Resources that keep me afloat!

Do you have resources that you go back to time and again? Or bloggers that you go back to?
I know we all do! I wanna share two of my personal favs!

click to visit the holiday shop at the bubbly blonde!

Here's TWO good reasons I use Alisha's crafts are a "go-to" for me...
1. Variety! Her units are chock full of options! She literally thinks of everything.
2. Usefulness! Her crafts don't have to stand alone (since that's not allowed and all!). For example, I had my students do a gallery walk with types of sentences (after seeing Alisha's kids do one for parts of speech on Instagram), then we made the craft...!
Here's a few examples...

our gallery walk...then make the craft!

here I used her party apples with the Johnny Appleseed unit. (see back there's the unit plans all ready to go!) I also put the books she writes in my classroom library. To save paper, I make one copy and read them aloud, then I put the book in the library and then they can all read them! Happy Birthday Johnny is STILL a favorite...what month is it...right?!

here are some more shots!

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And these babies are a lifesaver with common core in full swing. I love our math program, Math Expressions. But, as I am sure most of you can attest to, not everything "fits". So my job is to fill in the holes! I use Denise's packet that I bought last summer for all my assessing! Each standard (down to the A,B,C.02354) has 3 options! This year I just chose the first one for my booklet, but I will use the another for a pretest next year. And I love the third option for retesting! 

Here's how I set them up...

this is next year's all ready to send to our print shop! I label the unit to coincide with our Math Expressions. 

I love having all the scores at a glance too! Obviously, I'll show THIS one off!

and last, but not least...I survive science kits with my own science units! I align them with our kits and the kids just love them! 

click to go to my science shop!

All the units are very hands on! And I try to provide lots of pictures and explanations. I am still working on our Air and Weather unit, but I just added lots of close reading and interactive notebook templates to the shop! And they are still half off! 

and all this goodness right in time for the big sale!

If you stuck around and read the entire blog post, you get a special treat!  How would you like to WIN a product of YOUR CHOICE from my store ($10 value or less)?!  I have made it SUPER EASY for you to enter!  All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this blog post telling me which product from my store will help keep YOU afloat!  The winner will be announced on Friday, February 28th!

Now, head on over to the other Owl-ways Be Inspired blogs below to check out more "Resources That Keep Us Afloat"!  Check out all the links below!  Each link will lead you to a blog post where you'll find some awesome products and you can enter to win a product of your choice from their store as well!  Lots of chances to win!  Woo hoo!  :)

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