This week we were learning a few prefixes and suffixes! We introduced the lesson with an anchor chart. Here is a super cute flipchart I found on Promethean Planet. It uses Mr. Potato Head to explain the root word, prefixes and suffixes. The class loved it! It includes a short quiz at the end. We used our ActivExpressions for this! Prefix/Suffix lesson with Mr. Potato Head We then made these flipbooks to add to our reader's notebooks. We used the books to quiz partners on prefixes and suffixes. Prefix Flipbook Suffix Flipbook As one of our reviews we completed this page: Prefixes/Suffixes Page
This week in my classroom it’s been all about SUFFIXES!! We started out with an anchor chart and some fun puzzles! Pinterest My students worked with partners to solve a set of puzzles… Pinterest I used the second set of puzzles as a center/literacy station. I printed on colored paper and laminated. I’m not going […]
Organic Molecules Card Game Purpose of game: To reinforce the concept of how atoms combine with carbon to make organic molecules, with special attention to how many bonds each type of atom can make…
The Zettelkasten is a note-taking method that focuses on connecting note cards together. After writing 800 note cards, here's what I learned.
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Peony rubber stamp for shabby chic decoration, wild garden background stamp, boho wedding stationery, southern ceremony, victorian Hand carved stamp to create a cool pattern on any surface. Perfect for fabric, notebooks, post cards, thank you cards, envelopes letters and everything else. Good finish to your snail mail, scrapbooking or project life. Great as a gift for crafters and paper lovers. Diameters 5,4 x 5 cm . Other size can be made upon request (custom order). Made by me in a clean, smoke and pet free studio. All my stamps are unique made with attention to detail. The stamp you recive may very slightly from the picture shown in the listing, such is the nature of it being carved by hand. All my stamps must be tested to ensure that the imprint is just right so a slight ink stain is normal. This does not affect the quality of the stamp. Made to order - production time + estimated delivery days I'm using 06-0,8 cm thick rubber. It is not necessary to wash stamps. Just reprint the stamp several times until the ink stops leaving a trace. If you want clean do it with moist baby tissue. Don't be suprised if your stamp takes on colors from inks. This is normal and will not affect. Never scrub or wipe your stamp. I will be happy to create a combine shipping of my stamps and prints so do not forget looking round my shop for the other stamps. Shipping cost for multiple items is the same! I will love to se what you do with them! Add me on instagram when you publish work with my stamps @szczepanskaewa_ Thank you for visit my shop! Please contact me if you have any questions! Ewa
IMPORTANT INFORMATIONThis is a DIGITAL sewing pattern in a PDF format. The pattern is available for instant download. You can download your file as soon as you complete your purchase. ABOUT THIS PATTERNThis pattern includes step-by-step photo instructions and full-size pattern pieces to make a travel organizer. The organizer is also perfect for everyday use at school, college, office, and in home workspace.It has seven different pockets for storage of postcards, stamps, envelopes, tickets, a map, a guide book, museum booklets, notes and memos. One of the pockets has a zipper closure to keep small items or important papers in safety. The organizer has an adjustable notebook cover. It fits up to 17 cm (6-3/4") width × 22 cm (8-5/8") height notebook (journal, diary) for notes or sketches.There is also a pencil case with a flap which fits four pencils or pens. SIZE:Overall: 49.5 x 23.5 cm (19-1/2" x 9-1/4")Folded: 18.5 x 23.5 cm (7-1/4" x 9-1/4")RECOMMENDED FABRICS: lightweight cotton (quilting cotton).SKILL LEVEL: The pattern is suitable for those who have a basic knowledge of machine sewing and who are familiar with basic hand stitches.LANGUAGE: ENGLISHMEASUREMENTS: in cm and inchesSEAM ALLOWANCES: includedABOUT FILE: The sewing pattern consists of 42 pages of instructions, photos and patterns in a PDF format.REFUNDS & EXCHANGESDue to the digital nature of this item, it is NON-REFUNDABLE.RIGHTS OF USEItems made using this pattern may be sold in your own shop. Mass production, re-sale and distribution of pattern pieces and instructions is PROHIBITED.
Being mean isn’t something I’m naturally good at. I try to be a good person. Try to be thoughtful of others and unselfish. In my writing pursuits I expected this would always serve me w…
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Interactive Notebooks allows the students to document their own learning and reading experiences. Check out this reading interactive notebooks templates
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This week in my classroom it’s been all about SUFFIXES!! We started out with an anchor chart and some fun puzzles! Pinterest My students worked with partners to solve a set of puzzles… Pinterest I used the second set of puzzles as a center/literacy station. I printed on colored paper and laminated. I’m not going […]
DIY Midori Style Traveler's Notebook: A Midori style traveler's notebook is a great project - it's simple to make, and you can use whatever material you have on hand. I love the flexibility of this system, and the fact that you can keep several different books within one cover. In this …
Thank you Pinterest for making this one of my most viewed posts! If you like crafty tutorials, be sure to check out my other fun projects linked above. I am so thrilled to be a part of Scrapbook Heaven's first ever blog hop (and it happens to be my first blog hop, too)! Thanks so much for joining us! If you're popping by here and didn't know the fun that's going on, please go back to Scrapbook Heaven to get all the deets for the Hop. Our members have some wonderful inspiration to share with you..... and also, some great prizes. The theme for the Hop is "Spring in my Step". We'll be sharing a variety of Spring-y projects with you. So here's mine: A *green* journal. There's lots of recycling packed into this little book. Let's get started, shall we? Rescue a pair of poor, ripped, never-to-be-worn-again jeans from the trash and cut yourself a leg and a pocket. Prepare your materials: 2 pieces of denim and chip board (I used the backing of last year's blotter calendar) cut to the same size Patterned paper scraps cut 1/2-3/4" larger than the chipboard A flower embellishment (mine is made from used dryer sheets--more on that later) Cover one side of the chipboard with patterned paper. Make mitered corners by snipping the corners off the paper to a spot equal to the thickness of the chipboard. Glue and fold over edges. This is about the spot in the tutorial that I got a bit excited about the project and completely stopped taking pictures. Sorry about that, but I know you'll get it without the visuals, so here we go. I kept the hem of the jeans in tact on one side, and sewed the other three sides on both pieces. I didn't bother turning the fabric under, but just sewed close to the edge to keep fraying under control. If those little stray pieces bother you, then be sure to add a seam allowance when you cut your denim. Now stitch the pocket to the denim on three sides twice around. And add your little flower embellie. Oh, here's how you make the one I used. Cut a used dryer sheet into four different sized circles (they don't need to be perfect), or use the Sizzix Circles die. Add color to the circles by misting them with ink. Layer the circles from largest to smallest and stitch a button to the center. Glue the pocket-embellished-denim to the front cover, and the plain denim to the back. Cut bunches of scrap paper to size to use as your journal pages. I used leftover paper from a nearly used up spiral notebook, some solid cardstock scraps, and some copy paper. I also like to add some little page protectors to my journals to add bits of this and that. Bind it all together with a binding machine, or use the Crop-a-Dile to punch holes and secure with rings or tied ribbon. Add a bit of ribbon to the binding, and some pens in the pocket. And there you have it, a recycled journal complete with on-board pen holder. Thanks so much for hanging in there through all those directions. Our blog hop runs from today, April 17th until April 20th. Invite your friends to play along! We'll be drawing for prizes on Wednesday, the 21st. Leave a comment here before the 21st for a chance to win an assortment of handmade flower embellies. {Note: these images are the result of my own work, and are copyrighted by me under content of my blog. If you would like to share this project on your site, please use only one photo and include a link back to this page. Thank you!}
When one playing card gets lost or bent or torn, don't relegate the entire deck to the trash! Instead, try out one of these five projects especially created to upcycle your old playing cards.
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In our classroom we have been learning all about prepositions. I usually hate teaching grammar, but these hands-on reading units have made it so much more fun! Pinterest I started off by introducing prepositions with a song… These songs were PERFECT!! If you play them, be prepared for a classroom of little singers that will […]
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Cards and drafts I thought I’d mention a bit about how I use the cards and Post-Its on my plotboard before I get into detail about the different sections of the board. First draft The keyword for this stage is: messy. This is the ideas stage, after all. Flashes of inspiration. Nothing neat about those. In this stage I tend to scribble ideas down on any bit of paper I can find and pin them to the board where I think they’ll be most relevant. Don’t care about what colour or what shape the ideas are written on, as long as they go on the board. Some of them may be thrown away later and some of them may prove to be some kick-butt ideas to take my story forward. No way to know which until I start to write, so everything stays until I’ve finished the first draft. If I don’t use an idea, I keep the bit of paper anyway. For the last book that came in very handy, because ideas that I’d discarded in the first draft helped me revise the book after my editor had seen it and asked for changes. As I write, I use half an index card (cut vertically) and put the bare plot point of the element on the top of the card. For example, some card headings from the previous book were: “Zoe and Damien dance” or “Zoe and Damien reach a truce” or “Zoe goes back home”. At the moment I’m using white cards. I was using yellow, but I discovered I kept running out of yellow index cards and was drowning in the other colours from the multi-coloured packs you can buy. At least I can get white index cards easily in one pack on their own. As I complete a scene, I add an index card to the board. For the previous book I also stuck a small Post-It to the card indicating the goal of the POV character for that scene. Always good to remind yourself what your characters want (and what’s thwarting their progress). In this part of the process, I find myself returning to my board constantly to remind myself of what good ideas I’ve forgotten and to remind myself of where I want to go. It can be hard to hold all of that information in your head. Sometimes, when I’m focussed on a particular part of the story, I forget all about the flashes of inspiration I’ve had about a different sections. That’s where my board comes in handy. It holds all that information for me until I’m ready for it. The plotboard is also useful to remind myself of things I need to go back and change as I get further on in the writing process. I added notes while writing my previous book to change the style of the bride’s wedding ring in the opening scenes and to set up my hero as being a little more stiff and structured. Subsequent drafts/revisions Quite often, after you’ve finished a book, you’re far too close to it to see where the problems lie. I often return to my plotboard, strip it bare of everything but the white cards and look at the story in a more tidy, analytical way. First draft was where I let my creative right brain play. Revisions and editing are much more about the logical left brain. Last time round (after reading Dara Mark’s fabulous book Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc) I decided to look at my book in three threads: What Dara calls the A story – on other words the plot. It’s very easy in a character-led book to slip into classifying internal decisions as plot, but I try and save that for the other threads. The A story is all about the physical action: what are the characters doing? What are the working towards? Where are they going? I used yellow Post-Its. For some reason yellow means plot to me. Dunno why. Sometimes, if the scene heading on the top of the card was enough description on its own, I highlighted that text yellow and didn't bother with the Post-It. Then we have the B story: the character arc. In a romance, you normally have two character arcs or journeys – one for the hero and one for the heroine. I chose green from my pack of Post-Its for this (because green makes me think of growth). On these stickers I noted my characters’ internal journeys – what they started out like, what their character flaws and fears were, what they need to learn. Also, when they had moments of breakthrough and changed, how they faced challenges and either resorted on their armour to keep themselves safe or did something new and brave. At the end of the board it's all about making sure those flaws and fears you mentioned at the beginning have been dealt with. I read through each chapter, saw what I’d already brought out and then I crystalised it into a sentence or two on a Post-It and stuck it on the index card. Quite often it helped me define the character’s growth at that point and I could start to see if I’d brought out the right things or if there was something missing. Then there’s the C story. Dara says there’s always a C story. It’s the relationship that changes the protagonist. Quite often it's through interaction with another person or thing that the protagonist discovers the error of their ways. In a romance, this will be the developing love story. I noted down on pink Post-Its (the only colour I had left - I’m really not anal about what colour goes where) how the hero and heroine were feeling about each other, what the romantic conflict was, and where the milestones were e.g first kiss, first meeting, declarations of love. Again, it helped me check each scene was moving the relationship on in a believable and emotionally logical manner. The odd thing is about this part of the process that I hardly ever look back to see what I’ve put on the board in great detail. Unlike the first draft, when I need reminders, the second draft (or whatever) seems to be much more about the process of plotboarding. As I write it all down it somehow solidifies the story in my head, keeps the threads woven tight together so I can see where things need changing or developing as I work. More detail on each section of the board soon...
playing card books made for a friend. I backed the playing cards with cardstock to make them a bit more sturdy. each book has six signatures of six folios each for 72 pages (144 front and back.) Coptic stitch so that they can lay flat. the queen has plain, unlined paper and the Ace has lined notebook paper.
photography by Trisha Zemp I’m attending 2 conferences this week and I needed some last minute notebooks for my note taking so my stellar intern, Trisha Zemp, came up with this genius notebook idea from a brown paper bag that will take you 5 minutes. You probably already have everything you need to do […]
Hey, there!!! I just finished my contraction unit.. so I’m going to show you everything that is included!! It’s also been added to the 2nd Grade Hands-on Reading LANGUAGE DOMAIN Bundle. This unit was created for second grade, but I think it would also work great for first! In fact, I’m using it with my […]
Anything pocket-sized is cool with me. Grab it and go types of things. And of course, letterpress is always a plus. So I combined a couple of my favorite things for today's diy: a pocket
Accordion Pocket Journal: These unique accordion journals are beautiful and easy to make! Once you have made your first book, you will easily be able to make more in less than one half-hour each. They make special gifts for family and friends!
