$10 TpT Gift Certificate Giveaway

I'm so excited that I'm almost at 100 TpT followers!! Yes I'm at 98- but oh so close! So in order to celebrate I've decided to have a giveaway to thank all of my followers and hope to gain some new ones! I just love TpT and appreciate how much time and energy everyone puts into their products. Just enter below for your chance to win a $10 TpT gift certificate! 

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Teacher Appreciation Sale

Teacher Appreciation Week is here! It's always such a special week at school. The parents seriously are so generous with yummy lunches and little gifts and the kids are always so excited!  Their little notes and pictures are adorable and honestly it melts my heart when they come in with flowers-aww they are so cute! Also, for the past two years during Teacher Appreciation Week my classroom door has been decorated with cute letters or messages from my kids! They come up with the best themes!  So...I'm excited for this week, yay!

To celebrate, I'm joining the Teachers Pay Teachers sale! There are so many great products on my wishlist- it's time to open up the wallet!  Everyone loves a good sale...right!! Everything in my store will be 15% off plus TpT is offering additional savings with the code: TPTXO.

I love that Latoya and Jessica are having a linky party for the sale! It's great to see everyones store in one place. I can't wait to visit them all! Here are some of the items you will find on sale in my store.  Happy Shopping!

Spring Break Sale!

It's Spring Break, so I figured it's a perfect time to throw a sale! Woohoo!!! All of my products will be 15% off from Tuesday, April 22nd - Thursday, April 24th!  It's a great time to grab some fun end of the year activities! 

It's crazy how fast the year comes to an end after this vacation.  Yikes! There is always so much to do and so little time! Projects, field trips, end of the year author's breakfast, and of course assessments, assessments, and more assessments!  Well at least that's how I always feel! Between DRA's, DIBELS, the end of the year math test, portfolios- the list goes on! In the mix of all this, I am always looking for the kids to have a memory book before they leave me so I figured I'd create one!  If you are interested, check out my new End of Year Memory Books for Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade!  

                      

 Have a great week!!!

Happy Monday!

Hi all! I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend! The weather was perfect and it was so much fun celebrating my little ones first Easter!!! 

I've also been busy at work making some new products! I just recently finished my Second Grade Morning Work. So if you are looking for some springtime review, you should check it out! You could use this pack for homework, independent work, or even a quick assessment. I also bundled together my First and Second Grade Morning Work in case you want to review concepts or challenge some of your students! Just click on the pictures below to check out the previews!

Also, this week Janet from Teacher Times Two is having an amazing giveaway! There are so many great packs you could win!! You should totally head over to enter!!

Happy Monday!!!

Technology Tuesday!

I'm sure a lot of you have heard of and/or use BrainPOPJr. in your classroom, but if you haven't you should totally convince your school to buy a subscription! I LOVE these little movies and of course the kids do too! They are really kid friendly so it makes the concepts super easy to understand.  I like showing these movies at times before teaching a concept or even after as a review.  The kids get a kick out of the videos when they have already learned the concept and feel that they are real "experts."  Cuties!! The characters in the videos are great (Annie & Moby the robot)!  I have to admit I definitely get a chuckle out of Moby- silly robot!!  

You should check out the website and look around.  If you type in "Free Movies" you can see a few different ones so you get an idea if you think it's worth it or not.  There is so much more to the website too! There are activities, lesson ideas, games, drawing and writing activities, plus more! You can have your students take a quiz at the end of the video (paper or online).  I just have the students read the questions and we answer them as a class.  I just love that there is a movie for almost every concept I teach. I swear the kids sometimes listen more to the robot than me! haha! 

Here's a sample BrainPOP movie from You Tube on butterflies:

Just click on the picture below to bring you right to the website.  There's also Brain POP for the older grades!

Do you use BrainPOP Jr. in your classroom?!  

Happy Tuesday!!!

Five for Friday!

Happy Friday!  Today, I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for my second Five for Friday! 

Tonight my husband and I are going to an event in our town for us newcomers.  We moved in September and just joined the newcomers club. So fun that they have this in town!  Yes, it's the first time (in 6 months) since our little one was born that we are heading out on the town together.  My parents are coming to babysit and they are very excited!  It should be really fun! Apparently this country club is about $60,000 to join- Yikes!!! We won't be doing that!  But it will be fun to see it! Food and drinks- yum!!

 I hosted my first giveaway last week and I had 100 entries! I thought that was pretty good for my first one! I see others that have about 4,000 entries so hopefully one day I will get there.  But overall I thought it was a good start!  Rafflecopter made it super easy! I'm already thinking about another one! Maybe if I get to 100 TpT followers I will throw my next one! I'm still more than 40 away though!

I just finished my newest product- First Grade Morning Work.  It covers math and literacy skills.  You can also use this for homework or assessment if you wish! I always like meaningful morning work because it reviews the skills I have taught and the kids know the routine right when they walk through the door.  

So last week I posted about this rug I bought from overstock.com.  We finally just put it down last night and I love it! I was a little worried about ordering online without seeing it, but I would do it again! Then I got my new duvet cover and shams in yesterday! Love me some Pottery Barn! The house is finally coming together. I know it sounds boring, but when you have to decorate a house the little things feel good!

I love love love shoes, especially sandals! So I recently ordered a new pair of jack rogers and they just came in last night.  If you haven't heard of Rue La La, you're missing out! You should become a member! It's amazing! You can get such good deals! I know I still have several weeks before I break out the sandals, but I am getting ready!

Have a great weekend!!

Five for Friday!

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for my very first Five for Friday! Woohoo! I love reading these posts so I decided to join in on the fun!

St. Patrick's Day always makes for a fun week! The kids just love looking for those leprechauns! I always find more kids ask to go to the bathroom on St. Patrick's Day because word travels that there is a leprechaun in the bathroom and they all want to see it! ha! So to celebrate the week, we did a bunch of activities from my new St. Patrick's Day Printables Packet. The kids really enjoyed them! We also made a super cute leprechaun math puppet!

 I am hosting my first giveaway ever! You can have a chance to win a TpT gift certificate and a Free item from my store. It runs until next week, so I'd love for you to join in! Just click the picture below if you are interested or click here. 

My first graders are working on learning their math facts so I wanted to do something different and let me tell you they loved it!  I had them sort math facts on clothespins by sum.  I had all the facts in a pail and the kids had to dig through and sort.  Then they recorded them in a math fact booklet I made for them.  They loved it and were so bummed when the time was up! They said they needed more time so we will continue today!

So my husband and I bought a house in September and we are still in the process of buying some new furniture, so this week I finally bought a new rug for our living room.  I know it doesn't sound too exciting, but I'm pretty pumped, haha!

It should be in tomorrow! I have been looking for months for a rug in stores and finally decided to just order one online. I know it can be a little risky, but I decided to go for it and ordered this from overstock.com. It had great reviews, so we'll see soon enough!

I recently finished my newest product- Unscramble the Sentences and my students began working on them this week during word work.  The kids really enjoyed them, so next week I may send one home with their math homework or continue in centers. They did a really good job! Their handwriting is really improving!

Happy Friday!