Winner…and Teacher Appreciation Giveaway #2!

And the winner of the Teacher Appreciation Giveaway #1 is…

Congratulations Lauren!  I’ll be emailing you your prize shortly. 

And now…

For today’s giveaway, I am giving away a copy of another one of my newest packs…

      

                     

This pack is something I have always wanted!  It has pictures for each consonant, digraph, blend and long/short vowel.  This way you can create sorts based on what you are teaching or what needs to be reviewed!!!

Here are the ways to enter!  Remember you can leave a separate comment for each thing:
1. Follow my blog and comment that you do!
2. Follow my Teachers Pay Teacher store and comment that you do!
3. Like my Facebook page and comment that you do!
4. Blog about the giveaway and comment with the direct link!

I will announce the winner tomorrow around the same time!  

And, don’t forget…today is the LAST day of the big sale!!  Be sure to check out the items in my store before it ends!

Enjoy!

Teacher Appreciation Week Giveaway #1

GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED! :)

Happy teacher appreciation week!!! I hope that you all were able to download some awesome freebies yesterday in the jackpot!  I also want to say “hello” to all my new followers who found me via the blog hop!  Welcome and I’m so glad you’re here!!
I was out of town all weekend and unable to sit and download all the freebies yesterday…and I have a feeling some of you were in the same situation!  So, this week, I’ll be doing a giveaway DAILY!

Tonight’s giveaway is for one of my newest products:
   
It’s perfect for end of the year review! I will announce the winner tomorrow night when I announce the next giveaway. So, you have until 5ish (central time) on Tuesday, May 8 to enter!

Here’s how to enter:
1. Follow my blog and comment that you do!
2. Follow my Teacher’s Pay Teachers store and comment that you do!
3. “Like’ my Facebook page and comment that you do!
4. Blog about the giveaway and comment with the direct link!

Also…want a way to win my From Seed to Plant packet?

I’ve teamed up with a friend and this is being given away as part of the grand prize for her giveaway!  Head over to the Hands-On Teacher and participate in her giveaway!
Happy Monday!

P.S. Don’t forget everything in my store is on sale through Wednesday!  Stock up now!

Catch up!!! & Sale Reminder!

So I’ve been busy creating! And some of them I haven’t shared! So I thought I’d do a quick showcase of some things I think would be useful for you!!

The first is a reading comprehension pack that can be used with any book! It has ideas and response sheets for character, setting, problem & solution, text to self connections, text to text connections and text to world connections. It also includes three variations of reading logs!

                       
                       

The next pack is something that I have looked for forever and couldn’t find so I made it! I always wanted a set of picture cards for students to sort based on beginning sound. This pack includes sorts for all consonant letters, digraphs & blends, and long & short vowels. You can mix and match them in whatever way fits your students!!!

                         
   

This one was a request by a sweet teacher! It’s a mini-unit to go with If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff! It includes sequencing activities, cause and effect, alphabetizing, counting by twos, patterns, and addition! I plan to make others to go with the other books but for now…

                     
                     

And here’s one more! This one is a summer themed one!!! Can’t you just feel it?! This one hits on camping, pool party, and fun summer things! It has activities that review even vs. odd, number sequencing, number form matching, sight word recognition, unscrambling sentences, and vowels. A great review for the end of the year!

                                               
                      

Whew! Hope you enjoy these! I MIGHT…JUST MIGHT be doing my own little teacher appreciation flash giveaways next week. So, stay tuned!!! Also, don’t forget you can get everything in my store for up to 28% off from May 6-8th. Be sure to use the Promo Code TAD12. Click the image below to go to my store and load up your cart!!!

AND stay tuned and check back at my Teacher’s Appreciation Jackpot post to see what my freebie will be and blog hop on Sunday, May 6th!

Teacher Appreciation Jackpot!!!!

So, if you’re a teacher you know that next week is Teacher Appreciation Week!  Well, let me just say I’ve got a way to start your week out right!!

Sunday, May 6th will be the very first Teacher Appreciation Jackpot!  What is it?  Well, it’s an amazing “blog hop” event involving over 130 bloggers!
We all wanted to show you how much we appreciate you so we are all giving away one of our TeachersPayTeachers products for FREE on that day!  All free gifts will be valued between $3 and $8, so the total jackpot amount is estimated to be over $500!!!
Because this event is so HUGE, it will be divided into 3 grade level groups.  Each smaller event is coordinated by one blogger as shown below:

• PK – Grade 2: April McNair on A Modern Teacher
• Grades 3 – 6: Laura Candler on Corkboard Connections
• Grades 7 – 12: Adrianne Meldrum on The Tutor House

The teacher appreciation jackpot has ended, but you can get my Dice Games Pack on sale through Tuesday!!

In addition to this incredible jackpot...many, many sellers will be offering a sale in their stores!!  Including me!!  I'll be offering 20% off in my store and then if you use the promo code below, TpT will give you an extra 10% off!  It all comes down to the fact that you can get up to 28% off of the things in my store!

So why don't you click on my icon below and head on over to my Teachers Pay Teachers store?  Load up your cart and enjoy the sale!!!

Thank you for impacting our future.  Thank you for loving kiddos and teaching them to love learning!
Check out the links below for over 80 incredible PK-2 blogs where you can download your free gifts on Sunday!

Technology Tuesday: Build Your Wild Self and Switcharoo Zoo

Have you been teaching about animals?  Need a fun end of the year activity?
Well, New York Zoos and Aquarium and Switchzoo.com have some neat technology tools that would be a lot of fun in the classroom!

The first one is from New York Zoos and Aquarium and is called Build Your Wild Self. {Click the title to go to the site.}  Once there, click “start” on the right hand side.  You’ll come to a screen that looks like this:

From there you can create your own “wild self!”  You can choose all sorts of different appendages! Ha!  There are butterfly wings, seahorse tail, and many many more!  Here is one I created:

Then if you click the red “I’m Done” button underneath your creation it will take you to a page that looks like this:

It gives you info about the different animals whose parts you used on the right.  Then you can send it to a friend or print it!  So…print it out and then they can write about it!!!!  I created a little writing page for this! You can print the “wild self” and glue it on the picture area.  Or, just keep the printout of the “wild self” in one piece and attach the full page writing paper! Click the pictures below to download the files!

Another site you should check out is Switcheroo Zoo.  Click the picture below to check it out!

Enjoy!