Freebie Alert - Fonts!

I've been playing around with creating my own fonts lately.  Here are my first two!  I've got a few others that I plan on finalizing in the next few days and I'll post them here, too.

As I make more, I plan on bundling them into a pack on TPT with a commercial license, but since these are my first two, you can have them for free!  If you create anything in TPT with it, just give credit to me with a link back to my blog.

So, check them out!  And let me know what you think.  If you click on the buttons below, you can see other previews or try them out with a text editor before you decide to download them.

Enjoy!

Freebie: Black History Month

My class just finished up a project for Black History Month.  Check out the pictures below and grab this freebie. 

I am a big fan of choice boards.  My students really enjoy getting to choose their own projects, and I make sure that the projects are varied for different learning styles.  Win, win.  Here is a thumbnail of the assignment, which you can have for free at my TPT store!  

On the day the projects are due, the students set them up on their tables with a "Compliment Sheet."  I play 4-5 songs and we do a Gallery Walk - where the students walk around writing compliments to each other about their projects.  

My class L-O-V-E-S this song (see link below).  "Baby Elephant Walk" by Henry Mancini.  They beg to hear it every time we do a Gallery Walk.  It's pretty fun.  :)  

When the last song ends, the students return to their seats and are SO excited to read all the compliments.  It's so sweet.  And, it is a great way to share a lot of projects without spending hours and hours on dry presentations.  I still let them all share one or two fun facts with the class if they'd like, but I have become a big fan of the Gallery Walks.  

Here are a few of the finished projects.  Take a look!  And if you like them, feel free to pick it up for FREE at my TPT store!  Enjoy!!

George Washinton Carver:

Notice the collage on the iPad.  The student made the 

collage her background and then left sticky note directions on 

how to see the collage: In case you can't read the note, it says: 

"Press Home button to see."  

"Do Not Touch Otherwise!"  Too funny.  

Wallace Amos, Jr:

Patricia Bath:

Madam CJ Walker: