Setting up Your iPad to your DOE email

I learned something new today and wanted to share. A colleague was reading her DOE email from her cell phone! I had no idea how this was possible (I'm not very techie...I know enough to get the job done and not much more). I asked her how she did it and she sent me the following pics, which I am now sharing with you =)

Most schools are beginning to request that memos be sent via email; morning announcements; ratings; and so much more. Just think - no more having to log in to see if you received an email to your DOE account. Now you'll be notified on your phone as soon as you get an email!

*This is in ADDITION to the email account that you already have set up! You do NOT have to choose one email account over another. You can access both (or more) from the same app =)

Hope this makes life a smidgen easier (at least!)

Domain: Central

Description: Exchange

Server: mail.nycboe.net

Taking on a New Role

I don't know about you, but I am EXHAUSTED! This year I'm taking on a new role and really looking forward to see what lies ahead for me. How many of you have heard of "Teacher Leaders?" (It's a new position within the DOE) 

I will be responsible to help support 15 schools, including elementary, middle, and high school. I have been going through intensive training for the past 3 weeks from 8am - 4pm and I'm beat!!

I'm not sure how my material will change (being that my primary focus has always been elementary school) but I know it will change to include a wider audience. 

Soooooo, if you notice that one day I'm blogging and sharing pic's about an elementary topic, and the following week I'm blogging about high school...this is the reason!

It's not because I decided to create a schizophrenzic blog =) 

I think I'm going to print out this image and hang it up in my office...

Good Writers Use Their VOICES

I'm getting ready for Back-to-School with my new writing bulletin board poster set and strategy cards for the 6 traits of writing.

Good Writers Use Their VOICES:

Voice

Organization

Ideas

Conventions

Excellent Word Choice

Sentence Fluency

Includes the 6 posters (as outlined above) with and without clipart (for a total of 12 posters) and a total of 52 strategy cards to display under each trait! 

Click HERE to get your Writing set!

Animate Your Pinterest

I just learned how to do the COOLEST and EASIEST thing to my Pinterest Pins! It's also a great way to show off your newest products...ANIMATE them!!! This is the latest Pinterest craze (although I'm sure there will be a new craze next week! Lol!) I read this fantastic post by Regina Frazier over at 123KTeach on "How to Create Animated GIFs for Marketing on Pinterest and Blogs."

This is what your Pinterest pin will look like...

You can start creating your FREE animated GIFs by clicking HERE.

Follow these 5 easy steps:

1. Create your images the way you normally do.

2.Click "Upload Image" and upload as many images as you want displayed.

3.On the right hand side under "Control Panel" leave the "Canvas Size" at 100%

4. Animation Speed is however fast or slow you want your images to be displayed. I have my speed set to 500.

5. Click "Create Now" and your Gif is saved!!

*You have an option to add music to your image, but the music will not play on Pinterest.

Happy Pinning Everyone!

Back-to-School Sale & A Giveaway!

In the spirit of "Back-to-School" I'm hosting a Teacher's Notebook GIVEAWAY. I'll be giving away a new product every week! All you have to do is click the link on the right (TN GIVEAWAY) to enter!

Each week you can come back to see what product I'll be giving away! 

Good Luck!

Also, If you haven't heard already, TpT is having their annual Back-to-School sale on August 4 and 5! 

All of my products are 28% off with the code below!

Click HERE to load up your shopping cart!

Currently August

Is it really August already?? I'm actually a few days late linking up with Farley over at Oh' Boy 4th Grade because I didn't even realize we were in August! That means my vacation is halfway through. What are you "Currently" up too?

500 Follower Giveaway

I can't believe the amazing response I've received with this giveaway. Thank you so much to all of you who have supported me (HUGE Smile!) I am now changing the name of my giveaway to "500 Followers" - so here it goes... I'm so excited to have reached 500 followers on TpT that I'm giving away a TpT $50 Gift Certificate. Think of all the wonderful goodies you could scoop up over the summer in preparation for the upcoming school year! This giveaway will end on August 4th so enter today!

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Think Like a Scientist!

I'm on a roll now! I'm loving these lap books. Come take a looky at my newest science lap book. The best thing about this lap book is that you can use it for multiple topics in science. I tried to keep the foldables as generic as possible...yet still cute enough to display. So, I made templates with words on it for myself and how I will use it in the classroom, and templates with no words in order for you to be as creative with your lessons that you want to be!

Click HERE to get your "Think Like a Scientist" lap book!

Resources For Educators

It was a long time in the making but I finally completed the first resource in my new line...

For Educators (Because We're Not Dummies). 

I was inspired by the "For Dummies" book collection. Click the link below to get a FREE sample of the larger packet and let me know what you think ;-)

GET YOUR FREE SAMPLE PAGES HERE

 ...and here's a sneak peek at the next resource in this collection....

I'm hoping to have this classroom management resource completed by the end of August. So make sure you check back to get your free sample pages!!

If you're looking for more freebies, check out these great link-ups!