Tutoring Tuesdays - April 18th, 2017

Last week I actually didn't tutor, but went to a birthday party for the girl I tutor. The kids had so much fun bouncing in a bounce house and her dad hooked up a bubble machine that was very cool! I found out she loves Robots so I have been working hard making some robot teaching products.

Today, I will share some things I used for tutoring in the past.

To practice telling time to the 5 minutes I used this clock. The minutes are self checking as you can lift up the tabs to see how many minutes. I made clocks like these for 2nd graders many years ago.

After doing some telling time with the clock I made we played a game Apple Race Time to the 5 Minutes using these task cards. A game board is also included that I didn't take a picture of.

These 3 Digit Addition Task Cards I used with one of my sight word game boards Fish Sight Word Race to help making adding 3 numbers more fun. We did not use the sight words just the game board from it. Task cards are so perfect with game boards. I laminate the task cards so they can be written on with dry erase markers making them even more fun! They work well in the classroom, in tutoring, or home school.

Check back next week to see what I do this Thursday in tutoring with robots!

Thank you for hoppin' by Hopkins' Hoppin' Happenings! Keep on smiling'!

Educents Deal!

Educents contacted me and offered a deal for new members!  By clicking on the picture below and signing up for Educents in July you will receive a $5 credit!  You can't beat a deal like that!

What is Educents?  Educents is an awesome store with resources for teachers and parents of children who homeschool their children.  They have worksheets, centers, books, magazines, etc.  Everything is always heavily discounted so your $5 off can go a long way!  Currently you can save $10 on Zoobooks, which I absolutely love.  My Kindergarten and 2nd grade students have always loved looking through those magazines.  They currently have some neat author study lapbooks, a brown bear literacy bundle, as well as some free items, among other things!  Check them out by clicking on the picture!

As an added bonus for 4th of July weekend, you can get 10% off and FREE SHIPPING from Educents by using the code JULY1HOPKINS   This deal is good for anyone even if you are not a new member!  Click the picture will take you to Educents.

Teacher Appreciation Freebies Roundup

Teacher Appreciation Week may be coming to an end, but the celebration isn't over yet!  Teaching Blog Roundup is teaming up with 20 of the best blogs to host this Teacher Appreciation FREEBIES Roundup blog hop.

Thanks for stopping by my blog!  I would like to show my appreciation with this great freebie for you.

I am thrilled to take part in the Teacher Appreciation Day Blog Hop that Teresa started! My readers know that my newest products are cell phone/smart phone phonics activities! I thought I would share with you one of the vowel pairs from my Long Vowel Pair Phones for FREE! These phones are for long vowel pairs for a: ai and ay. The phones include a texting activity, sorting sheet, and an ABC order sheet. Your students will have a blast with these phones. I tried the ai/ay out in a 2nd grade classroom and they all wanted to take them home! Click the picture to get them FREE. If you like the phones please leave positive feedback and a positive rating.

If you really love them check out the rest of my Cell phone Long Vowel Team Center Activities!

I'm glad you hopped by!  If you are new to my blog and liked what you see, don't forget to follow me!  Now head over to You Might Be a First Grader to roundup the next FREEBIE!

We Appreciate You!

Thanks for hoppin' by Hopkins' Hoppin' Happenings.  Keep on smiling!

Saint Patrick's Day Task Cards

First off, I want to thank all my loyal followers, fans, friends, family, and anyone else who stops by to view my teaching website.  I can't believe that I'm over 3,300 views already.  That is simply amazing as I just started the website on Dec. 28th.  I sure didn't expect it to do this well.

I have put out three freebies so far.  Hopefully, you have grabbed them all as I have had loads of views and downloads on each of them!

I have now made my first ever paid product that you can purchase on at my store on Teachers Pay Teachers by going here: Saint Patrick's Day Task Cards - $2.50

If you enjoyed my All About Rabbit Task Cards you will my St. Patrick's Day Task Cards.  These are great for pre and post assessment and also for your early finishers.  We all have students who finish their work early and many of us have gifted students.  Put them all on a ring and let your students quiz themselves!  These also might be fun if you are a parent with a child at home who gets bored, but loves to learn new things.

I hope you will take a look at it and plan ahead for Saint Patrick's Day!

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Brian :-)

Positive Friday share for the week of Jan. 30th!

Wow, what a great wonderful week!  I have a couple of wonderful positives to share with you today.

First, my blog now has 75 followers and on facebook I am up to 156!  If you aren't following me on either yet, please do and don't forget to also follow on networked blogs.

My other positive of the week is something small, but it was very nice.  Being a man, I rarely get compliments on my clothes, especially from the kiddos.  Well one girl complimented me on my shirt in the lunchroom and a boy complimented me on my shoes.  Neither are new and in fact the shoes are probably a couple of years old.  It was just nice to hear something nice from children who were in the upper elementary grades!

So what positives do you have to share today?  Please either reply to this blog post or head on over to my facebook page and let us know at least one positive thing that happened to you.  This can be from school or home!

Positive Fridays

Each Friday, I am going to try to post a blog for everyone to share in the comments some positive experience at school or your personal lives.  This has been a big hit on my Facebook page and I hope it will on my blog as well.

I was praised by the assistant principal on Wednesday during a parent conference.  I was told that I'm very organized, structured, am always working with the students and that the students really love me.  It made me feel so great hearing that and to hear it from the assistant principal in front of a parent was truly awesome!

I hope that you also have a super positive experience to share from the week.  Please reply on the comments below and don't forget to sign up on the RSS feeds to the right of the page!  It looks like this, but don't click it here, go to the right side of the page!

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Here is hoping that your Friday was spectacular!

Brian :-)