New: Party Posts to Innovative Connections!

"Get to Know Our TpT Friends" Party Posts! 

       Any TpT Teacher-Author is encouraged to be a "Teacher-Author Friend" for Innovative Connections!  My hopes in doing this are for most of us to get to "know" each other ---(via internet I guess--ha!) & learn from each other!!

      The upside for you? More exposure & traffic, not to mention a wealth knowledge from featured TpT Friends!!  Tons of TpT sellers out there have tons of knowledge yearning to be exposed!  That's what TpT is for, right?? 

All grade levels & subject areas are encouraged to participate!

      I contemplate all the time about moving back to 2nd grade & I'm teaching 8th grade!! We never know! So, there's lots to learn from teachers of all grades & areas!  Take a second, fill in the Entry Form (Also Found on Top-Right Sidebar of My Blog), AND...Let's begin our "Get to Know Our TpT Friends" Party Postings!

      Due to the number of entries, I'll be submitting these "party posts" bi-weekly instead of weekly as I had originally planned! I don't want anyone to sign up and it take 2 months to get posted. That's no fun!! Plus, once you are posted, you & your link are on my blog for future access by all visitors!

Thank you so much in advance for your participation!

Free Printable for Halloween!

 For Halloween:  Descriptive Writing Prompt --Describe Favorite Halloween Costume, including details appealing to the five senses!!

Congratulations...

And the Winners Are..... Jennifer Kadar & Yvonne Dixon!! 

These ladies were the winners of the free products drawing! 

Jennifer & Yvonne, please visit my store and Krystal's...links are in previous post! Let me, or each of us, know which product of your choice you would like! I will email the product to you as soon as you choose! Hope to do this again soon!
Thanks for participating!!
Ann Marie Smith

Enter Drawing to Win 2 Products of Your Choice!!

Win 2 Products of your choice--- 1 from my store and 1 from Krystal Mills's TpT Store!!
My Store features mainly Language Arts products for Middle School Grades, as well as products for Classroom Management, and any subject incorporating reading and writing!  Krystal's products are mainly Math, Language Arts, and Classroom Management items for Grades 6-9!
All you have to do is:
1. Join my blog site
2. Visit my TpT Store & Rate any Freebie
3. Visit Krystal Mills's Store & Rate any Freebie
4.  Fill in the entry form!!
To win a product from each store, you must visit and rate a freebie from both stores....
There will be 2 winners announced the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 26th! Enter before Wednesday, 3 p.m.
My TpT Store             Krystal's Store
While you are visiting my blog, join the PINTEREST LINKY PARTY (at the bottom of this page) Michelle Lundy's having on her Blog!

Your Best Piece of Advice for Sellers?

What is your best piece of advice for TpT Sellers, especially new sellers?

Post your advice at www.facebook.com/annmariesmith12

or email it to me: annmarie597@yahoo.com

Include a link to your blog or store in message so people can visit you!

TpT Sellers Advice:

1. Create & Wait!

2. Make your main free item a product that is really amazing so that buyers will want to look at your other products.  -Science Stuff

3. Create a quality freebie that truly represents your work. -Go Figure

4. Getting your links out there so they show up on Google searches is important. If people  can't find your products, they'll never know how wonderful they are! -Tracee Orman 

5. My best advice is to create QUALITY items. I see so many people who make cutsey stuff just to be cute, but not stuff they would use to teach in their classroom. Everything I post is something I would use or have used in my classroom. If you post things you would use, other teachers will want to use them too. -Heidi Raki
6.Offer more than one of your products for free so customers can see the quality of your products! -Lori Wolfe
7. Quality is better than Quantity! -Terri's Teaching Treasures
8.I've been making my own stuff for years--for my OWN classroom. If you need it, chances are, someone else will, too! -Teacher Tam's Educational Adventures

Classroom Management Ideas...

No matter age group or class size, teachers need new ideas for managing a classroom!! Link up your favorite free idea for all of us to share!!   If you download other links, please leave teacher-author a rating & feedback if pleased! Be sure to follow his/her store for future great ideas!  

What is your favorite Fall or Halloween Activity? Share it on this blog!

Welcome to my blog...

To say "thanks" for visiting my site, I've posted several free products below!  My interest is to build a community of fellow teachers, leaders, & TpT Authors out there who are looking for & eager to submit new ideas for Language Arts, Classroom Management, Integration of Curriculums, & Imagination/Creativity!

Store Freebies:

Halloween Descriptive Writing Prompt

Rubric: Persuasive Essay Writing and Project for Presentation 

Predictions & Outcomes Printable Chart

Student Reward Passes with Scholastic Bonus Points

Flow Map for Sequence of Events

I would love to hear from you and follow you as well!! I'm open ears for new ideas! 

My Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/innovativeconnections