Sale and idiom fun!

Hello friends. Happy Easter! A little early I know...I imagine all you parents out there, buying and getting ready for the Easter Bunny. When I went to Wal-Mart today there were masses of people in the candy and Easter aisles. Fun times...Mark and I get slightly jealous that we can't use the excuse of children to go down the "fun aisles." Sometimes we go down, but usually one of us comes to his/her senses and talks the other one out of buying a 95 piece bag of candy.

I am having a "Hop into Spring" SALE over at my TN Shop. Everything is 20% OFF! Check it out!

Today I added an Idiom Matching Game to my shop. There are 30 pairs which students must match the idiom to its definition. Perfect for centers!

Click on the picture to see more. 

How can it be Thursday?

My spring break is coming to an end. Where did the time go? Earlier in the week I was feeling lucky to be on spring break but now I'm feeling like the UNlucky one with majority of you guys about to embark on your break. :)


I did manage to get some things done this week...


I created some worksheets to help my kiddos with composing/decomposing shapes. This concept is pretty tricky, especially if you have some kiddos who aren't spatial. We will work on these when we get back to school to give them some extra practice before FCAT.

I also created a sorting activity for parallel, intersecting, and perpendicular lines...

...a sorting activity for perimeter...

...a sorting activity for time...

...and an "I Have Who Has?" game for elapsed time. 

Not too bad for the week but I wanted to get more done. All of these items are in my TpT store and TN shop. I am currently having a sale over at TN. Check it out!

Lorraine over at 

is hosting a great linky party for blogs that are grades 3-5. Naturally this thrills me because I teach 3rd. :) Thanks Lorraine for hosting a great party. 

Off to go watch TV and master the art of doing nothing. :) 

Happy Spring Break Sale!

I am currently having a sale in my TN Shop! :)

10% off everything. Enjoy!

On "sort" of a roll and 100 FINALLY!!

Hi friends. Hope you enjoyed your weekend. I have been literally working on "school stuff" all day and I feel as though I don't have much to show for it. Do you ever feel like that? At times the responsibilities of a classroom teacher seem never ending. Oh wait, that's because they really are. :)


I put together two sorting activities this weekend for my kiddos. One is for sorting obtuse, acute, and right angles, because that's such an EASY concept for 3rd graders. <insert sarcasm > Angles are such an abstract concept and hard to master. For the most part my kids are "Angle Masters" but I wanted something that they could do this week to keep the skill fresh. We are 7 weeks away from FCAT! *GASPS* I'm doing everything possible to keep EVERY skill we have done this year current and remembered.  If only the school day lasted for 18 hours....then it would be no problem! 

The 2nd one is for transformations: flips (reflections), turns (rotations),

and slides (translations). 

Both of these products are in my Teacher's Notebook Shop

and will soon be in my TpT store as well. 

TN Shop

Check them out! 

Now for some earth shattering news... I have finally reached 100 followers. *MORE GASPS* Alright, Go Ms. V! Of course that means GIVEAWAY time!

I am giving away a $15 gift card to

I heart MyGrafico. They have great clip art collections and I can always find just what I need there. OK, here is what you can do to enter:

1. Follow my blog and comment that you do. If you already follow my blog, just leave me a comment saying so. (One entry)

2. Follow my TN Shop (one entry)

3. Follow my TpT Store (one entry)

4. Add my blog button to your blog (one entry)

5. Blog about the giveaway (two entries so leave two comments)

**Giveaway closes on Saturday night right before bed.**

That's it! Off to go work on more "school stuff" or maybe go pay attention to Mark. I'm starting to forget what the guy looks like. 

Sort it out!

To review symmetry I created a sorting activity for my students. This activity contains 84 different images which students can sort into two categories: symmetrical and non-symmetrical. There are also headers to sort the symmetrical images based on how many lines of symmetry they each have. This activity can be used for whole group instruction or as a center activity and it's now in both of my stores. :) Check it out!

TN Shop

TpT Store

MY FIRST FREEBIE!

Hello there! Hope all is well. Notice anything new on the right sidebar of my blog? I finally created a TpT store and Teacher Notebook shop! *Gasps* I feel so up to date now. Granted both have hardly anything in them, but its a work in progress. 


I created two fold-able geometry books which I used with my students this week. We worked on plane shapes and polygons this week. Earlier in the week my kiddos were feeling overwhelmed. This group feels as though they need to conquer the material the SAME exact day I introduce it. I explained to them that geometry is complicated, especially the skills that require abstract thinking. Chapter 9 is LOADED with vocabulary. Introducing 4-8 new vocabulary words a lesson is A LOT for little minds! To add some fun and spice to our lessons later in the week (we made Thursday and Friday review days), we worked on these two books. 

Both of these PDFs are available at my Teachers Notebook shop and TpT store. Both books are 2 pages each and I will give away one book to 5 people! The 1st 5 people to comment with their email address and the name of which book they want will get MY VERY FIRST FREEBIE! *another gasp* 


My kids were so into them. I was thrilled. At the end of Friday one of my darlings said "Oh Ms. V I feel so much better about geometry now." (Happy teacher!) 


Personal update - last night I got an iPhone 4. I'm finally cool. :)