Cyber Monday and Tuesday Sale! TPT

I hope you have had a fantastic Thanksgiving break with lots of food, family, and maybe even a little shopping! I know you have heard that TPT is having its Cyber Monday (and Tuesday) sale. All items in my store are also 20% off. With the TPT code CMT12 at checkout, you save 28% on all of my products. Now is a great time to grab up some items. Fill your cart Sunday and wait until Monday to purchase for easy shopping!

Here are some items you don't want to miss at this price:

48 Character Traits Definition Cards
Comprehension Minilessons Menu Cards 
Nonfiction/Informational Reading Strategies Packet
Themes in Literature Bulletin Board Labels
Words Their Way Word Searches (for syllable/affixes, derivational relations, and within word pattern)
Create Your Own US History Timeline Booklets
Common Core Math Explorations (Multiplication)
Common Core Math Explorations (Factors/Prime)

Lots of Vocabulary Products for Science:
* Rocks and Minerals
* Force and Motion/Simple Machines
* Landforms
* Conservation and Transfer of Energy
* Properties of Matter
* Ecosystems and Biomes
* Weather

I hope you are able to grab up some deals and make that final stretch until Winter break!

Turkey Week Top 2 For Tuesday

Alright, it's been a crazy run for a few weeks now, but by golly, I'm gonna make it slow down a little as we round out the quarter in a few weeks.

I failed to post a Top 2 for Tuesday last week and will make up for it this week. The following items are "flying off of my shelves." Don't worry--you don't have to camp out at 4pm or days ahead to get these deals. The supplies are endless and the utility of these products will not diminish.

  The TOP product for the past two weeks was:

The runner up most downloaded product was my Common Core Math Exploration for Multiplication (4.NBT.B7 and 5.NBT.B7).

 

This product contains over 33 pages to support your exploration of multiplying with whole numbers. The exploration contains teacher direction/lesson pages for display on the smartboard

 

Here's another sneak peak:

 

 

Common Core Explorations are designed to meet the Standards for Mathematical Practices. The chart above shows the mathematical practices touched on by some of the multiplication product pages. 

 

And, did you know that I finally uploaded another Common Core Math Exploration? My new Math Exploration focuses on strategies for identifying all factors in a number and how to use prime factorization for this concept.  (Operations and Algebraic Thinking 4.OA.B.4)

  This exploration includes 10 teacher pages (like below) and 20 student 1/2 sheets for math journals.

Each of these products will be on sale for 10% off starting now and all day Tuesday! Happy Shopping this week (for teacher things and of course for yourself!)

Top 2 for Tuesday (10% Off)

Once again, my most downloaded product this past week was:

 

This product contains over 33 pages to support your exploration of multiplying with whole numbers. The exploration contains teacher direction/lesson pages for display on the smartboard

 

Here's a sneak peak:

 

 

 

 

For the second week in a row, my Within Word Pattern Word Study Word Searches were a top downloaded product.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Words-Their-Way-Word-Searches-Within-Word-Pattern-Spellers

Catch these items 10% off Tuesday only! Happy week!

 

Write about Reading Rubric Sort

Hi bloggy friends,

 

I wanted to share something I recently made for my readers' workshop. We have been focusing on "write about reading" heavily this quarter. To help students understand the expectations and goals of write about reading, I made a sort of the characteristics and behaviors I am seeing (and want to see) in my classroom. Students completed the sort by deciding if the description was a level 4, 3, or 2. Students sorted the descriptions in partners and were required to discuss why they would place the descriptions in a certain level. See the pics below:

I uploaded this activity (including a completed rubric that you can use for student reflection) onto teacherspayteachers today. Stop by to pick it up; the free download includes a zip file with the sort and rubric in PDF and word form so that you can change it to fit your needs.