Bailey's Corner

January is almost over and thanks to several snow days I've had time to create a lot of new resources and update some new ones. Here are a few of my new resources that are currently free. Grab them now as they won't stay free forever! (Please be kind and leave feedback if you do. :) ) I am also happy to announce I will begin a monthly $10 TpT gift card giveaway for my followers. This is my way to say thank you for supporting my store and leaving feedback on purchases and free downloads. :) Follow this link to enter to win this month's giveaway or complete directly below. Good luck! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thanks to snow we only had school 1 day last week! It was wonderful to get some rest, but boy am I dreading those make up days. :( I've used the time to get organized in my house, my TpT store and my lesson plans and ideas. We will be taking our district mandated benchmark tests this week so I have been looking for a lot of ideas for reviewing equivalent expressions. Here is my latest creation, free for a few days! Click on the image or here to get yours from TpT.  I made two versions, one already matched into triangles and one scrambled. I prefer scrambled puzzles so that I can get help from my students cutting them out the first time we use them. It took me a while to get to the point where I trust them to cut them out straight. :) I have had very few mishaps and it's worth taking the pressure off myself to get one more thing completed outside of school hours. My kids really do want to help and feel valued when you allow them to. :)  You can see all my free produ...

I finally uploaded the rest of my individual unit bundles. I can't believe I have put this off since August! I will continue to update them and add additional practice. I also plan to add the math centers I have started creating.  Check out my bundles: 6th Grade Math Warmups and Homework 6th Grade Math Complete Interactive Math Notebook Unit 1: Fraction and Decimal Operations Unit 2: Ratios and Proportional Relationships Unit 3: Properties and Expressions Unit 4: Equations and Inequalities Unit 5: Rational Numbers Unit 6: Geometry Unit 7: Statistics

My kids really enjoy using puzzles to practice their math and are much more willing to work on these than they are willing to complete worksheets. Win, win! Thanks to the extra day in the weekend I was able to put together a new one to introduce to my students tomorrow. They're going to be so excited! Now that I have them laminated and cut out I can reuse them next year. I love adding games like these to my classroom, every year I have less to do when I add reusable materials! You can snag a free download this week only by clicking the link below. Please remember to leave feedback for me!

I made these a few months ago and forgot about them, woops! My kids enjoyed using these puzzles to review finding equivalent fractions, decimals and percents and were much more willing to work on these than they are willing to complete worksheets. Win, win! Now that I have them laminated and cut out I can reuse them next year. I love adding games like these to my classroom, every year I have less to do when I add reusable materials! You can snag a free download this week only by clicking the link below. Please remember to leave feedback for me!

Hello! I enjoyed some snow days this week and used the time to cut up some wonderful center activities I've purchased from TpT. I was very frustrated with how much paper I was having to dispose of and the never ending cutting required!  I will often take something I've purchased and spend extra time working magic to make more print on a page or to eliminate unnecessary spaces that just end up being cut out and discarded. I found myself needing some additional resources for review and decided to make my own with a focus on reducing waste. Here is my first of the day. I don't know how many I'll get done, I have a very long to do list. :) The best part? There is very little waste! I cut out several sets to get ready for next week and had only small strips along each side left to discard. Yay!  What do you do to save paper and materials? Comment below. Have a great week! :)  Crystal