Janiel's Backpack

Janiel's Backpack

I created this page to highlight my Teachers Pay Teachers Freebies, Sales & products plus other fun educational stuff!

I specialize in elementary (K-6) literacy.

14/12/2023

Hello! It's the last day to grab hundreds of TPT resources for just one dollar at ! I've included my growing bundle of Christmas poetry with fluency and reader's theaters (link in comments). Additionally, you can find a wide range of useful resources, so come take a look! Happy Thursday, y'all! -Janiel

12/12/2023

Don’t miss this end of year sale! All TPT products reduced to dollar deals! Come check it out: . I have some best sellers up plus this Christmas Bundle of Poetry which your students will delight in! Nothing’s better than reading some holiday poetry! Use for fluency, reader’s theater, and to inspire students to write their own (link to Christmas poetry bundle is in comments). Hundreds of Dollar Deals! Happy Holidays! Enjoy! -Janiel

28/11/2023

We have our winner! I assigned everyone a number in the order of the comments and used a random number generator to pick. The number was 12, so ... LORENA PUCKETT...YOU WIN!!! I will message you now. Thanks to everyone who entered and visited my page! You are good friends! Hope you're enjoying the sale!

Happy holidays, too! -Janiel

28/11/2023

You know about the TPT cyber sale, right? Well, how about a $10 TPT gift card to help with your cart?! I'm happy to accommodate and celebrate you! See how to easily enter to win in the comments below! Good luck! Enjoy the sale! -Janiel

Photos from Janiel's Backpack's post 24/07/2023

It's a TPT 'Christmas in July' sale! It's 100+ degrees here in Utah, so it's perfect weather to stay indoors and shop for some outstanding back to school deals that won't break the bank! I've joined several other sellers who all identified their products with julychristmas1 (products marked down to just $1) and julychristmas50 (for products marked down 50%). The sale will run from July 24-26. Stop by and check out the deals. More information below! Thank you and I hope you're having an amazing summer!

04/12/2022

Look what's coming!

29/11/2022

Yep! It's that time again!
If you're a late nighter like me, you're in luck! Just be the first to respond to this post to win a $10 TPT gift certificate! Enjoy!

25/11/2022

Today! Check it out! Enjoy...

03/11/2022

Who's ready for ?
Search the hashtag on TPT for glorious dollar deals you'll be thankful you didn't miss! You'll find deals all across grade levels K-12. Tell your friends!
Links to my products are in the comments below! I CHANGED my phonics poetry for 1 page Differentiated Word Sorts--they are awesome if you haven't seen them. Check them out in the link below.

31/10/2022

Hi friends! Check this out! Last chance tonight!
Also, I just published a brand new product--Halloween graphing for second and third grade using Halloween themed fruit snacks.
Link in comments! Happy Halloween!

26/10/2022

Great dollar sale for K-1 teachers today the 26th through the 28th! Search TPT for
Enjoy!
Links to my products in comments. :)

11/10/2022

Exciting Stuff on TPT! Dollar Deals at , and, added today: Two Dollar Deals at . Check out hundreds of resources and watch for my post tomorrow, announcing something additional! Woot! I love to shop these sales. Enjoy and happy October!

04/10/2022

This one will be fun…details to come!! Oct. 10-12…

05/09/2022

The After Sale Dollar Sale starts tomorrow, September 6 through the 7th. Two days for you to find some brilliant resources from the wonderful sellers from the Promotional Sales and Hashtags, for TPT Sellers group. We have joined forces to bring you some of our best selling products so that you can be better prepared for the school year.
Just use this link to go straight to the search bar on TPT https://bit.ly/3dwIBP2 or use the hashtag to find the resources.
Remember this is for two days only.
See you there!!! Have an awesome year! 😀
(I've linked my sale products in the comments.)

Can't Stop Reading, Can't Stop Writing!, a project from Ms. Wagstaff 09/08/2022

Can you help? Today only (until 3 am eastern), donations to DonorsChoose projects are being matched at a rate of 50%. I have an active project that is in need of $165 to be fully funded (the project expires on 9/2). The project is linked below. Thank you so, so much to those who have donated.
Any donation is very much appreciated. Thank you so much for helping or for passing this along to someone who or a business that can help. Have a fabulous day!

Can't Stop Reading, Can't Stop Writing!, a project from Ms. Wagstaff Help me give my students books they can't keep their hands off of and printing materials for our in-class color photo printer so they can't stop writing! My second graders absolutely love graphic n...

BOLD Motivational Inspirational Classroom Decor Posters Watercolors Gr. 2 and Up 08/08/2022

Hello friends! Happy Back-to-School! I’ve created a new set of motivational posters to start the school year. I can’t wait to use them in my classroom! They emphasize teamwork, focus, effort, how the brain learns, and having a good attitude. They are different quotes than you usually see. I’ll knock the price to $1. Anyone who purchases and leaves feedback can email me at [email protected] and pick any product at any price from my TPT store. I’ll email it directly to you! Here’s wishing you a happy school year full of great things!
Your friend,
Janiel

BOLD Motivational Inspirational Classroom Decor Posters Watercolors Gr. 2 and Up Motivational and inspirational quotes for classroom decor and bulletin boards. Emphasize teamwork, focus, effort, how the brain learns, and attitude by discussing these quotes. I use them at Back-to-School to rev up our class for learning and we repeat the quotes and cheer them all year through. ...

03/08/2022

I'm sure you've heard TPT is having their big Back-To-School sale! My whole store is 25% off! Come visit and enjoy the sale! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Janiel-Wagstaff
Don't forget to use code BTS22 at check-out so you get the full 25%. Let's hear about some of the fun things you are buying!

Here's to a great school year! 🤩🤩🤩

Photos from Janiel's Backpack's post 01/08/2022

Teacher Friends: Want a poem to encourage your students to find the magic of books? Encourage reading? Spread the book love? Here's one formatted for lower and upper grades in color and black and white. Download to use with your students: 🙂
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-Back-to-School-Poem-Book-Magic-w-Color-and-BW-Art-Gr-2-and-up-8369350

30/07/2022

And the winners are...
Enjoy the weekend! And, to all of those going back to school next week, have a great year!
I will start posting more regularly now that life has settled a bit. I hope you've had/or are having a great summer!
All my best--Janiel

29/07/2022

Hello! Don't forget our Dollar Deals end tonight (7/28) at midnight (TPT ), and your last chance to enter the giveaways for our gift cards is Friday night by midnight. Enter here if you haven't already: https://bit.ly/TPTgift
Good luck to you!
I'm so excited about all the fun resources I picked up during the sale! Here's to the 2022-2023 school year. It's gotta' be great after all we've been through! 😁👍

29/07/2022

Proud book mom moment! Just happened to click something that took me to the Stella Writes book set and see there are now 181 reviews on Amazon! Go Stella! Go writing! Write all the things! I love these books and hope teachers and students use them to light up their writing lives!

28/07/2022

It's time to enter! Two $275 TPT gift cards! Enter now until Friday at midnight. Winners announced here on Saturday. Good luck!
https://bit.ly/TPTgift

Also, remember, today is the last day to purchase DOLLAR DEALS from our group! I'm going shopping again right now. Search on TPT.

Happy summer to you! xxoo -Janiel

27/07/2022

Yes! It's time for more Dollar Deals 7/27-7/28! I've listed my best selling poetry products with fluency and word work. I'm looking forward to searching TPT ( ) for other great deals. Thursday night at midnight, we'll start another giveaway for two $275 TPT gift cards. With our Annual Summer Sale being just two weeks this year, I hope you've had a chance to check things out! Happy teaching!
My products:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetry-All-Year-Cross-Curricular-Rhymes-w-Fluency-Word-Work-K-2-seaofdeals-1321960
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetry-for-Phonics-Fluency-Fun-With-Word-Sorts-Gr-K-2-SOR-seaofdeals-2007904

Search deals by grade levels:
K-2 https://bit.ly/3NYBGLO
3-5 https://bit.ly/3NZhTf4
6-8 https://bit.ly/3mUpHmo
9-12 https://bit.ly/3HqWWr3
All https://bit.ly/3NVzVPf

26/07/2022

Thank you educators! 🧡

26/07/2022

More great deals! Check out my resources and those by others by searching TPT on 7/26 for . I have had a great time shopping the sales to get ready to teach 2nd grade again this year. I used the word sorts all the time, since differentiating is a snap and they go along with our Science of Reading phonics lessons. The Christmas poetry is a blast and includes formatted poems for fluency work and Reader's Theater, plus that one is a growing bundle! Happy shopping and happy teaching, my friends!
My products:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Differentiated-1-Page-Phonics-Word-Sorts-Short-Long-Vowel-salesbythesea-1365144
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Poetry-Growing-Bundle-w-Fluency-Readers-Theaters-salesbythesea-2236161

K-2 https://bit.ly/3HuiUth
3-5 https://bit.ly/3MUUjPw
6-8 https://bit.ly/3mVfzKl
9-12 https://bit.ly/3mOy5Ea
All https://bit.ly/3xXh3du

25/07/2022

Today, is our second and final week of the Annual Summer Sale. 50% off deals--search on TPT. I've listed my poetry bundle (which consists of my 2 best sellers) and 'Fun School Poems, Back to School and All Year Through' (which is great for starting the school year with poems for management and rules and about different subjects (math, reading, writing).

Links to my products: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bundle-Poetry-All-Yr-Poetry-For-Phonics-Fun-Fluency-Word-Sorts-dolphindeals-3939867

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/School-Poems-Back-to-School-All-Year-Through-Management-Rules-dolphindeals-1347667

Search the whole sale by grade level:
K-2 https://bit.ly/3y4IkL7
3-5 https://bit.ly/3MUU4UC
6-8 https://bit.ly/3QpW2Pt
9-12 https://bit.ly/3MXUQ33
All https://bit.ly/3O9Yhow

Another two $275 TPT gift certificates at the end of the week!
Enjoy!

23/07/2022

We have our winners! They have been contacted. Congratulations! Woo Hoo! Remeber, we have one more super sale week and another huge gift card giveaway! Have a super weekend and thanks for participating! ❤️

22/07/2022

Hey there! Don't forget to enter by midnight tonight for a chance to win one of two TPT $275 gift cards! Winners announced tomorrow! Next week: More tremendous resources during the last week of our Annual Summer Sale! https://bit.ly/TPTgift

21/07/2022

Our dollar days continue Thursday, 7/21! Search TPT for or use the link below for your grade level. My best-selling poetry with fluency and word work resources will remain available. Also, starting at midnight 7/21, you can enter to win one of 2 TPT $275 gift cards! Enter through Friday and two winners will be announced Saturday, 7/23. Here is the link to enter: https://bit.ly/TPTgift Enjoy and good luck!
Links to my products during the dollar sale: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetry-All-Year-Cross-Curricular-Rhymes-w-Fluency-Word-Work-K-2-saltysale--1321960
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetry-for-Phonics-Fluency-Fun-With-Word-Sorts-Gr-K-2-SOR-saltysale-2007904
Grade level resource links:
K-2 https://bit.ly/3xUr6zE
3-5 https://bit.ly/3NVD55G
6-8 https://bit.ly/3b0v5So
9-12 https://bit.ly/3MW5WWl
All https://bit.ly/3N15qWR

20/07/2022

We have DOLLAR DEALS for you the next two days (7/20, 7/21)! Search TPT for to see all the wonderful resources. I’ve listed my two best-selling products! All of the poetry is highly engaging and both resources include accompanying activities like fluency and word work for each poem. I love using them in my classroom and other teachers and students love them, too! I hope you’ll check out the resources and their feedback. Poetry rocks as a teaching tool since it's so motivating to students. Bring some happy into your day--bring in some poetry!
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetry-All-Year-Cross-Curricular-Rhymes-w-Fluency-Word-Work-K-2-saltysale--1321960
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetry-for-Phonics-Fluency-Fun-With-Word-Sorts-Gr-K-2-SOR-saltysale-2007904

Find the deals by grade level bands via these bitly links:
K-2 https://bit.ly/3xUr6zE
3-5 https://bit.ly/3NVD55G
6-8 https://bit.ly/3b0v5So
9-12 https://bit.ly/3MW5WWl
All https://bit.ly/3N15qWR
Tomorrow’s post will include details on the two $275 TPT gift card giveaways.
Also see https://www.facebook.com/groups/deals4teachers for more details! Have a happy day!

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