TPT

How did I not know about this site?!?!

www.teacherspayteachers.com

I absolutely love it!  Not only does it save me time, so that I am not recreating things that others have already done (and done much cuter than I could ever do...), but I love that I am helping other teachers out by putting a little extra cash into their pockets for all of their hard work!

This site has been a great resource for games to include in my word study stations during my daily 5 rotations as well as math games for math workstations.  I simply type in the focus for the week and see what comes up. 

Aaaand did I mention that they are cheap?!?

Here are a few of my favorite games lately...

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Crazy-for-Coconuts-Letter-Sound-Games-Use-with-Chicka-Chicka

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Blend-Friends-Lit-Station-Mats

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Math-and-Literacy-Games

Ready to Rock

Ok...I'm ready to get this blog up and running.

:)

Gratuitous class pic....as I just CAN'T publish a post without a picture!
;)

A very special thanks to Becca at Jumping Jax Designs for creating this beautiful blog design!

I'm not very technology savvy...but it is one of my goals this school year to really push myself to become more proficient and use technology as much as I can. 

That being said, my intern has introduced me to a great website host:

http://www.weebly.com/

I have tried other sites in the past and have even toyed with the idea of using blogger as it is a format I am very familiar with, however all other options I've looked at were missing one thing or another.  So, when I checked out weebly, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it had everything that I was looking for and even things that I didn't know I wanted!

:)

It is free and very user friendly!  There is also SO much that you can do with the site, like keeping a blog right on the web page. 

We are working on learning more about the site and its capabilities, but we do have our classroom website up and running.  Hopefully, I can continue to work on it throughout the year and use it to its full potential.

Feel free to check our classroom website out at:

http://mrssquiresclass.weebly.com/

Anyone else have some great recommendations for website hosts?