TeachersPayTeachers Seller Spotlight

Woooow! 
I'm in the Seller Spotlight!

Every little honor packs a punch!
But some honors are Woooow!!!

I'm in the Seller Spotlight in the TeachersPayTeachers Newsletter today!  (Be still, my heart!)  It's the TpT Newsletter Vol 481: Grades PreK - 5.

This is what I saw staring back at me in this morning's email:

...and these are the links to the resources:

 


Our journey at TpT is so step-by-step—it’s soooo nice to take a giant leap every once in a while.

Thank y'all for sharing the journey with me!
Cheers, hugs, and truckloads of New Years confetti to ALL of our leaps--big and small!

I'm wishing you all MANY leaps in the coming year--and an ocean of health and happiness.

Lots of Love,

Top 10 Resolutions for Teachers

Happy New Year everybody!

Here are my Top 10 Resolutions for Teachers:

1. Be happy!  You're a teacher.  You've just got to figure out how to custom-design it for you.
2. Self-Improve!  Use mentors and the internet to learn and make your teaching life better than you can even imagine. 
3. Behavior Management is king!  Treat it like royalty and everything else will fall into place.
4. Organize!  Work smarter, not harder.  Prioritize what MUST get done, and delegate whenever possible--to parents, teacher teams, student teachers, and even kids.
5. Get creative!  Teach your kids to see the world through fresh eyes, and personalize the thrill of learning.
6. Beautify!  Check out your classroom's feng shui, or flow.  Improve your classroom's landscape.  Add eye-catching and inspirational posters and kids' art work--in 3D, hanging from ceilings and popping off walls.
7. Smile!  If you were waiting for Christmas, go!  Smile--it's contagious--and even better, laugh more often.  You'll trigger endorphins and good will all around you.
8. Move!  Don't just sit there.  Jog or dance while you read anchor charts, sight words, and chant math facts.  Extra points if you grab a weight vest or bar bells, too. 
9. Get healthier!  Don't just teach, teach, teach; learn to eat, sleep, meditate, move, breathe, and think healthier.
10.  Be grateful!  Ask non-teachers which job they wished for.  Sooo many say teacher!  You've got it.  Start a Gratefulness Diary.

Here's a gallery for your New Year's resolutions, dreams, goals, and plans:

 

 As always, I'm wishing you a wonderful, calm and confident, New Year!  And I'd love to know what you're adding to your top 10 list of resolutions for teachers so I can add some more to mine.

Holiday Humor for Kids

Can you teach kids to write with humor?   Humor for the Holidays?

A Christmas wish isn’t funny.  
Wishing for your 2 front teeth—and a kid-sized Ferrari—is.      

 

Humor happens when two worlds collide, and when they come together unexpectedly.   It’s funny, playful, and creative—as long as no one gets hurt in the crash.  Let’s watch humor in action...

Start with a character or a setting.  Add an unexpected or surprising detail…

•          A look, expression, or object: a ghost with a… goofy smile, holding a tiny holiday tree

•          A sound: a dog…barking a Christmas carol

•          A feel:  a lady with tall gelled hair that’s filled with holiday lights

•          A mood: an alligator…wrapped in ribbons and giggling

•          An action: Santa flying…upside down, in his sleep

•          An exaggeration: a kid who wants to fly with Santa, 24/7

•          A usage: Santa on a…skateboard, a drone, or a bat

•          A behavior: Santa planning peace on Earth…over a piece of pie  

 

That’s funny. 

I made it easy to be funny--or cheerful--for the holidays, with charming printables and plenty of writing tips.  You'll get a complete kit that's perfect for TAG kids, ELL kids, and everyone in between.

If you’d like my Christmas brainstorming posters, as well as 53 Christmas characters with speech bubbles, and cool Christmas writing paper for extended writing, please look under my holiday tree and I'll show you…

...a happy holiday!