I had to stop in today to say that there is a sale at Teachers Pay Teachers today and tomorrow. If you use TPT products like I do, you have to go!!!! Remember, I'm not a seller... I just had to make sure you knew about this sale.
I filled up my cart yesterday with things I had on my wishlist and things I discovered when searching through the new products section. I think my favorite thing is this:
It is an editable meet the teacher book that comes in two versions: English and Spanish! It's by Books and Bilinguals. I've never actually bought anything from her before, but now I'm obsessed! On my class roster so far, I have 17 students and 6 of them are spanish-speaking in some capacity. This is my highest population of Spanish speaking students I have had so far, and I know I need to create a space where they feel just as loved as everyone else. It is so so so important to create a warm, friendly, culturally aware environment for our students, and I know my students and families are going to LOVE these books when they come meet me on Thursday! I started following her today and can't wait to buy more things from her in the future.
*I should probably note that I don't have quite as much text in my Spanish version as in my English one. Her headings were all translated by her, so I didn't have to touch those, but I was nervous about using Google translate to translate a ton of text in there. I translated a few words and phrases, but didn't want to risk sounding like an idiot in another language.
Anyway, I spent my morning working on my books, and I can't wait to laminate them and bind them tomorrow. I'll make sure I put the finished product on here for you to see. :)
I also bought this anchor chart by Jonelle Bell. I had seen it on her blog a while ago and put it on my wishlist for when I was buying other stuff. Sorting is a standard we have in every single one of our math units, and on our assessments the students have to be able to sort without any directions! I'm planning on making this into a cute anchor chart tomorrow so I have it from day one!
I also purchased these CHAMPS posters to use with my CHAMPS board I made last week. I wasn't sure what I would think about them, but thought I'd go ahead and buy them because of the sale. I'm still not 100% sold on some of the graphics choices to match the words, but they are very cute! I still plan on taking photographs of my students demonstrating what they should be doing, and will probably use a combination of photographs and these with my board!
So... have you been shopping yet?!
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