TPT Seller Challenge: Makeover Madness

I'm so excited to be a part of the TPT Seller Challenge!  This week's challenge was to make over a product in our store.  You know the one that you cringe when you find out you sold it.  The cringe means you need to update it!  
I selected my Landforms Unit. It was literally the one of the first things I made.   remember how I searched for hours on where to get clip art and the "fun" fonts.  (Hint: If you're just starting out, check out KG Fonts and EduClips on TpT.)

I love cover pages with real images!!  They always catch my eye when I'm scrolling to look for things on TpT.  I changed the font to something less cutesy, but more readable and crisp.  There were only 12 cards in the I Have, Who Has? Game so I expanded it to 20 cards.

Here's a big snapshot of everything in the packet!

I also got inspired to create Landform Posters using real images.  You can print these out to display in your classroom or you can project them on your board. 

You can purchase the bundle for 40% off.  You are almost getting one of the packets for FREE!!

Or you can purchase All About Landforms for 20% off.

Both are on sale until Saturday, 6/20.

It's not too late to join in the Makeover Madness!  Check out the details for this week HERE.

What's On Your Wishlist?

It's Back to School time on TPT!  I was wondering when the sale would be this year because I have a ton of items I want to buy!  It was finally announced that sale is August 18-19.  Time to get shopping!

Button By Krista Wallden

I decided to link up with Collaboration Cuties linky about my top two wishlisted items from my store and my own personal wishlisted items.

My top 2 wishlisted items are Landforms Mini Unit and Landforms Posters.  

It includes a landforms dictionary which helps students identify and learn the different types of landforms.

There's also a matching game and ABC order cards that are perfect for literacy centers.

Click HERE to add it to your TPT wishlist.

My second most popular wishlisted item is Landforms Posters.

Landforms included in this packet are island, mountains, volcano, canyon, desert, hills, valley, plain, river, lake, and ocean.

I also made a set of black and white posters in case you want to save on colored ink!

Click HERE to add it to your wishlist.

Now about my personal wishlist......it's way too long!!

I'm one of those weird people that wishlist free items too.  I'll find something that it's perfect for a unit that I'll be teaching in a few months and I don't want to forget about it.

However, I have item I know I'll be buying at the BTS Sale!

I'm required to have an Emergency Sub Tub and let's face it...I never do a super job organizing it because I'm such a control freak that I run up to school when I'm sick (which is rare) and I don't like to take days off.  But last year I came down with the stomach bug overnight and I literally could not stand up.  This would have come in handy!  I love that there are lessons for the beginning, middle, and end of the year.  You know firsties grow so much and what you do at the beginning of the year is completely different than the end!

Click HERE to check it out!

Tell me something on your wishlist!  Is there something I just HAVE TO HAVE that I'm missing out on?

100th Day: Survivor Edition & Landforms

I had the best Monday EVER! Yes, I realize that today it Tuesday, but yesterday was so AMAZING I have to tell you about it.

First,  I walked into my room and noticed that a flat screen TV was installed over the weekend. Do you hear the angel chorus singing?  I certainly did!

(super blurry photo, but you get the idea!)

A few minutes later, I was walking to the bathroom to put on my makeup and noticed my coworker going into her classroom.

Umm, seriously??? There was a coat hanger stuck in her jacket.  She didn't feel it in the car, walking across the parking lot, walking up the steps to her classroom.

We almost died we were laughing so hard! I couldn't even put on any eye makeup yesterday.

Of course we had to reenact it to document the silliness! Every time she saw me today she started laughing.

And this was all before 8am!

Yesterday was the 100th day of school.  I pretty much took every idea I could find on my January Pinterest board and made it a rotation for the morning. I did make it a Survivor (I had to explain the TV show) edition of the 100th day. Students had to pull a bandanna out of a bucket to see which "team" they were on. Somehow the 3 BFF's in the class managed to pull the same color bandanna - peeking much??

I bought the bandannas at Hobby Lobby. They were the ONLY thing that was not on sale at Hobby Lobby. They set me back a dollar a piece, but the students really loved the bandannas.

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We finally finished up our landform unit last week. I had big plans to have the students make a landform map, but we just ran out of time.

We did use a lot of items from my Landform Mini Unit.

You already saw a picture of the landforms dictionary (there are 2 versions in the unit for you), but the packet also includes:

• a memory game (3 versions for use, depending on your class)
• ABC order center
• I Have, Who Has? game
• Printables

I have included a freebie printable for you!

Five for Friday: A Week in Review

YIPEE! I just got back from a lovely Mexican dinner to celebrate the end of the week. I was really hoping for some ice or snow last night, but we didn't get any. There were some counties north of us that didn't have school or were on a delay.  Better luck next time, I guess!

I'm linking up for another Five for Five!

1. I made this Snicker-doodle (literally) recipe in my afterschool cooking class this week. While we were waiting for the cookies to bake, a students made this *funny* joke.

A Snicker and a doodle, get it? 

2.  I made it to Hot Yoga exactly 1 out of six times this week. Major FAIL. Which is really not good since I consumed many Snicker-doodles! Tomorrow morning's class is going to hurt!

3.  We wrapped up our Landform/Map unit.  We made a landform dictionary.

I hoping to post this unit soon.  If you are planning a landform unit, I do have a set of Landform Posters in my TPT store.  (UPDATE 1/28 : I loaded the landform unit to TPT!)

4.  We had a little fun making our spelling words out of Play-doh.

Yes, that's actually a "k" for key.  We teach D'Nealian handwriting.  I miss the block letters!

5. We studied Y as a vowel and made a Benny Bunny craft.

If you are looking for more ideas for Y as a vowel, I just posted my Guy Butterfly and Benny Bunny unit in my store.

Be sure to link up and check out some new blogs!