Sasha's Creations

Tpt Sale What's In Your Cart

I'm so excited for TpT's Site-wide Back to School Sale! Today I'm linking up with Jenna from The Speech Room News to tell you about what I suggest from my store & what's in my cart.

1. Alpha Pals: I'm so excited to introduce you to my Alpha Pals. These pals were created to engage students when learning their alphabet. I have so many things planned for them! The Alphabet set will be used as Anchor charts when I introduce each letter & create our word wall with the class.

The Alpha Pals Growing Bundle is my collection of crafts for each letter. Each letter will have ideas and resources to make 4 crafts: a large craft, a small craft, a hat and a puppet. It also includes a full page poster & black-line master. Over 250 pages when done. You can download the Ally Apple Freebie to get an idea of what will be included for each letter. Just click here:Allie Apple Freebie

Don't miss out on the Alpha Pals Growing Bundle only $8 during the TpT Sale Aug. 3rd & 4th! It will never be this price again!

2. Champs Posters

Champs posters are great to establish expectations in the classroom. You can read more about my Champs Posters here.

3. Red & Blue Alphabet Posters:

Red & Blue Alphabet Posters with Wordwall Letters

This bright alphabet will not only look great in your classroom but also visually distinguishes vowels & consonants. It was made to go along with my favorite alphabet song from Phonics for A to Z by Sing, Spell, Read & Write.

My Alphabet Features:

★Red Vowel Borders
★Blue Consonant Borders
★Full page and ½ page options
★Lowercase & Uppercase for each letter
★Round Words Wall Letter Headers in 2 sizes
★Pictures labeled to make them easy to read
★Primary Handwriting Font with lines
★Real photographs for each letter:
A- apple
B- ball
C- cat
D- doll
E- egg
F- fan
G- goat
H- hand
I- inchworm
J- jam
K- kite
L- lamb
M-monkey
N- noodles
O- octopus
P- poodles
Q- quilt
R- rail
S- sun
T- tail
U- umbrella
V- vase
W- wagon
X- box
Y- yarn
Z- zoo

You can get it here.

What's in my cart?

This summer I was lucky enough to preview some songs by Miss Jenny from Edutunes. She is amazing & a great person too. Since I teach Kindergarten, I am getting her Kindergarten Bundle. It includes:

Common Core Kindergarten Math Music CD

Early Phonics

Start Each Day with A Smile CD

Make Good Choices CD

Building Back to School: A Teacher Tools_The Basics

I'm linking up with my friend at #TeacherMom every Monday for the next four weeks to give you some tools for a successful year. Today's topic is teacher tools. Here are my top two teacher tools that will help you have a smooth sailing year.

Tool # 1 Class Dojo:

I love Class Dojo! Its an App that allows you to give the kids points. Parents are instantly alerted of the points their child gets. You can customize it any way you like. You can also pick a child at random. It was great for helping me pick students equally. I also used the random feature pick a secret walker. Children got a point for walking quietly if they were the secret walker. It worked like a charm they all walked perfectly just in case they were the secret walker. If my secret walker talked or misbehaved in line, I would simply say oh no I've got to pick a new secret walker. I also give kids academic points. Parents loved knowing instantly that their child mastered their letter sounds or sight word levels. But my favorite feature was the messenger feature. I could send parents group messages, individual messages or even pictures of their child. They could also respond or send me personal messages. When they responded it went only to me, there was no reply to all like in email. You can learn more about Class Dojo here.

Tool # 2: Champs

I love Champs because it defines exactly what children are expected to do before each lesson. I use it daily at the beginning of the year then as needed to review expectations or any time the expectations are different than they are use to. Champs stands for C: Conversation, H: Help, A: Activity, M: Movement, P: Participation S: Success.

Conversation: For the conversation component the teacher must model & have children practice the different noise levels. I use the following levels:

Level 0- Means complete silence

Level 1- Is a whisper voice

Level 2- Is a little louder

Level 3- Is a Presenter voice

The kids always love practice the different voices.

Help: For the help component, Champs defines what children should do if they need help.

Activity: Activity defines what they are doing.

Movement: This component defines what movement is allowed & what is not allowed.

Participation: Participation defines how they are participating and with whom.

Success: This is my favorite component because it sums up what I expect of my students. We always chant this one together as a class!

In my classroom I tape my CHAMP posters to my white board &use magnets to change expectations. I have many CHAMPS poster sets in my store but this one is my personal favorite. Click on the image below to see it in my store:

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Monday Made It!

So excited to join 4th Grade Frolics in Monday Made It for the first time.

Introducing the Alpha Pals!!

Last week I wrote a guest blog about Creating a Print Rich environment and posted a picture of a Die Cut alphabet I saw while touring my daughter's new school. You can read more about it here. Someone asked me if I sold it in my store & inspired the birth of my Alpha Pals. Its my first attempt at clip art & I'm having so much fun with them. I'd love some feedback. Hopefully I'll have the 2nd half of the alphabet next Monday.

My Kinder Tribe

I am so excited to be part of The Kinder Tribe!

Hi, I'm Sasha. I a mother to 2 kids, a 4yr old girl & a 7 year old boy. I've been teaching for 15 years, 9 of those in K. I've worked in all kinds of schools: public, private, charter, native american, & Montessori. While each type of school has its own charm, I believe the public school system in my state has the most to offer its students and teachers. I am a proud graduate of the International Baccalaureate Magnet program in a public school. My high school curriculum was harder than my college one. I was better prepared for college than my brother who went to private school.

My principal calls me the Techy Kindergarten teacher. I love anything that has to do with technology. I love my iPhone, iPad & MacBook. My husband knows that my techy toys excite me more than jewelry. My Nikon DSLR camera is my favorite toy. I love taking pictures and editing them. I also love bright colors! the first things on my back to school shopping list is color sentence strips. I use them on bulletin boards, pocket charts & even cut them to make flash cards. My favorite book is the Kissing Hand. I love the message of love in it. Its also a great book for parents to read to their kids before they start kindergarten. It comforts parents too. I made this Kissing Hand Freebie. Click the picture to get it.

My favorite kinder blogger is Deanna Jump. I have been following her long before I became a TPT seller. Now she is also my inspiration. I love her style & friendly attitude! I love to meet her in person one day.

Fun! Fun! Fun! Summertime Blog Hop

I'm so excited to be part of my first blog hop! Thank you Cheryl from Mrs. Wyatt's Wise Owl Teacher Creations for hosting it.

Summer is a time to reinforce academic skills as well as life skills.

Every summer I enroll my kids in swimming lessons in my local YMCA. This summer my 4 year old is finally gaining confidence in the water & my 7 year old is having a blast at 1/2 Day Aquatics Camp. Living in Florida, I believe swimming is an essential life skill all kids need.

I created a Freebie to help parents and teachers engage children in a discussion about water safety. You can create a scrapbook with your kids demonstrating the skills or have them draw pictures.

Click here to get your FREEBIE

I am very proud of my little girl, just a week ago she did not have the confidence to swim on her own.

Other than swimming, I have spent the summer practicing Spanish with my kids. Although I am fluent in Spanish, my kids are not. When my daughter came home from school singing the Spanish alphabet, I knew I had to teach her more. She was the inspiration for all the bilingual sets in my store.

Here she is singing the Alphabet Song.

Here is a preview of my Bilingual Alphabet.

See it in my store.

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Next stop Discovering Hidden Potential

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Come Sing The ABC's with Me: Thursday's Giveaway

Congratulations to Teresa & Melanie who won yesterday's giveaways. Today we are raffling off a $10 Starbuck's Gift Card. Scroll down to enter today's giveaways.

Thank you for joining my Blog Party it has been a blast! I am still learning the ABC's of Blogging. Thank you for visiting my blog. I have 2 Freebies today to celebrate 100 likes on my Facebook page!

BOGO: All week long. Buy 1 item from my store get another item of equal or lesser value free. Simply send me an email telling me which item you would like free.
If you made a purchase this week please contact me so I can send your free item.

Today I am giving away my Red & Blue ABC Posters & Exotic Animal Posters to two very lucky winners along with other great prizes.

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I chose to do all the consonants in blue and the vowels in red to help students visually distinguish them.

My Red & Blue alphabet was inspired by my favorite phonics song.

The Exotic Animals Alphabet was inspired by my love of animals.

See it in my store.

Get today's freebies here:

Red Vowel Posters with Real Pictures

Exotic Animal Vowel Posters

Giveaway # 1

Red & Blue Alphabet
All About Me Teacher and Student Activity-Book
$10 Starbucks gift card sponsored by The Craft Of Teaching
Addition Strategies Show Your Stuff

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Giveaway #2

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Shapes All Around: Wednesday's Freebie & Giveaway

Congratulations to Teresa & Betsy who won yesterday's giveaways. Scroll down to enter today's giveaways.

BOGO: All week long. Buy 1 item from my store get another item of equal or lesser value free. Simply send me an email telling me which item you would like free.

Today I am giving away my Shapes Posters & Shapes Posters Bilingual Sets to two very lucky winners.

See it in my store.Shape Posters with Vivid Photographs

Just like my other sets. This is also available in a Bilingual Set.

See it in my store.

Get your Shapes Flashcards Freebie here:FREEBIE

My favorite shapes book is Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stroll Walsh.
What is your favorite shape book? Leave me a comment telling us.

Giveaway # 1

Shape-Posters with Vivid Photographs
HUGE Colors Bundle
Back to School Activities and Resources by Liana Davis

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Giveway # 2

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1 2 3 Come Count With Me Tuesday's Freebie & Giveaway

Congratulations to Lukas & Amanda who won yesterday's giveaways. Scroll down to enter today's giveaways.

BOGO: All week long. Buy 1 item from my store & get another item of equal or lesser value free. Simply send me an email telling me which item you would like free.

Today I am giving away my Number Posters Number Posters Bilingual Sets to two very lucky winners.


See it in my store.

The Bilingual Version includes 3 sets( English, Spanish & Bilingual).


See it in my store.

You can get my Number Flashcards Freebie here: FREEBIE

I am sad to learn that my all time favorite counting book is out of print.

Help me find a new favorite. Let me know in the comments what your favorite counting book is.

Giveaway #1

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Giveaway #2

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Reader Recommended Books: Leave your recommendation in the comments & I will add to this list.

Monday's Giveaway: Color My World

One of my passions is photography. It is this passion that inspired all of my Classroom Posters. Everyday I will feature a different set and raffle it off along with other sponsored goodies.

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My first featured product is my Color Posters. I can't wait to put these up in my room! You can see them below. I'd love to hear which one is your favorite.Don't forget that any product bought this week is a BOGO. Simply leave me a comment telling me which product you like after you have completed your purchase with your email address. Free product must be of equal or lesser value. Scroll down to enter Monday's Raffles.

These are also available with Black Mats & in a Bilingual Version. The Bilingual Version contains 3 sets of posters (English, Spanish & Bilingual).

See it in my store.

You can get my Color Flashcards Freebie here: FREEBIE

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Blog Party!!!

To kick off my new blog thanks to Design Infusions, I am hosting a Blog Party from today until Thursday. There will be BOGO's, Giveaways & more fun. From now until July 16th buy any product from my store & get another product of equal or lesser value free. Simply leave me a message telling me which product you would like. Come back daily for new giveaways & other fun. There will be two raffles a day starting Monday. Special thanks to all my sponsors:
Longwing Montessori
Sara Rucker
Engage and Play In PreK
The Berry Hill
Glimmers of Learning
Love Luck and Laughter

Toad-Ally Exceptional Learners
Enchanting Elementary
My Heart Belongs in Kindergarten
Shakin' it up with Mrs. Shannon
Reflecting Mrs. Liana
Mrs. Garcia's Super Scholars
Little Shop of Honors
Pink Polka Dots & Pre-K
The Science School Yard

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