Flash Freebie!

Interested in a freebie?

Visit my store here to download one and two step inequalities foldables for your interactive notebooks for FREE. This will remain free until at least tonight (I may forget to change it!). Please leave feedback on my TPT site. Included in the download are 2 foldables (1 for one step inequalities and 1 for two step inequalities), 2 word problem inserts (1 for each lesson), and pictures of my ISN that show my teacher notes. Hope you enjoy!

Thanks! :-)

Monday Meet Up #6

Good Morning! I am linking up with The Teaching Tribune for Monday Meet Up!

Back to School Goals 2014 - 2015 Linky

I skipped a day of blogging! Oops! I'm hoping to make up for that today by posting twice. First post is a link up with I Heart Recess! I love this linky because I am constantly thinking about new goals for upcoming year.

Personal - This is always my goal every year and I always fail! Leaving by 4pm is even my new years resolution! I probably end of leaving every day between 4:30 - 5pm. 

Organization - I definitely want to have my teacher ISN completed before school starts. This helps me with the structure of my units since I am kind of running blind with my Foundations of Math II class (this is the first year the middle schools in my county are offering this in middle school). I am hoping to learn from other teachers that teach Foundations and come up with a guide that I can use next year. I also think it would be easy for me to have everything completed ahead of time and organized into binders. I have always had 3-4 preps. This is the first year that I have only 2 preps, so I am thinking this will be manageable!

Planning - I am so guilty of socializing during planning sometimes! I really need to work on this. I am thinking of just shutting my door during planning so I am not tempted to visit everyone on my hall! I also would like to meet with our Math department at the same time every month. Since I'll be the only math teacher on my hall, I want to make sure that we are all on the same page. Plus I love our math department and I never get to see them during the school day!

Professional - Last year was the first year I was given opportunities to present at our staff meetings and the district conference. I never have before because I have always been so shy and nervous. But our curriculum facilitator helped me with my fear. She spoke with me and said that I am a leader and have such great ideas that others would benefit from. If I'm going to continue to be a leader, I need to take the steps to overcome my shyness. So my goal this year is to continue to share ideas and work on my nervousness.

Students - I want to make sure my students understand me and how I run my classroom. A lot of them complain about how hard my work is, but I want to make sure my students are challenged and to not give up too easily. So my goal is to be there for them and motivate them to push through - it'll all work out in the end.

:-)

Five for Friday - July 4th Linky

Happy 4th of July! I am linky up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday!

 We survived Hurricane Arthur! I actually live a good distance away from the coast, so we got some impact but not a lot. We did have a lot of rain and some strong winds, but thankfully not bad enough that there was any damage. Arthur did derail our beach plans but we made the most of it and enjoyed the pitter patter of the rain from inside!

We were a little nervous since our street tends to flood when it rains for a good while. Last time we had a storm, our neighbors car that was parked on the side of the street was completely underwater! Luckily, our street didn't flood as bad!

This morning, I woke up early enough to surprise the boyfriend with breakfast since he was off of work this morning. Last weekend we took a trip to Raleigh to visit Trader Joe's and picked up the best bacon we've ever had! Trader Joe's is officially our favorite place to buy groceries! We are so addicted by the different kinds of food they have and how low the prices are!

This past Wednesday, boyfriend and I took our furbaby Kramer to PetSmart to get pampered. He absolutely loves getting cleaned as much as we do! He's such a water dog! Because of 4th of July, PetSmart added a cute patriotic bandana and medallion after his bath. He's so stinkin' cute!!

I told myself that this summer, the only school related things I was going to buy was a planner and glue sticks on sale for my interactive notebooks. I failed. As I was browsing through Target (mistake #1) I saw these cute pens that I couldn't resist. (remember my pen addiction?)

They write so well and motivates me to get some planning done for next year. They are also pretty fat so they fit well in my hand when I write since I write so big. Ok, I'm starting to weird myself out!

Every summer, I love reading up on Educational books to get myself pumped for the next school year. I read The First Days of School every summer. This summer, I purchased a book called Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom. I haven't started reading this yet (I'm going to get to it soon - Promise!) but I love it already just because of flipping through it and the fact that it comes with a CD full of useful reproducibles. I feel that differentiating is something that I definitely need to work on, especially in terms of prepping and procedures with the kids. I am hoping that I can get some great ideas from this and of course I'll be sharing on my blog once I get goin'!

I also plan on reading Teach Like a Champion once my friend finishes reading it and Common Sense Assessment in the Classroom.

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday!! Eat lots today! (I know I will be - calories don't count on holidays, right?)

Updates

Come visit and check out my new blog button! I was way overdue for a new one! Tell me whatcha think!

Also, visit the new about me section on my bloggy, next to my TPT link. I have updated it with a huge nerdy picture of me and some fun facts about how nerdy I am. Feel free to leave a comment!

Ahhh, it's midnight! Goodnight! :-)

Worksheet Wednesday #5 Linky Party!

Yay! Another linky party! Today, I'm linking up with The Teaching Tribune for Worksheet Wednesday!

Today, I have a free Time Capsule that would be perfect for the first days of school!

Click the worksheet for your freebie!! I usually give my students this worksheet on the first day of school and lock them up until the very last day of school. My students LOVED them! They were so amused about their answers! I hope you enjoy!!

Currently...

My first linky!! I am linking up with Oh' Boy 4th Grade for July's currently!

Listening - It is creepy quiet in my house right now! Johnathan just got off of work, so he is checking a few things on his computer while I update my bloggy!

Loving - SUMMER TIME! I absolutely love summer! Definitely not because of the heat, but I actually feel like a normal person! Summer time definitely gives me the time to rest and hang out with friends without having to think about work. (Of course, summer time also gives me a lot of time to reflect and plan for next school year!)

Thinking - Today was the first day of summer school for our kiddos. This is the first year that I am in charge of summer school and it's awesome. It gives me time to be out of the house (or else I'll go crazy) and I don't feel as lazy! Because of this opportunity, I will make enough in my next paycheck to pay off my car!! I'm definitely excited about not having a car payment!!

Wanting - I've been hanging out with a lot of my co-workers outside of school and all we keep thinking about is pinterest and the ideas we want to implement next year. This makes me so eager to get started on classroom shopping! Back to School time is my favorite time of the year! Discounted school supplies makes me so excited - it's such an addiction!

Needing - I think the last time I've heard, NC is either 47th or 48th in teacher pay!! We have been on a freeze for about 7 years. I am now entering my 6th year of teaching and I am still making the same amount of money as I did when I was a first year teacher. I know all of us are not in it for the money, but I also have to live and pay off bills! I've been watching the news and the Governor has been talking about possibly giving us a raise, as well as a minimum salary bump, but honestly, I'll believe it when I see it in my paycheck!

4th plans - Johnathan and I were thinking about going to the beach for the 4th of July weekend, but with the recent forecasts and tropical storm threat, I'm thinking we may play it safe and stay in for the weekend. We are such homebodies anyway and I am always working on something school related!

Thanks for reading! Until next time!!