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Links from My SDE Presentation for I Teach 1st – Freebie Links, Too

First, let me say that I had the best time ever presenting for SDE at the I Teach 1st conferences in Vegas.  The teachers who came to my conferences were the most enthusiastic and attentive attendees.  You all made my job easier and I LOVED meeting all of you.  Thanks for tagging me on Instagram.  
As promised, here are links to the products I shared during my presentations and a few slides from the presentations.   Just luck below the title slides for the links.
Here is a slide from my presentation about center set up. 
I talked about managing behavior using Classroom Dojo.  You can read more about it in this post!
Here some packets that I mentioned in my post.  You can click on the covers to check them out in my TpT store. 
   

 

    

Here are the freebies I mentioned:
      
     

 

My plan book

You can click on the slides to check out the products in my store and my fellow TpT sellers:

 I don’t have this file to share.  A colleague created it for the Smartboard and then I made the students’ names out of “alphabets” from Lettering Delights.

Some more resources I shared:
Units I use throughout the year:
   

   

     

      

       
    

   
  

Writing:
Fun:

This is a Massive Packet!
Follow my store to get emails of when I post these two new products!
For my weekly visual plans, click here!
  
 
Now available!
Freebie:
Some of the resources I shared:
If you did not attend the session, you can get my close reading packet for Bear Snores On here:
These labels are available here. 
I shared a reading test that I had made.  You can click below to download a Word version for you to use to create your own tests. 
I hope you enjoyed my presentations!  You can read more about my Vegas trip here.
Happy Teaching!
Erica 

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  1. Claudia Salcedo

    July 14, 2014 at 6:40 am

    YAY! I'm in the very first picture! Bottom right!!! It was a pleasure meeting you! Your sessions were amazing and I learned a lot! I especially loved your close reading activity.

    • Erica Bohrer

      July 16, 2014 at 1:17 am

      It was so nice meeting you, Claudia!

  2. Faithinhim

    July 14, 2014 at 6:53 pm

    Ahhh I wish I could have gone!! It looked like such a great time!
    Ashley
    The Blessed OCDiva

    • Erica Bohrer

      July 16, 2014 at 1:17 am

      It was! You need to try for next year.

  3. Tamara V. Russell

    July 14, 2014 at 6:58 pm

    Oh my goodness! 🙂 What wonderful resources you've put together for us all to look at through the post! 🙂 I can't wait to dig in to quite a few of these! 🙂 It was such a pleasure to meet you in Las Vegas! 🙂 Can't wait to see what other amazing things you come up with for your learners this year…I'm sure more than a few of those ideas will also be making an appearance in my room as well shortly after! 🙂 XOXO

    • Erica Bohrer

      July 16, 2014 at 1:17 am

      It was such a pleasure meeting you, too Tamara! Thanks for coming up to me. You made my night.

  4. Anna DiGilio

    July 14, 2014 at 7:28 pm

    As always… A Great post! I wish I would have signed up to attend your session at SDE 🙁 I didn't sign up for anything with SDE…but maybe next year I will 🙂

    Hugs
    Anna

    • Erica Bohrer

      July 16, 2014 at 1:18 am

      Yes, you should next year. I had a blast. So nice seeing you in Vegas.

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