Where Did April Go???!!!

So I have MIA for a while....my teacher was out for 2 1/2 weeks with pneumonia. :(  Luckily she is feeling better and is back because then I got sick!  This NY weather always gets me sick when it cant make up its mind if its 40 degrees or 70 degrees. It plays with my immune system! I cant complain too much, I finally finished my MONEY UNIT!!
We were working on money a few weeks ago and thought I would make a unit with some skills we have been working on. My new unit has many activities that can be done as a whole class, small groups or even in math centers. I tried to use lots of color and pictures, but of course if you cant print in color it all prints in black and white fine. I should know I don't have a color printer at home. Haha  It is all aligned to CCSS.

If you click on the picture it will bring you to my store. Please make sure to take a closer look at the preview. And since you are such a fan and reading my blog why not surprise you with a FREEBIE from my unit!!!! Why not right???  Here is my mini book I created that is a review of all the skills we worked on.

Click on the title page to download your FREEBIE!!! Above is a sample of the a couple pages from the mini book.  You could use this book as a review at the end of your money unit or use it as you teach each concept.
What else happened in April??...Oh yeah it was my BIRTHDAY! My kids are the best, they all made me cards and two of my girls brought me in flowers!!! My mother sent me into school with goodie bags and a crown for me to wear. :) Gotta love my mom!!!  Yes I wore it all day!! Why NOT!

It was a busy month which is why I haven't blogged in a LONG time. I'm back for good I promise.


Now we are working on TIME. I had to get observed by my Assistant Principal so I did a lesson on a.m.  and p.m. and created a cute mini book for my lesson as well!! And since you read down this far and didn't just stop at the first FREEBIE why not give you another FREEBIE!!!  This mini book will be part of a Time Unit I haven't started on yet but will in the near future.

Click the picture above to download your FREEBIE!! How to use this mini book?? The first page is a short review on  the parts of the clock and what kinds of clocks. Then there are 3 groups of 2 pages. Each set of two pages they pick 2 things they do in the morning, 2 in the afternoon and 2 in the evening. Then they show the time on the analog and digital clock and underneath write if its a.m. or p.m. Then they write a sentence of what they do at that time and draw a picture. This connects time to their lives. When printing just make sure to flip page 3 and 5 the opposite way so they all print the same way. This is what the inside looks like...

 HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES FROM MY STUDENTS:

 One of my girls even decorated the cover page more. I thought it was cute!

Oh right and one more thing that happened during April....WE GOT PAID!!! OMG I was soooooo excited!! I did amazing for my first quarter and I have to say I am super excited that they are now going to pay monthly!! This will help out a great deal. Why you may ask?? Well I have officially applied to over 30 jobs in North and South Carolina combined!! I plan on moving south this summer and this extra money will be a huge help with the bills. So yes I am actually saving my money for now. I actually haven't even put it in the bank yet lol.        I even printed the emails of my first sales in TPT and TN.

Thanks so much for catching up on my busy April. Hope everyone did well on this past quarter.

4 more days!!

So excited that the first of my quarters is ending in 4 days!! I'm $54 away from my goal!! Hopefully I can make it. How close is everyone to their goals?

SomeBUNNY Loves Your Blog!

I found this great linky party on Pinterest that is sharing blogs they love, so I am linking up with Christina from Bunting, Books and Bainbridge and sharing one of my favorite blogs.

I'd like to let Ashley from That's So Second know that SomeBUNNY loves her blog! She is a first year 2nd grade teacher who inspires me since I have not had a classroom yet. For someone who is just starting off teaching she does a lot of creative things with her students. She incorporates what she does in her classroom on her blog with pictures of her students doing the activities. She also has another blog for her parents to see what their children are doing in the classroom which I fell in love with!! I would so want to do this when I get my own class. It gets the parents involved and I am sure they love it. Also I love how organized Ashley is with her work. She has great Common Core organization on her blog so definitely check it out.
Please check out this first year teacher's blog and let her know someBUNNY loves her blog!

Almost 200!!!!

Almost less than a month ago I posted how I sold 100 units and was so excited in 2 months and I've sold another 100 in less than a month!!!! I'm so excited!!!!

Spring Break is Here!

I feel like I havent been in my office in 3 weeks! I have been so unmotivated working on products. I have also been slightly distracted since my best friend is getting married in June and I have the Jack and Jill, the Bridal Shower and Bachelorette party in the near future to plan for. I am so glad it is Spring Break. Unfortunately I am not going anywhere for vacation, I am having a stay-cation. I need it because I have 4 big products I want to get up this week. I have a feeling I will get most of them up since I am seriously broke so I cant leave the house really all week. I am getting more excited about getting back to work on my products and I have been steadily making around $100 a week on TPT which is amazing. I cant believe how well I am doing. I am so proud of myself. Cant wait to get paid. :)
I officially found out yesterday that I will not have a job next year. :( I now have to really get myself out there and try to find a job for next year. I wish I had money saved because I would love to go down south to the Carolinas but as I said before I'm broke. haha I also have to figure out what I am doing over the summer also which is somewhat approaching fast when you need to find a job.
Well I will keep everyone posted on my new products as I work this week and you never know I might post some freebies!!!
Thank You
A Passion Driven Teacher

Fun Blog Hop and a small question if I may ask...

Hi everyone!
I have been slaking the past 2 weeks. As you see I reached my 100th unit 2 weeks ago and I am excited to say that since then I already sold another 50. I have been really growing and the networking is helping a lot. I just started reading and posting on the TPT forums that my teacher said was a must and she was right. I have gained followers and a lot of great information from other sellers.
 I did create 2 new small products this past week because my teacher had me plan and teach reading all this past week, except today since we have a snow day!! :-)  I created a mini book of compound words and I also created a flip up book for verb tense. I think I am going to create a compound pack with some activities, and I was thinking of making the verb tense activity free. I am going to post some pictures of my students' work since they came out really cute. 
This morning I was on Pinterest and came across this great blog hop. It was ran by the same ladies who ran the Valentine's Day blog hop that I really enjoyed. This is a St. Patrick's day blog hop and it has a small game attached to it which I find really creative. Each freebie has a clue word and at the end of the 15 blog entries you can enter to win $100 for TPT by submitting the scrambled phrase. I really hope I got it right. Here is a link to the blog hop! Also there are some really great freebies for St. Patrick's Day!

Now I am going to try to get serious about writing at least twice a week and share any new products or ideas I find on Pinterest, etc. I do have a question for everyone. My Wanted Numbers product has really been selling and I was wondering if I should increase the price a small amount since it is popular and is a quality product? I am a little scared to increase the price since I don't want to discourage people from buying it. Please let me know what you think. Here is a link to the product. I am in the middle of creating a Literacy version as well, so this would help me know how to price that one as well when it is done.

Thank you so much for your feedback.

100th Unit Sold Giveaway!!

This morning I am so excited to say I sold my 100th Unit! Due to my excitement and everyone's support I am doing my very first real Giveaway of ANY 2 items from my store since I sold 100 units in less than 2 months. I am soooo excited!! Please enter the giveaway and spread the word. But WAIT I am choosing TWO winners!!! That's right 2 people will win 2 of my products!!! It starts today and ends by midnight on Tuesday. a Rafflecopter giveaway