For Valentine's Day

I have tried to put as many standards as possible in the Valentine's Day packet.  I have included compound words, reflexive pronouns, contractions, ABC order and several more.  I really wanted to include as much as I could.  I love setting up centers around the holiday theme!