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The first teacher blog I commented on was For the Love of Teaching Math. It is written by Andrea, a sixth grade math teacher. The post I commented on was about integers, and you can find it at Revisiting Integer Operations with a Freebie!!!. It had everything from adding them, subtracting them, multiplying them, and dividing them. Within the post, there was 2 links, both leading to other post about integers. I read all 3 and discovered that learning about integers can be a very fun, easy experience. Andrea turned it all into a game, many games actually. The students were allowed to do hands on activities, move around the classroom, and enjoy themselves all while learning. Andrea also posted links to things she used to teach her students from Teachers Pay Teachers, and other various websites. There were some great freebies in the post! I commented telling Andrea how much I enjoyed reading her post, and told her thank you for sharing all of the wonderful resources she had for teaching integers. I told her that I had never heard of Teachers Pay Teachers, but I really loved it after looking through the website.

 The second time I commented on Andrea's blog, it was on her post, Some of My Favorite Things....... Andrea owns a Teachers Pay Teachers store online, and she posted some of her favorite things she sells in this store. First, she shared a coordinate graphing picture. It would be perfect for students learning about graphing, and would be excellent practice on graphing points. Once the students connect the dots, it reveals a mockingjay pin from the Hunger Games. The second thing Andrea talked about was another product for coordinate planes. Students play "I have/Who has" while searching for letters throughout the plane. The next product she shared was instructions for a fold-up fortune teller game. It is used to review equations. Fourth, she shared one of her most popular products, a game used to reduce fractions. It is called Potato Head Math Craftivity. Next, she shared one of her most useful items. It is instructions on how to teach operations with decimals using base 10 blocks. It also has worksheets. Lastly, Andrea shared another incredibly useful item. It teaches how to tie decimals, percents, and fractions all into base 10 blocks. She finished her blog by posting the link to her Teachers Pay Teachers store, and providing promo codes for discounts. In my comment, I told Andrea that I would be pinning a lot of her resources on Pinterest to save for later. I also asked her how she created all the material on her Teachers Pay Teachers store. I told Andrea that I thought all of her resources were very cute and useful as well. I enjoyed reading her blog post and will be visiting them again later!