Math Giveaway

My bloggy friend, Kelley, is celebrating her new position as a Math Instructional Facilitator. To celebrate she is giving away some great math resources to help you start your year off right. To enter just head over to her blog.

Great Giveaway Going on!

First Grade Critter Cafe is having a blogiversary giveaway all week!!! I love free stuff and wanted to let all my followers in on this!

Head over to Julie's blog and enter for all the great goodies today!  It is full of primary resources!

I'm off to get ready to move more stuff!!

1 Post, 2 Giveaways!!!

You read the title correct!

I hope that you have felt very appreciated this week! I am teaming up with some of my friends to show some more love!   My BFF Amber over at Adventures of a Third Grade Teacher is hosting a Teacher Appreciation Giveaway!  This is a big one!!!  Head over and enter it ends on Sunday!

One lucky teacher will win all of these FABULOUS prizes!

Stephanie's TPT Shop

Amber's TPT Shop

Elisabeth's TPT Shop

Elizabeth's TPT Shop

Lisa's TPT Shop

Christi's TPT Shop

Lindsay's TPT Shop

Julie's TPT Shop

Gina's TPT Shop

As if that wasn't enough, don't forget to enter my Big Birthday giveaway for a chance to win the mega prize pack!  

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Happy Friday!

Belated Birthday

So with all the craziness I have had with my daughter, Raegan, my birthday celebration got a little dragged out!  I am happy to say that today is the day that I will begin the final giveaway!!!

You can win the following prizes: 

Plant Growth Lapbook from Amber at Adventures of a Third Grade Teacher
End-Of-Year Extravaganza packs from Deana at Primary Punch
Cinderella Unit from Stephanie at First Grade Fabulous Fish
Adjectives Comparison Unit from Gina at Third Grade Tidbits
Testing Lapbook from Elizabeth at Fun in Room 4B

I am also adding in winner's choice item from my store and $25 gift card to your choice of the following stores, Target, TPT or Pampered Chef (hello, I'm a new consultant!)

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And as if this isn't exciting enough!  Don't forget that TPT is having their Teacher Appreciation Sale that wraps up today!  

And Teacher's Notebook through the end of the week!

Better Later Then Never!

So I planned on having a giveaway a day all week for my birthday, but that didn't work out so well! My baby had a follow up appointment after her last surgery and that occupied a lot of my attention. So to make up for being late to the party, please enjoy 2 products in this giveaway!

First prize is from Stephanie from First Grade Fabulous Fish. She has donated her Cinderella Pack which is awesome! It has all you need to do a great unit on this popular fairy tale!

 Next up is end of year center packs for ELA and Math for 2nd grade. They are CCSS aligned too! Thanks to Deana from Primary Punch for providing this awesome prize!

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Day 2 Giveaway!

So I hope you are enjoying these giveaways!  Birthday's are supposed to be all about fun.  What is more fun then Grumpy Cat????

Today I had the pleasure of doing a Writing Workshop lesson in a 1st grade classroom.  It was great being back in the classroom and seeing the kiddos really getting it.  We worked on small moments and telling that moment across your fingers.  It is amazing to me how this small strategy helps kids focus on their one moment.  We went to the zoo last week and that was my model story.  As I was conferencing with a student he shared that he wrote about the zoo trip too!  My favorite part was when we went to see the elephants and they were in the pond of water...Completely under water!!!!!  Caleb's favorite part was riding on the charter bus hahaha!  He described the comfortable seats, the nice foot rest and the cozy arm rests!  Its crazy how kids see things!  

Alright enough talk about teaching, lets get to the giveaway!  Today's prize is Gina's awesome 

Enter for your chance to win!

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Congrats to Jennifer L. Boehm who was the winner of the Plants Lapbook from Amber's Store!!!  I will email it to you soon :)

A Week of Giveaways!

So many of you know its my birthday, for another hour at least!

I have had the best.day.ever! (channeling my inner Rapunzel!)  I love Grumpy Cat, but I do enjoy a birthday!  My daughter, Raegan, had to have another cranial surgery last Wednesday so I have been out with her and oh darn the last day out just happened to fall on my bday!  The day began by waking up to this in my bathroom:

It is hard to see, but my sweet hubby left it for me!  I was so surprised when I went in there this morning!  Great way to start my day!  

 I spent the entire day with the loves of my life, Raegan and Kenley!  We played dress up.  They found their ladybug Halloween costumes and just had to put them on!  We watched movies, Little Mermaid Aiel, and Tangled Punzel.  I swear I can recite all the lines in both I have watched them so much, but I wouldn't trade it for anything!  The girls had a Dr. visit today and after that it was Taco time!  Hello, it is Taco Monday!!!

Jesus is ALWAYS working on Mondays (and every other day) and knows what we want to eat and drink before we sit down!!!! I had to get a bday pic with him!

Raegan kept calling this her cowboy hat!  This was her "cheese" face, she had to close her eyes tight!

Special Birthday Sopapilla!  I didn't see the smiley face at first!

Check out my awesome gift from my BFF Amber!!  Can you say LOVE!  

Yes that is a Chevron bag, what can I say, the girl loves Chevron!

The hubs bought me a sweet iPad Mini about a month ago for my bday, but also picked up this cuties!  Didn't he do good?!?!?!?

Here is a pic of my Mom, Dad, and Sis having bday dinner Sunday night.  My sister's bday is May 1, so we always go out to eat for both together!

A birthday shouldn't only be celebrated on one day, so I decided to have a super fun weeklong giveaway!!  Each day I will post a different product you can win.  

Here are all the prizes you could win!  

Plant Growth Lapbook from Amber at Adventures of a Third Grade Teacher

End-Of-Year Extravaganza packs from Deana at Primary Punch

Cinderella Unit from Stephanie at First Grade Fabulous Fish

Adjectives Comparison Unit from Gina at Third Grade Tidbits

Testing Lapbook from Elizabeth at Fun in Room 4B

I will choose 1 lucky winner per day for one of these products and then on Saturday, I will choose the BIG winner!!  That person will win a copy of all the products AND a $25 Giftcard of your choice (TPT, Target or Pampered Chef, I am a consultant haha) AND your choice of product from my store!  

The first product up for giveaway is Amber's Plant Growth and Survival Lapbook!  

  

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Make sure you check back tomorrow for the first winner and the next giveaway!!

Which is Best: Reading Workshop or Daily Five and a Giveaway

I can't believe it is already March!!!!  When did that happen???  I have been so excited about going to the Lucy Calkins Writer's Workshop Conference, that I didn't realize it was next week!  I am going down with Amber, from Adventures of a Third Grade Teacher, and 2 other Instructional Facilitators in my district.  I was in charge of getting the hotel, and dang if it didn't sneak up on me!  Don't worry, I booked one last night!  Whew!!!

This week is slam packed for me!  Our school is doing both Reading Workshop and Daily Five structures depending on the grade level.  For next year, we are choosing 1 school wide structure.  To help with the choices, our teachers are visiting 2 different classrooms that are doing these structures.  2nd grade will visit a Daily Five class this week, then have a planning day upon return.  Next week 1st grade will do the same.  Then we gear up for a Reading Workshop visit in a neighboring district.  I can't wait for my teachers to see these in action!!!  They learned about them this summer, but we all know that being taught a structure  being talked at, isn't the same.  Which one is your preference and why?

Me personally, I am a die hard Reading Workshop FANATIC!  I love running my room using that structure.  I did a training last year district wide, and will offer 2 this year broken down into small grade level sections.  

So onto the giveaway!  I am FINALLY done with my St. Patrick's Day Math Centers for K-1 (and some 2).  These are great for reviewing skills and remediating skills that are still lacking.  It has the following games in it: 

1. Number Concentration and Ten Frame Concentration
2. Number Bump and Addition Bump
3. Collect 20 and Collect 50
4. Collect 10: Add or Subtract and Collect 20: Add or Subtract
5. Number Cross Out and Addition Cross Out

CCSS Addressed in this Pack:
K.OA.1
K.OA.
5K.CC.1
K.CC.4
K.CC.5
1.OA.6
1.NBT.1
1.NBT.2

I have worked so long on this pack, that I am excited to have it done in time for St. Patty's day!  If you would like to have this pack, its your lucky day!  I am giving it away to 3 lucky bloggers!!  Just enter below. I will pick a winner on Sunday, March 10.  

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Are you feeling lucky?????

No Sleep For the Weary and a Giveaway

So after my awesomelytastic day (yes that is totally a word) , my brain just couldn't stop going!  I went to bed around 12ish with no problem, but when the clock hit 3:30am, my eyes were wide open and my mind was going 100 miles per minute!  What the heck!  3:30am is for SLEEPING not THINKING!  So today I was extremely perky my normal self, and about 1pm I felt "the wall" coming on.  By 3 pm I was in full on "wall status" I continued to push through until 5 to try to finish my report cards, which didn't happen.  I dragged myself home and died  passed out on the couch until 8:30.  So here we are!!!  I am just hoping that my nap small sleep doesn't interfere with my night night later!

As promised here is my newest lapbook for teaching Weather!  

Enter my giveaway for a chance to win your own copy!  I will chose a winner Sunday night! 

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Tomorrow is Thursday, so it's all downhill from here!!!