Vista Print: An Attendance Chart, Teacher's Stamp, and Incentive Cards for Students

 

I have a great friend who teaches Pre-K. She creates an attendance chart for every theme she teaches throughout the year. The students stick their name of the attendance chart to see who is present and absent. An attendance chart will teach name recognition. Plus, a substitute teacher can easily complete attendance using an attendance chart since students are required to perform the task. I plan to write the names of students on mailing labels and stick the labels on the attendance charts using velcro.

 

 

Every teacher needs a stamp saying please sign and return. This stamp will be great for report cards, progress reports, behavior notes, or field trip permission forms. I am sure I will think of others ways to use this stamp in my classroom.

 

 

I created incentive cards for students. The students will receive a punch on their card for good work or good behavior. The students will receive a treasure from the treasure box when they obtain ten punches on their card. This card template was apart of the 250 free business cards to pick from Vista Print.

Greensboro Sit In Lesson Plan on Google Docs

The Greensboro Sit In lesson plan is my most popular post. I concluded it was not fair to share lesson plans on Teachers Pay Teachers or Teacher's Notebook since everybody does not have an account for those websites. I want to enrich the lives of teachers and students. I have uploaded my free lesson plan on Google Docs. Its thirty eight pages and in a PDF format. If anybody has any problems downloading the lesson plan, please contact me at creative.teacher.pirate@gmail.com
I will gladly attach the PDF file and send you the lesson plan through email. I hope everybody has a wonderful day.


Greensboro Sit In Lesson Plan for Fourth Grade

Drop Everything and See Bon Jovi!

This post is not academic. As a teacher, there are so many things to accomplish. I love participating in tedious task such as creating games and displays for my students. Being a teacher is consuming even though its the best job in the world. My time is split between teaching and learning to receive my masters degree. I love to read. My master classes require a lot of reading so my weekends are consumed with reading. Actually, I would pick staying in my pjs to read over visiting an island any day. I am such a homebody. I have my music and books. Is there anything else I need?

Sometimes, you have to enjoy life. I went to see Bon Jovi on a school night. Only teachers can find humor in seeing an attractive man on a Tuesday night. I had a huge crush on Jon Bon Jovi since I was in sixth grade. I seriously felt like a giddy teenager again. I saw Jon Bon Jovi when I was fifthteen. I remembered thinking; whoa this is the best looking man I have ever seen. Ten years later, he still does not disappoint. For the last few weeks, I have felt energized. Three hours of watching Jon Bon Jovi shake his booty is the equivalent of a paradise cruise to me. I took great pictures of Jon Bon Jovi. I could be a great concert photographer. I uploaded some photos of Jon Bon Jovi to create a teacher's travel mug. The mug will remind me to drop everything and see Bon Jovi. I am not going to let another ten years go by without seeing him again. I plan to see him again on his next tour. A happy teacher is a most effective teacher.