About a week ago, I had dinner with some of my friends from my Master's Degree cohort. While we graduated in May, and finished working on our certifications over the summer, we try hard to stay in touch as much as possible! I love getting together with these ladies, because they inspire me to push myself and accomplish my goals. While we were digging into some delicious cheesecake, we talked about the possibilities for teachers on
Teachers Pay Teachers. I have used this website frequently for purchasing products that assist in my classroom instruction, however I have never considered the possibilities of selling on that website myself!
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| Dinner with my teacher inspirations! |
When I found out that
Dimitra was on TpT, I asked her about a million questions and she shared with me her successes with sales on that website. She uses it to fund her children's extra-curricular activities! She gave me some basic tips and pointers for getting started and challenged me with the goal of listing one item on TpT during the month of September. I opened my account to become not only a buyer but a seller as well, and uploaded not one, but TWO resources!
The first product I created combines some of my favorite instructional practices. I created a math station/guided math/rotation activity for my 2nd graders to practice their number line skills as well as counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, and 100s. I usually teach math in a guided math format or a math station format where students have the opportunity to work independently or in small groups on activities focused around one main topic. The first topic of the year in our district is number line use and skip counting. So I created an activity that combines both and can be completed (and even checked!) independently . Anyone who knows me also knows that I am passionate about incorporating technology whenever possible. By utilizing QR codes, I allow my students to use their
BYOT devices, and also to check their work! I find that my students quickly get used to counting 2, 4, 6, 8, etc. and 5, 10, 15, 20, etc. but when it comes to counting by increments of 2s or 10s when not on the even numbers, or not on the decades, that becomes really difficult for them! This activity should provide a little challenge for students while allowing them independence!
The second product I listed (and for free!) is a simple reading response worksheet about theme. Currently, I am trying to teach my second graders about themes found in literature and there are a lot of options! I would also like my students to be able to respond in writing to what they have read. I think I achieved the perfect result! I hope to create and add more versions of bump to my TpT store as it continues to grow.
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| Click on the picture to get this freebie! |
I'm really excited to share my two new products (one of which I have listed for free)! I hope you'll try one or both out and leave me some feedback in my store to let me know what you think! I know there's a lot to learn and am sure I will be making changes and adjustments all the time! But I'm so excited to join this dynamic, creative, and passionate community of Teachers Pay Teachers sellers!
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