Win, Loss and a Thing of Cost - Back to School Edition

It's Wednesday again!

I hope you will join Matt at Digital: Divide and Conquer

and myself for another edition of...

WIN:

One of my teammates will be on maternity leave

for the first 8 weeks of school.

Yesterday we found out who the sub will be.

Even though we will miss our friend,

we are really excited about the sub that was hired.

 

LOSS:

This is my last Wednesday on vacation.

No need to explain.

 

THING OF COST: 

I've made three different sets of task cards

for you to use at the beginning of the year.

 

Get to Know Your Students

Get to Know Your Teacher

Get to Know Your School

 

Here I am showing you the full bundle,

but I'm also selling each set on their own.

 

You can place the cards around the room

and let the students fill in their responses on the sheet provided.

Another option is to have a card of the day.

You can also use the cards as time fillers

the first few weeks of school.

 

Right now, the cards are 25% off at my Teacher's Notebook store.

The sale ends on the 8/18.

The cards can also be found at my TpT store.

 

 

I'd love to give the bundle away for free to one of my followers.

Comment below and I will pick a winner on Thursday morning.

 

Tell me the name of a song that you turn up

loud when you hear it, but would not

admit to others that you love the song.

 

I'll share first...

Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke.

 

Ready...Go!

Congrats Ursula!  Check your email for my task cards.

 

Don't forget to link up with your

Win, Loss and Thing of Cost.

Win, Loss and A Thing of Cost

I'm on my way to work on my classroom

so this post will be short and sweet!

Today is Wednesday and it's time

for us to share...

WIN

My room is pretty close to being finished

and then I can start lesson plans.

I have a goal to have everything done

by next Tuesday.

Then I can enjoy my last few days of vacation.

LOSS

Things are going well for me.

I guess I'll stick with my usual loss

and say I would like a few super

hot weather days before school starts.

My girls and I have not had

any sprinkler or pool time.

It's just too cool outside for us.

THING OF COST

I went to Mendards and got some

cheap carpeting for my classroom.

I was really excited because it is black 

and only cost 49 cents a square foot.

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Win, Loss, A Thing of Cost - Projects, Stressed and AWESOME Mechanical Pencils

Why do I love linky parties?

They give my writing a focus.

Otherwise, I feel like I keep on rambling...

like right now.

 

So I'm here with another edition of

WIN:

I've finally started to work on some school projects.

School starts in about three weeks,

so I still have some time.

I'm hoping to have a few finished products

to show you in the next few weeks.

 

LOSS:

I'm starting to get a little stressed.

I do this every summer.

I bring home school work

and make a ton of lists.

I tell myself I will do a little everyday

and have it all done by July.

That didn't happen, again!

 

A THING OF COST:

Papermate 1.3mm Mechanical Pencils

The father of a student from last year

works for Papermate.

One day she brought me two of these pencils.

I fell in love!!

They have a thick, triangular body.

I AM describing a pencil, nothing else.

The lead is thicker,

so it doesn't break off like the traditional mechanical pencils.

Also, they come in some really fun colors.

The eraser is a good size and last a long time.

Again, describing a pencil.

 

I'm going to buy some for myself

and maybe as part of a Back to School gift for my new class.

 

So, don't be shy.

Come and join the party with

Matt at Digital: Divide and Conquer

and myself.

 

 

Win, Loss and a Thing of Cost (only $1)

I'm slowly getting settled in at home after our vacation.

My Wednesday routine is sharing my thoughts for...

WIN 

I know I posted about this yesterday,

but it's all I've been doing for the past week.

The Outer Banks, NC was just wonderful.

Blue skies and hot temperatures everyday

made the beach so much fun.

My stepbrother, sister-in-law and niece joined us

on the trip.

I really enjoyed getting so close with them.

 

Have you ever been to the Outer Banks?

 

LOSS

That's easy...

our road trip/vacation is over!

 

THING OF COST 

I recently updated my Midwest States Task Cards.

 

There are 16 cards to help review the following states:

North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,

Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Illinois,

Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.

A recording sheet is also included.

 

I've got them marked down to $1.00

so hop on over to my store and pick them up.

 

Please Matt and I for our linky.

We'd love to hear what is new with you!

 



Win, Loss and a Thing of Cost

Today is Wednesday and time for another....

WIN:  My teammates and I got together and planned out

a math schedule for next year.

We are starting math Common Core and a new math series.

It was great to look over the district pacing guide

and fill in our monthly calendars.

This is something we have done in the past

and it just helps us to stay on track.

 

LOSS:  I saw this on Pinterest and I was so excited to try it.

It was a post telling me how to easily clean my oven

using only baking soda and water.

I love to clean and this process didn't use any nasty chemicals.

 

The loss is that it didn't work.

I don't know what I did wrong,

but I was really disappointed.

 

A Thing of Cost:  This is a shout-out to my Linky Buddy Matt

over at Digital: Divide and Conquer.

  

Before school ended,

Matt came into my room

and completed this activity with my class.

My kids LOVED it and so did I.

 

Matt let students choose a card

and then he scanned it.

All of this was done on the IPad which

was projected onto the front board.

Of course, this could easily be a center activity

or a learning activity when a student finishes their assigned work.

 

After the students saw the visual,

they filled in one of the activity sheets that Matt provided for them.

 

There was a ton of discussion opportunities

and vocabulary was a big part of it too.

You could make the lessons an hour long and do a few activities

or choose just one for a shorter lesson.

 

It's just a really neat product

that I haven't seen before.

There are so many different ways to use it

and you know that kids love technology!

 

If you have any questions about using this product

in your classroom, ask Matt.

But I would be more than willing to answer

your questions too.

 

We hope you will once again link up and share with us

A Win

A Loss

and a Thing of Cost!

Win, Loss, and a Thing of Cost...and a little something for you!

How is your summer going?

I feel like its going by so fast,

but it is still so nice to have the time off.

 

It is Wednesday and so I hope you

will join Matt and I for...

WIN:  My blog has reached 300 followers!

I can't believe that many people have some

interest in what I have to say.

I appreciate it so much!

As a way to say thank you,

my Word Work - Initial Consonant Blends Set #1 

will be "a little bit longer than a flash" freebie until later this afternoon.

 

 

It's not much, but I think a lot of you can use it.

Thank you so much for being my follower!

 

LOSS:  I ate 1/2 a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos in one day.

 

I love chips and that is why I never buy them.

If they are in the house, I will eat them.

I bought them to have with sandwiches

because I can't eat a sandwich without chips.

Anyone else have weird eating rules?

 

Thing of Cost:  This super cute bag from Target.

 

My sister received this type of bag as a gift,

but it was Vera Bradley.

I loved her bag, so I looked online...

$120!

I don't love it that much.

Mine was $29.99.

 

Matt and I would love it if you linked up with us.

Share with us a win, loss and a thing of cost!

Be sure to head over to my store for the flash freebie.

 

Win, Loss, A Thing of Cost - New Linky!

I'm so excited for today.

I've loved being a part of so many linky parties.

Today is the day I am going to try my own.

Well, kind of my own, as I'm joining

Matt at Digital: Divide and Conquer

for this great adventure.

Win: I made fruit roll-ups.

It was so easy to make and

they were made with real fruit!

The steps are above.

After you cook the fruit,

spread it on a baking sheet.

Be sure to put down parchment paper

and spray it with oil.

Bake on the lowest setting for 5-8 hours.

You may need to open the oven door slightly

to let some moisture out.

They taste really good.

 

Loss: I haven't started any school planning.

I know a lot of you will tell me

not to worry, but I do.
Look at my three ideas I'm writing about today.
 None of my ideas are about school.

Have you seen all the products people

are putting up on Pinterest

and ideas they are showing on their blogs?

Where are people finding the time to do this?

Is this a loss or me venting?

 

Thing of Cost:  H20 Blasters

$1.00 at Dollar Tree

 



 

Each on is 26" long.

Just put the tube into a bucket,

pull back the handle

and it fills with water.

They are easier for some little kids

to use than the ginormous water guns.

 

Now it's your turn!

Share a win, loss and a thing of cost.

YES - your thing of cost can be a product you created

or even one that someone else created.

Keep it short and sweet.

 

Please be sure to copy the button at the top,

add it to your post and link it back to my page.