New Products

There are now some new products available at BTC:

Short Vowels File Folder Packet - http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/btc_shop/packets/literacy.htm#literacyfilefolders

ABC Order Flashcards - http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/btc_shop/packets/wordstudy.htm#alphabet

Take a look!

Updates for February

Updates for February have been posted -

February Resource Page : http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/monthly/february_resources.htm

Best Educational Site: http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/bestedusite.htm

Class Website of the Month: http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/classsiteofthemonth.htm

A Message from BTC

Happy Holidays!

Wishing you a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2009!

Literature Activities using Favorite Books

There is a new section now at BTC called Literature Activities Using Favorite Books.  This section contains pages with resources, activities, and links for favorite children’s books.  Check back often as more pages are added!
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/teacher_resources/literacy_pages/literature_activities.htm

Polar Express Page -
Need ideas to use with Polar Express? Take a look at this page!
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/literature_activities/polarexpress.htm

Updates

The December Resource Page is available.
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/monthly/december_resources.htm

Check out December’s Education Site:
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/bestedusite.htm

Congratulations to this month’s class website winner!
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/classsiteofthemonth.htm

November Newsletter

The November Newsletter has been emailed out.  If you haven’t received it, you can read it at the link below:

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/newsletter.htm

BTC Newsletter

The October newsletter has been sent! If you haven’t received it and are part of the mailing list, then your server is blocking emails from Busy Teacher’s Cafe.  Please make sure your email address accepts emails from Busy Teacher’s Cafe.

If you would like to read the newsletter, go to:

www.busyteacherscafe.com/newsletter.htm

October Resource Page

The October Resource Page is now available.

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/monthly/october_resources.htm

Running Records and Leveled Books

Running records are a great way to assess your students’ reading and comprehension skills.  A new page on running records is now available if you are unfamiliar with this form of assessment.

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/teacher_resources/literacy_pages/running_records.htm

Leveled books in the classroom libraries are essential these days and many schools around the country are currently providing leveled readers for their students.  For more information and ideas on how to get your classroom library leveled, go to the new page:

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/teacher_resources/literacy_pages/leveled_books.htm

Idea Submission

I just love technology — especially when it fails!

The idea submission hasn’t been working for a few weeks — so if you submitted an idea and did not get a response, that means I never received your ideas.

So, if you would like to submit them again, the form is now fixed and available.  Send your ideas!!  I miss getting them and reading them! Thanks!

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/gotideas.htm

Don’t forget to add to add your comments about how you organize your resources!! See the post below!