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Whoa, have we got a hop for you today!  A group of bloggy friends, representing grades K through 5, put our heads together to come up with some really good great  AMAZING freebies for your back to school planning.  

So for the next 10 days, we are celebrating with freebies.  BUT wait, that's not it.  For the next 10 days, we will be giving away a prize a day.  What?  A PRIZE A DAY?  Yes, a prize a day!

Every day, you will have the chance to enter and win one of 10 great prizes!

This is what you can win during our Back to School Exclusive…(in no particular order)

Prize #1 Quiet Pencil Sharpener & a $25 TPT from Graphics from the Pond  $50 value
Prize #2 Bright Chevron Classroom Decor Set $50 value

Prize #3 Teacher/Classroom Gift Basket $200 value

Prize #4 Teacher/Classroom Gift Basket $200 value

Prize #5 Google Nexus 7 Tablet with case & stylus pen $250 value

Prize #6 Scotch Laminator  $25 value

Prize #7 K-2 TPT Product Bundle  over $100 value

Prize #8 3-5  TPT Product Bundle  over $100 value

Prize #9 Blog ("Cuter" Design by Christi Blogs!) $70 value

Prize#10 TPT Gift Cert $50

This is the IMPORTANT part. Please read carefully. EVERY DAY, FOR 10 DAYS, you will need to visit the final stop blog

each day to enter to win and to see if you were the previous day’s winner! Each day a winner will be drawn and one of the ten prizes will be

awarded. To keep it fun and exciting, you won’t know what prize you have entered to win until the winner is announced the next day!

You never know what you might win! I know I would visit every day to enter for a chance to win the Google Nexus Tablet! 

To win one of these great prizes, just follow these steps…

Step 1: You will need to download and print the Hot Off the Press Cheat Sheet.  Click the image below. 

Step 2:  You’ll need to collect your freebies. This hop will take you to all 20 blogs where you will collect freebies along the way. You can start at any of the blogs, follow the “next stop” buttons, and it will take you in a loop to all 20 blogs.  The very last stop will be The Teaching Tribune. 

Step 3: Hidden in each freebie is a QR code, which looks like this. . .

(Note: This is just a sample image. You do not need it for any reason.) 

Find the QR code.

You will need to scan all 20 QR codes for a cash value with your smart device.  For those of you without a smart device, head on over to Sugar & Spice where she has the solution for you!

 

After downloading the freebie at each blog stop, be sure to record the amount in the QR code onto your cheat sheet. 

Step 4: Once you have all 20 cash value amounts, add them up, then you will enter the total value  to win a prize a day on the Rafflecopter. All prizes will be posted on The Teaching Tribune blog. 

It’s time to get started! All you need to do is click on my freebie below to download.  Find the QR code hidden in my freebie and add the value to your cheat sheet for stop #6

Click the picture above to download my freebie!

THE NEXT STEP: Click on the Next Stop button to head over to Teaching to Inspire in 5th to grab your freebie! 

Good luck to all of you!

Christmas in July Freebie Blog Hop and Sale!

It’s Christmas in July. And guess what?  It’s time to unwrap your presents!

Click here to visit my TPT store.

I have teamed up with 16 other amazing teacher-bloggers and we thought it wasn’t enough to just run a sale this weekend, so we are bringing you some amazing winter holiday themed freebies and the chance to win your choice of products from each of our store. Yes, that’s right, you will get to choose a product from all 14 stores. We will have 2 grand prizes, one for a K-2 primary teacher and one for a 3-5 intermediate teacher!This hop will take you to all 17 blogs where you will collect TPT freebies along the way.  If you're not already following our stores you might want to do so when you collect your freebie.  It's a great way to receive information about upcoming sales and specials.

Hidden in each freebie found on TPT, is a flamingo hanging out on the beach. Look for a Christmas song written in the sand.  Find the underlined word. You will need to collect all 17 words for the grand prize.  Once you have all 17 words, then you can enter by listing the words on the Rafflecopter for a chance to win the grand prize on the final stop.

If you are looking for another pink flamingo, then you are at the right place! I am the 14th stop on the hop. 

Are you ready? Well, what are you waiting for? Get going…All you need to do is click on my freebie below, follow my TPT store, and download your freebie. Find the word hidden in my freebie and add it to your list. 

Click here to visit my TPT store and download your freebie.  Don't forget to follow my store  if you are not already!

While you're there, take a look around because my store is 20% off from July 5th thru July 7th. 

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You will make a complete loop to all the blogs, freebies in TPT with the pink flamingos, and then the final prize. Don’t forget to follow our TPT stores and blogs along your travels! You never know what we might be up to next…

Hint..Hint..It just keeps getting better!

Click here to visit  Teaches Third in Georgia for stop 15 on the blog hop.  I know you're going to love  the freebie she has for you today!

Have a great day, friends!

Less than 24 Hours to Go!

Trust me, you do NOT want to miss this event.  You WILL get a whole lot of quality freebies you will want to use in the next few weeks  AND a chance for a really BIG prize - the TPT pot of gold, if you will.  At 7:00 AM tomorrow morning, the event will go LIVE on this blog.  Be sure to check back early tomorrow morning.

In the meantime, I've got a new freebie for you.  You may have already found it on my TPT page, but if not, here it is.  I've been sadly lacking in getting spelling practice in each day, and it shows in my kids' writing.  Words they should be spelling correctly, a  lot of them are not.  There is just not enough time in the day to squeeze in spelling lessons -- or so I thought.  Until I put my mind to the problem and the little light bulb went off in an ah-ha moment.  Morning work time.  Most of my kids are whipping through the proofreading practice and spiral review math sheet they already do before the bell to begin the day even rings.  So why not add a spelling component to their morning work.  There were some groans, until Friday morning, when I told them as  a reward for their hard work on the spelling sheets during the week, on Fridays they would play a spelling game!  Well, that changed everyone's attitude about morning spelling work.

Yesterday, they played the spelling games in groups of two or three.  They used their spelling notebooks to give each other words from their spelling list, and it was so cute to here them say I'm sorry that is not correct.  Could is spelled c-0-U-l-d (with extra emphasis on the missed U).  Or that is correct!  Good job!  And, something I never thought off, but THEY asked me,"If we finish all our words from this week, can we go back to the old lists?"  ABSOLUTELY!

So if you're struggling to get some spelling time in, you might want to try this packet of spelling activities as well.  Click on the picture to download it free from my TPT store.

Click the picture to visit my TPT store and download your free spelling activities. Four activities to use during morning work time or as homework to squeeze spelling practice into your day.

Have a happy Saturday!

How do you spell...

How many times a day do you get that question?  I could have retired if I made $1.00 every time a child asked me that question.  I do have a seasonal word bank I put up each month, and I do have a word wall in the room that I refer the   children to, but the first stop is always me.  So I thought, okay, they want it in front of them for future reference.  So I made these little books that I include in my How-To writing resources (the February/March edition will be done within the week).  Now, when a child asks me, "How do you spell (insert word here)," I write it in his or her booklet and the word belongs to him or her forever!

I am offering it to you for free  as thank you for visiting my little blog.  Click on the picture below to get your free "How Do You  Spell. . . " resource.

And of course, don't forget to check out day 12 of the "For the Love of Teaching" blog hop!  Today Teresa at 2nd Grade Pig Pen has a Valentine Sentence Scramble for you to download.  I swear, with all these great freebies, Valentine's Day will be one big party of one fun activity after another!  Click the button below to visit Teresa and snag today's freebie.

You can find this freebie offered on Manic Mondays classroom freebies along with over 30 other great freebies.

That's it for today folks!  Have a great evening.

Day 4 of the "For the Love of Teaching Blog Hop"!

Welcome, everyone, to day 4 of the For the Love of Teaching 14 Day  Freebie Blog Hop!  Special thanks to our friend, Mel (Graphics from the Pond) for designing our unique buttons for each day!

Aren't you loving all these freebies?  Samantha,  Cyndie, and Cynthia all had fantastic freebies to share with you.   I can't wait to work all these activities into my plans for this week!  My kiddos are going to love, Love, LOVE all of them!

I'm excited to share my free item with you today.  It's called "Love Me True," and the idea is to read an addition or subtraction problem and decide if it is true or false. If answered correctly, you get to move your marker the number of spaces written on the owl on the math fact card.   I played it with my math group on Friday, and they loved it!

The first time we played, we did it as a whole group with the girls against the boys and I was coach/judge/moderator so that I could make sure they understood how to play the game.

We gathered as a group with the board in the middle and the cards in one pile,  face down.

Pick a card and read the math problem.  Decide if it is true or false.  If it is false, tell why.

Use the number line to check and see if the person has given the correct answer.

If answered correctly, move your game piece the number of spaces on the owl on your card.  Follow any directions that are on the game board.

The game I played with my children is in black and white because I printed it out on the copier.  But the download is in full color as shown above!

The girls won the group game, and we ran out of time before we could partner up and play the game, so we are going to do that today.

I hope you enjoy this freebie, and please do come back and let me know how it worked out in your classroom!   Click on the picture below to download "Love Me True" from my TPT store.

You can also find this freebie featured on Manic Mondays Freebies.  Click the button below to see all the great freebies offered there!

Next stop is Mrs. Fultz's Corner, where my friend, Christi,  will have another fun freebie for you tomorrow.  So be sure to come back tomorrow to click through and  hop on over to Christi's blog.

Enjoy your day!

If you missed any days so far, click on the little blue frog face below.  As more days are added, you'll be able to see them here.

So Many Things to Share with You!

Gosh, I have so much to share with you today that I feel like I should  pace myself a bit, but I'm too excited.  Just like a kid on Christmas morning, I want to share them all with you NOW!

So first up, if you  haven't heard, Teachers Pay Teachers is having a Super Sunday Sale, or is it a Sunday Super Sale?  Either way, you can get up to 28% off at my store ALL DAY on Super Bowl Sunday by using the code "SUPER" at check out.  Click on the picture below to load up your cart for tomorrow! If you just can't wait until tomorrow, I have everything 20 percent off in my store today as well!

Today is also day 2 of the "For the Love of Teaching"  freebie blog hop.  Head on over to Chalk One Up for the Teacher, where Cyndie has a fun and fabulous freebie for you.  I know I will be using this freebie on Valentine's Day!

The last thing I wanted to share with you is a literacy activity/craft that incorporates some really higher-level thinking skills such as analyzing two stories or a story to the movie to find similarities and differences, and comparing and contrasting two stories in a Venn diagram-ish craft.   I'll post a teaser photo now and explain in detail tomorrow since my computer has decided to be glitchy and I have to take my daughter to majorette practice soon.  Duty calls!

Frosty the Snowman (the book) VS Frosty the Snowman (the movie)

Be sure to check back tomorrow for the link to Day 3 of the For the Love of Teaching 14 Day Blog Hop and details on my above literacy activity!  Have a happy Saturday!

Day 1 of "For the Love of Teaching" Freebie Blog Hop

Today is day one of the 14-day "For the Love of Teaching" Blog hop.  We'll be hopping you to a different blog each day to get a fun and fabulous freebie!  I just tried mine out today with my kids and they LOVED it!  But  you'll have to wait for day 4 (Monday) to see what I'm offering!

In the meantime, click on the button below and  hurry over to Miss Smarty Pants to get your first freebie of the hop.  You will LOVE what she has created!  Make sure you check for the link to day two of the blog hop as well!

 

Happy Friday, everyone!