Today’s Tried-It-Tuesday is a very special one for me. Last year over my Mardi Gras break from school (don’t hate!), I had a wild hair, took a plunge, and listed a few of my self-made items on Teachers Pay Teachers. In all honesty, I was constantly justifying to my husband just WHY I was spending SO much money on Teachers Pay Teachers (most of which was in Margaret Whisnant’s store, HA!) that I hoped to make enough money to offset that.
I’m SO thankful for that wild hair, as Teachers Pay Teachers has truly changed my LIFE! I have made so many new friendships and have met so many teachers around the world who share my passion for teaching. It has truly made me a better teacher and I absolutely love seeing my resources help other teachers and other students around the country and around the world!
And TODAY just so happens to be the one year anniversary of my first item sold. Here she is:
As someone bought this, I heard my phone make a strange sound (the famous, well-loved CHA-CHING!) and I was hooked.
It’s so fitting because this novel is my absolute FAVORITE thing I teach all year and I start every year with this for my 8th graders. In honor of this very special day, both of my resources for The Wednesday Wars are FREE for today only. If you’re looking for a novel to teach that is rich with meaning, full of allusions, and let’s face it – a literary masterpiece! – then look no further than this fabulous resource. Be sure to pick up these resources today!
Happy Tuesday!
Erin,
Your products are so well-written….I LOVE THEM. Thank you for sharing!
Kelly
learningin2.blogspot.com
Hey Erin…I am so glad I've gotten to know you, and I hate to point this out, but you forgot to set the product to free. I'll check back later for that, but since you've taught this multiple times, what age range would you call it for? I was thinking 6-8, and probably too much for upper elementary unless it's a very advanced reader, right? Congrats to you. I thought you'd been doing this much longer. Amazed by your success…goes to show what unique products can do.
Ah, see what scheduling during the school day does to me? LOL Thanks for that heads up.. they're corrected now!! I teach this with my 8th graders, and yes, it would be more of a middle school novel than an upper elementary novel. Of course, advanced readers could get plenty out of it!
🙂 Erin
Nevermind. I think I hit the link to the quizzes. Duh! Still…let me know your thoughts on level if you get a minute.
Congrats, your products are awesome! Thanks for sharing your talents with us!
YAY!!! Congratulations my fellow Saints lover! I'm so proud of all of your accomplishments! For the people asking. I've done this books with 5th graders before, but they were TAG kiddos! XO
Alison
Rockin' and Lovin' Learnin'
So proud of you, my bloggy bestie! Congrats on making your one-year milestone. I love that you were able to make J eat his words!!! I inspire to be like you someday!
aspire… not inspire. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
You have certainly come such a long way in just a year! I'm so impressed! Can I be you when I grow up??? 🙂 Keep up the great work. You make things so much easier for the rest of us who buy your products.
Jennifer
Mrs. Laffin's Laughings
Congrats Erin!! You have accomplished so much in one year and helped so many people.
Love the blog design too : )
Congratulations on such a huge accomplishment! You inspire all of us! Thanks for sharing your first born with us!
Joanne
Head Over Heels For Teaching
Wow! I am in awe of the fact that you have only been a TpT seller for one year!!! Your blog and products are out of this world! I'm a TpT newbie (started selling this summer). I would LOVE to know how you created such a dynamite store so quickly! Do you have any blog posts about that? If you have a quick second, I'd love to hear from you. My email is kelalaina@hotmail.com. My store is http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Wise-Words if you want to check it out.
Thanks for being such an inspiration! Congratulations and keep up the amazing work!!!
🙂 Kelli
Congratulations!! I can't believe that you have only been selling your things for ONE year!!! Your products are so great…there are lots of kids in Illinois enjoying them : )
I am IN LOVE with your new blog design!! Fabulous just like you and your products!! Congrats on the big milestone!
Okay…I am lovin this new blog design, Erin! Your install must have been today. Congrats and thanks again for the freebie!
Shut up!!! I can't believe that you have only been on TPT for a year!! You go girl!! I LOVE your new blog design too (sorry, but those Saints needed to go!). Haha! I feel so blessed to know the famous Erin from I'm Lovin Lit and your success is such an inspiration! 🙂
~Holly
Fourth Grade Flipper
Where are the fleur de leis? Apples – huh? Just kidding, friend. I see you caught the "bug" too. I love that apple red paper;) Cute. Congrats on your 1 year anniversary. Glad you started blogging and TpTing (my new word) and glad to call you a real life friend;)
Deniece
I can't believe you've only been on TpT for one year! You have accomplished soooo much and completely inspire me. I am so glad to know you and count you as a friend. Thanks for sharing your first product with all of us!
Wow, I thought for sure you'd been doing this longer! So glad you made the decision to start up your store. I LOVE this book and wish it was one I could use with my kids! I do own a copy, so I could recommend it to a few high readers. It would have been my favorite in 5th grade if it had been around!
Don't Let the Teacher Stay Up Late
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Your products are loved by not only teachers, but students as well. THANK YOU WILD HAIR! You have inspired me to really buckle down, and get my "stuff" together to open my TPT store (all my friends keep telling me to do it…I'm just nervous). THANK YOU! 🙂
Congratulations on your 1-year TpT anniversary! What a year you have had! Obviously the result of much hard work, perseverance, and CREATIVITY! Here's to another year of more-of-the-same!
~Deb
Crafting Connections
There's a bunch of happy, ISN loving 6th graders in NJ who can identify so many literary terms thanks to you and your products! And (not to be redundant but…) ONLY one year?!?
Happy 1 year on TpT!!!! I would have never guessed you've only been selling for a year! Please share with me how your phone makes the "cha-ching" sound when a product sells! I need this in my life!!
Rachel
A Tall Drink of Water