Decimals and Percents, a Sale, and a Baby Shower

Well, it's Sunday, which means, 1.  It is still acceptable to link up I hope for a Five for Friday, and 2.  I also need to link up my Sunday Circular, too. :)

So, here is my link up with Kacey this week for Five for Friday:

I'm going to try this out this week as I link up with Nicole over at All Things Apple in 2nd.  I will try a buy 2 get one sale.  Buy ANY two items in my TPT Store, and get one for equal or lesser value for free! :)

This week we learned all about percents to decimals, fractions to decimals, decimals to percents, etc.  This is the first time the students had exposure to this, so it was an uphill battle. :)

We started my making a little foldable book for our Interactive Notebooks:

 We made it by taking a piece of colored paper, folding it half, and then in half again to make a little book.  Then we cut the fold at the top to make a little mini book. :)

This was one of the foldables that was their new favorite!  After we made each page, we did some examples of each conversion, then went on to the next page.  

We then talked a little the next day about writing examples of word problems into algebraic equations.  They REALLY struggles with ones like:  12 is 30% of what number.  So, we spent a lot of time talking about  the words is and of, and what they mean as an operation.  

Then we worked through some of my robot task cards...we are STILL not done.  I did task cards 1-4 as a whole class, then tried to see if they could try 5-8 independently, and we still struggled.  So we did 5-8 together as a guided practice, too!   Next week we plan to do the rest.  

If you're looking for a challenging percent activity this is it! :)

  

Next on our agenda will be practicing what we know using grocery store sales papers! :)

 I made a set of 36 task cards (there is something for ALL grade levels 4-7!)  that you can use with ANY sales paper.  It covers everything for operations with decimals to working with percents as a tax or a discount.  I can't wait!  What a great way to practice math in REAL LIFE! :)

Totally not school related, but yesterday I helped throw one on my BEST friends her baby shower! :)  I am sooooo super excited for her!  It made for a very fun Saturday. She is having a girl, so we are joking that her sweet daughter and my sweet baby B will be future boyfriend/girlfriend. :)

 This long holiday weekend, my fellow NC TPT-ers and I are part of a holiday Facebook hop!  You can hop all around the Facebook pages to get some awesome Freebies!!! :)

Here are all of the links you need to Hop 'til you drop! :)

Pre-K-2 Primary on the Prowl

3-5 Extra Energetic Educator

6-12 NC History Gal

I'm giving away my prime and composite color turkey, so be sure to hop around for some great freebies!!! :)

Last, I am very excited that it is a FOUR DAY weekend! :)  Monday for us is a work day, so I plan to go in and get some stuff done.  What about you all?

Sunday Scoop & Circular: Halloween Goodies!

I'm back again to link up with The Teaching Trio for the Sunday Scoop this week:

I HAVE:

To finish decorating for Halloween--I know that I said that last week, but I really need to finish. :)

I also have to dye my hair today which is a chore that I hate.  BLAH

It's our first "fall like" day, but we do need to get some things cleaned up on the inside.  

I HOPE:

To get my Biome Unit DONE this week.  I'll be debuting it in my classroom this week, and I CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!!  It will be my first attempt at "Flipping" my classroom, so I am excited AND nervous.  Make sure to follow me to see how it turns out. :)

I am also DOUBLE linking up today, too!! :)  This is the first Sunday Circular with All Things Apple in 2nd!

I have my Halloween resources marked 20% off today, so get them while you can for CHEAP!! :)  Just click on each of the covers below for more information. :)

Here is a closer look at each:

Lastly, 

I am HAPPY to go outside and enjoy the rest of the day! :)  I'm off to take Baby B for a walk in his wagon!  Enjoy the rest of your Sunday, folks! :)

TWO for TUESDAY Linky (SALE!)

How much fun was yesterday linking up and meeting everyone???  Again today I am linking up with The Teaching Tribune for their Summer Bloggin' Series.  

Today I am putting two of my TPT products on sale for 50% off!! YAY!

Here are the two products that I chose:

BOTH of these units I used this year and they worked GREAT, and they are two of my best sellers. Best part is they are only $4.00 each today!!!:)  Taffy of Torpedo Junction is maybe not the most COMMON book, but it is a great historical fiction adventure novel!  It aligns great with NC history, so it was a great book for me to use, and to use across the curriculum!  It's on the Battle of the Books list for NC this next year, too!

Poppy was another book that I did for the first time this year, and I LOVED that book as well (it might be one of my new top 5 teaching books).  This also worked well with our curriculum and tied in habitats and animals wonderfully (it's a great book to use with owl pellets!!)!

Both units are rigorous and fun!  They kept my class engaged and they worked well independently or in a group setting with each one. These units would also be great for literature circles, too.  I hope that if you choose to purchase them, you enjoy them!  Just click on the picture above, and it will take you directly to my TPT store.

On a side note, today I also added a FREEBIE to my TPT site!  I mean, even though things are 50% off--who doesn't love a FREEBIE?

I used this Character Comparison poster to have my students compare two characters from DIFFERENT stories that we ready this year.  They either compared them using a similar character trait OR a similar situation.  The posters made a great hallway display, PLUS they engaged the students in higher order thinking skills!

Please enjoy perusing my site, and I hope that you enjoy the novel units if you choose to purchase them!!!!!  

Again, I'm sorry that my TPT site is all of my lessons from 4th grade at the moment.  I only knew that I would be teaching 6th grade in May, so please follow me by blog or TPT store for all of my updated 6th grade files and adventures! :)