Back to School Glyph!

Glyphs are so much fun to make, especially in the early primary grades.  It's a great way to encourage active listening skills with your students!  Plus, who doesn't love an easy open house bulletin board?!


The materials!

Ready made printables with the whole group or individual in mind!

 Step by Step Teacher directions!

 Color and cut!

 Math Activities to tie it all together!

Free Stuff Sunday! 7/20/14

This week I am featuring Nicole and Eliceo!  They say, "I (Nicole) have over 10 years experience teaching K-2 English as a Second Language (ESL). My husband (Eliceo) and I team to provide quality bilingual products. I am from Minnesota and my husband is from Puebla, Mexico, but we currently live in the Yucatan with our 2 kids. Most of our products come in both English and Spanish at no extra charge for the 2 languages. "

New TpT Tutorial! Text Effects!!

I am so excited to show off my newest TpT tutorial!  It's all about adding text effects to your product covers!

Let me give you an example..

When I first started my TpT journey I was absolutely in the dark about how to create those fancy cover pages that so many others were using.  I made do with what I had but I have learned so much since then!

For example --

This is my original "Sound Out" cover page.  It gets the message across just fine, but it doesn't have that "WOW" factor. 

Add a few more pops of color and VOILA!  A brand new cover page with fancy text effects!

 In my tutorial I will show you how to:

• Fill your text with color
• Give your text an outline
• Add a Glow effect
• Add a Shadow effect
• Add a Reflection
• Add Transformations

You can find the tutorial embedded below or you can head straight to YouTube for it!

Free Stuff Sunday! 7/13/14

This week I am featuring PrepToon!  They say, "We are a husband-wife team passionate about making math more fun and engaging by showing math concepts in short animations. Our TpT store has all the 6th grade math content and we are building all the content for grades k-8!! And yes, WE LOVE TpT!"

Free Stuff Sunday! 7/6/2014

This week I am featuring Christina from Christina L!  She says, "I am a certified Spanish and ESOL K-12 educator with two Masters in Foreign Languages and Multicultural/Multilingual Education. I have taught elementary, high school and Adult Education. Currently I am home with a newborn baby!"

Free Stuff Sunday! 6/29/14

This week I am featuring Brittany from Brittany Washburn!  She says, "I am an elementary technology teacher and digital resource creator on TpT. I say I have 2 full time jobs because I am still building my TpT store and it has a long way to go! I created this freebie sampler to expose teachers to the idea of putting I Can Statements for the technology standards in their classrooms. With common core being so tech-heavy I think it helps when the students are exposed to the technology vocabulary on a daily basis."

Free Stuff Sunday! -- 6/22/14

This week I am featuring Janet!  This wonderful craftivity has so many possibilities!  Janet explains a bit about herself --- "I have been teaching 3rd grade for more than 25 years in the same elementary school I attended as a child. I currently teach a 3rd/4th grade combo class. I teach with my sister-in-law (3rd grade) and my sister (4th grade). I am on my school's leadership team and serve as the Arts Advantage Coordinator for my school site. I am GATE certified. All three of my children attended the school at which I teach.I have been a teacher/author on TPT for a little more than a year."