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Thanks to Jen from Teacher by the Beach for hosting this cool summer linky. Every Wednesday I'll be highlighting one of my most wish listed products. I'll offer it to you at a discount, but just for the day! (Today I will keep this marked down for 24 hours since I got a late start on posting today.)

Today I'm featuring my Fraction Scoot. I love this game because it covers a variety of skills that students need to know. Skills covered include finding missing numerators and denominators, writing fractions for the shaded and unshaded part of a shape, writing fractions in simplest form, and defining math terms. It's great for assessment, pretest/posttest, practice, or use as task cards at a math center. There are 32 cards (enough for the entire class), an answer sheet, and answer key.

Fraction Scoot sells for $3.00, but today it will be on sale for $2.00. A little more than a 30% savings.

I know you and your students will find this fun and educational!!

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I am so pleased to share a wonderful resource with you, Laura Candler's Mastering Math Facts.

Like most 3rd grade teachers, I want my students to leave my class this year having mastered their multiplication facts. (I require my students to master the facts 2-9. I give 100 problem quizzes with 6 minutes to complete it. They have to get a 99% or 100% to pass.) Before our winter break, we had been well into our study of multiplication. The students were practicing with models, arrays, and pictures.

When I started the timed quizzes, I wanted some kind of motivational program. Laura Candler's resource had just what I was looking for. It is jam packed with not only activities for teaching multiplication and division, but she includes some fun ideas to motivate students.

At the time I received the resource, my students already had a pretty good understanding of the concept of multiplication, so I started with Laura's Times Table Challenge. I gave out the blank chart and set the timer for 9 minutes (just a random time). They did pretty good. Most kids finished with time to spare. I told them to keep the chart in their classwork folder as a resource.

As students pass all of the facts, I will use the more challenging table that Laura includes. The numbers down the side and across the top are mixed, so it will take some extra thought and will show me if they REALLY know them.

Two more resources that I really like are the ice cream sundae and this mini multiplication book. As an individual challenge, students color in the section of the sundae with the number they passed. When all parts are colored, that student will get a special treat of their choice. The green paper is a mini booklet of facts. Some of my kids said they will keep it in the car, so they can study. Good idea!

I love this part of the resource because it was just what I was looking for. Laura created this ice cream cone printable. I'm using this as a class motivator and to track progress of the entire class. When every student has mastered a fact I add a scoop to the cone. When all the scoops are added I will throw an ice cream sundae party for the kids. They are super excited about this. I have the cone displayed on the wall. Along with the cone, I keep a record sheet with each students' name and a star under the facts they have passed. Laura also includes a train display that can be used the same way. The whole class challenge is exciting and it keeps all kids on track and studying for the weekly quizzes.

I have only touched on a tiny portion of Laura Candler's wonderful resource. There are lots and lots of printables for teaching the concepts of multiplication and division along with daily quizzes, ideas for motivation, and math games. I like that she includes alternate ideas for some of the activities along with tips. Her directions are clear and easy to follow. This is one fabulous resource and it's well worth the money. Please check it out!!

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Are you ready? The TpT Back to School sale is very close! August 18th and 19th enjoy 20% off every item in my store PLUS an additional 10% from TpT...for a total of ~~30%~~ 28% (not sure how it works like that. I'm NOT a math person!)
I'm linking up with Where the Wild Things Learn for this fun linky!

I, personally, can not wait to shop! I currently have 136 items on my wish list. Is that crazy or common? I have to admit that I'm addicted to clip art, so there is a TON on my wish list. I couldn't possibly share just one set I want because I'll probably purchase many! There are so many creative, educational resources on my list, too, and I'm also having trouble picking just one. I'm going to because those are the rules of the linky. LOL!

First stop is what I will be purchasing this weekend, for sure! Joanne from Head Over Heels for Teaching is not only a sweetheart of a person, but she is the Queen of the Post-it Notes. I ♥♥♥ the Post-it, too! I am going to have to purchase her Reading with Post-its pack. This pack is a set of templates designed for students to have a place to stick their Post-its after they respond to text. The templates are specific to various reading skills. I think these will really help my 3rd graders stay organized. Click HERE to view this very useful resource! It might be helpful to you, too.

The second part of this linky is to share what other educators find useful at my TpT store. So to begin, my MOST wish listed (is that a word?) item is my Text Features Pack.

This product has 15 colorful poster showing examples of common text features in informational text. I also include 6 activities in this pack. You will find an I Have/Who Has game. Text Features Bingo. A Text Features Treasure Hunt. A graphic organizer for students to use with any informational text they are reading, a prereading activity, and a culminating activity. It is a packed resource!

My second most wish listed product is 3rd Grade Common Core Math Word Wall Cards.

In this set, you'll find 83 vocabulary cards with the term and a visual representation of the word. These are perfect for a word wall, interactive notebook, pocket chart, or even flash cards. I also include 5 header signs with the name of the anchor standard.

What's on your wish list?? Don't forget to enter the code BTS13 at checkout to get the TpT discount!

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It's my first Sunday of summer break and I am being LAAAAZY!

Last night was my daughter's dance recital. Let me tell you it was so beautiful! One of the best I've been to. (She was in 11 dances with 6 costume changes.) The theme was Broadway and there were several dances that actually brought tears to my eyes. Well, most of the time that I watch Lily dance I get teary. (In fact, she told me after that during one song she knew I would be crying!) When I watch my little girl dancing, I know she is doing what she LOVES the most and that makes me really happy!!

Here is my cutie in one of her costumes.

(I had to learn French braid and smoky eyes for this recital, quite a challenge for me. Both came out really nice though.)

Here is an attempt at a "nice" family photo after the recital. Came out cute, but my son wasn't in it.

Did you just see that "serious" photo? Well if you were to look through my photos and scrapbooks you would see very few pictures like that one. Here is what you would see:

I had no idea they were all making these faces, but this is a completely natural shot! Cracks me up because it's SO us!

After the recital, we headed to a local pizza place with the studio owners/teachers (we go to a nice family owned studio). One of the dance instructors happens to be good friends with a young man, Shane, who was just in the audition show for So You Think You Can Dance. If you don't watch or missed this particular audition, check it out HERE. Shane is an amazing dancer and very kind person. (He made it to Las Vegas, but I'm not sure what happened there.) It was quite a thrill for Lily to hang out and have pizza with him.

Now on to the MATH Mentor Text Linky with Collaboration Cuties.

I love all of the books by David Schwartz and I use them each year when introducing certain math concepts.
This first one is perfect for place value and helping kids understand larger numbers.

Here are some pages from the book.

Another book I use often is all about measurement.

Kids think that our customary units have been around "forever", but this book helps them understand why and how today's units came to be. I like how it teaches the history of measurement.

Since I don't have my classroom library here at home, LOL, I'm going to "cheat" a little this summer with the Mentor Text Linky. I brought home this wonderful resource book, Reading Aloud Across the Curriculum by Lester Laminack. It is basically an anthology of picture books for all areas of the curriculum. I do refer to it if I need a book for a specific concept and sometimes I find a book in it that I already own.

Here is sample of the Table of Contents:

Thanks for stopping by today!

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I am lovin' this linky with the Collaboration Cuties!

My first thought was "Math? What books do I use?" THEN I went to my classroom library and remembered! I had a little giggle because I have a basket dedicated just to math...how could I forget?!

Here are the books in my math collection. I do like to use them when I introduce a concept.

I picked three specifically to share today. The first is Mathematickles. Not only is this a good book to share during math, but it's a perfect addition to your poetry collection.

Take a peek at how these poems are written in the form of math problems and they are all about seasons. Students would have to do some creative thinking to write poems in this form. I am going to add these to our poetry writing this month. I think my kids will love the challenge!

Here are the other two books:

I love dogs and I love Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy. (Check out Loreen's blog HERE)

If you are studying measurement in math, this is a must read! I like to use it as an introduction to our measurement unit.

G is for Google is a neat A to Z book about math. This is one of my favorite pages. I used to say this all the time when I was younger! I was NOT a math kid!