Public Service Announcement: My Store is On Sale

This week has been absolutely wonderful.  Spending days with my family with the beach in the background... sure beats the 100 degree heat of living in the valley.  Celebrating my hubby's birthday, visiting CA missions with my now fourth grader, eating at all our favorite spots...  This is what vacation is all about.

Then we got home, and laundry happened.  I lost count of all the loads I tackled Thursday and Friday.  Trying to get my boys back into home mode (rather than at the beach mode).... mainly meaning trying to motivate them to complete chores.  "Let's clean your room!"  "I need you to empty the dishwasher."  All the "fun" things that I don't have to say during our time away.  

Hubby and I have stayed up way too late the last couple of nights having a TV marathon, catching up on shows and I was updating products over on TPT.  Changing up covers, adding some extra pages, etc.  This morning I was looking at my statistics, and realized that there are a lot of wish listed products.  That makes me super happy, so I wanted to throw a sale.  EVERYTHING is included in the next 3 days... even bundles are 20% off!

Hope it helps!  

Rainbow Edit is Updated and on Sale!

This month I'm participating in the #TPTSellersChallenge

This week the challenge was to update a product in our TPT stores.  I chose one of my first products from 2 1/2 years ago, Rainbow Edit!  I've come a long way with learning about digital paper, clip art, fonts, and what printing options I like as a teacher over the past 30 months.  I changed somethings around in the product.  Same idea, but a fresh look. 

Look at it now!    

What is Rainbow Edit?  Well it has worked magic in my classroom!  It makes students look carefully at their writing to become better writers.   

It is HALF OFF for the next 48 hours.  Only $1.75 to grab up this pack!  I hope your kids love it as much as mine!

Donors Choose isn't Scary!!

Tried it Tuesday with Fourth Grade Flipper!  I have been asked by teachers that I work with to help them set up a project on Donor's Choose.  Let me stop right here and tell you that it is NOT Scary to create a project.  I've had 4 of them fulfilled (and others that weren't funded in time), but am I sad about it - Not at all!  

Now what have I asked for?  I have asked for nonfiction books, an iPad, Boogie Boards, a class set of fiction read aloud books, book boxes for my classroom library, etc... It's the whole saying that it doesn't hurt to ask, and if you are really in need then it's a wonderful opportunity to really ask for the moon.  Who knows, you might just get it.

The other night I set up a new project that I hope will be funded in time for school to start.  Yes, you can still ask for things in the summer.  If they are funded you won't get them until it's Back to School time, but they come right away.  (My iPad was delivered the Teacher Work Day at the beginning of the year.)  Here are some screen shots of my new project.  I'm here to prove that it isn't scary. 

First up, log in to you account.  Then click projects and find this button of "Create a Project."

It'll ask you to make up a title.

These points are important.  You can use them, and then when your wish is granted you can earn more by completing your thank you packages on time.  

Then you get to go shopping. They have tons of stores to choose from - even Amazon!  I really really really want a class set of Scholastic News for my new class, so I chose Scholastic.  

Then you load up the cart - and it's a special Donors Choose cart and check out.  The check out page looks like below.  

After the check out page you are directed back to Donors Choose to Tell Your Story.  There are different paragraphs with prompts and examples and you share about your classroom, your students (not personal information), your school (again, no personal information), and why exactly you need those items.

When done you click the button and it will ask you to Review and Submit your project.  

From there the company will review it and send you an email when it's published.  At that point you take the link they send and share it with your family, friends, coworkers, student families, etc. in order to get it funded as soon as possible.  Projects are not on the site forever, there is a due date that is about 4 months into the future.  This project will expire in October.  

I hope this helps!