Dare to Dream

 Linking up with Third in Hollywood, Teach Create Motivate, Sparkling in Second, and Peppy Zesty Teacherista for week two of TPT Seller Challenge!

I can't wait to be a mom someday!!! I make my husband a little totally crazy because we've only been married for a year (as of yesterday!) and am 25... but I cannot wait until we start our family!!! The timing isn't right yet due to work/finances, but I would really love to be able to stay home with my children when the time comes. I absolutely LOVE teaching. I know I will be crying my way out the door if I ever do leave the classroom, but I wouldn't trade anything for the dream of having a big family and spending as much time being involved in my children's lives as possible. I am baby seller on TPT, so I almost feel silly saying that TPT could help me achieve this goal, but that's the dream!!! Perhaps I could have TPT and other means such as watching other children or other work at home options to make this happen!

I grew up as one of three and love my siblings dearly. I spent SO much time babysitting as a teenager for big families. I fell in love with all the fun that a big family of children entails and that quickly became my dream. My husband grew up in a big family and loved it, so he's on board, as long as we can afford it. Of course, a golden retriever will be a part of the equation!

Finally, as I teach, I feel like I am living out God's calling for my life. I love that in our profession, we are in a position to serve and love others in so many ways. In the future, I am hoping that having more time with my family will enable us to serve together in ways that the Lord leads us to. Giving our resources back to the Lord is a value of our home and to be able to live a life above and beyond our tithe to bless others would be a dream!! I definitely desire that my children will be serving consistently and that our family will grow closer by working for Him!

I am soooo passionate about my dreams! My husband has a very entrepreneurial spirit, and I guess it's rubbed off on me a little bit! So, I've decided to see what can happen with TPT! 

Thanks for reading about my dreams!!!

Makeover Madness

I'm linking up with Third in Hollywood, Sparkling in Second, Teach Create Motivate, and Peppy Zesty Teacherista for #tptsellerchallenge! This week we were all challenged to take a product and makeover the cover. I did a makeover to this whole product ... Now it is much better! :)

This product contains a GAME for students to practice double-digit addition and evaluate whether they make a new ten or a new hundred when they add. I made this game because I teach my students a few different strategies, and they need on-going practice choosing their strategy and adding accurately.

As students are ready to be moved forward, the product contains a math task with 3 double-digit problems and 3 triple-digit problems. The problems are missing digits and students use their place value knowledge to solve for the missing digits! What I love about the tasks are that the students can go deeper in their thinking as they come up with multiple solutions for each problem. I like to laminate the tasks so students can use dry-erase to write on the tasks OR have them put it on their iPad so they can write multiple combinations. 

The product is on SALE through Friday, June 19th! :) Check out the product on TPT here.