I'm such a proud mommy and teacher!  My kids continue to collect shoes for Soles4Souls and my sweet second graders decided to help.  So, they set a goal to collect shoes for Christmas.  Not only did my students collect 547 pairs of shoes, they also challenged the rest of our school to collect and we ended up with 2,967 pairs of shoes.  Wow!!!

Please view and like the Sanders Kids' YouTube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMrZdQYEgzg&feature=youtu.be

Do you need to get your students used to working word problems?  Well, how about this set of 180 word problems to display and put in students' journals.  I hang the 8.5 x 11 inch word problem on the board as our problem of the day and then students get an Avery Label and stick it in their math journals to work out.  Yes, we do this every single day, and my students can work a word problem like nobody's business.  :)
                                     

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/180-Word-Problem-Labels-Journal-Inserts-and-Matching-Display-Problems-1322124

Now it's time for POW OREO to teach opinion writing.  Love this power point and the strategy!  :) 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pow-Oreo-Opinion-Writing-Second-Grade-1562683

This set of synonym activities really spark a lot of thinking from students.  :) 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Shades-of-Meaning-Synonym-Activities-1506928

My Math Cafe (morning math board) has been so helpful to my students.  They are now fabulous at word problems because of our Problem of the Day they do every single day.  Each morning I post a new word problem on our math board and I place Avery Printer Labels with that problem underneath the display.  Students come in and they know to place a label in their math cookbook (journal) after reading the display.  Then they reread the problem on the label and work the problem out.  In their journal they must P.E.E.L their problems which means:

P - Picture
E - Equation
E - Explanation
L - Labels

I have made 180 word problems that for display and for journal inserts and they work great!  http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/180-Word-Problem-Labels-Journal-Inserts-and-Matching-Display-Problems-1322124

This will be my family's first 5K run to support our kids' cause, Soles 4 Souls.  We are excited to help out at this event and to not only support Soles 4 Souls but also the men's rugby team at Middle Tennessee State University.  :) 

Well, once again I am such a proud mommy!  My big kids Kelton and Layken, as many people already know, have been collecting shoes to become ambassadors for an organization called Soles 4 Souls.  What's new and exciting in their endeavor is that Rutherford Parent Magazine contacted us and they want to help them reach their goal of collecting 50,000 pairs of shoes.  So, on October 25, 2014 Rutherford Parent Magazine will be hosting their 8th annual Kids Fall Fest at The Avenue in Murfreesboro, TN.  It will be from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and will have lots of fun things to do.  We will also be there collecting shoe donations.  For every pair of shoes that someone brings they will receive an entry into The Avenue gift card drawings.  Yay!   My kids are so excited about helping so many people.  :)