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Would you like to decorate your classroom with fun, hand-drawn anchor charts/posters? Do you simply not have the time to get them done? Well, you have come to the perfect place! I love making these engaging and appealing anchor charts. I also can draw/create any other topic you would like, just contact me directly and ask! My students absolutely love these posters and references them every day. Many of them are visual learners, so the colorful images really help them connect and remember what they have learned. This particular anchor chart is for readers/writers practicing how to summarize. This helps them learn a strategy of how to include the characters, the problem, and the solution. It breaks summarizing down into 5 steps of how to do this, and helps them mentally imagine the beginning, the middle, and the end of a story! **These will be copies unless asked otherwise for a custom poster. They are not laminated, and are printed on normal, anchor chart paper. I ship these out ASAP after being ordered, but please keep in mind once shipped, it is outside of my control. Therefore, if shipping does not meet your expectations, I highly encourage you to please reach out to me first, and we have always been able to work something out to make up for anything that may have occurred after I have sent your package, thanks so much!! Hope you love it :)

I'm fascinated by cookie butter. Do you know what it is? Its a creamy pasty butter made from shortbread type cookies that tastes like a mixture of snickerdoodles and gingerbread. Well, that's the best explanation I can give anyways... the label on the Trader Joe's container says that you just have to try it to know what it tastes like... it's hard to pin down. I made Cookie Butter Cake yesteday and GODDAMN its delicious. I used vanilla cake, and layered straight cookie butter in the middle along with a cookie butter cream cheese frosting. The result was life changing. I have a favorite cream cheese frosting recipe, and it's the only one I use anymore. It contains mostly cream cheese (important), a little butter (little is important) and also sour cream. This gives it a super light consistency that isn't too sweet or too heavy. Ahem: Jes's Favorite Cream Cheese Frosting: 16 oz cream cheese 1/2 c. softened butter 1/4 c. sour cream 4 c. powdered sugar and a dash of vanilla. Whip the cream cheese with the paddle until its super light and smooth. Add the butter and whip again. Add the rest of the ingredients and scrape and whisk until its evenly combined. You can leave the mixer on high speed for a couple minutes to add some extra fluffy air if you would like... I added about a 1/2 cup of cookie butter at the end and the flavor was pleasantly smooth. Frost and devour. xoxo

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