You Gotta Spend Money to Save Money... right?!?

I am new-ish to Ebates and love it! I'm constantly learning about more stores and companies that offer deals with Ebates!

Today I learned you can save 3% at Etsy! Hello!  Some of you might be thinking "3% is chump change!"  But I say "Let's go shopping!" Apparently the 3% is for Canadians only and for a limited time. Americans can save 1% which is better than a kick in the pants!! 

If you're thinking of buying something anyways, you might as well get a little money back!

Sign up for Ebates.ca here! (Canadians)

Sign up for Ebates.com here! (Americans)

Shop at Apples to Zippers here!

Camp Create

One very big perk of being a teacher is having all summer long to do whatever! For the last 4 summers I have chosen to teach young girls how to cook, sew and craft! It is so much fun, yet so exhausting! This year we made zipper bags and string art amongst many other things!  

Good times have been had! 

What good times have you had this summer?

My deepest apologies for being lame! I haven't posted forever... my last post is about a sale and this post is about a sale! Check out Teachers Pay Teachers for the Back to School sale! Yup... back to school. Yikes. We still have 36 days until school starts! But we've only been out for 37 days! That means summer is half over! When does school start for you? OR are you one of the lucky few that are already in the swing of things? Check out the Back to School sale and make this the most wonderful time of the year- no matter when your school year begins!

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Bell Ringers and Warm Ups

Do you use a Warm Up, Bell Ringer or whatever else the kids are calling them these days?  They are a great way to get your students focused for your class. As well as give you a minute or 2 to take attendance and get psyched for another class. 

Here are a few possible ideas:
-play a song.  It's a great way to introduce your students to different types of music and set a mood for your classroom whether you choose classical, oldies, rock & roll, etc.  Or all of the above.

-solve a problem.  There are oodles of riddles available to get those teenaged brains thinking.  
example: A man and his son are in a car crash. The father is killed and the child is taken to hospital gravely injured. When he gets there, the surgeon says, 'I can't operate on this boy - for he is my son!!! How can this possibly be?
(The surgeon is his mother) 

-share a cartoon.  Laughter (or groaning) works wonders. 
 

-writing prompt. Have students write a quick story based on a picture or a challenge such as- "End your story with this sentence: Despite a few fatalities, everyone agreed that Mindy’s first cookout was a roaring success." 
Or finish a sentence:  "If I had a million dollars I would..."

-Etiquette Tip. One thing I did to start each day was share an Etiquette Tip each day.  Our class topics were so varied throughout the semester (finance, relationships, nutrition, careers, sewing, etc.) that it would take me decades to collect resources for a bell ringer to go with the lesson of the day.  I truly believe that everyone needs to learn better manners and so my Etiquette Tip of the day was born.  The students recorded it on a chart each day which were kept in their folder. Some days they would just write it and we would quickly move on to the lesson for the day.  Other times we focused on it for a few minutes. When the tip was: "Write and send a thank you note as quickly as possible- within a day or two.  (BUT- a late thank you note is better than no thank you note)" I would have to students write a thank you note to a staff member in the school.  I would deliver them- after reading them as there always seems to be one or 2 students that are too cool for a sincere thank you.  It gave the staff a boost and helped students develop an attitude of gratitude.  

113 different Etiquette Tips to start each class are available for purchase in my Teachers Pay Teachers shop. Or my Etsy shop.

Do you do a bell ringer/warm up to start (or maybe end) your class? 

What do you call it?  Bell ringer?  Warm Up?  Something else?