All in a Day's Work

As I'm sure everyone who works in a school knows: IT IS COLD SEASON!!! So I had many absences on my schedule today. I finished these flashcards up right before recess during one of these breaks. I love that I can hole punch them, put them on a ring, and know exactly what I have. And because these are line drawings, they take so much less ink!!! I also added a "cover page" and a list of the targeted words that you can put on the ring, too. And a data sheet. Oh my. Fancy?

I like to think I am getting better at creating these things... At least I'm getting faster! And I'm excited to use these next week. My students are SO tired of the old flashcards and of using the green box of verb pictures (you know the one!!)!

*Update* So I meant to publish these on Friday (12/11). Instead, I didn't save the activity to my USB Drive, I went home without it, and then got sick and was home from work Monday. So I'm finally publishing the activity today, on Tuesday (12/16). Ideal? No. Can I use them in January? Yes. Am I REALLY looking forward to 4pm on Friday? YES. Do I make a lot of sense right now? Not so much. :) But I still hope you enjoy the flashcards.

Hope you like these!!

Sarah, The Scattered SLP

I may have a TpT problem...

I've loved the Teachers Pay Teachers site since I discovered it last year. At first, I only downloaded the free materials. Some forms that I could tweak or use ideas from to make life smoother. Then some free activities. Then some $1 or $2 activities. It was all so benign! And handy!! So many ideas on Pinterest (another obsession...) linked back to TpT. And the materials looked so good! I'll buy one. Just one. Just one really good thing. I need some Common Core materials, I told myself. I can show solidarity with my General Ed friends. I, too, am relating activities to the CCSS. I have materials. I have signs in my office. And then, well, there were some really great planners for the 2014-2015 school year that were designed FOR the SLP... And it would be really helpful, right? I could customize and be really scheduled and on task and get lots more done! And they were cute! That makes it more efficient, right?

Then, I found grammar activities. Amazing, Awesome, WONDERFUL activities! Adorable flashcards for irregular past tense verbs! Those are the BANE of my EXISTENCE!!!! (Or, at least they were, at the time, with at least 8 kids working on them). So I had to get those... And then more, because once those were mastered, we couldn't just go back to the boring old ways... I was bored by my old flashcards! I wanted new, better, cuter!!

Now, I am downloading clip art images. Creating my own materials. I am on a Gingerbread and Snowman kick. My free time at home is spent on my laptop, with a memory stick full of images, creating new activities, while sitting in the same room as my husband. I think he is wondering what happened to me... "no, you stupid snowman! I don't want you there!" I mutter to the laptop...

So there. My confession. I just spent $24+ on TpT for clip art and some activities. I will need more ink soon. I ordered my own, extra thick, cardstock on Cyber Monday. I just had a 32GB thumb drive arrive to store my clip art on. I have an addiction. Possibly a problem. But I'm LOVING IT. So maybe it isn't so bad?

An introduction to The Scattered SLP

Hello! I'm Sarah. I'm an SLP in a low-income elementary school in Northwest Washington. I am scattered. :) I love using cute materials, but am apparently picky. And short on time. I've been using materials from other awesome SLPs (Thank you, Teachers Pay Teachers!!), and I've started making my own materials. Suddenly, while making some irregular past tense flash cards with gingerbread girls on the front, I had the name "The Scattered SLP" pop into my head. It fits me well!! My conversations are often scattered, my material needs are scattered, and my office is DEFINITELY scattered!!! I have a caseload of slightly more than 50 students, with widely varying needs. I want quick and durable materials. :) And I use my own printer and ink when I want things in color. 

All of that being said, I am still learning how to make materials that follow all of the Copyright laws and am working on adding fun graphics. I love to do themes and am working on a Gingerbread Theme for the next couple of weeks as we approach Christmas. 

Here is my first (and so far only) product. I give you: a TON of Irregular Past Tense Verb Flashcards with Gingerbread Girl!

Enjoy!!

Sarah, The Scattered SLP

Download here from Dropbox

The cover page

The flashcards