What I'm Loving Wednesday - Walgreens Pencil Case Deal

Well, I'm three for three!

I've joined up with Jessica at Covered in Glitter and Glue for her "What I'm Loving Wednesday Linky"
for three consecutive weeks!

Can you tell I like this linky?

I love these pencil cases that are on sale at Walgreens this week.

A friend told me she buys red and green items during the Back to School sales to give to her students for Christmas.  What a great idea!

So I scooped up these pencil cases that I will save and fill with red and green goodies.

They are on sale for 39 cents each with the coupon in the weekly ad.

Walgreens will allow teachers to get 6 at a time.

The pencil boxes are usually 99 cents each.

I just finished this book by Billy Crystal - so funny!

He tells stories about his family and his career.

Many of his comments made he laugh out loud.

It's a great summer read.

On Monday some teacher besties and I spend the day at a friend's cottage.

Days like that make wonderful summer memories.

We took a ride on the PON-TOON!

I love that song!

We also took the kayaks out.

It was so calm out on the lake.

Hope you're having a great week doing things you love!

Thanks Jessica for hosting this linky!

What I'm Loving Wednesday - Math Focus Wall With CTP Products

Hurray!  For the second week in a row I am linking up with Jessica at Covered in Glitter and Glue for her What I'm Loving Wednesday Linky!

Let me just say right off the top that I'm loving my summer!

Last weekend I had my family up for a get together.

We had so much fun eating, laughing, eating, lounging, reminiscing, and eating some more.

I also am loving that the football season has started.

We went to a Packer training camp practice yesterday but unfortunately I forgot my camera and my phone so go no pictures - ugh!

But, what I'm most excited to share this week is my math focus wall!

I was lucky enough to get score some items from Creative Teaching Press, and love how the board is all coming together.

We begin the year with multiplication so I always use flashcards as part of my border to get them thinking about the facts.

I love the colors of the calendar set from Creative Teaching Press.

You can find this set on their website here.

I also love the GNOMe set of cards that CTP has put together to display math standards.

GNOMe is an acronym for Geometry, Number Sense, Operations, and Measurement.

As you can see, I am starting the year posting the standards under the "Operations" heading because we begin the year with multiplication facts.

I plan to add the other areas as we get to them.

I think the visual display of the expectations will be important for my third graders.

Check out more info on GNOMe here. 

On the bottom left side of my focus wall is a legal size review board that I created.

We start our daily math work with a review of concepts on these boards that I change monthly.

I laminate the legal size sheets, and each day fill in a portion of the board.

For example on this board I write a number like 152 in the standard form section.

Then a student helper leads the class through showing 152 as requested in the other sections.

We show 152 expanded as 100+50+2, 

the word one hundred fifty-two,

the Roman Numeral CLII,

and then in the bottom sections students write numbers less than and greater than 152.

After school I erase the date we entered with a vis-a-vis pen, and change the number 152 to another number.

This process provides the students with a good review of basic math vocabulary.

At the beginning of each month, and new board replaces the current one.

I am convinced the daily review of third grade skills helped my students to make significant growth last year.

You can check out these monthly math boards in my Teachers Pay Teachers store here.

What are you loving this week?

What I'm Loving Wednesday - Cute Chart Paper!

Today I'm linking up with Covered in Glitter and Glue for her What I'm Loving Wednesday Linky.

It's my first time linking up this summer, and one of the few times I've blogged two days in a row!

That's just one of the many things I love about summer - having the time to blog and check out fun linky parties.

I stumbled upon these unique chart paper collections while scrolling through Instagram this morning.

I immediately ordered two from Staples, and will pick them up at their store.

As you can see it measures 24" by 32" and has ruled lines.

There are only 25 sheets on the ring, so I ordered two. The black was $11.99.

They also come in green, blue, and red polka dot, but those are colors are a bit more expensive.

I'm also loving all the cute items I got from Lena at 4th Grade With Glitter!

She somehow knew that I needed colorful new dishrags for my kitchen!

And I love the yellow flower details (a daisy and seeds) she added to the box.

There are some fun glasses I hope to have my students use for close reading.

She also included gum, snack bars, nail polish, vitamin water, post-its, a notepad, and an inspirational book.

I tell you people - she was on a yellow bender!

It made me so happy to go through the box.

Thank you Lena!

Check out all the SLANT box love at Lessons With Coffee's blog!

What I'm Loving Wednesday

There's not much I don't love about Summer!  So, I'm hooking up with Covered in Glitter and Glue for her "What I'm Loving Wednesday".

1.

I love what my flowers look like, even though the weather has been very hot (90s) here this week.

2.

I love golfing on Monday nights with my teacher friends. 

We found a course not far away that offers a women's golf happy hour - yay!

You get a short lesson, golf a 9-hole scramble, get a drink of your choice, earn prizes, and there is a spread of food in the clubhouse afterwards.

Sorry-it's hard to read the details.

3.

I'm tutoring a little guy from my class in math this summer.

We found a website that we both love.

The website is called Bitesize, and comes from England.

You check out the site here.

There are review games for Literacy, Maths, and Science.

We love the accent.

4.

I love finding bargains!

Last week Office Max had these white board markers on sale for $1.00.

That's right - $1.00!

I asked how many a person could buy, and the clerk said that teachers could get 20!

I just got 5.

Photo-bomb!

5.

I love having the time to take my dog for multiple walks during the day and evening.

 

Hope you're finding lots to love this week!