Final May Currently/Teacher Appreciation Sale!

I am sad to say that this is the final Currently with Farley from Oh Boy! It's Farley!  Thank you for such a fun linky party.  It gets me thinking and reflecting each month, and I have enjoyed being a part of it.  With that, here is my last Currently.

A fun bit of news, however, is that this is Teacher Appreciation Week!  I am excited to tell you that TeachersPayTeachers is going to have a Teacher Appreciation Sitewide sale May 3rd and May 4th.  

I don't know about you, but my wish list has SO many items waiting that I can't wait to purchase when they are on sale in a couple of days.  What is sitting in YOUR wish list on TPT?  Here are the top three items in my store on teachers' wish lists.

1.  NO PREP! Telling Time - this was featured in the TeachersPayTeachers Newsletter and is the most popular item in my store. This packet is 56 pages and takes telling time one step at a time!  It begins with telling time by the hour and half-hour, then moves to telling time by 5 minute increments, and ends with telling time by the minute.

This item is full of fun, engaging activities for students.  It works great for whole group, small group, and math centers.  It's also a GREAT tool for older kids during intervention.  Click on the picture to see more about it!

This item is actually part of a line of NO PREP! items.  I also have NO PREP! Adding up to 4 two-digit numbers, NO PREP! Multiplication, NO PREP! Division, and NO PREP! Graphing.

    

    

I also have all 5 of them bundled together so you can save even more!!

2. The second most wished for item in my store is my Guided Reading Template.  It has been recommended by reading specialists! I recently added to this product, so if you already own it, go back to My Purchases and re-download it for free!

If you don't have it yet, it is a system that is quick, easy and VERY handy to help you plan and keep documentation of your Guided Reading Groups, as well as give your students immediate feedback and goals.   I also added a running record sheet that has a fluency calculation formula at the bottom. Click on the picture to grab this awesome item.

3. The third most wish-listed item in my store is my Year-Long, Daily Math Spiral Review for 2nd Grade.  This NO PREP packet includes 36 Monday-Thursday review sheets and 36 Friday Assessments.  The standards are listed for each individual question on each day.  There are index pages of the standards reviewed broken down by week, and links to 2 FREEBIES for posters that compliment these reviews.  Check it out!

Thanks for reading my currently!  You can follow my blog by using the follow me on the right side of the page.  Have fun shopping this week!  Maybe some of these fun items will end up on YOUR wish list!

Five for Friday!

Well hello there, Friday!  Boy, am I glad to see you!
I am linking up with Doodle Bugs for Five for Friday!

I love this linky party because it's fun to look back over my week, show you what I have been up to, and get to see other teachers' amazing blogs!

I live in Texas, and our state standardized test is called the STAAR. (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness)  In 4th grade, students begin taking the Writing portion of that test.  We took it on Tuesday. I decided to grab some cute pencils from Mardel's for the kids to use during the test to remind them that I love them!

What do you do on testing days to make your students feel special?  My team and I have BIG plans for May when they take the Reading and Math STAAR tests!  Check back to see some blackmail-worthy photos!  Let's just say, they will be regal...

Last week I FINALLY got to redeem my gift certificates at the spa I received from my awesome classroom parents!  I got a massage AND a pedicure on the same day.  I felt like a new girl by the time I left!
What is the best gift you've ever received from a parent?

 

The Easter Bunny visited our house this Sunday!  He left the twins and their cousin some goodies and delectable treats!  He also left an empty egg in their baskets to symbolize the empty tomb.  When Mary Magdalene, Mary the Mother of James, and Salome went to the tomb, they found the stone rolled away, and it was empty.  He had come back, just as he had told his disciples! 

What sort of special traditions do you do with your family over Easter?

 

We dye eggs every Easter! It is a tradition I have done since I was a little girl!  I still remember going to church on Easter Sunday with stained fingers from dyeing eggs the night before!  

If you find any of these cups on clearance from PAAS, I suggest getting them!  They are perfect for egg dyeing, and even have measurement lines on them so you know exactly how much water to add!

 

I want to share with you this sweet notecard a student gave me.  She and her family are Persian and she is always telling me neat things about their culture.  She has sung Happy Birthday to me in Persian, told me all about their New Year's (which just passed), tells me about visiting her family over seas, and tries to get me to say words in her language - which I promptly butcher.

Last week, she wanted to teach me to say, "I love you," in Persian, so she wrote it down for me, and then spelled it phonetically as best she could.  I told her I will keep practicing and maybe one day I can get down the dialect!

Teacher Appreciation Week is right around the corner.  The official day is May 3rd this year.  I have a cute, easy to fill out, teacher survey FREEBIE in my store for you!  I used it last year for my twins' preschool teachers.  It's nice to get things you can use and appreciate.  Feel free to download it to use with your children's teachers, OR, get it and fill out for yourself!  Our PTA asks us for a list of things we would like and they distribute them to our parents!  It's nice to give and receive thoughtful gifts, and this makes it super simple!  Click here or click on the picture below to get this FREEBIE! 

Thanks for stopping by!  I'd sure love to read your comments!  Don't forget to post below!