Classroom Friendly Pencil Sharpener

Pencil sharpening...one of the biggest dilemmas of a classroom teacher.  Do you let your students sharpen their own pencils?  I always have, but I've gone through at least 7 electric pencil sharpeners in the past 5 years.  Every year, I have a new wall sharpener installed.  It seems like they just don't last. 

I've been hearing about this classroom friendly sharpener for quite some time, and I think I might just bite the bullet and buy one.

One of the things that I really like about this sharpener is that you can buy replacement blades for it.  The sharpener itself is $24.95 with FREE SHIPPING!  However, one sharpener is given away each month.  Check out the website for more details.

If you have experience with this sharpener, please let me know what you think about it!

Any Treasures Teachers Out There???

 If you are a Treasures Teacher, you might enjoy this little tool I made.  There are so many elements in the Treasures series that you have to take into account when you are planning.  There's the story, the theme, the genre, the comprehension strategies and skills, the phonics skill, vocabulary strategies, and the grammar skill.  When planning, this can be a bit overwhelming especially when you are trying to locate them all in the TE.  Why they didn't include a guide somewhere is beyond me, so I did it myself.   The outline is made made to go along with the 3rd grade series.  If you like it,  but teach another grade, I can make it for other grades too!  It's for sale in my TPT store for only $3!

If you like it, you might also like the Treasures Weekly Skills Bundle I have for sale.  These sheets include all of the things listed above, but also have the spelling words and vocabulary words and definitions listed. They are listed in a "parent friendly" format.  The sheets are not fancy because they are used to update my website each week...just copy and paste!  If you do a newsletter, it would work for that too.  My parents love having access to the weekly skills.