Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String. . .

After reading and commenting on Matt Gomez's blog post, I felt I needed to share what I like about TpT.

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These are just a few of the great resources I have found on TpT.  

There are many great products on TpT which encourage critical thinking. 

What are your favorites?

Too Much Data!

I decided to focus on student data as my professional development plan last year.  I made a teacher data binder and student data wall.  Neither one turned out how I anticipated.  The data binder contained too much data.  It looked pretty, but too scattered - couldn't see growth.  

I plan to focus on 2 areas for student data this year - Math Facts and Sight Words.  I feel that these are the two areas my students didn't master as well as I wanted them to.  So, these are going to be my focus areas this year.

In my TpT store:

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How do you track data?  What works for you?

Guided Reading Next Step Freebie

I bought Jan Richardson's The Next Step in Guided Reading in 2010.  Read portions of the book and loved the ideas.  But, with the whole fidelity to the reading program thing, I put it aside.  I found it when cleaning my classroom this summer.  I still love the ideas in this book - plan on actually using them this time!

I love her lesson plan forms in the book, but I needed them to be more "kinder style."  So, I added a little "cuteness" to them.  

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Love it When a Plan Comes Together!

Did anyone else watch the A-Team?

Finally finished my personal lesson plan template. It is editable since I'm sure it will change 100 times!  I wanted to "copy" Deedee Wills and make visual lesson plans, too much this year.  Maybe next.

CAFE Freebie

I needed a CAFE (Daily 5 - 2 sisters) to match the theme of my room.

So, if you can use these colors, click on the picture to download.

(has common core alignment for each category)

Updates

I have already updated my Guided Reading Level aa pack.  Some in part due to requests, but also because it just didn't look right to me.  Anyway if you downloaded it, go and download again.  Looks much better!

Don't forget my TpT sale!

Freebies

I have 2 freebies to share with you since it is the 4th! 

These are my new binder covers.   You can get them in my TpT store.  

Click on the TpT heart on the right side of my blog to go to my store!  

(I have corrected Calendar, even though it is not corrected in the preview.)

Click on the picture to get it!

If you purchased my guided reading level aa pack or
reading intervention pack, this goes with them.

Sale in my TpT store until July 7th.

New Products and a Sale!

I am working on some new products for my TpT store. 

Sneak a Peek

Storewide Sale -  from July 4th - 7th!