Winner!

Yes I’m still here! Just busy!!

Congratulations Kelly B from Busy in Kindergarten!! I’ll be sending you the sight word packet soon!

Check back tomorrow for a little freebie and some great new products that I’m soooo excited about!

Sight Word Practice & a Little Giveaway

Teaching sight words is key to success for young kiddos. I think we all know that!  There are TONS of fun ways to practice sight words but sometimes it’s nice to have different applications for the skill all in one place.  So I created a little something that hits some different applications for sight words in a fairly quick and simple way. 

This pack includes two different tracing styles as shown below:
  
Click on the picture below to go to the product listing!  Also, here’s a hint…if you download the preview you’ll get the practice pages for two sight words!


















Here’s your chance at a little giveaway! Leave a comment with your favorite way to practice sight words.  I’ll choose a winner on Wednesday around 5ish central time.
I will be creating similar packs for the other Dolch lists too!
Happy Monday!

Guest Bloggers and Books Galore!

I’m still here!  The end of this week was a little bit crazy for me so I was MIA on here.  But I’m back..for the time being! In the next month I am moving from Houston to DFW and starting grad school.  There is a very strong possibility that my creation and posting will be limited to to say the least!  So, I thought this would be a great time to see if any of you wonderful bloggers out there would like to guest blog for me? I have a little giftie that I’ve put together for my guest bloggers. If you are interested, just shoot me an email (laceykyates@gmail.com) or comment below with your email and I’ll be in touch!

I’ve been planning to link up with Mrs. Stanford’s Class: Good Reads Linky and I’m finally getting to it!!

This is one I’ve already read.  This book has INCREDIBLE information for guided reading.  It is a MUST read if you teach guided reading in your classroom!

LOVE me some Debbie Diller!  Would love to get to this one this summer…but with  grad school I’m not sure it’s going to happen!

I’ve already read Daily Five (and loved it!) but I’d love to read this one too!

Head on over to Mrs. Stanford’s blog to link up!

Happy weekend!

Alphabet Songs!

Have Fun Teaching is such an incredible resource for teachers!  When I first began blogging, I won a giveaway from Randi @ Teach it With Class and won one of their CDs.  LOVE it!

Their Alphabet Songs would be absolutely PERFECT for the beginning of the year kinder kiddos!  Here’s a little sample:

These are such a great way to reinforce letters and letter sounds in a fun way!  It is so easy to get stuck reviewing and teaching them the same way all the time, but I would encourage you to try these out.  I can guarantee your kiddos will LOVE them!

How do you reinforce the letters and letter sounds? Would love to hear some great ideas!

P.S.  If you are a follower of mine on Teachers Pay Teachers, check your Teachers Pay Teachers inbox for a deal!

A Whole Lot of Random! :)

Okay…let me just say I’m so sorry!!  I had intentions of announcing the last winner, sharing a freebie and more this weekend!  But, I was home with my family and needed to enjoy some time with them. We had a HUGE garage sale on Friday and Saturday…in the RAIN.  Fun right?  I was soaking wet all day Friday.  But, we sold a bunch of stuff and donated the rest, so it was all worth it!  Then we celebrated Mother’s Day with the whole family. Such a fun time!
Now for the winner!!
Congratulations Claudia!! I’ll be emailing you shortly!

Now for a freebie! 

I guess technically these could be used anywhere but they are great for end of the year gifts or teacher appreciation gifts!  Just simple little thank you notes to let people know how thankful you are!!

Just print and cut pages in half! Two thank you notes per page.  Click the image above for your free download!
Last week I posted a freebie on Teachers Pay Teachers.  It is a cute poem to send home to parents just sharing how much you enjoyed having their kiddos in class.  Well, I had a thought for a craftivity this weekend!  The final product looks like this:

The poem is at the bottom on the flowerpot and you put a picture of the student in the middle of the flower! I was pleased with how it came out! You can get it for $1.50!

Get it here:

Enjoy!

Third Winner! and Teacher Appreciation Giveaway #4!

The winner of yesterday’s giveaway is:

Congratulations!!! I’ll be emailing you shortly!

Today’s giveaway…

This pack was created to go along with If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff! It has sequencing activities, literacy activities and math activities!

                        

                        

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!

Another Winner! and Teacher Appreciation Giveaway #3!

The winner of yesterday’s giveaway is…..

Congratulations Sharon! I’ll be emailing you shortly.

Today’s giveaway….

This pack is a reading comprehension pack!  It has over 30 pages of reading response pages related to character, setting, problem, solution, text to text connections, text to self connections, and text to world connections.

  

                        

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!

On another note… I got an email yesterday from www.educationdegree.com

                       

They have some videos posted to honor teachers this week and I loved this one!! Enjoy!