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Sparking Motivation for Students AND You!! :o)

Happy Saturday, friends!! I will be off to take a little nap in a few minutes because I was up EARLY to teach language arts staff development this morning to some awesome teachers from all over my county. We’ll meet three more Saturdays over the next three months, too. This is the best staff development to teach because these people WANT to be there! They are NOT getting paid to come and listen to us on a Saturday morning! WOW!!

I want to link up quickly though with my BBB Joanne to share another foldable we did this week! (Check this post if you missed the first one I shared.) Foldables are a TOTAL motivator because the kids get to cut and glue (and DRAW on this one! “What?? We aren’t writing?? YIPPEE!!!” they all say…) – sometimes I get a little frustrated because it does take a little longer, especially at the beginning, but it’s so worth it because the kids are ENGAGED through the whole lesson.

We have been working on water cycle, so we made a foldable that includes a picture of the water cycle, and each flap covers the part that the word is representing.

The kiddos LOVED making them, and now they have a great tool to use to study! Next Saturday, I will be showing you another motivator and reminder of the steps of the water cycle- we will be making water cycle bracelets! The kids LOVE those!
And now, here is a little something for you… FREE STUFF! Who is not motivated by free?? 😛 You all have kept me motivated to keep blogging with such awesome comments and sharing right back with me when I share with you… and now that there are over ONE THOUSAND of you following me (whoa!!!! Little ol’ me with over 1,000 people who WANT to read what I have to say??? That’s crazy!!) I am joining up with some of my favorites to GIVE AWAY some of my favorite things!! You could win some awesome TPT products, clip art, books, mentor sentence units, or the famous pencil sharpener!
So what are you waiting for?? Enter here!!