Juggling ELA: 2014

We're Halfway There Sale

We're about halfway through the school year. Are you feeling stressed out? Are you overwhelmed? Many secondary sellers including myself have teamed together to have a two day sale. All of the sellers in this image are throwing a sale 12/31 and 1/1. Happy Shopping :-)

Come On In! TpT Sitewide Sale | December 1st and 2nd | Promo Code: TPTCYBER

TpT SUPER CYBER SAVINGS 2014!

Up to 28% off the entire site Monday, December 1st and Tuesday, December 2nd.

Use this promo code at check out: TPTCYBER

Participating Stores:

Danielle Knight
James Whitaker
Created by Mr.Hughes
Juggling ELA
Ruth S.
Miss Math Dork
The Creative Classroom
Kate's Classroom Cafe
Live Love Math
Darlene Anne
Michele Luck's Social Studies
Charlene Tess
Teaching Math By Hart
2 Peas and a Dog
Pamela Kranz
Kristin Lee
The Career Ready Teacher
All Things Algebra
4mulaFun
The SuperHERO Teacher
Liz's Lessons
For the Love of Teaching Math
Secondary Solutions
Teaching High School Math
A Space to Create
The Classroom Sparrow
Science Stuff
Addie Williams
The Tutor House
Connie Casserly
Tracee Orman
Teaching FSL
FisherReyna Education
Lessons With Coffee
Karol Steele
Margaret Whisnant

Super Secondary TpT Teachers Wish you a Wonderful Holiday Season!

Secondary Smorgasborg: Happy Hour FREEBIES

Are you looking for some great resources for your secondary classroom? How about some wonderful FREE teaching resources that you can print out and know that they've been classroom tested already? Several TpT teacher-authors have collaborated and are offering a collection of Free resources. You can find the links to all of the free resources on the ELA Buffet Blog and Desktop Learning Adventures blog.

As a high school English teacher I often teach plays by William Shakespeare. My classes are always a mixture of special ed students, ESL students and general ed students. I always have to do a lot of background when I prepare to teach a Shakespearean play. My Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt which is free in my TpT store is a great way to introduce any play by Shakespeare. You can use this activity in a variety of ways.

I like to do the Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt in my school's library but you can do it in the computer lab as well. Students can work individually or in groups. I usually give a prize to the winner. I might give the winner five points on the next quiz or a free homework pass.

Go Away Stress! Giveaway Winner Announced Sunday, November 16, 2014 at 6 PM EST

Are you stressed out? Do you find yourself starting the countdown until Friday as early as Sunday night? Do you have a calendar countdown until winter break? If you answered yes to any of these questions you need to enter our Go Away Stress! Giveaway. Twenty different secondary TpT sellers have generously donated education materials that are ready to use and will help reduce your stress. Also as an added bonus we’re throwing in a $10 Starbucks gift card to help you keep going until it’s time for your next break. One lucky winner will win this prize that’s worth $150 total. Sit back, relax, sip your coffee and let TpT help relieve that stress.

Featured Teachers
Danielle Knight

Juggling ELA
4MulaFun

Addie Williams
The Classroom Sparrow
Room 213
The Math Post

Presto Plans

Kate's Classroom Cafe
Brain Waves Instruction

The Creative Classroom
Teaching Math By Hart
Mrs. S
Linda Jennifer

The Language Arts Classroom

Tori Gorosave

Michele Luck's Social Studies
Created by Mr. Hughes
Connie
Laura Randazzo

Try to complete all the entries.You can earn up to 39 chances! Winner announced on Sunday, November 16th. Good Luck!

Go Away Stress! Giveaway | Winner Announced Sunday, November 16, 2014 at 6 PM EST

Try to complete all entries. You can earn up to 39 chances! The winner will be announced Sunday, November 16th. Good Luck!

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The Hunger Games Giveaway | Winner Announced Sunday, November 16, 2014 at 6 PM EST

Before the girl on fire makes her appearance in the next installment of The Hunger Games trilogy, we have a giveaway that's on fire! If your students are anything like our students they love The Hunger Games trilogy and other dystopian novels. The movies have captured their attention, now it's time for them to read the books behind the films. Thirteen educators have teamed together to offer this amazing giveaway worth over $150. One lucky person will walk away with not only everything you will need to teach The Hunger Games, but also with two adult movie tickets to see the new film Mockingjay.

Try to complete all the entries.You can earn up to 32 chances! Winner announced on Sunday, November 16th. Good Luck!
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Vegas, TpT Style

In February 2012 I was about to start teaching the novel The Hunger Games for the first time. I decided to do a Google search to see if I could find anything online about teaching the novel. That was when I found Tracee Orman’s blog which led me to TpT, and her amazing unit for the novel. In March 2012 I set up my own store. In the beginning I didn't know what I was doing and I asked Tracee for help and she helped me. She even accepted my friend request on Facebook. I started becoming online friends with other TpT sellers (Danielle Knight, The Superhero Teacher, Addie Williams, Teaching FSL, James Whitaker, and All Things Algebra to name a few). Although many of us are “competition” on TpT we never treated each other that way. We would give each other advice and learn from each other. In fact we often shared resources. In the past I've had colleagues who wouldn't share resources and I never understood that. Here I was sharing ideas with people I’d never met in person, and they were more helpful than some people I've known in person for years.

When TpT announced they were going to have a conference in Vegas I got really excited. I wanted to go to the sessions, and learn more about building my business. I was an English major, not a business major. I was even more excited about meeting some of the teachers that I've talked to for the past two years. I was really nervous that first day when I arrived in Vegas. I was rooming with Tammy from Teaching FSL and we had never met before. What if we didn't get along?

One of the TpT sellers created a Vegas group on Facebook and people started sharing ideas about money saving and other helpful travel tips. One of the cool things I learned about in that group was a game called My Vegas that you can play on your phone or through Facebook. You earn coins in the game and you can turn them in for prizes. You can cash in up to 3 prizes in 90 days. I ended up going to the shark aquarium for free, getting buy one get one tickets to The Beatles Love (it was awesome) and getting buy one get one free for a lunch buffet in the hotel where the shark aquarium was.

Some TpT sellers knew each other already. It seemed like every state except for NY had done blogger meetups. The day I arrived in Vegas I knew no one. I had just arrived when Tanja from Journey as a Substitute Teacher posted in the FB Vegas group asking if anyone was free to get lunch. We met in the lobby of the hotel and we had lunch. We talked like we had known each other for a long time. Who knew it was this easy to make friends? After lunch we went upstairs where there were booths set up for a kindergarten and 1^st grade convention. That’s where I met Greg from Kindergarten Smorgasbord who is so funny. Even though we teach on opposite ends of the spectrum (kindergarten and 12^th grade) I follow him because I admire his enthusiasm and creativity. I also finally met the other Tammy and we got along like we’d known each other for years.

There were many lunches and dinners with my fellow teachers where we laughed and it felt like we were a group of old friends. The day of the conference I got to meet Paul (TpT founder) and Amy (from the TpT newsletter). I also got to meet Deanna Jump who is the face of TpT and she’s so sweet. She made everyone cry when she told her story. I could go on and on but I thought it would be more fun to share some pictures. Oh and we did finally have a NY blogger meetup but that’s a
story for another day..

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