Writers Center Area: Writing Kit Idea for Organization

Organizing a writing center in an elementary classroom can be simple if you have the right package! One of the hardest parts of teaching writing is guiding students through the entire writing process as they move along through a piece of writing. That's what led me to create this Writing Center Kit that helps keep them organized and walks them through the different forms of writing. 

With this kit, students can learn about the three forms of writing while covering all 3rd, 4th, and 5th-grade writing standards without even realizing it. This kit includes easy prep activities, printables, and a center station set-up (posters, prompts) that will help you build organized writing centers! These centers focus on opinion, informative, and narrative writing for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades Common Core.

What’s Included

• 60 Task Cards that cover the three forms of writing: leveled for 3rd-5th grades
• Common Core posters for each type of writing
• Sentence starter cards for each type of writing leveled 3rd-5th
• Transition Words: First detail (3-word cards), Middle details (5-word cards), Last Detail (3-word cards), and concluding sentence (3-word cards)
• “I Can” statement posters for the writing standards for 3rd-5th
• Opinion, Informative, and Narrative Posters (3)
• Blank coordinating cards for you to add your own touch!! They're EDITABLE in PowerPoint (A list of fonts used is included!!!)
• Recording Sheet Checklists
• Answer Sheet for recording writing responses
• Black and White Printer Friendly version included!!!!
• BONUS: A doodle B+W with a POP of color theme 
  

Easy Prep Spring Bulletin Boards

Spring Bulletin Board

It's time for spring, well, I actually just have spring fever and I can't wait for winter to end! Period. I despise colder days and hate socks so that really doesn't help a thing. Prepping for spring is all about making the atmosphere inviting in the classroom! I will admit that sometimes as a teacher, I am a wee bit of a procrastinator when it comes to changing up the theme of my decor with the seasons. It's tough, people. It is a challenge to make sure you're getting everything accomplished in a day as an educator, end of story. 

So with all that being said, I have created some Spring bulletin board kits with easy prep decor for your classroom! I hope they can help to brighten up your room. Even on those colder last few weeks of winter, maybe they can help to make coming into school a little easier. 

Boho Spring Bulletin Board

Running a Biz...Side Hustle Madness

So I just gotta say...anyone out there that thinks running a business is easy as a side-hustle and a day job too has no clue what they're doing haha. I literally cannot tell how I'm doing with my shop updates. I've done so many my brain is almost mush. 

I've worked my little guts out updating resources this summer and making them even better for classrooms and improving dated resources. I'll be honest, I am one exhausted momma and sometimes I wanna give up. I work late at night. I do my best to work when their little eyes are closed and they are snuggled in their beds. Life as a momma and even for you dad's out there, and having a side hustle can be tough, but it can also be rewarding. 

I feel like those those rewards sometimes come slow and yes sometimes we can get discouraged, but other times I feel like just giving it my all and never giving up. Feels like that is the best thing that I can do for myself and my babies. 

I hope you all, teacher-preneurs and all are having a wonderful summer! It has flown by and the days of summer are soon coming to a close for me. I hope those of you who still have another month or so soak it up!!

Casey

Long Division-A New Way and Updating Projects

It's that time when summer rolls around and I start revamping all of my current resources to make them better than they were. I've been working my little tussy off this week and last updating older resources. These things just needed some serious love, one in particular that taught a specific way to teach and learn long division. This little guy has somehow brought me so much love in my shop, but it was very dated.

Long division the old fashioned way just isn't that much fun. Well, nothing math is really that fun for me haha. Okay, so with this resource I show how to divide using tens, hundreds, and thousands. See a part of the teacher guide I created below. This baby needed updated, it was absolutely horrid in my eyes. I'll show you a before and after at the bottom of this post. Oh, dear lawd, I am just relieved I've got it revised and uploaded! Yes, it did take me some time, but I feel that it, directions and all were worth the effort. 

BEFORE's AND AFTER's

 

  

GEEZ....the pieces to the right just look more cleaned up and so much AMAZINGNESS!!!!!!!!!! I have really grown up in the last ten years as a TpT seller!! This is proof that practice really does make a difference!