Super School Shopping Saturday! Linky

Who doesn't like to go shopping with the girlfriends?! This fun linky party gives you a sneaky peeky into everyone else's shopping cart. Here's how it works: Snap some pictures of your back to school finds. Blog about your school supplies. Put the image above on your post and link it back to this blog. Then come back and add your blog to our linky party. 

Wait...there's more! You can link up today and for the next two Saturdays. At that time, the store will close. We'll draw names to select one shopper as the winner! If you win, you'll get to pick an item from each of stores as our thank you for joining.

Hosts are....yours truly: Smart Charts. And...

 

Now here's my Super Saturday share...

I've been working on a series of writing prompts to use with my class this year and it has a superhero theme. If you want to see it in my TPT store, click here:

So when I was at Target the other day, I was super excited to find stickers for my kids writing notebooks:

Wham! Pow! Speech bubbles for a writing bulletin board:

Cupcake toppers for a publishing party:

What's in your cart?

Friday Freebie Facebook Reminder

Friday, already? During the summer, the weeks go by so quickly. Ain't it so?! One good thing about Friday...Freebie Fridays on TBA. Go find something that makes you happy.

Remember that my apple freebie is on Facebook, so click the apple and get it today!

Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum...Rhyming Books Linky

Today's picture book linky is about rhyming books. I'm about to pop just to get this idea posted about the book Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler. 

This movement and drama idea is actually a repeat of one of my most popular posts from my first blog— ABCs of Reading: Integrating the ARTS with BOOKS to teach COMPREHENSION Strategies.

Just when you need a book to liven things up, along comes a book with ooey-chewy words and an icky-sticky story to get stuck on! In Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum,  a variety of animals get stuck one by one in bubble gum melting in the road. They must survive encounters with a big blue truck and a burly black bear. For this idea, you'll need to visit the dollar store and get a pink, plastic tablecloth. Cut it into a gum-splat shape. (See the photos and the book cover.) After reading the story aloud, I introduced my group to a choral reading of the text. I can’t post the whole chant, but here’s a sneak peak to help you get the idea. (If you drop me an email, I’ll send you the entire choral reading. Just title your message “Bubble Gum” and send to jaynestamp@cox.net.)

Teacher:

Bubble gum, bubble gum,

Chewy-gooey bubble gum,

Icky-sticky bubble gum

Melting in the road.

Group 1:

Along comes a toad...

A fine, fat toad,

A fine, fat, wild

Splat!

Wart-backed toad.

All:

Ew! Yuck! The toad got stuck!

Reading this rhyme is kind of like chewing gum, the more you read, the smoother it gets. For even more fun, try this drama extension. Place the shape on the floor of an open area. Select volunteers to be the toad, shrew, goose, bee, crow, black bear and hen. Ask these students to visualize how the animals would move before and after getting stuck in the mud. Read aloud the story as the students pretend to be stuck in the “gum.” When you read the part where the animals blow the bubble, have the students lift the tablecloth in the air as they would a parachute. “Bubble gum, bubble gum, light and lifty bubble gum!”

The toad and the bad-mood shrew are stuck!

They chewed and they chewed....

Along comes a big-bottomed bear!

  

Sound like fun? I'm looking forward to hearing from you!

In Vegas...NOT

Sunday Smorgasbord

Here's the recipe for my Sunday...Begin with a healthy portion of Highland Hills Baptist worship. The sermon was titled, "Get a Life...It's too short!" I was thankful for the reminder that it is important to do meaningful, purposeful work. Also that my worth is not based on how many facebook, blog, or instagram likes I can get it one day! Can I get an "Amen" on that? We love our blogging, but we gotta keep it in perspective.

Continuing with the recipe...Add in a pinch of puppy love. This adorable foster baby is still available for adoption with Paws and Adopt.

Simmer on what is facing me tomorrow:

Where to begin? Two weeks left of vacation...