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Martin Luther King, Jr. has been an American symbol for peace and justice for many years. We honor Dr. King every 3rd Monday in January. In thi...
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This is a PDF file and provides a thorough set of vocabulary posters that have been created to go with the Common Core State Standards for math. ...
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George Washington Carver was born into slavery in Diamond, Missouri, around 1864. The exact year and date of his birth are unknown. Carver went ...
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Journey into the world of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was born a slave and as a young girl, she was injured by he...
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This is a 27 page PDF file and provides a thorough set of vocabulary posters that have been created to go with the Common Core State Standards fo...
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This download is for the Really Good Stuff book bins that measure 2 1/4" by 4 1/4". You can enter your own levels onto the cards and print out a...
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Nifty Nouns contains a variety of activities for students listed below: Nifty Nouns Sorting by Person, Place and Thing with game cards Nifty Noun...
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Have fun with this packet and "Movie Time" is a 19 page PDF file for working with real and nonsense words. There are popcorn containers and popc...
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Enjoy these adorable penguins as you teach your children place value during math centers. This center is very inviting to children because they ...
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Fall is just around the corner and the colors that come with Fall are awesome. This packet contains the following centers: Scarecrow Sentences...
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This 36 page PDF packet contains fun dinosaurs and colorful dinosaur eggs to be matched. The dinosaurs contains the place value cubes and the e...
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The Common Core State Standard targeted in this packet is: Phonological Awareness RF.1.2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, ...
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This is a 25 page PDF file and provides a thorough set of vocabulary posters that have been created to go with the Common Core State Standards fo...
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This packet on homophones has mice and computer graphics with homophones on the computer screen. There are 20 sets of homophones to match and re...
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The following activities are included in this fun filled "100 Day" packet: 1. Bookmarks for each student 2. Secret Message Game with the 100 Cha...
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This packet contains adorable dinosaurs and dinosaur eggs to be matched according to the answer. This packet is designed to teach one of the com...
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I love celebrating Groundhog Day and it is a fun way to teach about how to make predictions. This Groundhog Day unit includes 37 pages of engagi...
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Sight Word Rainbow Writing for Pre-Primer is a packet designed for any student that needs on level or remedial intervention. This is an excellen...
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This packet contains over 20 ideas to use in the classroom with the elves from Santa's workshop. This time of year the elves are busy making toy...
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If you thought Monkey Around with Antonyms was fun you will definitely enjoy these cute little monkeys as well. There are 20 synonyms to be matc...
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omalland re: Sleepy Synonyms
How many pairs of synonyms are in this set?
May 19, 2013 Report inappropriate comment
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Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
There are 16 pairs of synonyms with a answer sheet in the packet. I recently made a correction on the recording sheet and uploaded it again to TpT. Go to your "purchases" and it should have a blinking title letting you know that a newer version is available. Let me know if you have any further questions. I hope this was the answer to your question?
May 19, 2013 Report inappropriate comment

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carriebarnshaw
Hello Deb! I recently purchased your wonderful First Grade Math Vocabulary Posters and I absolutely love them and are so helpful in the classroom! I was wondering if you would be able to add a bunch of other math vocabulary words that are part of the Go Math series that I use in my classroom. I look forward to hearing from you Deb. Thank you so much!
May 13, 2013 Report inappropriate comment
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Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
Hi Carrie, Send an email to me at fabulouslyfirst@aol.com and let me know what vocabulary words you are interested in. Depending on how many concepts there are it will change the price of the product if they are added because I charge a fee per page.
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Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Designs  (TpT Seller)
Thank you sooo much for the lovely feedback!! Your feedback always brings a smile to my face! :)

Take care and thanks again!!!
-Beth
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lesliejake re: Nine Ninjas (Long and Short Vowel "i" Words)
Hi Deb,
I purchased this from TPT and I cannot get it to print. I also purchased your Octopus Home and it printed beautifully so I am not sure why this one won't work. Blank pages come out. My class loved the octopus game and I really wanted to purchase all the other vowel products you have but want to make sure they work first.
Thanks!
Leslie
April 17, 2013 Report inappropriate comment
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Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
Hi Leslie, I have uploaded the Nine Ninja packet again to see if this will help. You can go to the "My Purchases" area on TpT and download the product again for free. If it doesn't print out this time try this: The black bars - These are showing up because
you do not have the most updated version of Adobe Reader installed on your computer or you have a Mac. If you go to your purchases page, you will see the word "blurry" flashing. There is a link there to download the newest version of Adobe for free. If you have a Mac, go to your downloads folder. Open your file with Adobe, not your default reader which is “Preview”. I have a Mac, so I have this issue also. If none of these things work is there another printer you can use to print it from? I hope one of these suggestions helps. If not TpT will need to be contacted so they can repair the download from their end. Please let me know how this goes so I can help you out! Thanks so much for your patience and I am so sorry you are having such a difficult time with this download. If all of these options fail I would open a support ticket with TpT at this URL: https://support.teacherspayteachers.com
April 17, 2013 Report inappropriate comment

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malonea
Hi Deb,

I downloaded your treasure chest math printable (I can email it to you) and I just received addition problems, do you know how I can download the subtraction problems as well.
Thanks!
April 6, 2013 Report inappropriate comment
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Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
Okay, I think the problem has been fixed. Please download the product again and let me know if there are any further difficulties. Thank you so much for being so patient and if I can help you further please let me know!
April 6, 2013 Report inappropriate comment

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maryedkins re: Compound Word Puzzles (CCSS aligned)
Hi! I really like your puzzles, but is it possible to get them beginning with lowercase letters? Some of my kiddos are still using capitals all over the place, and I want them to realize that we mostly use lowercase. Thank you!
April 3, 2013 Report inappropriate comment
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Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
Hi Mary, It has already been changed to lowercase letters and all you have to do is go and download it again for free! Thanks so much for the good suggestion!
April 3, 2013 Report inappropriate comment

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Heather Haney  (TpT Seller) re: Martin Luther King, Jr. Mini Unit (common core aligned)
I really love this unit. The only problem I'm having is when I try to print the cover for the Class Book (pg 4). It keeps printing with two black rectangles on it. I've printed it at school and home and it has done it both places. Any suggestions?
February 9, 2013 Report inappropriate comment
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Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
Have you tried to re-download the purchase again? I know one thing that you can try and that is to make sure the adobe software you are using is up to date. If neither one of those work just email me at fabulouslyfirst@aol.com and I will send page 4 back to you and see if that helps.
February 9, 2013 Report inappropriate comment

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lisa6500 re: The Elf For the Classroom
Hi i just purchased the elf on the shelf packet and most of the pages cannot be read and are blurry. What can wedo about this? Thanks for your help. Lisa
December 5, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
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Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
The black bars - These are showing up because you do not have the most updated version of Adobe Reader installed on your computer or you have a Mac. If you go to your purchases page, you will see the word "blurry" flashing. There is a link there to download the newest version of Adobe for free. If this doesn't work go to your "My Purchases" and on the top right hand corner it says "Need Help?" "Download Difficulties" and it also says "If you are having a downloading issue. please do not leave poor feedback. It's not the seller's fault. We will solve it!" Contact them and they will take care of you from there and possibly email you the file.
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sorrelmx
I purchased the Thanksgiving Story (Retelling Bracelet). Unfortunately, I cannot open the file at home or at work as neither computer is able to open a .flipchart. Is is possible to save it as a .pdf or .ppt so that I may be able to use this with my students?!

Thanks!
sorrelmx (maemaemls@gmail.com)
November 20, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
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Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
I am so sorry but ActivInspire Flipcharts can't be imported into powerpoint or saved as a PDF. I tried to do it and could not get it to save in either format. It does state in the product description that it is an ActivInspire Flipchart and that the proper software is necessary to open it. I had to take screenshots of the product and the quality of the pages are compromised by placing it into PDF format. If you accept the compromised version in PDF format there can't be a refund. You should be receiving an email with the product sometime today.
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fryewendy re: WhOoOo Knows What Time It Is?
I just purchased your center, but can not get it to download. I bought other (of course) centers that I could download, so I don't think the problem is mine. thanks
October 22, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
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Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
Could you email me at fabulouslyfirst@aol.com so that I can help out?
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sonya2 re: Odd and Even Cocoa Bears
Deb,
Thank you for emailing me this center. It is so cute and I really want to use it in my classroom.
I know you are busy, and this took time, but I really appreciate your time and response.
Thanks again,
Sonya James
sjamesses@gmail.com
October 21, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
You are so welcome!
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julieedmonds re: First Grade Math Vocabulary Posters
Hello! I love this resource, I am deciding whether to buy first or kinder words for my lower first grade math groups. I was wondering if you would consider making coin words since they are a big part of first grade math. Just simple ones like penny, nickel, dime, quarter would be great!
October 18, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
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Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
When you make your purchase please let me know and I will email you two slides with the coins and coin words. I will need to know what name it was purchased with through paypal if different from the above name to verify the purchase. Please also leave me an email in which to send the slides to you. Since coins and coin words are not a part of the common core state standards I will not be adding them to the packet since I want the product to be representative of the new standards. If you would like to contact me via email please contact me at fabulouslyfirst@aol.com. Thank you very much and I look forward to hearing from you soon!!!
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Tammy Ferguson  (TpT Seller)
Hello Deb,

My name is Tammy Ferguson and I am new to teacherspayteachers. I am interested in how to get started with selling my ideas on this website. I was wondering if I need to purchase a specific software in order to create my documents. I have done a few documents but only in microsft word. Is there a software that I need to consider to be successful in this business?

Tammy (tmferguson3@msn.com)
October 14, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
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Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
Hi Tammy, I didn't purchase any software to start and just started with using powerpoint on my iMac. I watched a lot of tutorials to learn a few tricks and shortcuts. I just started myself at the end of January of this year and I have enjoyed every minute in being a part of TpT. Jump in and get started and get in with a group of teachers that are also blogging. I think the secret ingredient is having a blog to compliment your store. Good Luck and I am now following your TpT store.
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27NSecond re: Math Vocabulary Second Grade Posters
Deb,
I have an inquiry about one of the math vocabulary cards for Second Grade. On the Picture Graph, I believe it shows a picture of a bar graph. Perhaps in the shuffle, they were mixed?
Keep up the good work.
Syl
October 14, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
Thank you for letting me know and I have a note on my desk to take a look at it and see what needs correcting. Whenever a product is changed you can go to "my purchases" and the text will be blinking to alert you that the product has been changed.
October 14, 2012 Report inappropriate comment

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Robin Worley  (TpT Seller) re: These Are "SUM" Bugs!
Hi Deb,

I had asked you earlier for permission to use your Sum Bug image on a page of our Common Core State Standards tutorial which will be online for the San Mateo County Office of Ed. I put your permission in a very special place--so special I can't find it! If you don't mind sending along your permission again, I would appreciate it! We will properly cite the source with your name.

Thank you!
Robin Worley
You can reply to rworley@smcoe.k12.ca.us.
October 3, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
Thank You Robin, I did send you an email a while back so let me know if it doesn't reach you. Thanks so much for picking my product.
October 14, 2012 Report inappropriate comment

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megleeann re: First Grade Math Vocabulary Posters
Hi. I like your vocabulary cards. Can you tell me exactly which ones you have made? A list of the vocabulary words? I'm looking for some to go with the Go Math! series for first grade. Thanks!
August 18, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
The concepts covered are in the item description for your convenience.
August 18, 2012 Report inappropriate comment

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Robin Worley  (TpT Seller)
Hi Deb,

I work for the San Mateo County Office of Ed and we're putting together a presentation on the Common Core math progressions. Would it be possible for us to use an image of one of your "sum bugs"? I'll cite you as the source.

Thanks!
Robin Worley
Instructional Technology Coordinator
San Mateo County Office of Education
August 15, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
Hi Robin,
Yes, you most definitely can use the "sum bugs" as a product image as long as I am cited as the source. I would appreciate that very much and thanks so much for asking. Good luck with your presentation!
August 15, 2012 Report inappropriate comment

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Tiffany Ellis  (TpT Seller) re: Animal Print Posters (landscape)
Thanks so much! My email is tiff31ellis@yahoo.com
August 13, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
You have mail headed your way Tiffany!!! ENJOY....
August 13, 2012 Report inappropriate comment

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Tiffany Ellis  (TpT Seller) re: Animal Print Posters (landscape)
These are so cute! Are they able to be edited so I can type my students name in them and use as name plates?
Thanks!
August 12, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
Hi Tiffany, I have changed it to where it is editable but TpT won't let me upload any new products right now. Can you send me your email so I can send you the google docs url to go and get the editable file? My email is fabulouslyfirst@aol.com!!!
August 12, 2012 Report inappropriate comment

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AMBridges re: Polka Dot Book Bin Labels
What color are the polka dots?
August 12, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
I edited the entry description and listed all the colors for you. I am glad you asked that question because it needed to be listed in the product description. Have fun shopping the TpT Back to School Sale!!!
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twisterisu re: Animal Print Calendar Numbers
Sorry Deb,
Last question, I promise :) I purchased the calendar numbers and months. It says on the page that snake print is added, but when I downloaded it the snake stuff wasn't there. Did I do something wrong in my download or is it just not updated fully yet? The other prints came through fine and look great. Thanks again for all your help.
August 5, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
I went back and checked all of the updates I made and you are right the snake print was not there. That was during a time when TpT was having some glitches on their website after a huge upgrade to their system. You should have already received an email that the product has been updated again and you can download it again for free. I am very sorry for the inconvenience!
August 5, 2012 Report inappropriate comment

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stiger re: Animal Print (Days of the Week)
can you choose one print? or when you buy it, you get all prints?
August 2, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
You get all of the prints but if you are wanting to just print one specific type you can select which print/pages you want and just have the printer print out the page you select on your printer. I hope this answers your question and please let me know if it doesn't.
August 2, 2012 Report inappropriate comment

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twisterisu re: Animal Print Calendar Numbers
Deb,
I am planning to purchase your animal print calendar numbers and months, and was wondering if you had anything with these borders that could be used as a desk/locker nameplate. I would like to keep my labels consistent in the room, and was hoping you might have something like that. Also, I am currently using the 4 patterns you include and also use snake skin to differentiate my 5 pods, do you have anyway of creating nameplates or the book book bin labels in snake skin? Thanks in advance for any help.
Sarah
July 25, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
I have added some snake skin to the products you are considering purchasing. There are also some free animal print products in both landscape and portrait that you may be able to use for other things you need in the classroom. Hope this helped out.
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Branda2 re: Animal Print Book Bin Labels
How do you add the text to these awesome animal print labels?
June 14, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
I will be happy to customize them for you but if I do they will become a paid item based on how many pages are created. If you would like them to be customized you may email me at fabulouslyfirst.com and give me the details and I can get back to you with the price.
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hih63 re: First Grade Math Vocabulary Posters
hi on pinterest it says that this is free...am i looking in the wrong place?
June 2, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
They are a paid item but they are free for the next 24 hours at: http://www.facebook.com/FabulouslyFirst
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cflorine re: Dinosaur Place Value
Hello! I just purchased the dinosaur place value packet, but am unable to download and print it. It says the file is "damaged and unable to be fixed". What do I do?
Cheryl Florine
May 9, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
Cheryl, were you ever able to get the Dinosaur Place Value to work for you? I never heard anything back from you and wanted to check on you.
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pwilson7 re: First Grade Math Vocabulary Posters
I love the math vocabulary posters. I would love to see more. Are you creating more posters?
May 4, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
Yes, I will be creating more soon and if you have anything specific that you would like to see please let me know and I will add them to my list.....
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austink re: Treasure Chest Math
I love this packet you made with the Pirate Math, but I can't get anything but addition sheets to pull up. Is there a way to get the subtraction?
May 2, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
I have a teacher blog that you can download it from since it is a free product. Try the download from there and see if it works for you. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Treasure-Chest-Math
If I can help you further please let me know.
May 2, 2012 Report inappropriate comment

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KTP on TPT  (TpT Seller)
Thank you so much for all of the great info on the seller's forum. I really appreciate those websites that you sent!

I've looked into the backgrounds on mycutegraphics.com and my question is- How do I use a background on only one sheet? I want my cover page to have a background, but the background doesn't necessarily work for the rest of the document. Thanks for any advice you can give!

Katie
p.s. I'm your newest follower!
April 30, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
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Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
Hi Katie, You are very welcome for the collection of graphic resources. It was something I had to pretty much figure out on my own. If you are using My Cute Graphics just click on the background of the one you like and under the pic it will say "preview this background". Click on it and it makes it larger on your screen. I own a mac so I just take a screen shot and save it to my desktop to use on the cover page. If you are using PowerPoint I go to "insert" then "picture" and look for the graphic on my desktop and click on "insert". It will then ask you whether or not to apply or apply to all. When I get home this afternoon I will send you some websites that have video tutorials that will help you out a lot. I went to the TpT forums and presented questions and got some greaet help in there as well. Talk to you soon! Deb
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schoollady1 re: Arctic Antics Math Centers
I bought this several months ago and am just now using it. I have discovered that the numbered answer cards don't seem to match the numbered problems. Is that correct or am I missing something? I love the unit other than that. Thanks. Ms. Bennett
March 12, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
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Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
You are absolutely correct, there was an error and the new updated answer sheets were corrected and placed back out for a free download if it was purchased. I am allowed to put the product back out as updated but I have no way of communicating directly with the purchaser. I am so sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for being so gracious.
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Ann Marie Smith  (TpT Seller)
I just wanted to let you know that your products have great cover thumbnails and your banner is so cute! Your store is visually appealing! I just became a follower! :)
February 11, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
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Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
Thank You So Very Much! It means a great deal to me to have you as a new follower!
February 11, 2012 Report inappropriate comment

Scipi
Scipi  (TpT Seller) re: Odd and Even Cocoa Bears
I saw your posting on the Sellers Forum page of Teachers Pay Teachers; so, I thought I would look at your freebie. I have a suggestion that might help you to better market your products. Always add a second page which is a directions or suggestions page. List several ways you use this product in your classroom. Never assume that a buyer knows how, why, or when to use your product.

If you have time, I’d appreciate your input one my freebies listed below.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Number-Tiles-FREE-Problem-Solving-Acitivites-for-the-Primary-Grades

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dots-Fun-FREE-Primary-Grades-Resource-using-dominoes

I am now your 7th follower, and hope you will reciprocate at my store as well. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/SciPi/Products

Welcome to TPT, and good luck with selling!

P.S. I actually had a remedial college student who thought for a number to be odd, it must contain all odd numbers; the same for an even number.
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Scipi
Scipi  (TpT Seller)
Well done! Very colorful and engaging for students. A good way to work on odd and even numbers.
January 15, 2012 Report inappropriate comment
Deb Thomas
Deb Thomas  (TpT Seller)
Hi Scipi, thank you so much for your encouraging words. As you well know encouragement from one teacher to another can go a long way!
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been a teacher in both special and regular education since I graduated from Berry College in the spring of 1976. I am currently in first grade and teaching in a Title I Distinguished School and a School of Excellence in Alpharetta, Georgia and I truly love it! I have been in the classroom since I graduated and have also been an interpreter for the Hearing Impaired for both the general public and for those who want to learn sign language on a personal level. What has my experience with TpT done for me personally and professionally? That is easy to answer because the changes were immediately noticeable. I have become a better teacher because creating materials for TpT has increased the depth in which I think about what and how I want to teach concepts to my students. I am always seeking new ways to create new ideas and new assessments for my students. On a more personal level the funds I make from TpT go to help my son, a veteran, who came home a wounded soldier. He requires therapy and my TpT funds go towards assisting him to put his life back together again after serving for over eight years as a Marine and in Iraq.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Definitely a "hands-on" approach with curriculum integration and differentiation as a focus because all children learn differently.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Nominated twice for Teacher of the Year in both my regular education and special education experiences. Recognized by my county for starting a summer program for special needs preschoolers called S.P.L.A.S.H. where they continued their education during the summer to help prevent academic regression.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I acquired my Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from a small private college in north Georgia. My Master's is in "Technology in Education" from Lesley University and my Specialist's Degree is in Curriculum and Instruction from Piedmont College. My certificate also has a Special Needs PreK and Reading endorsement and I was involved for 7 years with special needs prek with medically fragile students. While in special needs prek I taught the hearing impaired and am certified in American Sign Language and do interpreting as needed for the general population and have taught classes for those who want to communicate with the hearing impaired.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I am a mother of four grown sons and have two grandchildren who I think are the best children in the whole world. I have three dogs and one crazy cat; Daisy, Penelope, Sadie and Snickers. Being a part of TpT and creating wonderful teacher materials for my classroom is now a passion for myself but more importantly for other teachers who I hope will come to enjoy them as much as I do. I design each one of my teacher units with the classroom teacher in mind so that all you have to do is cut, laminate and it is finished. I line up the pages so that numerous pages can be cut out at once and save you time!