Are You Getting Your Money Back? TPT Tip!

Over the last two years, I have bought countless products from Teacher's Pay Teachers.  Seriously since college and my first two years of teaching, I have spent 200 dollars on there.  I mean that's spread out over 5 years, but still!  I couldn't believe it.  I discovered something that made me really happy though.

As my wonderful co-worker pointed out to me, in every email I get after I buy a product, TpT tells me to go leave feedback for credits.  Now, I am notorious for not reading through all of my email of that kind.  Also, what in the world is a feedback credit anyways??  Well if you don't know, I'm going to share it with you, in case you are as notorious as me.

Every time you leave feedback for an item you purchased, you get feedback credit.  The number of credits you get is equal to the amount of money you spent.  For example, if you spent 5 dollars on that product, you get 5 credits.  TpT rounds up.  So if you spent 1.50 on a product, you get 2 credits.

Now what do you do with said credits?  Have you every noticed during checkout that there was a section that says something about apply credits?  Well for every 20 credits you accumulate, you get 1 dollar back.  That means I got 10 dollars back in credits.  This is super helpful for those times you want to buy that 1-2 dollar item, but they won't let you spend less than 3 dollars.  All you have to do is apply those credits!  It took me about 30 minutes to go back and leave some kind of feedback for all my paid products.  It takes about 30 seconds to do it now each time I buy something!

Hope this was helpful for somebody!!

Back to School - Setting Up Notebooks

It's nearing the time to welcome a new batch of fresh faces into my classroom.  I'm sad to see summer fading away, but I still can't help the excitement I'm feeling with the new school year coming soon.

It's a busy time of year, and a big part of that is planning notebooks.  I set up six of them ahead of time for samples for students to use.  I keep those for new students that come in throughout the year.

I'm excited to share what I've put together so far!

I have started having my kids use their bathroom passes in their notebooks.  It means that they have to have the notebook in class to go to the bathroom.  They get three a six weeks.  If they don't use them, they switch out a daily grade for a free 100.  I value my class time.  If you want it, this is a freebie on my store.  You can get that here.  

 I like having a place I can refer the kids to about what they need in their notebooks.  I had a version of this last year, but we didn't really use it because it was way too wordy.  They year I made my own version of it.  I love it!!
















 In science, measurement is such a key part of a successful year.  That's also a skill that the kids will use throughout their lives.  I make sure, right at the beginning of the year, we get clear about what I'm going to expect.  I use the foldable to discuss what each tool measures and the units they MUST include.  If you want, you can get it from my store here.

Safety is something I have to go over every year.  I've used another source for these pages but they were never convenient to stick in my notebook.  So once again, I made my own version.  In the lab, I always need my kids to have something to refer to in case of emergency.  We have them around the room, but I'm happy with how these turned out.  If you want this page, you can get it here.   

This has been my bestselling product so far.  My kids have to know how to graph, what to include, and which on to use.  I use these notebook pages to go over it at the beginning of the year to include what I expect.  My kids refer back to it all year.  If you want these super awesome pages, you can get them here. 

Last but not lease, I have where I keep track of their grades.  I know a lot of people don't grade their notebooks.  I grade their notebooks though.  I grade them for completion.  I stamp their work and labs when they complete them.  That helps me grade quickly later.     

 I hope you have gotten something out of this.  I seriously enjoy this planning stage of the year.  Have a wonderful rest of your summer, if you have one left!