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2020

• Who's Your Marigold?
• Happy Teacher Appreciation Week
• Mother's Day Digital Magazine!
• Happy Teacher Day
• Education is NOT a bottle of wine.
• Charlotte's Web of Secrets: A Story about George
• Virtual Spirit Week
• What's the Hype with HyperDocs??!
• Which Assessment Tool is BEST for (You)r Students?
• Let's Make a Screencast on how to make a screencast!
• Gamers UNITE!
• Who said Virtual Morning Meetings couldn't be FUN!?
• Is Everyone Muted Yet?
• There's a Button for that!

2019

• Pamphlet Template Mania
• 2019-2020 Fair Winds Teaching Ambassador Program
• Class Fund - Funky Style
• The New Year is Around the Corner

2018

• Book Barbecue and Text Tasting
• Education, Made-to-Order
• Classroom Job Necklaces
• Valentine's Day non-food Gift Tags Bundle
• FlipGrid Fever
• Shifting your Mindset to start Flexible Seating
• Teacher Tired is a Real Thing
• Who Said Reading Can't Be Fun!

2017

• New Year, New You!
• Potato Head Class Reward Program
• Individual assignments on Google Classroom!!!
• #TeachersBeLike Hashtags for Instagram Teachers
• Prism Photo Editing App
• Book Clubs with Students
• 2017 March Madness Book Bracket
• Readie 500 - Reading Challenge
• Learning Goals and Success Criteria Poster
• The Leather Drop
• QR Code Listening Center
• Market Day
• V.I.P. Boxes
• Instant Ink is a LIFE Saver!
• Recommended Math Books for Elementary Financial Literacy
• Flexible Seating Pencil Box name tags
• TenMarks Tracking Sheet

2016

• Which QR Code generator is best?
• Job Applications for Student Classroom jobs
• BoomWriter
• Education Hashtags - General
• Education Hashtags - Elementary & Secondary
• Ever use Scoop it?
• Technology in Education Hashtags
• State Education Hashtags
• Classroom Attention Grabbers for students
• Barter & Trade
• Goods & Services
• Recommended Language Arts Books for Elementary Financial Literacy
• Budgeting Excel Spreadsheet
• Lifting Up Your Students' Voices - Online.
• Financial Literacy Vocabulary Quizlet & Tagxedo
• Dr. Seuss Day Resources
• National Pi Day 3.14
• Math in Sports
• VideoNot.es
• Happy 5th Anniversary!
• Read & Write for Google Chrome
• Bankaroo
• MOVE IT! by the PE GEEK
• Teaching Digital Citizenship to the Teachers and Students
• Volunteers are so REFRESHING!
• LoTi Framework
• Presentation Tech Tool Review for Teachers
• Pillars of Adult Learning Theory
• Thanks for POPping in!
• My Journey to National Boards
• Area Battleship
• Math Fact Fluency Activities
• School supplies labels
• Certificate Magic!
• Fraction Peacocks! 
• Turn your Students into ELVES!

2015

• Author of the Week!
• Valentines Day gifts
• Valentine's Day cookies
• Kindness Campaign
• Use old devices in your classroom
• Thing 1 & Thing 2 photo props
• Twitter Tweet Student Template
• Hop on Popcorn Labels
• Lorax Mustache Template
• WACKY Room Worksheet
• You're POPPIN' with Knowledge
• Gushin with Answers
• CHEX your Answers
• Kiss those Test Jitters Goodbye
• oFISHially done with Testing
• Smartie Pants
• Dont get Twisted
• One Smart Cookie
• Test Motivation PowToon Video
• Pirate Book Box BLANK
• Pirate Book Boxes
• Setting up a charger station for your classroom devices
• Professional Training site
• Golden Specials Awards
• Instructional Design
• Google Classroom vs. Edmodo
• Using Kahoot in the Classroom
• Why are screencasts so helpful?
• What is a storyboard? & How would I use it in my classroom?
• Four Ways to Ensure your Training Session is Effective
• Plickers! Ever Heard of them?
• Using Excel vs. Google Forms to look at Data
• End of the year gift ideas!
• Money Money Money: Integrating Financial Literacy Into Instruction
• I wish I had SMORE time with you!
• ClassDojo
• Classroom Job Name badges
• My Father is a Hero
• Guest Readers for the Classroom
• Growing Potatoes in your classroom
• #Withoutshoes
• Setting up your classroom to be Financially Literate
• NEA RA 2015
• Creating our own Cereal Boxes
• Number Talk Videos
• Parent Volunteer "To Do" Basket
• 7 Up Lifting Ways to Start the School Year
• Let's "SPRING" into a GREAT school year!
• Welcome Back Bag
• All About Me Bag
• Discussion Dice
• Broken and Sharpened pencils
• Behavior Smilies!
• Google Timer
• Clock Numbers! *Freebie Friday*
• 3-D Printing in the Classroom
• Certificate & Newsletter Generator
• Seek Treasure in a Good Book!
• Symbaloo - Setting Up and Adding a Tile
• My Professional Development page!
• Mirroring 360 - Splashtop
• Poster My Wall
• Prodigy Math Game
• Typing Tool in Google Document
• Parent/Teacher Conferences are coming!
• Managing Your Google Classroom!
• Bright Loop - Tracking Student progress
• Flubaroo... Who knew?
• Voice Typing Tool in Google Documents
• Turkey Math- Area, Perimeter, and Array
• Screencast Programs... Which is the best?
• Go Noodle - Brain Breaks for your Students
• The 2015 Teacher's Gift Giving Guide
• How to enable the Closed Caption feature on your YouTube videos
• How Students can organize their Google Drive
• Staying Current on Technology in Education

2014

• Cause and Effect Anchor Chart
• Kahoot!
• Homework passes
• Barter and Trade Video
• Number Talks Video Series - Multiplication
• Square Writing Organizer
• Book Recommendation
• Halloween Party Ideas
• Halloween Door contest!
• Halloween Fun!
• Election Day!! Lily is Here!
• Trot for Technology!
• Winter Break Homework Countdown

2013

• Dental Health writing
• Test Motivation posters!
• Leprechaun Writing
• Green Eggs and Ham treat!
• When I am 100 years old writing!
• Chick Writing
• Hatch Live Chicks in the Classroom
• Happy 2nd Birthday FairWinds Teaching
• Mother's Day flower presents
• Book Character Day!!!
• ANTS!! Picnic basket math
• Guess Who's in our Zoo??
• NEA RA 2013
• Number Talks Posters
• Addition and Subtraction Strategies Poster
• Big Green Kissing TOADS!
• Math Magician website and chart!
• Steps to solve a math word problem!
• Birthday pictures
• Text Features- Anchor chart
• Classroom Twitter
• Thinglink- MEDUC 501
• Is that book right for you?
• Desk Check
• Math word wall
• Writing in Math - Key
• Veteran's Day
• Reading Strategies
• Place Value chart
• Science Journal - Compost pile
• County Projects
• Water Cycle
• Bio Posters
• Beat the Clock

2012

• To see my shadow, or not see my shadow!
• Who will see their Shadow this Year?
• Heavenly Hash! 100th Day snack !
• Ah the Luck of the Irish !
• A shoe and a note !
• Fun Easter/Spring pencil toppers !
• Jelly Bean Graph
• Space, Airplane, Road, Ground, and Worm!
• Why writers write
• Welcome to EdCampAI
• Soundscapes
• I see, I think, I wonder
• Worms need dirt ! Earth Day
• Happy First Anniversary to Fair Winds Teaching!
• Everyday is Earth Day
• Hand print World
• Word JENGA !
• Using YouTube in your classroom!
• Have a BALL this summer! :-)
• Zoo crazy
• White Board Technology
• How to Blow a Bubble Gum Bubble !
• Joe the Farmer at the Fair
• Chinese New Year Puppets!
• Back to School Bus tags!
• Math Manipulative a MESS?
• We are going to have a BALL in Kindergarten!
• Glow & Grow
• Please Raise you Hand!
• Positive Behavior/Reward Chart
• Hate when students forget to write their name? Nelly the Name Pirate can help!
• 2012 MSEA Convention
• Ghost Number Headband! 1-15
• Checklist for your volunteers
• SMELLIES!!
• Low Tech ideas!
• Counting Down the Days!
• Techniques for Success 2012
• HAPPY THANKSGIVING Bulletin Board!

2011

• Ahoy There Matey!
• Audio Book Labels
• After-school Activites
• Education That's Multicultural
• Easter Math
• Symmetry Fun
• Vista Print... All your printing needs
• Fun Spelling Chants and Cheers
• Zoo Field Trip labels
• Learning about coins
• Book Labels (Printable)
• Eric Carle Art Project
• UTZ © Quality Foods Plant Tour
• The Motivating and Engaging Classroom
• Teachers Pay Teachers Website
• Welcome back to school!
• Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar ?
• Adding some pizzaz to your Pirate Classroom!
• Apples, Apples, Apples
• Bees make apples??
• I am the proud parent of...
• My class has gone Edmodo crazy!
• MSEA conference 2011
• Writing center ideas!
• Meet Skeleton!
• Scary Stations!
• Creepy body parts
• Indian Corn Math
• Seat Signals
• Happy National Educators Week !
• From Cream to Butter
• We're going on a Bear Hunt!

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