Ginger Snaps

ELA Common Core WWW and a Giveaway!

I have finally started the daunting task of completing these ELA cards to match my Math ones! I am far from done, but since so many of the words overlapped, I decided to group them K-2 and 3-5. I think this will really save me time in creating them too.

All day yesterday I worked on reading through the standards and picking out words for each strand. That is basically all I have done so far. lol I hope to have time today to work on the posters and then the actual WWW themselves!

Here is a preview of the words for each grade level:

I included a list of words that stood out for each grade level. Many of the same words appear in consecutive grade levels so I won't make 3 cards with "affix" on it. I am going to code them by strand even though some words appear in more then one strand. I haven't decided how I am going to deal with that yet. Anyway, I just wanted to share that I am working on them!

I discovered recently that Jen, from Hello Literacy has been making her own fonts! I used her font Hello Firstie in my CC document! You can check out her stuff here!

In other news, Christina Bainbridge is hosting a HUGE giveaway to celebrate her blogs 1 year birthday!

To enter, just click the button above! You can win a TON of great stuff!!

I hope to have those cards finished soon!

Copyright Issues

It was pretty disappointing to learn today that all sellers who have posted anything with Daily 5, CAFE, or with angry birds (free or otherwise) must remove them from their shops according to a cease and desist letter received by TPT. I can understand how the owners of the material must feel though since I recently had an issue with this from another seller. Luckily all ended well, but it is very frustrating to see your hard work copied and claimed as someone else's work.

FYI: I have removed the CAFE posters and strategy cards from my shop, but I intend on working on my common core ELA cards for 3rd grade today. I hope to have K-5 completed by summer's end.

Have a fabulous day friends!

Landform Clip Art

Hey guys! I finally finished my landform clip art that I've been working on for-EVER! Head over to my clip art blog to check it out!

Here is a sneak peak...

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And Teaching with Love and Laughter is having a 500 follower giveaway!

Go check it out!

Planners and To Do Lists

I have decided that I am going to get organized this summer! Seriously! I have seen many cute to do lists and planners for teachers, but I wanted it to not only include school things, but other things as well such as menus for the week, around the house chores, and such. I did, however, create these specifically for teacher bloggers, but they could be used even if you don't have a blog!

This is what I came up with:

To download, click HERE!

I hope these are helpful!

I am really trying to get myself together and have a plan every day this summer so I don't get too lazy!! I have so many projects and units I have planned to create, but I know that if I don't have a plan and write it doen, it will never get done and I will procrastinate until it's too late!

Also, don't forget about my 1,000 follower giveaway going on! You have until Sunday to enter!

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1,000 Follower Mega Giveaway!!!

Finally! I know I am a little late to the 1,000 follower party, but I am so excited to bring you a major giveaway including items from some of my favorite shops and mine too!

One lucky follower of ALL of our blogs and shops will win ALL of the following items from these amazing shops!

Here are the items you are going to win!

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