Winner, New Idea, and Quick and Easy Gift for Momma's Day!

Ok... first WINNER...

Hubby picked lucky #3 so I'll be sending Melissa my 1st grade CCSS ELA 100+ Days to Success pack!

It's on sale at TpT during this 2-day Teacher Appreciation sale!

A new idea...

I used my 3rd grade CCSS ELA pack for a review game today.  I had my kiddos in teams, pulled out the EGGspert, and did a quiz game where they could buzz in after they answered the questions.  It was super fun! 

And a quick and easy gift for Momma's Day!

This week is super busy at school.  Today we had "Bridge Day", so each grade-level moved up a grade for about two hours.  The K-2 building is a little bit of a walk away from my building, so we had to walk the 2nd graders over to our building and back so they could come to 3rd grade.

I do miss 2nd graders.  They are such a funny and unique blend of little person... but I was SO happy to see my third graders when we switched back after lunch!  My finely tuned machine was sorely missed when I hung out with the squirrely 2nds this morning!  Now that I've been with big bad 3rd graders for a year, I love 'em!

Anyway... this afternoon, we did our Mother's Day gift.  I have many kids who don't live with their moms, so we made an "Important Person" present.

This morning all of my kids got their picture taken with a cute little "prop on a stick"... a mustache or funny glasses, lips, a bow...

And then they wrote "I love you becasue..." and finished the sentence.

I typed everyone's responses into a document so there was an all-text background.

Then, I typed each child's individual response into a box on a page and printed.

Last, the kiddos glued their funky picture on their page.

And this was born:

My first principal had a similar gift that her daughter made in elementary school, so I can't take credit for this idea... I did add the fun twist of the "props"!  The pictures really show off my kids' personalities.  I'm hoping that moms and grandmas and aunts and dads will like their gift!

If you're still looking for a gift idea, that might help!

Last... I'm sure you know about the big sale at TpT today and tomorrow... TpT is giving an extra 10% off if you use the code TAD13 when you check out and most sellers are throwing a sale too.

If you want to check out some items that have great feedback, check out my linky party by clicking the picture below to head over!  If I mentioned feedback that you left, you can let me know and I'll send you a freebie from my store!

First Grade Friends... I Haven't Forgotten You... You Can Win! And a Sale! And a Linky!

It's DONE!  It took me all day but it's finished

Fourth grade... you're next!  But probably not for a week or so.

I'll be giving away a copy of my 1st grade CCSS 100 Days of ELA Review to two lucky winners... just leave a comment.  Anything you want!  Hubby will pick a random number and I'll e-mail the winner a copy tomorrow!

Here it is on TpT if you want a sneak peek... or to add it to your wish list!  :)

 Check it out on TpT or Teacher's Notebook

I'm sure you've heard by now that Tuesday kicks off two days of huge savings at TpT!  I'll have everything in TpT and TN at 20% off and you get an EXTRA 10% off on TpT if you enter  the code TAD13 when you checkout!  Thanks Beth at Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah Designs for this cute button!

And... check out my blog tomorrow!  I'll be hosting a great linky party, spotlighting some awesome feedback I've gotten on TpT.  If you let me the feedback that I post about, you can win a freebie from my store!

TGTF! Am I Right? Also... New 2nd Grade CCSS Item & You Can Win!

Thank GOODNESS tomorrow is Friday!  I can't wait for the weekend!  Hubby and I have date night every Friday and I am so looking forward to chilling at dinner with the hubs tomorrow!

This week has been crazy at school...  Tuesday we did a 3rd grade Wax Museum and it was AWESOME.  We had everyone from Barack Obama to Neil Armstrong to Wilma Rudolph... the kids worked SO hard and did such a great job!  I was so stinkin' proud of my students... I shed a few tears, gave lots of hugs, and was just amazed at how much my kiddos learned and how much I was able to assess through this project!

So, that has pretty much consumed our lives for about 2 weeks... researching, writing, creating, practicing... then yesterday I had a sub so today was a catch up day.  Tomorrow is our field day (please stay away, rain!) and so we had to take our spelling tests today too.

BUT... the good news is that I did get the 2nd grade CCSS 100+ Days of Review pack finished!  It's on sale for $1 off at TpT for the next few days, but you can win a copy!  Just leave me a comment, letting me know the highlight of your academic week.  Mine was the Wax Museum!  I'll have hubby select a few random numbers and will send two or so packs on Saturday to the winners!

In the meantime, I hope you'll check it out!

 Find it on TpT or Teacher's Notebook!

I'll be working on a 1st grade set starting this weekend and then movin' on up to 4th after that!

And now... bring on the weekend!

She's At It Again... My Amazing Librarian!

First of all... WINNER!!!  Hubby picked #31 so, Teacher Gone Digital gets my 3rd grade ELA CCSS 100 days of review for free!  I'll e-mail it to you ASAP!  If you missed my post on this yesterday, here's the link for more info.  I've already got about 25% of the 2nd grade CCSS one done so look for that soon!

Check it out on TpT or TN

I put mine together and here's how it turned out...

Well, I blogged earlier this month about what our librarian did for Reading Month... it was amazing!

And, she's at it again!

She caught me snapping pictures of these things today and kept passing the credit off, but I can't let her do that!  She got the idea from Scholastic, but she took the time to do this and that's what I think is so awesome!

The kids couldn't WAIT to check out the new bulletin board she did outside of the library... it's a giant periodic table of the elements and each students' initials are on here along with the highest AR point club they've made at this point in the year.

 

And she built this DNA strand (aka- the ladder!) outside of the library to go along with the idea that reading is in your genes...

How cool is that?!  The kids were so pumped about going to the library today so they could see this!  She does such a good job keeping kids excited about reading... I love it!

CCSS Daily Skill Review... Want One?

Phew!  I just finished a huge project I've been working on for my classroom next year...  I am so excited about this one!!!

A set of CCSS ELA review cards to use for about the first 100 days of school!

Check it out on TpT or on Teacher's Notebook!

There are 100+ passages, grammar reviews, and each one shows what the goal is and what standard it connect to.

It addresses tons of ELA standards!

There are 100+ review cards.  I'll be binding mine like one of those daily calendar type things for us to do each day during our morning meeting!  This pack is specific for 3rd grade CCSS, but if you aren't using CCSS or want to challenge 2nd graders or help your 4th graders review, it would be great too!

It's on sale right now for $1 off for the next week and I'll be starting on 1st and 2nd grade this week!

If you'd like to win a copy, just leave a comment saying anything on this dreary Sunday.  Hubby will pick a lucky winner (or two) randomly this week!