This was how I felt all day!  Anyone else?

Magnets + Math = Much Loved Lesson

I was at the Dollar Store picking up some prizes for my husband's classroom store last night when these number magnets caught my eye.  I bought a few cookie sheets while I was there & just like that I had a math lesson ready to go.  I was a little worried that my Grade 5 students would think the lesson was a little "babyish", but they surprised me.  Everyone made a positive comment about it!  The lesson was a review on rounding.  I gave the students a number, and they used the magnets to show the number rounded to the nearest 10, 100, or 1 000.  

Update

Here is what I've been up to the last couple weeks:

• Our house sold!  After only 2 weeks on the market, we were thrilled to put the SOLD sign up.

• We went on a whirlwind trip to South Dakota & Yellowstone last week.  My kids were so excited to visit Flintstone Park in Custer, SD.

• We met with a new builder and are happy with the progress we've made so far.

• I have not done one thing in my classroom & I'm kinda starting to panic.

• I am nearly finished my 70 page digital album from the west coast trip my family took at the beginning of July.

• I finished another TPT product & have put it up for sale on MONDAY, AUGUST 18th only.  20% off!!

Daily Math Grade 5 September

I'm looking forward to this week.  Here's what I'll be doing:

• Family photos tomorrow morning.  Sooo happy I booked an appointment to get my make-up done.

• 3 days with my extended family at a nearby provincial park.  Luckily, we'll be staying in the condos & not tenting.

Have a great week everyone!

TPT Sale On Now!!

It has been crazy around here.  We put our house up for sale two weeks ago, and it has been non-stop cleaning, prepping, organizing, and staging the house during the day.  It's so much harder with a two and five year old to work around.  I'll get one room cleaned and turn around and have to clean the room the kids were just in.  At night and into the wee hours of the morning, I've been getting ready for the big TeachersPayTeachers sale.  I've changed up the covers on a few products, and I LOVE how they turned out!  

Newspaper Activities 2

Newspaper Activities

Newspaper Bundle

Precipitation Foldable

I've added a few NEW products, too.

Ewww, It's Mold!

Go West! Settling the Canadian Prairies

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Got The Time?

Times Tables Door Hangers

The TPT Sale is on NOW until August 5th.  My entire store is 20% off.  Make sure to use the promo code BTS14 for an additional discount.  Who doesn't love saving 28%?  I still need to go shopping, but it'll have to wait until tonight.  I have a house to sell!

Happy Shopping!

Linky Party

Thank you http://teachertamseducationaladventures.blogspot.ca/2014/07/its-back-to-school-sale-freebie-and.html for hosting a Linky Party.  I don't participate in too many because I never know if I'm doing things right.

Right Now

I'm 3 weeks into summer holidays & here's what I've been up to:

1. I celebrated my 13th wedding anniversary today.  Hubby & I went to the new Cameron Diaz movie Sex Tape!

2. We have been working our tails off the last 5 days getting our house ready to put on the market.  Today we met with the realtor & the FOR SALE sign is on the front lawn!

3. I am trying to complete my biggest TpT product ever!!  I planned it all out on the drive home from Vegas & each night I try get some work done on it.  It's a slow process

TpT Vegas!

I am finally home after being on the road for 18 days with the family.  We drove down the Oregon & California coast, then back home through Vegas.  I planned the trip so we'd be in Vegas for the first ever TpT Conference on July 11th.  I was totally blown away by the whole experience - the energy, the creativity, the expertise, and the TpT celebrities.

Here are my 5 take-aways from TpT Vegas:

1) NETWORK - I need to get my store name out there.  I noticed a lot people had super cute business cards that they were handing out.  What an awesome idea! 

2) Larger Products - The majority of my products can be completed in one class, but one speaker suggested creating larger products.  I started working on a 2 week product last night.  I'm excited for this new challenge.

3) Believe - Everyone has a TpT story.  I want mine to be awesome.  I can do this!

4) You can write several blog posts at once & then set a schedule for when you want them to go live on your blog.  I did not know this!  How cool is that?

5) Set Goals!  I am a list maker & goal setter.  I love crossing things off a list.  For some reason I never posted clear TpT goals in a place I could see every day.  This I am going to do.

It sounds like there will be another TpT conference next summer in Vegas.  I've got a lot of work to do before then.