Don't Miss this Great Deal on Heelys!

I LOVE my Heelys! I wear them every Friday to school (without the wheels), but at home I love to "heel" around the house.  Here is a great deal that starts Friday November 25th and lasts until Monday November 28th:

• Buy any pair of Heelys or HX2s & get second pair for $25 
• buy a Nano and get any pair of shoes for $25
• free ground shipping on all orders.

The Frugal Teacher LOVES  the old school look of the "Edge".

Heelys HX2s have a second wheel!

Nano by Heelys - what kid wouldn't want this?

The Four-Day Deal is only available online at the Heelys Shop (http://shop.heelys.com) and is only valid from Friday November 25 through Monday November 28, 2011. 
This offer is for US customers only.


MORE INFORMATION:
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*All opinions are my own. No compensation received for this post. 

The Global Classroom Seasons Around the World Project

I am so proud to be part of this awesome project through the Global Classroom Project! 

The POWER of Pinterest and a Useful Writing Process Tool

A funny thing happened today. I was looking around my "stats" page just to see where most of my blog traffic is coming from.  I was NOT surprised to see that the majority of my traffic is coming from Pinterest! Over the past few months a lot of teachers have jumped on the Pinterest bandwagon. It's a great place to share and keep a visual record of all the great ideas out there!  One of the sources listed on the stats page was a blog I have never visited: In No Simple Language. There was a post about Pinterest and all of the cool things this blogger has discovered there. One of the "cool" things was this:

This was one of my first "pins" on Pinterest. It has been really useful this year because I have incorporated blogging into our classroom writing process. I have kids at all stages of the writing process so this is really helpful for us to see where everyone is. When they get to "publish", this tool helps me manage the 3 computer stations we have the room.  You gotta love the POWER of Pinterest!

Our Global Classroom Project Map

I just created this Global Classroom Project map on the wall outside our room. We are hoping to add more schools from other countries soon! 

Hoping to add a lot more stars!

So far we have one international contact - A cupcake greeting  from Mrs. Harrison's class in Belfast, Northern Ireland!  

Our contacts in the U.S. include students sharing on Edmodo in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New York.  We are also working on a seasons project with a school on Long Island, NY and a Voice Thread project with a school in Ohio!  

Guest Student Blogger: I Like the Daily 5

Our clas does Daily5 like read to seelf , word work , work on writing,  listen to  reading , and read to someone. But  what I like the most is word work. On word work we have all kinds of stuff like benclaroos, playdoh, and rainbow spelling words. But what I like to do on word work is magnetic letters. You get tostik the letters on the side of your desk.  It is so much fun!

THIS is the what the Daily 5 looks like and sounds like

After 7 weeks of hard work, our Daily 5 routine is established and working very nicely. Today I recorded the students while they were working. They did not know I was going to do this so some of them were surprised to see me holding a camera. As you can see, even though they noticed the camera they were able to go right back to work because they were so focused. We call it "In The ZONE".

Thinking About Going Back to School?

I am a true believer of life-long learning and will be earning my master's degree sometime in the very near future.  If you are thinking about going to college for the first time or going back to complete your degree, here is a great Groupon to help prepare! This deal is for $45 for $100 worth of online-test preparation courses from BenchPrep, an educational network that's been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, etc. The courses cover standardized tests such as the SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE and MCAT, but approach them in an innovative and interactive way, and content can be accessed via computer, iPhone, Android or iPad. Lesson plans can also be downloaded to a smartphone to facilitate on-the-go learning without an Internet connection. Courses are $99.99, so one Groupon will get you one course.


This is an exclusive deal that begins at midnight October 10th and runs for 24 hours. The banner below will not give you access until midnight October 10th.






*The Frugal Teacher is a Groupon affiliate