Ideas to Keep Kids Engaged This Summer

Welcome to the Fishing For Ideas Extravaganza!!
Here's a great link up hosted by Robin Sellers of Sweet Tea Classroom! Several super education bloggers are working together from June 14th through June 20th--that's Flag Day through the first day of Summer and includes Father's Day and Fishing Day in between. 
Check out lots of special teaching resources, giveaways, sales at our Teachers Pay Teachers stores, sales at our Teachers Notebook stores, freebies, and more. 
Are you ready to go fishing for ideas?

                              

Swing by to check out several NEWLY added items in my Teacher's Notebook Shop! They are on sale through the 20th! Some of the ON SALE Items are below, but check out the others in my TN Shop!

First Person Point of View (From an ANIMAL'S Point fo View!)

Teach Personification with Creative Writing!!

                                           

Grab This Holiday Item Now Instead of Paying FULL Price Later!

Writing Prompt Part 1 of 2 Parts--BOTH on Sale!

SmartNotebook for Reviewing Parts of a Sentence and Functions!

Student Printable of Above Notebook Item!
For those without Smartboards  or to use with the Notebook File!

           
  Also, you can grab multiple FREE teaching resources in my TN or TPT Stores! Hope you enjoy!

      

Swing by other blogs participating in 

the FISHING EXTRAVAGANZA below! Have Fun!

Every Teacher Loves Freebies, So....

You would be absolutely crazy not to check out Kids Cog Works' Blog Post which provides lists of AWESOME Blog Pages with FREE RESOURCES!! How great is that for a go to source? Adrianne Meldrum is the author of Kids Cog Works! She has amazing ideas! Visit her blog, and definitely bookmark and share her post!!   Visit her on Facebook too!

Adrianne, thanks for this ULTIMATE FREEBIES LIST!! 

FYI: There are 20 FREEBIE PAGES by some spectacular teachers and bloggers! Who knows the actual number of FREE items!!! Too many to count, that's for sure.... 

Adrianne also wrote an awesome guest post on my blog titled "Ka Pow!" Check it out!!I promise that you'll enjoy it!

Do you have a freebies page on your blog? I'd love for you to let me know that you stopped by and visited her post! What did you think?

Regards,

 

It's That Time...

SALE TIME! Quick, Quick post to let you know I've put every item, digital and used hard good, in my store on sale all day March 28th and 29th!! 

I've posted several test prep teaching tools you would certainly find useful, as well as some new freebies! 22 Freebies in all! Become a follower because I have many more freebies in the making, as I am a contributor to Classroom Freebies Too! Obviously, I'll be creating many new free downloads, especially as the summer nears! Have a great rest of the week! It's downhill from here--Wonderful Wednesday!

See a few freebies right here:

Hope to see you in my TpT store!!!

P.S. What types of classroom items do you look for most often? 

If you have an idea for a freebie you'd like to see posted, leave it in a comment below! I would love for you to share your ideas!

Where do my students go when they leave the room?

Do you keep documentation of who leaves the room and when?
Do you record when they come back?
Do you have any idea why this would be such an issue?

Some upper elementary teachers may have a need to keep up with this, but middle school and high school teachers should especially keep up with our kiddos' ventures from the classroom!

You see, some darlings like to amble about the halls, some waving into other classrooms, some ending up in the restroom when they should've been in the library checking out those books, or maybe some should be headed to the office and decided to make a pit stop somewhere else! Plus, if you are in a large school like I am, there are tons of places to go!

What happens next? You are asked where your student was and why he/she was not where you thought-- Or maybe, a fight breaks out in the restroom (unfortunately, it's a reality) and principals have to narrow down students to question---if they ever are able to get to the bottom of the situations! So, they need your help and you would be able to provide it this way.

That's when the Sign Out/In Sheet becomes a golden tool! You are able to provide sufficient documentation that a student was in fact in a designated area between the times of 9:00-9:08 or that the student blamed was back before the time projected on the hall cameras....either way, having this information recorded can be of great value to you, the students, administrators, etc.

We just never know!
So, download this free template I created this week (I ran out of copies of my old one, and imagine this---I couldn't find the template anywhere)! You can post it on the inside of your classroom door! Attach a pen/pencil next to it! Students do not think of leaving my room before signing out, and, of course, signing back in upon return!

Have a great weekend and holiday Monday (if you're off..)!!

ALSO: IF YOU HAVE A FREE PRODUCT TO SHARE, HOP OVER TO TEACHING BLOG ADDICT AND LINK IT UP ON THEIR BLOG! 

OR--DROP BY TBA TO FIND MORE FREEBIES THERE FOR FREEBIE FRIDAY!

Subjects and Verbs....Verbs and Subjects!!!

Tired of hearing, "They was?" How about, "Mary and Jerry goes?"

Need a different avenue for teaching Subject/Verb Agreement? Thought so! 

I've created lots of word cards that I cut up and disperse amongst small groups in my classroom! They arrange the cards to form simple sentences! Then, your students write the sentences they composed onto these recording sheets! Get it by clicking on the image below!! Have them practice subject/verb agreement as in small groups, pairs, or even work in groups while having them record sentences individually! There are multiple possibilities..

I've have the sentence cards pack of 216 cards (below) that is in both my TpT Store and Teachers Notebook Shop, if you'd like to save yourself some time making your own!! 

Get them here in my TpT Store or click the image below! There are 54 pages of Subjects, Verbs, Prepositional Phrases, Conjunctions, and Modifiers (Adjectives and Adverbs)!

Be sure to download your freebie and remember to use it in multiple ways! 

Have students record sentences from tons of resources while they practice subject/verb agreement!! 

Thanks for stopping by Innovative Connections!

Regards,

Valentine Freebies 4 U!!

Sweet, Incredible Adrianne Meldrum of Kids Cog Works has an awesome post up with quite a few Valentine Freebies! Get them fast and use tomorrow!! Click on her Blog Button below! Have a super Valentine's Day!!! 

Thanks to Adrianne for Providing Such a Great Idea!

Regards,