So here's how it went down:
- Michelle gave my email to Tracee Orman who had agreed to gift one of her Hunger Games lessons.
- Tracee emailed me and offered to swap that out if I wanted. (Since I teach 5th grade in a conservative Catholic (redundant?) school, AND I ♥love♥ her clipart, I was more than thrilled by her generous offer.)
- I emailed Tracee back, and said I would love any clip art she chose to send me.
- Tracee emailed me TONS of clip art - AND, as if all that weren't enough (it totally was), a copy of one of her best sellers Creative Activities & Project Ideas to use with ANY Novel, Story, or Unit! OMGenius - this thing is chock full of great ideas and templates! She was over-the-top GENEROUS!!
People ~ You must go visit Tracee's store and check out her stuff!! And if you do teach older students, you MUST check out her HGs lessons - she's a rock star!
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To spread the bloggy love, I've created two new writing aides for my students and can't wait to share them with you as FREEBIES!
The first was inspired by Emily at I Love My Classroom. Don't worry, I asked permission first! I plan to print these on sticky paper and stick them in the students writing folders. The file prints two to a page, so they'll fit on the pockets very nicely.
I know it's fuzzy, but I promise the real one is crystal clear.
The second thing I want to share I came up with while I was writing the Rainbow Editing page. Spelling is always a challenge for my students. And I liked Emily's idea for using spell check, but I don't want my students to rely on it. So I created the following anchor chart. Again I will print these two to a page on sticky paper and add them to the writing folders.
Click either picture to download from my TpT store.
BTW - I love to print to sticky paper rather than glue stick things down. Glue-sticked (love making up my own words!) papers never stay all year; the corners curl up and get gross. Sticky paper works better for me and is totally worth the investment!
And, since I made these, I'm thrilled to be linking up with Tara for the first time ever!
Let me know if you download these and what you think!
19 comments :
Very cool! How much more expensive is the sticky paper? I'll have to look into to it. I don't like the curling, either. Thanks for sharing!
~Andi
Love this!
✣ Miss Nelson✣
Miss Nelson’s Blog
I love these! Thanks for sharing! I am a new follower of your blog. I love the design.
Krista
stellar-students
I love rainbow editing! Great posters!
Liliris
Fourth Grade Garden
Great ideas. Thanks for sharing.
Jill
Bubbalulu.blogspot.com
Those turned out great!
Thanks for the link up. =)
Emily
I Love My Classroom
www.ilovemyclassroom.blogspot.com
Wonderful ideas! I'm your newest follower and a former Catholic School teacher. I am glad I had the opportunity to work with REAL "magicians" who make something happen from nothing every single day. I sense you are one of these magicians! I'd love to have you stop by my fourth grade site at
uncommontothecore.blogspot.com
Nikki :) An Uncommon to the Core Teacher
Thanks so much for the shout-out, Lynn! :) I was more than happy to accommodate because what's the point of winning something you can't use! LOL I'm so glad you'll be able to get some use out of them.
I totally agree about the glue-sticked papers! So much humidity accumulates in my classroom and their collages always fall apart early in the year.
I cannot believe I hadn't seen you blog before. Love it! I'm going to post your button on my other blog: Mrs. Orman's Classroom (www.traceeorman.com)
Thanks, again, Lynn!
-Tracee
Thanks for the freebie! I'm your newest follower!
Allie
The Gypsy Teacher
Love the Rainbox editing! How fun for the kids and productive as well! I am your newest follower- looking forward to sharing ideas!
-Krista
The Second Grade Superkids
I love your signs. Where do you get the sticky paper?
~April
The Idea Backpack
ideabackpack@gmail.com
I love the rainbow editing. I have had the same issue with glued on papers. Never thought of using sticky paper. Thanks for the tip!
Misty
Think, Wonder, & Teach
I love these. Thanks for sharing. I'm your newest follower! :)
~Mimi
5thGradeRocks5thGradeRules
Thank you for sharing what you made. I think I can make it work for some of my second graders.
Lorena
Little Treasures
I love the rainbow letters. A great idea for editing. I am also your newest follower. I would love to have you come and visit my blog.
www.ateacherwithoutaclass.com
Thanks everyone for the sweet words! A lot of people asked about the sticky paper. I buy it at Staples, and it comes in sheets you just run through the printer. I don't remember how much it is, but it's totally worth it!
✿Lynn
Hi, I am a new follower. I love Rainbow Editing. I tried to download from TpT, but it wouldn't let me for some reason. I will try again later.
Michelle
http://owlsareahoot.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the Rainbow Editing notes. I am going to print them off for my 4th graders. What a great idea!
Hi there!!! Welcome to my linky:) So glad you could link up and hope you can come back next week! Love your editing goodies and so sweet of you to share them for free:) Thanks bunches:)
4th Grade Frolics
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