TPT Seller Challenge – The Teaching Texan https://theteachingtexan.com Tales of Caffeine Drinkin', Paint Slingin', Glitter Lovin' Teacher Thu, 29 Dec 2016 03:34:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://theteachingtexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Favicon.png TPT Seller Challenge – The Teaching Texan https://theteachingtexan.com 32 32 TPT Seller Challenge Week 3: Create Your Masterpiece! https://theteachingtexan.com/tpt-seller-challenge-week-3-create-your/ https://theteachingtexan.com/tpt-seller-challenge-week-3-create-your/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:38:00 +0000 https://theteachingtexan.com/2015/06/29/tpt-seller-challenge-week-3-create-your/
It’s week 3 of the #TPTSellerChallenge!  This week is all about creating a masterpiece!
Let me tell you what, I’ve created just that!  This labor of love has taken me several months to complete.  But guess what?!  It is finally FINISHED!  It’s also the sibling of my best selling [Math Intervention Binder].

Before I jump into the specifics of my [Reading Intervention Binder], I’d like to share a bit of background on how intervention is done in my classroom.

First, lets start off by taking a look at when intervention happens in
our classroom.  Each day (Monday-Thursday) we are fortunate enough to
have an Intervention Team (I-team) visit for a 50 minute block.  The
block is divided into two 25-minute portions.  During this time, the
Tier 3 kiddos work with an I-team teacher, while Tier 2 kiddos work with
me.  I do one rotation of literacy, then one rotation of mathematics. 
While all of this is happening, Tier 1 kiddos work on various activities
(AKA centers) such as iPad apps, math/literacy centers, read to self,
etc (similar to Daily 5 without the mini-lessons).
On Fridays we still have I-Time but the I-Team doesn’t visit the
classroom.  I use this time to meet with some of my Tier 1 kiddos to
make sure that they are getting the necessary extensions that they need
to keep advancing.  This is also the day that my Tier 2 & 3 kiddos
get to independently work during I-time through centers activities practicing the
skills that we have been focused on throughout the week.
All of this is great, but who has the time to make a bazillion-and-one
activities to target all of the MANY, MANY skills that we should be
covering during intervention???  I know that I don’t!  Time with kiddos
during intervention is so precious that I need to be prepared, ready to
go, and in a hurry!
Fortunately, this [binder] has almost a bazillion-and-one activities!  Let’s take a look.
The binder is conveniently organized into 6 sections:  Phonological Awareness, Comprehension, Concepts of Print, Phonics, Vocabulary & Word Structure, and Writing.

These sections are designed to help you target specifically where a student is struggling (and easily)!  They are also aligned to the NWEA Map Test.  If your school uses MAP testing as a progress monitoring tool, this is perfect for you!  It’s also a fantastic school if your school does not use MAP testing!  My new school does not participate in MAP testing, but I will still use this resource daily because I have seen how effective it can be!

 Here’s a closer look at what skills are covered in each section.
Phonological Awareness
Concepts of Print

Comprehension

Phonics
Vocabulary & Word Structure

Writing
I choose to utilize this resource as a binder with each page inside of a
page protector so that the kiddos can write on them in dry erase
marker, then erase them for next time!  Hello time saver!  However, you
could make class sets of specific pages to use as an independent
practice, homework, centers activity, etc.  It truly is a versatile
resource! 
 
This makes it so easy for me to have 3 different kiddos working on
different pages or skills at the same time because they are all
organized in one place!  Let’s face it… just because you have 3 kiddos
in an intervention group DOES NOT mean that they all 3 need to work on the
exact same skills.  But, how can you manage having three 5-year olds
work on different skills at the same time??  When it’s as a simple as
pulling out one page that targets each kiddos needs, it starts to become
a lot easier to target those areas of need! 
In honor of the #TPTSellerChallenge, my [Reading Intervention Binder], [Math Intervention Binder], and [Reading & Math Intervention Binder BUNDLE] are all on sale until July 2, 2015!
Visit any of the hosts of the challenge to see lots of other fantastic masterpieces!
]]> https://theteachingtexan.com/tpt-seller-challenge-week-3-create-your/feed/ 4 TPT Seller Challenge Week 2: Dare to Dream… https://theteachingtexan.com/tpt-seller-challenge-week-2-dare-to/ https://theteachingtexan.com/tpt-seller-challenge-week-2-dare-to/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2015 20:53:00 +0000 https://theteachingtexan.com/2015/06/22/tpt-seller-challenge-week-2-dare-to/ It’s week 2 of the #tptsellerchallenge!  Thank you again to [Third in Hollywood], [Teach, Create, Motivate], [Sparkling in Second], and [Peppy Zesty Teacherista] for hosting such a fantastic challenge!

I was so pumped to revamp a product last week, but this week had me truly reflecting on what my goals are.  This week’s theme of the challenge to is share my dream for my TpT business.

This is perfect timing considering today I met with my new Head of Lower School to discuss my hopes and aspirations for my future in education.
Travel:  It’s no secret that I’ve been bitten by the travel bug hard (and most likely several times)!  A short-term goal that I have for my TpT business is to enable us to go on more trips.  I love traveling for the excitement of experiencing somewhere new, meeting new people, and trying new foods – but it also is what inspires me!  When I have a trip to look forward to I am so much more motivated!
Give Back:  I’m hoping to give back to my community in some way.  Whether it’s through volunteering, donating items/money/etc, or some other means, I would love to find a cause that rings close to my heart.
Student Loans:  Wouldn’t we all love to be done with student loans???  I didn’t pay for my bachelor’s (thank you Florida Bright Futures), but I did piddle around a bit with getting a second bachelor’s before getting my Master’s.  This has left me with a nice chunk of change that I owe…  Isn’t it sad that I pay almost double my car payment to student loans each month!?  I’m hoping that continued success with TpT will allow me to make a bigger dent, and pay off, my loans sooner!
Adopt: The mister and I have talked for a couple years now about adopting a little one.  We sold our previous house and moved to our current home a couple of months ago to get into a desirable school attendance zone and have done some home renovations in preparation.  This goal is a little more long term as we want to both pay off some more to our student loans before pursuing adoption, but we hope to adopt in the next 2 or 3 years.  If anyone has experiencing adopting, PLEASE contact me!  I’d love to pick your brain a bit on the process!

Have you joined in on the challenge?  If not, visit on of the blogs listed above to get started!

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If you don’t know about the challenge, you should definitely check it out and consider joining.  It’s going to be a fun 4 weeks of teacher authors challenging themselves to be better!
Let’s take a snapshot of my beginning stats…
These numbers may not be high to some TPT teacher authors, but I am so proud of them!  This is after 2 years of blogging and only one year of being a TPT teacher author.  I hope for another successful year, and I know this challenge is going to kick start it!
This week is all about re-creating a cover or a product.
Well… y’all know me.  I can’t just do one or the other.  Yup.  I did both – I re-created a product AND designed a new cover for it!
I decided to work on my [Editable Nautical Theme Teacher Planner].  The product needed to be updated for the 2015-2016 school year – and I never really created a cover for it in the first place.
Now this spiffy baby has a shiny new cover, product preview, AND has been updated.  Excuse me while I pat myself on the shoulder!  This was also my first exploration with using a real picture as a cover image.  I must say I like it! 
I love, love, loved this planner this year.   When it was all said and done it cost me about $15 (much less than some of those other super expensive planners out there)!
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