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A huge part of going back to school/work is buying stuff. It's a fact of life, and after five years, the Mr. is still shocked each summer when I declare I need a "back-to-school allowance." Let's face it, if I didn't have a budget, I'd spend every dime we had because it's so easy to get carried away.

Let's say you want new book baskets in your classroom library (something I indeed bought just a couple of days ago). There are lots of different options, at many different price points, and levels of quality. I really, really, really want to splurge on book baskets from ReallyGoodStuff, but I would have been paying nearly $100 and the result? Only 24 baskets (the ones I wanted come in sets of 12, and the price per each basket comes out to about $3.35 or so). I decided I was going to look around at a few different stores. I ended up finding basket for $1.30 a piece at Big Lots, and was able to get 40 of them for just over $55! Essentially, I double what I got, and cut the price in half.

Look at the adds in the paper. Often stores have select items at amazingly low prices (some even just a PENNY) - however, check the fine print. There's usually a minimum purchase required, and a maximum quantity of each item. Once upon a time, if you showed your teacher ID, you could up the quantity, but the rules have change A LOT in the past few years, so do your homework.

Also, find out if your school has an allotment you're allowed to spend on supplies for your classroom. I'm able to buy chart paper and construction paper for the year with the funds my school provides. The answer may very well be a no, however, it's totally worth asking about. Become friends with your bookkeeper :)

It's also really easy to choose a theme a go absolutely nuts with decor items. Buying the packaged sets from school specialty stores/companies are adorable, and the quality if superb, but they're expensive! Plus, if you get tired of something, and want switch it up the following year, you're spending tons and tons of money.

I officially go back to work 3 weeks from today?!? Where has the summer gone? Even more, I usually start going to work in my classroom before we are actually required to report. I'll let you do the math on that one.

Anyway, while I'm sad that summer is in the home stretch, I'm not going to lie...I LOVE the back-to-school season! I was recently in one of my favorite stores, and nearly everything in the grill, lawn, and patio areas was either already gone, or a clearance item, and I know that means the school supplies are coming!!!

With back-to-school comes a list about 20 miles long...things to arrange, buy, print, copy, laminate, and so on. There is no one easy way to get it all done, but I'm hoping this post will help a little. I'm focusing my post about how to actually get ready for your kiddos.

My husband and I were recently on a short trip to visit his family and his new nephew who is just two months old. During one of our days there, we stopped at a store for some gelato (Italian ice cream). All the flavors looked delicious and I couldn't decide whether I wanted single scoop, double scoop, or triple scoop. Triple scoop means I could try more flavors than single or double, but it would cost me more. I eventually went for double scoop, which is two scoops. I'm was pretty satisfied with my choice as triple scoop might have been too much for me!

This is another way we can talk about numbers. If you've watched the above clip, you'll understand that "single" means 1, "double" means 2, and "triple" means 3. There are also words for four and above, but are less commonly used (scroll down to the bottom to see all the numbers till 10!)

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OVERVIEW | DEGREE | DURATION | FREQUENCY | MANNER | PLACE | PROBABILITY | TIME | ADVERBIAL
COMPARATIVE | SUPERLATIVE

Adverbs of duration tell us how long something happened.

They include; briefly, forever, long, shortly, permanantly, temporarily etc.

For example:

"They were occupied." = "They were briefly occupied." - In this sentence briefly shows us the duration.

"The phone was out of order." = "The phone was temporarily out of order." - In this sentence temporarily shows us the duration.

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Adverbs can tell you where, when, how, why and to what extent something happens.

There are several different classes of adverb (see above).

They are often formed from adjectives or nouns be adding the suffix -ly.

For example: Quick becomes quickly, sudden becomes suddenly, intelligent becomes intelligently.

To form an adverb from adjectives ending in -y change the y to i before adding the -ly.

For example: angry becomes angrily, busy becomes busily.

To form an adverb from adjectives ending in -e drop the -e before adding the -ly.

For example: feeble becomes feebly, true becomes truly.

Some adjectives ending in -ly need no changes.

For example: heavenly.

However there are exceptions.

For example: sly becomes slyly, shy becomes shyly.

Some adverbs do not end in -ly.

For example: fast, hard, straight.

Adjective	Pretty	Serious	Fast	Quiet
Example	She was a pretty girl.	He was a serious boy.	It was a fast car.	They were quiet children.
Adverb	Prettily	Seriously	Fast	Quietly
Example	The bird sang prettily.	The policeman spoke seriously.	Schumacher drives fast.	The woman spoke quietly.

Adverbs can modify adjectives

An adjective can be modified by an adverb, which precedes the adjective.

For example:-

That's really nice.

Adverbs can modify adverbs

Some adverbs can modify others. As with adjectives, the adverb precedes the one it is modifying.

For example:-

She did it really well.

Adverbs can modify nouns

Adverbs can modify nouns to indicate time or place.

For example:-

The concert tomorrow.

The room upstairs.

Adverbs can modify noun phrases

Some adverbs of degree such as quite, rather, so, such ... can modify noun phrases.

For example:-

We had quite a good time.

They're such good friends.

Adverbs can modify determiners, numerals and pronouns

Adverbs such as almost, nearly, hardly, about, etc., can be used:

For example:-

Nearly everyone, who was invited, came to the party.

Adverbs can modify sentences

Some adverbs modify a whole sentence, not just a part of one.

For example:-

Luckily the car stopped in time. In this sentence luckily modifies the whole sentence, it shows that it was good luck that the car stopped in time.

POSITIVE
a - e	f - p	q - z
adaptable adorable agreeable alert alluring ambitious amusing boundless brave bright calm capable charming cheerful coherent confident cooperative courageous credible cultured dashing dazzling debonair decisive decorous delightful determined diligent discreet dynamic eager efficient enchanting encouraging enduring energetic entertaining enthusiastic excellentexcitable exuberant	fabulous fair faithful fantastic fearless frank friendly funny generous gentle good happy harmonious helpful hilarious honorable impartial industrious instinctive jolly joyous kind kind-hearted knowledgeable likeable lively lovely loving lucky mature modern nice obedient painstaking peaceful perfect placid plausible pleasant plucky productive protective proud punctual	quiet receptive reflective relieved resolute responsible righteous romantic sedate selective self-assured sensitive shrewd silly sincere skilful splendid steadfast stimulating talented thoughtful thrifty tough trustworthy unbiased unusual upbeat vigorous vivacious warm willing wise witty wonderful zany zealous
	NEGATIVE
a - e	f - p	q - z
abrasive abrupt abusive aloof ambiguous angry annoyed anxious arrogant awful bad belligerent boorish boring callous careless clumsy combative confused cowardly crazy creepy cruel cynical dangerous deceitful defective defiant depressed deranged disagreeable disillusioned disturbed domineering draconian embarrassing envious erratic evasive evil	fanatical fierce finicky flashy flippant foolish forgetful frantic fretful frightened furtive greedy grieving grouchy gruesome grumpy guarded gullible helpless hesitant horrible hurtful ignorant irresolute jealous jittery lacking lazy lonely malicious materialistic mean mysterious naive nasty naughty nervous noisy obnoxious outrageous over zealous panicky pathetic possessive	quarrelsome repulsive ruthless sad scary secretive selfish silly slow sneaky snobbish spendthrift squeamish stingy strange sulky tacky tense terrible testy thick-skinned thoughtless threatening tight timid tired tiresome troubled truculent typical uptight vague vengeful venomous volatile voracious vulgar wary wasteful weak wicked worthless wretched

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Used to something

They say you can get used to anything.

The use of used to do something is explained here. However, used to has another meaning, it can be used as an adjective and we use it to talk about things that have become familiar, and are no longer strange or new.

Used to usually comes after verbs such as be, get or become.

After a while you get used to the noise.
She will become used to the smell.
I was used to the web site.

You can also say that someone is used to doing something.

I'll never get used to getting up at six o'clock in the morning.
It took me a while until I was used to driving on the right-hand side of the road.

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A huge part of going back to school/work is buying stuff

I officially go back to work 3 weeks from today

My husband and I were recently on a short trip

Adverbs of duration tell us how long something happened.

OVERVIEW | DEGREE | DURATION | FREQUENCY | MANNER | PLACE | PROBABILITY | TIME | ADVERBIAL
COMPARATIVE | SUPERLATIVE