Dirt Road Teacher: I'm So Excited... Sales and Giveaways!!!

It's true!!! I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it... ~~I'm about to lose control~~...well that would be going a little too far, right?!?! I am very excited about the sale, and kind of excited about the new school year, and I love my looping ~~firsties~~ now second graders... what is the cool word for that? Maybe I will just call them groupies or loopies this year! ;) Haha!

Anyway... the big sale is on at Teachers Pay Teachers, I am part of a huge giveaway (see rafflecopter below) and it's my weekend to blog for our Tips and Tools series from the Primary Peeps!

We have been sharing Tips and Tools all summer and I know many of you haven't been reading this summer... shame, shame!!! You know that will cause you to get behind ;) But lucky for you, I am here to recap all of our amazing freebies and the Tips and Tools posts so far!

Ok... so here goes!

In our first week, Leah from Grasty's 2nd Grade Goodies shared an amazing planning tool to kick off our series with her math planning pack for 2nd grade.

The second week was up to me! How could I follow Leah's example... TALK ABOUT PRESSURE!!! Soooo, I created a long overdue Classroom Volunteer Toolkit. The toolkit includes a contract, to do lists, copying instructions sheet and a questionnaire for volunteers.

This is a small section from my collection of editable planners available as well.

Lisa at PAWSitively Teaching has researched and posted the best sales all summer long. Make sure you check out the deals she has posted and grab her freebie Telling Time Task Cards with a cute baseball theme.

Since I am moving up to 2nd grade this year, I will be anxious to get started with these task cards and so thankful for something not "cutesy" that my boys will enjoy!

Julie at A First for Everything shared a wonderful set of short vowel task cards.

These would be a quick, fun way to see where your new firsties are at the beginning of the year.

Amy from Lessons with Mrs. Labrasciano shared some tips on setting up a classroom.

She also has some tutorials on her blog about the continuos ink supply system and making a cute, colorful wreath for back to school.

Marissa at Inspired Owl's Corner has created this wonderful editable tool for students to track their homework for the week with this week at a glance planner page.

I am certainly going to be using this one this school year!

Last week my dear friend Autumn at Coast to Coast Kinders shared some very cute and useful center signs.

She also shared how she manages centers so be sure to read her blogpost!

So this week is back to me... I have shared this earlier this summer, but like I said... I know some of you weren't reading!!! Shame, shame! ;) This is an important tool so I want to make sure you all get it NOW :) This is an editable emergency info section from my planners that allows you to document everything you need to know in an emergency situation. You can grab this binder and get where you need to be. It includes a parent information page, a page for documenting who you have made contact with for each student, a page for parents to sign students out should you be relocated and pages to document what, where, when, etc for a variety of emergency situations.

Be sure to download this, edit it right on your computer and print out for the new school year. AND if you are interested in a beautiful, editable planner in your choice of themes, please check out editable teacher binders/planners during the sale... you will get them for $4.32!