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Hold. The. Phone.

July 12, 2012 by Sarah Plum(itallo) 13 Comments

And shut the front door. The windows, too. Maybe even the garage.

Did I really just list my first product on TPT? Yes, yes I did.

I’ve been feeling a wee bit under the weather in the past day and couldn’t sleep last night. I decided to work on my organizational binders for this upcoming year and put on The Wiz (I know, I know, I’m a walking cliche) and was hit with a ton of inspiration.
One of the things I love most about the Wizard of Oz is how diverse the story is. There are so many lessons you can learn from it, and as a teacher, so many ways you can utilize those lessons in your classroom. So, naturally, I used quotations from the movie and book to round out my binders and they. fit. perfectly.
I have yet to print + laminate (that’ll be a part of my Monday Made It since I just got my ink refilled at Costco — who knew? — and got a new laminator), so I can’t show you the binders in action… yet. I can, however, share with you my one of favorite covers (it’s hard to choose).

Raise your hand if you think I’m going to use this as a management technique. All hands raised? Great! You’re totally right. I might even play “Ease on Down the Road” to transition out of morning meeting. Who knows! Anything can happen in Oz, er, my classroom!
To celebrate my first paid item in my TPT store, the pack of binder covers + spine labels is on sale for $2.50 until tomorrow at midnight! Head on over and check them out!
Don’t forget to enter my giveaway to win all (now) current and future items in my TPT store! There will be five winners so spread the word!
I’m in a super-de-duper mood to night because I think we might’ve turned a potty-training corner (you have no idea how relieved I am!), the first person to correctly guess my favorite character from the original movie will get a copy of the binder set! Be sure and leave your e-mail!

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Classroom Decor, Getting Organized, Giveaway Like It's 1999, Teachers Pay Teachers, The Wizard of Oz

Giveaway, ahoy!

July 10, 2012 by Sarah Plum(itallo) 32 Comments

I’m in the midst of potty-training my nearly three year old little dude, so there’s not much productive work getting done other than bribing him with chocolate and juice to utilize the potty. So, I decided now is the best time for a giveaway!
So what if I haven’t quite hit 100 followers yet? Let’s get this giveaway party started, right?!
So…
Here’s the deal.
Five lucky winners will win ALL future paid products on my TPT store (and Teacher’s Notebook if I ever open one). Forever. And ever and ever.
I’m hoping to list my first product by the end of the week (if potty-training goes well), so by the time the giveaway finishes next week, there will be at least one product in the hands of five lucky winners (and I can tell you that you’ve already seen a sneak peek on here and it involves Oz)! From that point on, every time I list something new, those five people will get the product e-mailed to them as an attachment — for  FREE FREE FREE (which is the best kind of free)!
Sound good? I hope so!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

If you choose to blog about the giveaway — you can just grab my button on ye’ old sidebar over there to link back, because like I said, potty-training waits for no man and at this point I haven’t whipped up a custom graphic. I might. So using either is fine!

ETA: Little guy is finally asleep, so I whipped this up real quick:

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Giveaway Like It's 1999, Teachers Pay Teachers

Oh, Target. You had me at $1.00.

July 10, 2012 by Sarah Plum(itallo) 19 Comments

Our local Target turned over their Dollar Spot today to the back-to-school teacher goodies, so I was able to pick up a few more lightbulb stress-relievers for my classroom, and my husband was able to get some globe stress-relievers for his kiddos. (We also got some wipe-off sleeves, but those aren’t as exciting… clearly.)

I decided that I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to create something surrounding the globe stress-relievers, so I added-on to the lightbulb packet I posted this morning to include a “world of possibilities” version for your kiddos. (Even if your local Target lacks either of these stress-relievers, you can find cheap globe stress-relievers online! Yay, Internet!)


So if you have already downloaded the packet, head back on over to my TPT store to re-download! (Or just click the picture below!)

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Classroom Decor, Freebie, I (heart) Target, Monday Made It

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About the Author

Sarah Plum(itallo) is a teacher of emerging multilinguals and 21st Century Grant coordinator in Virginia. She writes curriculum for inclusive classrooms and presents professional development on a variety of topics.

Read more about Sarah and her background in education here.

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