Awww, Award!

I feel like the luckiest girl today!!  I was awarded the One Lovely Blog Award by two different bloggers! :)
A BIG thank you goes to Michelle @  http://nomonkeybusinessmichelle.blogspot.com/ AND Heidi @ http://mynotsoelementarylife.blogspot.com/! 


 There are a few simple rules to receiving this award:  

1) Follow the person that gave you the award.  

2) Link back to the person that gave you the award.  

3) Pass the award to on to 15 new bloggers. 

I don't know if these are "new" bloggers, but they are all new 

to me! :)  I enjoyed finding some new blogs to follow... I hope

 you will take a moment to check them out!

Nicole @ http://steeleinfirst.blogspot.com/

Angela @ http://abcprimary.blogspot.com/

Carla @ http://lifeinspecialeducation.blogspot.com/

Tanya @ http://firstgradeisfantabulous.blogspot.com/

Jessica @ http://mrsstanfordsclass.blogspot.com/

Stacy @ http://www.mrsjohnsonsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/

Trisha @ http://firstgradefrosting.blogspot.com/

Brittany @ http://secondgradesweets.blogspot.com/

Mrs. Prince @ http://spendadayinsecondgrade.blogspot.com/

Embellish @ http://tangledwithteaching.blogspot.com/

Winners!

Congratulations Winners!  Here are the 3 lucky duckies of my first ever give-a-way! :)

Amy @ Mrs. Lattin's Kindergarten is the winner of a product of her choice from my TpT store! http://mrslattinskindergarten.blogspot.com/

Jessica @ Mrs. Stanford's Class Blog is the winner of a product of her choice from my TpT store!

http://mrsstanfordsclass.blogspot.com/

Heather @ Swinging Through Second Grade is the winner of a $10 TpT gift card!

http://swingingthroughsecondgrade.blogspot.com/

Thank you SO much to all who participated! I am so excited to have gained new followers to my blog and store!  Welcome and a BIG thanks to you all!

50 follower Give-a-Way!

Hey everyone! So I'm going to attempt my first

give-a-away as I am SO thrilled to be at 50 followers! :)  There will be 3 winners!  Two will win one product from my TpT store (your choice).  One winner will get a $10 TpT gift certificate!  If you are like me, you may have products lingering on your wish list- now's your chance to buy a few before summer! :)

There are 3 ways to enter:

1. Follow this blog- leave a comment with your email

2. Follow my TpT Store - then leave a comment and your email here (let me know what you like)

3. Mention this give-a-way on your blog- leave a comment that you've done so and your email

EASY!  The give-a-way will end at 8:00p.m. Wednesday, May 16th.  Winners will be announced later that evening!

Good Luck!!

Pics, Product, Present

So I posted previously about a fun article activity that I did with the kids last week.  WOW was it F U N!  The kids enjoyed every minute of it and amazingly they worked very well together!  Here are some pics and some more info:

There are four sheets they needed to fill out after they read an article from the National Geographic Magazine.  They wrote a summary, illustrated a picture, looked up interesting or new words in the dictionary and they made connections to the text.

Some groups wanted to learn more so they read some info on the computer.  Other groups looked up and printed more pictures.

They used the amazing pics in the magazine to illustrate their own!

Its hard to tell, but they spent the first day reading and highlighting the most important information in their article.  They then used that information to write a summary.  We talked about how to write the summary using their own words.

This is my favorite part! They took all those sheets and designed a poster.  They could use pictures, text, or captions from the magazine and put it on their poster.  The groups got really creative!

I love how it's a mix of many mediums.

They finally presented to the class.  In total we spent 4 days doing this project.  It was great for the end of the year and to incorporate non-fiction!


Here's a link to the product: Article Activities

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Here's another AMAZING product I wanted to mention.  I've already downloaded, printed and used some of it :)



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Finally, I wanted to share a freebie...one that you may want to print and use for your parent volunteers or anyone who needs a "thank you" as you wrap up the end of the year.  I like to attach this poem to a notepad for my parent helpers. You can find it  free at my TpT store...



Click for Freebie!


Have a great Thursday!  Stay tuned... when I reach 50 followers I plan to have my first give-a-way with some good prizes! :)  Thanks for reading!

A Thank You and Awesome Stuff!

Wow, did you take advantage of the Jackpot day?  It felt like Christmas morning!  Every blog square I clicked on was like unwrapping a new present with me thinking, hmm.. I wonder what is inside this one?  By the 50th one I started to feel a little bit guilty.  It was a weird overwhelming feeling.  I know it was a "thank you" and it was to add promotion to the great blogs and TpT stores.  I hear it did very well and the blogs and stores got a lot of exposure.  I can't wait to join the next one- when I get my blog footing :)


So after the "blog hop" I hit my wish list on TpT and I ended up buying 9 things!!  I couldn't help myself! :)  There are so many talented teachers out there!  (DON'T FORGET to leave feedback to get your TpT credits!)  I wanted to share two of my favorite purchases:


What an AMAZING bundle for telling time... great activities that I never would have thought to do.  My kids are going to have a TON of fun with this :)

This is TOTAL cuteness!!  You can give out end of the year awards to your students like: 
Jeff Gordon Award
Mother Earth Award
Mad Scientist Award
Mathematician Award

SO clever and cute!  My students will love getting these!



I did want to say THANK YOU to all that did hit my TpT sale.  I appreciate every single sale big or small!  I hope you are all enjoying your week this week... you deserve it!  My students wrote me notes today.  My favorite one said..."thank you for teaching me stuff.  You say it in a way that helps me learn better."  My heart melted!!


Come on back for some pics, more product favs, and a freebie!

Thanks for reading! :)

Animoto

 
Have you tried ANIMOTO yet??  I was so thrilled to find out how easy it was to use.  You can sign up for an educator account (FREE!) and create up to 50 student accounts.  I created a video for my coworker who is retiring this year :(  and included some pics of her through the years... I showed it at the retirement dinner last night- it was a big hit!  I am impressed with how "professional" it turned out- yet I'm NOT a techie person!  Check out the vid below :)

My Animoto Video

My mind is racing with the endless possibilities of Animoto :) Have you used Animoto?  What projects have you done? I'd love to hear about it!

Have a GREAT weekend and don't forget about the AMAZING deals coming up this weekend.  Be sure to check for the Jackpot Sunday of free materials!  Also look at my last blog post about the TpT 3 day sale :)  Thanks for reading!

Teacher Appreciation!

Yay for teachers!  Starting this Sunday, May 6th - May 8th MANY teachers will be having a SALE on Teachers Pay Teachers!  Teachers are having sales up to 20% off and then TpT will tack on another 8% which is a GRAND TOTAL of 28% SAVING! Wahoo!  I don't know about you... but I LOVE a Bargain! :)  (be sure to use the Promo Code: TAD12)

You can go to teacher 2 teacher to get a complete list of all the sellers who will be having a sale- all in one place! :)  This is really an unbelievable deal! :)


You can see my products at my TpT store: Click for Store Here are some of my most popular items:                                (all will be ON SALE for 3 days only!!) 

Thanks to all you hard working teachers out there!  You deserve this sale and a thank you for all you do!