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July 31, 2015 by: Laura

It’s Back to School Time!

Last Updated on July 31, 2015 by Laura

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It’s that time of year when dedicated educators everywhere start flocking to their classrooms to decorate and plan and get ready for a promising new year!  To celebrate and reward your hard work, Teachers Pay Teachers is hosting it’s annual Back to School Sale!  This Monday and Tuesday, August 3-4, you can get up to 28% off by using the promo code BTS15.

I’m linking up with Speech Room News and a bunch of amazing TpT teacher creators to tell you what’s in my cart…

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But first I’d like to show off some products I’ve recently improved for the Back to School Season!  You may want to grab these for your cart!

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The Library Back to School Tool Kit has great resources for organizing your library for teaching and learning – I share some tricks and resources I’ve learned since transferring from the regular classroom.

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My Library Jobs Kit will get you started in hiring student workers.  This is a great opportunity to connect with kids outside of class time and get some help with those never ending library tasks!

And now for my cart….

I’m a huge fan of Krista Wallden at Creative Clips.  Her clipart always gives my projects some pizzazz!  I have a western project coming up, so I’ve got this set in my cart:

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I’m also working on a fire safety project, so this set from Scrappin’ Doodles looks just right:

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Even though my school district still hasn’t recognized that librarians need a different evaluation tool than classroom teachers, I’ve been trying to use Charlotte Danielson’s rubric as a guideline for growth.  I think Elementary Library Mama‘s evidence binder will help keep me on track:

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I’ve got lots more on my wish list, so I plan to load up my cart with more goodies on the weekend!!  Happy shopping and be sure to link up at Speech Room News to share what’s in your cart!!

 

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    1. Nikki Robertson says

      August 1, 2015 at 9:39 AM

      Your back to School kit looks great! Glad you also have some clipart in your store – I was beginning to think I was crazy for wanting clipart through the sale! The evidence binder also looks great! Hope you have a great sale!

    2. trappedlib says

      August 5, 2015 at 7:54 AM

      Yep! I ended up buying lots more clipart when all was said and done! I just can’t resist a sale!

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