Rotating banners are very popular among TpT sellers.  They don’t just add style to their TpT stores, but provide a way to promote their stores for free!  

Creating a rotating banner is easy! If you would like to create one, please follow the steps below:

Open PowerPoint and click on DESIGN on the top menu. Then, click on SLIDE SIDE on the right side of the menu. Click on CUSTOM SLIDE SIZE.

Set the slide size to 6.278 inches for 2.181 inches and click OK.

Click on ENSURE FIT.

 You may then start adding your message using your favorite fonts and clipart.  

I usually create five slides with the messages I want to show on my TpT store. You may create the messages that you like and as many slides as you want.  You can even add screenshots with covers of your products… anything that you would like to enhance and promote your store.

Once you are done creating your slides, make sure you save your work on your computer. You don’t want to lose what you have created.

After saving it, go to FILE and click on EXPORT.

Then, click on CREATE AN ANIMATED GIF. 

Set the seconds to spend on each slide to 02.00 seconds or 03.00 seconds. If you prefer to move the slides quicker, you may set it to 01.00 second, but your GIF will be very fast.  Then, click on CREATE GIF.

Save it to your files.  This is the GIF that you will upload to TpT.

To upload it to TpT, go to MY ACCOUNT once logged in to TpT.

Click on STORE PROFILE.  

Go all the way to the bottom and click on EDIT.

Click on PERSONAL QUOTE and then on CHOOSE FILE.   Once you click on CHOOSE FILE, locate the GIF that you created and select it.

Last, click on SAVE… and that’s it!!!!

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I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial.  If you would like to purchase your rotating quote banner instead of making it yourself, there are many TpT sellers who do this.  I have some banners for sale myself.  Please click below if you are interested.

Happy creating… or happy shopping!

Have you ever wanted to have a cute rotating banner on your TpT store?  Have you ever desired to brand your TpT store, but it’s so expensive and you don’t have the money or don’t want to spend a fortune?  If you answered YES to any of these questions, then, you don’t have to look anymore to make your TpT store stylish and fun… and at a very low price ($12.00).

This is what I include:

Quote Box:

• Animated | Rotating Banner (rotates through 5 GIF slides) and
• Fixed welcome banner on JPEG format if you prefer not to use the animated banner

Store Banner:

• Animated | Rotating Store Banner on GIF format and
• Fixed “Check Out My Featured Resources” store banner (JPEG) if you prefer not to use the rotating store banner

Column Banner:

• Animated | Rotating Column Banner (side banner) on GIF format and
• Fixed Column Banner “Thank You For Stopping By My Store” (JPEG) if you prefer not to use the rotating column banner

Logo:

• 3 beautiful logos designed for you (just add the name of your store using the font of your choice) – JPEG

Square Cover:

• 3 square covers that you may use as templates for your TpT covers (on PowerPoint)
• The colors of these covers match the banners and logo.

Picture Directions:

• Detailed directions on how to upload the banners to TpT (PDF file)

Please click on the images below to check my Banners and Branding for your TpT Store:

I will continue creating these banners with different themes, so if you don’t find what you want, you may tell me what you would like to have in the comments section below.

The State of Florida has new educational standards! In order to improve its education system, the Common Core Standards were eliminated.  In its place, Florida created the Florida’s Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards for English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics for Grades K-12.  These standards are the framework that educators will use to build knowledge-rich curricula.  

In ELA, the standards are divided into four strands: Foundations, Reading, Communication, and Vocabulary.  In Math, the standards are divided into four major strands: Number Sense and Operations, Algebraic Reasoning, Geometric Reasoning and Data Analysis and Probability.

In order to facilitate the teacher’s job, I have created the following resources for Kindergarten, First Grade and Second Grade using the Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards. These resources are illustrated in order to promote student understanding and engagement, so they are student-friendly.   All the ELA and Math Standards are included.  There is a poster for each standard.  Each standard is color coded. On each level of the scales, the students will see pictures next to the words.  The pictures are geared towards students who are not able to read and understand.  Therefore, these students have picture scales.  

Level 1 of each scale contains the phrase “With my teacher’s help, I can be partially successful at 2.0 or 3.0 content.”  According to Dr. Marzano, any student who is not able to master the content at level 2 or level 3 is considered to be at level 1.  In other words, students at level 1 receive differentiated assistance from the teacher.

Level 2 contains the foundational knowledge and skills neded to build to level 3.

Level 3 content and skills are standard specific.  They mirror the standard using student-friendly words when possible.

Level 4 includes content and skills that have students moving up a cognitive level from the goal when possible (level 3 on the scale).

Full page posters are 11″x8.5″ and the mini posters are 5.5″x4″.  The standards and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels are printed on the upper right side of the posters.  There is an editable file included in addition to the PDF file.

Please click on the images to check out these resources.

 I am currently working on the Second Grade Math Goals and Scales.  Soon they will also be posted on Teachers Pay Teachers.