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What I've been up to recently ...

I've been working on some projects for school recently.  My friend introduced me to a website called Teachers Pay Teachers.  Basically, teachers post files of worksheets, posters, etc. for other teachers to use.  Some you'd have to buy, but there are a ton for free.  



I've been wanting posters for the parts of speech to put on the wall for my children to look when they forget what a pronoun is, or a preposition, etc.  So, I got on that website and did some looking around.  I found several different files that were what I wanted, but nothing had everything I wanted.  Make sense?  I wanted my posters to all look the same: font, color scheme, format.  But, I couldn't find one file with all the parts of speech I wanted ... some had all but one or two, others had only four (because I am cheap and just want to get the free ones).




My answer was to just make my own!  I spent some time making the posters, then decided to make a booklet for each of the children, and a table to post on the wall directly above their desks.  I haven't yet put the pages together for the booklet, but I'll get to that next week after we get back from camping.  I can't wait to get them into the hands of my children!  It's probably overkill: all three items, but I want it to be an easy reference.  My hope is that they will use these posters and booklets when they are writing, or deciphering grammar, or just simply filling in a Mad Lib page!





Comments

Lynette said…
My creative friend...Look at what a terrific teacher you are!! :)
Aubrey A said…
That's such a good idea! Evan's always trying to remember what's a noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb. . .some how the verbs come easy, go fig! I love it! Might have to steal it from ya. :)

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