Make Your Masterpiece #tptsellerchallenge

FINALLY finished with my "Masterpiece!"

Since I am still pretty new to this, I am not sure how great this will be compared to everyone else's masterpieces... but I am pretty excited to share it! I hope you all enjoy it, too! :)

This includes resources for a questioning lesson. It has mustache "props," bookmarks, a page to place sticky notes with before, during, and after questions while reading, and a question sort for "good reader" questions vs. "needs improvement" questions. You could also have your students make the "needs improvement" questions into new "good reader" questions. I would love to see how you all use this in your classrooms! 

Thanks to my partner for looking over this product and noticing that some of it could be made more printer friendly! And thanks to this challenge for making me be creative and come up with a product quickly! :)

2 for Tuesday

I am linking up with Chalk One Up for the Teacher for my very first 2 for Tuesday! 

My two products that I am going to showcase are my TpT Seller Challenge Masterpiece (20% off until tomorrow!):

and my "Henry and Mudge" cause & effect matching activity (20% off for 24 hours):

Let's unpack "I Mustache You A Question:"

This comes with 

detailed instructions

mustaches to be glued on popsicle sticks as a prop

independent work: write questions on sticky notes while reading,
then place on this page, write answers underneath if they find the answer(s)

bookmarks for asking questions while reading silently

a good questions vs. bad question sort-
students could come up with their own, or sort the ones provided in the product

The Henry and Mudge activity 

goes with the story "Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper's House. This can be used as an individual activity, partner activity, or a center game (laminated for longer use).

students match the dog (cause) with the doghouse (effect)

TpT Seller Challenge: Week 3 "Flash Freebie!"

It's only week 3, and I already felt stumped on this one! Honestly, I didn't know if I was going to get it done in time. I could not think of anything to make. So I started making anchor charts... and eventually I will finish those. But while making anchor charts, I somehow got inspired (to make something completely unrelated). Now I am just waiting on someone to look over it! :) Right now you can get it for FREE while it is being reviewed. It will be free for 24 hours!

It is a lesson focused on asking questions while reading. I made it for my first graders, but it could definitely be used in other grades as well. If you download it, please leave feedback! Enjoy! :)

Five for Friday

My first "Five for Friday" link-up! :)

ONE.

"Don't let this picture fool you, we're actually really bad!"

We are puppy-sitting this week, on top of having a new puppy that we own... and oh my goodness, it's almost not nearly as exhausting as teaching, but still wearing me out! They play hard all day long, and I constantly have to break it up for fear of them getting too rough! 

TWO.

Everyone is posting their pictures of Target Dollar Spot finds, but when I went yesterday they were out of everything. :( I will just keep going back and buying more things I don't need! :)

THREE.

Tonight we are going to our neighbor's house for dinner to say goodbye to another neighbor who is moving to Florida.

FOUR.

The power went out as I was typing this, so there was a delay. It gave me something else to say.

FIVE.

I put in a request for a blog design today. I cannot wait to see it once it is done and I finally have a pretty blog!!! :) I wish I didn't have to wait...

TV Shows

Linking up with Hailey from The Third Grade Nest for the first link-up that she has hosted!

I have to preface this by saying I hardly ever watch TV during the school year, and during the summer I kind of just watch whatever is on! I definitely don't have ten current shows that I'm watching, so I had to fill in with a few that I have watched on Netflix that I loved!

Some of these are embarrassing and will warrant an explanation! Haha

1. Modern Family- This is the funniest show on TV! I absolutely love it and am pretty sure I've seen every episode. We watch it any time it's on and record it in case we're not home.

2. Scandal- It's actually pretty scandalous, in more ways than one... but I've watched it from the beginning so I can't stop!

3. Pioneer Woman (or anything on Food Network)- To be honest, the hosts of these shows drive me crazy most of the time, but I love getting new recipes!

4. The Voice- I love it, but it's not actually on right now! I don't watch it regularly, but if I see that it's on... I do! (My husband used to work night shift, up until about a month ago, so I had to watch happy/not scary shows when he was gone!)

America's Got Talent- It's entertaining!

5. Chrisley Knows Best- I'm so embarrassed to admit that I watch this, but my mom told me how funny it was... When we were on our honeymoon, there were only a few channels in English. One day when it rained all day, there was a marathon of this show on... We got hooked. It's so dumb, but so funny.

6. The Tonight Show- I LOVE JIMMY FALLON, but I am hardly ever awake past 10!

7. Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives- Like I said, I love Food Network these days, and this is one that my husband will watch with me!

***These last three are not currently on TV:***

8. Parenthood- If you haven't watched this, WATCH IT. NOW. And have tissues on hand for every episode (or maybe that's just me). 

9. Hart of Dixie- This is one that I watched while Dane was working nights because it was light and funny. It's silly, but I ended up liking it!

10. One Tree Hill- Okay, this is so middle/high school... but I watched it from the day it premiered. It will always hold a special place in my heart! 

currently

I am so excited to link up with Oh Boy Fourth Grade for my first ever CURRENTLY post!

Listening: I am currently listening to Guy Fieri talk about Arizona BBQ on "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" and the puppies (we just got a puppy and are currently puppy-sitting for a friend) chew rawhides, while my husband is researching the new Nike UT Gear (we already watched the hour-long reveal, that was enough for me but not him). 

Loving: I will always love me some summer time. Although I do think year round school would be beneficial for the kiddos, I am (secretly) thankful that the superintendent voted it down. I need this time to regroup, reenergize, revamp, and RELAX.

Thinking: Since I am participating in the TpT Seller Challenge, I am frantically trying to think of what my masterpiece is going to be! I am so intimidated by all these people that have already finished theirs or have been working on it for months... YIKES! I need some inspiration (that should've been my "needing!").

Wanting: I am currently always wanting ice cream, BUT...

Needing: ... I need to eat something healthy (like a piece of lettuce) because my husband and I have eaten out the past THREE meals! So, I'm also needing to go to the grocery store! (I need a lot of things!!!)

All-Star: It's hard for me to think of things that I am good at doing, and especially hard to post it somewhere! I wanted to put "puppy mom" because I feel like we're doing a pretty good job of training this precious girl:

She looks sad because her mommy was out of town.
She's spoiled rotten, I promise. Honestly... she doesn't know
how good she has it! Summer is the perfect time to get a puppy!

  

but I don't know if I'm quite at all-star level yet since she's still going potty in the house... so I asked my husband what I'm good at doing and he said being sweet... 

There ya have it! My first currently!

Charlottes Web Giveaway

I can't pass up a chance to win an entire TpT store! I have hardly even had time to check it out, but it looks awesome! 

Go enter for yourself!