CHa.Cha.Cha.CHANGES

AH! I'm popping out of my crazy ~RaBbIt HoLe~ to say HELLO! How are you? Thanksgiving is right around the corner...youv'e got this!

I got this great idea to redo some product covers and then proceed to update some products and let's just say I am having fun! There are so many things I didn't know then that I know now AND way better fonts and other things that I have discovered since my TPT journey started.

 Out with the old and in with the new! It's been a lot of fun and I'm still trucking along!

Here are some of the fun updates!!!

This is a newly posted product that I need to blog about ASAP! I have pictures ready to go and everything! There's always more to a product than is on TPT!

Fraction, Decimal, and Percent LOVE

FRACTIONS in ACTION

Can't get enough angles...I'm sad they aren't in the 6th Grade core...I love teaching GEOMETRY!

Orders of Operations with SWAG

I LOVE MY S.C.I.E.N.C.E. people!!! All of my science products are getting streamlined and I love it! If you need vocabulary poster cards or word wall words--I'm your girl! 

I'll be popping in this weekend and with some F!U!N! proportion and percent things that I want to share (well...this weekend is the goal!)

Anyways!

OVER AND OUT!

Weekend TeachersPayTeachers SALE

If you are reading this you survived HALLOWEEN and a FULL MOON!!! So high five yourself and feast upon a treat! 

Stop by my store and grab a treat or two! I know I am going to be stocking up on a few things to help make it through November! (even if it's lots of fonts and clipart!)

Here's a link to my store https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Beth-Van
or click here!

Over and Out Friends!

FREEBIE Ghosts, Monsters, AND RATIOS

 I have a treat for you! Is October like this madness, chaotic, fly-by-the-seat of your pants time of year for anyone else? It might just be me but I was hoping for a few other people were in the same club too!

While Halloween is on Saturday this year (ya-hoooo) I know that you will be celebrating on FRIDAY and need some tricks up your sleeves! So print up one of these and get it copied before everyone dashes to the copy machine to stock up on Halloween activities.

Here's something that I've done with my kiddos. I'm still all about RATIOS right now (I promise I love other things too and that other activities are in the works) so here's some spooky practice for your students!



Scroll down for the answers!

Also don't forget to check out some fun RATIO products in my store! I've poured my RATIO loving heart into these products!

12 SWEET Ratio Activities! Task Flip Strips, Solve and Color, Table Building, and MORE! (percentages and proportions also included)

Are you needing a BIG JUST RATIO review? THIS is your ticket!

Answers to RATIOS ARE SPOOKY are...just imagine that they are each written three different ways ;)
#1 7:4 #2 4:3 #3 3:2 #4 2:3 #5 3:5 #6 4:2 #7 3:7 #8 2:4 #9 2:6 #10 6:3

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No Fear: Asking Questions on TeachersPayTeachers (for BUYERS)

Whether you sell on teacherspayteachers or are just a purchaser...what do you think about the question tab? I personally LOVE it both as a buyer and as a seller. Here's how and when to use it!

If you are looking for something specific ask to be sure that it is exactly what you want! That is totally totally fine! If it doesn't maybe another seller does or the seller that you asked could whip up what you need really fast and post it. It never hurts to ask! I've been approached by a teacher to create something and turns out LOTS of other teachers wanted the same thing. WINWIN.

With the ebb and flow of the internet links gets messed around and pinterest plays tricks on us. A seller might still have that something in their store or it might be something that they posted on their blog. Have you even seen something on instagram (my personal fav), Facebook, or pinterest from a certain seller? Sometimes they don't have it in their store but your interest could light their fire to create it! 

Sometimes you find something awesome and to keep the flow of things want to know if the seller has any other similar products in the works...they probably do! Sellers are happy to tell you yay or nay.

Many hours of work go into products and even though they are edited sometimes small mistakes slip through our fingers (just like text book publishers and authors of books). However, with teacherspayteachers a seller can quickly go in and change it and have an updated product posted super quickly. How awesome is that?! AND all sellers appreciate the help and other purchasers do too. 

If you are having trouble downloading your file trying asking the seller! They may or may not be able to help you (most of the time it's the buyer's computer that is having the trouble). But let the seller know--and let them know if you get it to work. Often times if you are in a pinch they can email you the product and sometimes that's they easiest way. However, keep in mind that some products are SUPER large and can't be emailed because of their file type or size!

PRINTING however is a whole 'nother issue and the seller has no control over that! Usually printers are the part going haywire! Erica Bohrer at Erica's Ed-Ventures has a fabulous troubleshooting blog post that I recommend. She included just about every technical issue! Whenever buyer's ask me, I send them along to her blog for help! Teacherspayteachers also has a list of troubleshooting ideas as well. So ask if your product won't print but be prepared to do some work on your end!

AND last of all. Sometimes you can just drop a nice note buy a seller. Say you've already left feedback another nice note about how much you love their resources never hurts either!

NOW! It's time to go shopping! AND if you are SELLER stop by later this week for some tips that I have for YOU concerning your QUESTION and ANSWER section!

Over and OUT!

Let's LOG ON & Breaking Up and Branching OUT from that Book Series

Let's talk reading logs, shall we? In an effort to stay organized this is my tried and true method to keep up with reading logs. You will love it. And I swear by it. So you're going to love it even more. I hope. Thanks for reading by the way. Whether you are a co-worker, friend, pinterest pal, or instagram instafriend, or blog stalker. Thanks for reading!


Every summer I re-read The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller. I really like her ideas about reading and how to get my students excited about reading and that they can read anything they want with just a few goals attached to their reading to keep them accountable. I love her idea of genre goals and getting kiddos to branch out. I LOVE series of books...don't get me wrong. But after 10 "Series of Unfortunate Events" books I think it's time to move ON! I said it! Move on child! There are bigger and better and happier reads out there. There are more genres and you won't know if you like it until you try it!

The trend in children's lit for the last 10 years or so are series (Hunger Games, Maze Runner, Origami Yoda, Fablehaven, Insurgent, 39 Clues) but the tides are changing and I'm a tad bit excited. Most publishers are wanting one book stories. I love series' (how does this grammar work...I struggle) for the fact that one can change a child from a reading hater to bibliophile in a page turn...BUT sometimes the series becomes a crutch...and I love the genre goal to help my kiddos out! It throws in some self-competition and goals that they set themselves and achieve.

Hence the reading log--it's one of my organizational tools that helps me assess how my students are moving along. I can see trends and when it's time to have that DTR (determine the relationship) with a series so my students can move on, breakup, and branch out. They're only 11 so they need assistance with this. Along with that, I like them to visually graph their progress on a Reading Genre Tracker. I L.O.V.E. this to see what genres students love. It helps me to recommend things in that genre as well as other books in different genres so they can try something new.

You should see my readers! We read all the time! I love those moments when students find something they love or discover something new. Don't you? It's a goosebump moment that we teachers live for! So try it! Try the genre goals and try the visual tracker. I have my kiddos use colors for each term or grading period (whatever you call it) so I can see how they are progressing with their goals.

YOU ARE AWESOME. So grab a free download of this in my teacherspayteachers shop, leave me some lovely feedback, and follow me on instagram! And GOOD LUCK. School is right around the corner!

Reading Log and Genre Tracker HERE