Sunday, March 11, 2012

CCS Posters - Ten New Themes!

I added five new themes to my Common Core Posters kits for third, fourth, and fifth grades. I also gave face-lifts to the original five. So now the kits have a total of ten themes. My favorite is the "woodland trees and creatures" theme you see below. For a closer look at all ten themes, download a free preview of them at TPT.



Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Free St. Patrick's Day Papers

I was browsing the web looking for green paper and I came across this collection of high resolution St. Pattie's Day scrapbooking papers. There are eighteen in all and they are free for personal use!


Saturday, February 25, 2012

Third Grade Common Core Standards Posters

Just in time for Leap Day! The Grade 3 Illustrated Common Core Posters are done! You can check them out by following this link. I've posted some of the illustrations below:

There are eleven themes included with this Common Core Poster Kit. Pictured to the right in green is the "cute little bugs" themes, which has butterflies, ladybugs, earthworms and bees. There's also a woodland trees and creatures theme, a rainbow theme, a fifties retro theme, a cut and paste theme, a comic superhero theme, and five more!

Just like my fourth and fifth grade posters, these posters come in "We can" and "I can" versions.

The cute owl graphic in the photo is from Clker.co.





Monday, January 23, 2012

Thanks to Victoria Leon and Kathleen at Info & Lit : A Librarian's Blog for nominating “Creative Classroom Resources” for the Liebster Award.

Info & Lit : A Librarian's Blog http://infoandlit.blogspot.com/

The Best of Teachers Pay Teachers

Here's a little background on the award:
Liebster means “dearest” in German, and the award is intended to help up-and-coming blogs get the attention they deserve.

In order to accept the award, the blog owner must do the following:
  1. Copy and paste the award on our blog.
  2. Link back to the blogger who gave us the award.
  3. Pick our five favorite blogs with less than 200 followers, and leave a comment on their blog to let them know they have been nominated.
  4. Hope that the five blogs chosen will keep spreading the love and pass it on to five more blogs.
I am pleased to accept this award and would like to pass it along to the following great blogs:


Middle School Maestros
http://www.middleschoolmaestros.com/

Math Slideshows

Artistry of Education

Hunger Games Lessons

The Enlightened Elephant

Be sure to check out these great blogs.
Thanks again to Victoria Leon and Kathleen for nominating me for the Liebster Award.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Ponyboy and the Gang Get a New Look!

It's been 52 years since they were teenagers banging around the streets of Tulsa!

I updated the PowerPoint with some cool new illustrations and backgrounds. Have a look! Thanks to MMG for the superb illustration of the Outsiders!






Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Fourth Grade Common Core Standards Posters Illustrated Version

Winter vacation brought warm weather (it was seventy-five in Southern California, where the grandparents live!) Mom's peanut butter squares (yum), and time to finish projects. I'm happy to say I finished the fourth grade common core standards posters. A big thank you to all the fourth grade teachers who gave me feedback and inspiration along the way.

I've posted a few of my favorite graphics from the project here. Have a look!

I get a kick out of creating an image that really shows the concept or skill behind each standard. I'm always looking for ways to make improvements to the illustrations. If you have any feedback or ideas, I'd love to hear about it. You can leave a comment here or contact me through Blogger.

You can download the posters from my TPT store.

There are posters for the math and ELA fourth grade standards. They are written in both "I can..." and "We can..." The poster kit also includes five "themes."