Fishing for Ideas Extravaganza for Teachers: June 14-20

It's time for the Fishing for Ideas Extravaganza where a group of super education bloggers will be 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. We're happy to get to provide you with some very 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?

I have several goodies available for you!

GIVEAWAY

Who doesn't love love sunflowers in summer? Check out my Parts of a Plant Sunflower Glyph GIVEAWAY at my TEACHERS NOTEBOOK store. Click the image below.

50% Off New Item SaleOkay, perhaps this will hook you.  Just for Pre-K and Kindergarten students, A to Z Alphabet Clip It Games is my newest item and I have it on sale for 50% off. It's over 30 pages long, includes four sets of clip it card games, and is a great way to let the kiddos have fun while learning beginning letter sounds this summer. It's only $1.50 from June 14-20th. It's also a perfect tool to use this summer with your children to help avoid the summer slide.

You can find this item at my Teachers Pay Teachers store too.
FreebiesWell, how would you like a few freebies? Check out my Free KEYS to Math at my Teachers Pay Teachers store {HERE}.

Get your FREE Teaching Short A and Long A Sounds Game and Literacy Center at my Teachers Pay Teachers store {HERE}

20% OFF Summer SaleThe items at my  Teachers Pay Teachers (sale on 6/15-6/20) store and my Teachers Notebook (sale now-6/20) store are on sale for 20% off.

Pinterest Fun If you're looking for more summer fun, check out my 100 Days of Summer Fun Pinterest Board. You may also love the A+ Collaborating Teachers Pinterest Board where many of the education bloggers joining me in the Fishing For Fun Extravaganza contribute great education ideas and resources.
Take care,Robin @ Sweet Tea Classroom

Free Keys to Math

Math Fact Solutions: Here is a simple solution to help your students with math facts, multiplication, addition, subtraction, and other subjects. I hope you enjoy my free keys to math. They are a great math class solution and can be used as an alternative to math flash cards.

•Print the keys on the next page on cardstock paper.

•Use a hole puncher to punch a hole in the key.

•Place a page reinforcement around the circle (optional).

•Cut as many key notches as you would like.

•Add a key ring, and you will have your Keys to Math set.

A Flash Card Alternative

On one side of the key, write a problem. Then write the solution on the back of the key. You can use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and many other types of problems. In fact, your Keys to Math will work for other subjects too. For example, you can write a contraction on one side of the key and a two words that make up the contraction on the other side. When you use these with students, experiment with using different colors of paper for different problems. For example, all addition problems using 3s may be on blue paper and problems with 4s may be on red paper. You can also group like problems on different key rings. Please leave a comment to let me know how you used your Keys to Math. 

An easy way to reinforce math facts

Click {HERE} to download your free copy.

Thanks!

Robin @ Sweet Tea Classroom

This post is also featured on Second Grade Math Maniac {Here}.

Teachers Pay Teachers Memorial Day Sale 20% Off

It's Top Teachers' Memorial Day SALEabration time! I'm having a 20% off Memorial Day Sale at my Teachers Pay Teachers store {HERE}and no promo code is needed. Please come by to check out my patriotic items, glyphs, and craftivities that will be on sale on May 27th and May 28th. Please visit the Top Teachers below who will be joining me too.

Kid's Co-op Linky Fun: May 24th-May 31st

One of the joys or being a mom and a teacher is watching my little one grow and learn each day. While he's just beginning to say words, I've enjoyed every day as he adds new words to his vocabulary. Yesterday, my heart melted (well, the teacher part of it did) when he said his latest word. ..."School." He held out his small toy and smiled. He wanted to play, but used the word school. I had to smile. School should be like play!

Please add your kid friendly ideas and links below. I so love to see what you're up to each week. It's like being a part of a big family. Next week I hope to feature a few of your ideas here on my blog! I'll be looking for ways to teach through play.

Please add our Kid's Co-op button to your post of blog when you link up. Thanks!

Here's the code:

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Robin @ Sweet Tea Classroom

Parts of a Plant Glyph

I just love it when learning can be fun! Check out what these kindergartners created when they were studying the parts of a plant.

 

These aren't just your regular plants. They are parts of a plant sunflower glyphs. Glyphs are visual ways to represent data. 

These kiddos created the sunflowers in a way to share information with their classmates. For example, if you look at the middle of each sunflower, you will see five of six seeds for these glyphs. Each seed represents one year in age. The numbers or petals on the sunflowers, leaves, roots, and stems all represent data too. 

They also learned about the parts of a plant while they displayed the data. Learning should be fun!! 

{This idea if from my Part of a Plant Sunflower Glyph HERE}

Take care and please follow my blog by e-mail.

Robin @ Sweet Tea Classroom

Life Cycle of Butterfly Glyph Giveaway

Hi, Everyone. I'm giving away one copy of one of my best selling items. My Life Cycle of a Butterfly Glyph includes my Colorful Shapes Caterpillar Glyph and my Colorful Shapes Butterfly Glyph. I've added extra patterns to complete the life cycle. This set is a wonderful way to teach across the curriculum. Your students will learn about shapes, symmetry, graphing, science, writing, and more. Click the image below to enter.

Robin @ Sweet Tea ClassroomPlease follow by e-mail to learn about more giveaways.

American Symbols for Kids Craftivities

Yeah! I've been busy working on a new teacher-created resource to help you integrate fun, writing, and social studies. I've created three writing prompt craftivities that you can use along with your social studies lessons when you teach your kids about American symbols such as the American flag, the Statue of Liberty, and Mount Rushmore. This is a fun way to teach American symbols for kids! Click {HERE}

American Flag Craft

Mount Rushmore Writing Prompt

American Symbol Statue of Liberty 

The entire packet is over 80 pages and includes tons of prompts that you can use to add a bit of creative writing, use in place of a report on an American symbol, for a literacy center prompt, or as a simple writing prompt. I've even added Flag Day writing prompts, Memorial day prompts, Presidents Day prompts, Interdependence Day writing prompts, and even Veterans day writing prompts. It's at my Teachers Pay Teachers store.

Hurry on over there. Like most of my new items, I post it for a reduced price when I first publish it. Be sure to follow my blog by e-mail to keep updated on future new items and sales. Thanks for your support!!

Robin @ Sweet Tea Classroom