The 2 B's- Bloger Meet-Up & Barker Creek Winner!

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Blogger Meet-Up!  If you're a Michigan blogger (or blog reader!), we'd love to see you!  Click the picture to RSVP!

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Barker Creek Publishing winner!!!

You've won the AMAZING "Reading FUNdamentals" set from Barker Creek Publishing!

If you didn't win... thanks for entering!  I hope you'll remember Barker Creek this summer when you're ordering for next school year!  All of the pieces in the "Reading FUNdamentals" set are available separately... including the darling posters and amazing "make 'em think and make connections" books!

Winner and ANOTHER Giveaway!

The response to the laminator giveaway was overwhelming... 325 comments!

Congrats to #47, Kelly Austen!  I'll be e-mailing you shortly to get your mailing address so you can get your very own!  If you didn't win... I'm sorry.  I crossed my fingers for all of you!!!!   The good news is, I think they are fairy inexpensive and so (please tell me I'm not the only teacher who puts classroom stuff on their Christmas list) maybe Santa will bring you one this year for Christmas!

I've been SO busy adjusting to my new grade level!  I am loving 3rd grade... we've been working hard on Daily Five in our class but, I only have 50 minutes with each group of 3rd graders... and it's hard to fit everything in!  I'm so happy to say that we can all successfully read to self and read to someone.  I'm hoping to start listen to reading tomorrow.

It's pretty amazing how quickly thirdies pick up on things.  It has only taken 2 days on read to someone and all of my classes are checking each others' comprehension, being active listeners, and correctly knowing when to coach or give time to their partner when they struggle!

I'm looking forward to hitting a stride though so I can be an active member of the blogging community again!!!!

Today I hit a blogging milestone by acquiring 2500 blog follower friends!  I am so excited about how much better of an educator I have become by blogging and networking with such fabulous teachers from around the country... and I'm honored that so many of you enjoy peeking into my classroom through my blog!

To celebrate the milestone, I'm having a sale and giving away 25 products from my TpT catalog!  On Saturday, I'll select 5 random commentors from today's post and each of you can choose 5 items of your choice from my TpT store!

Just leave a comment below to enter... say anything!

And everything at TpT and Teacher's Notebook is 20% off until Saturday too!

TpT          or          Teacher's Notebook

All right, sweet friends... talk to ya later... and thanks for helping my little blog grow!  If you want to enter to win 5 free items from my store, remember to leave a note below!  (I've just tried typing BELOW twice.  The first time I typed blowe.  The second time... loweb.  This lady is TIRED!)

Winner, Sale, and *THE* Template for Responding to Reading

I'm back to my old blog design for the moment... though I loved my other one, SOOOO many other bloggers have that template... so it's this one while I wait for my check from TpT so I can buy a new, custom, just for me template!

Hooray and congrats to...!

You are the winner of 5 custom pages of stickers from My Teacher Stickers!  I'm e-mailing you right now!

If you didn't win... don't fret!  They are super affordable... and I hope you'll pick yourself up a page or two of stickers... and maybe some for your co-workers too!

Tomorrow begins a few days of meetings to get ready for kiddos next week Tuesday!  Woot woot!  So, I'll be making frantic last minute purchases this week, laminating, printing, and copying like crazy!

To celebrate (?), everything is 20% off at my TpT and Teacher's Notebook shops until Wednesday!  I'm lovin' this button I made for the sale-

My TpT store     or     my Teacher's Notebook shop

Yesterday I shared this "Respond to Reading" interactive poster I made on Vistaprint and had lots of requests to share the file- I tried to upload it to Google Docs in Publisher so ya'll could edit it yourselves... but it converted it to a Word document, which didn't work... so I tried to move it over to Word and it won't accept the table and I can't get the formatting right...

Here's mine:

So, here is a plain version of the file.  It's plain.  No Lilly Bimble graphics, as I'm sure that violates Vistaprint's terms by allowing someone to re-print graphics that they do not have the rights to.  You know what I mean?

So I tried to cutsey this up as much as I could without using any graphics so I wouldn't violate anything... It is a ZIP file and has a page for 25, 30, and 35 students.

Sorry it's not fancy... I don't want to make Vistaprint or Lilly Bimble mad at me so I'm just trying to follow licensing terms with printing and graphics!  You would just need to upload whichever page you need to VP and then order it as a large poster.

Hope that helps!

Barker Creek Winner & Freebies Reminder!

Hooray!  Christine, #272, has won the set of high frequency word magnets and cookie sheet from Barker Creek Publications!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thank you to all who entered on my blog and on Facebook!

Just a reminder to pop over to my TpT shop to grab your free copies of my CAFE menu headers (not endorsed or affiliated with the Two Sisters!) and free collaborative "First Day Tips and Tricks" e-book!  Click either picture to head to the blog post where you can get more info! 

Winner Alert! And Another SUPER Giveaway!

Well, friends, the dreaded stomach flu hit me again.  I spent the entire day yesterday running from the bathroom to the couch.  It was miserable.  My hubby took such good care of me and my dogs didn't leave my side all day!  :)  Fortunately, this one only lasted about 18 hours, where when I had it last month, it was a four day ordeal.  Today I feel like a new woman!

On to happy news... the winner of the giveaway for products from me, Sandy, and Lori is...

I'll be e-mailing you your packet of fillable end of the year awards (which I'm going to leave on sale at TpT for another week or so!) this morning and sending your e-mail address along to Lori and Sandy so they can send you your winnings too!

Now for another SUPER Giveaway... Mrs. Sykes is celebrating 200 followers with a mega giveaway full of goodies from other amazing bloggers.  I'm giving away the winner's choice of any 5 of my flippy books!  There are 10 bloggers participating in all... click her button below to head over and enter.  You won't want to miss out on this one.  It ends on Wednesday, May 23.



So, today it's my goal to catch up on all of the things I neglected yesterday.  I was supposed to go scrapbooking with my group and had to cancel.  I missed last month's when I had the super-evil-mega-miss-two-days-of-school-and-sit-on-the-couch-for-the-entire-weekend flu!  And last month I had planned to work on my end of the year gifts for my students... no problem, I missed it but I was going to do them yesterday.  AHHH!  I'm going to try and get a few of them done today so I can show you what I make for my kiddos.  I'm excited to show them off!  Here's a hint...  Who was doing the linky party for end of the year student gifts?  I want to link up when I'm done but I can't remember who it was!  Hopefully it's still open!

Easi Speak Winner AND Marshmallow Adjectives Pack Giveaway *Updated!*!

You know what they say... when one giveaway ends, another begins... or something like that, right?  :)

Congrats to...

I'll be sending you an e-mail to get your mailing address so I can let Learning Resources know you are the winner of the Easi Speak USB Recorder!

Thanks to everyone who entered, especially for sharing all of your great ideas about how you'd use it in your classroom!  Someone asked about sending the mic home for parents to listen to their child's reading... the cool thing is that, once you plug it into your USB, you can take the files off and e-mail them right to parents!

TpT          Teacher's Notebook

Now, for the next giveaway... we're going to be reviewing adjectives this week, so I've made up a little tiny adjective pack that is now posted in my TpT and Teacher's Notebook shops.  I'm going to give away 4 packs- one to the person who leaves the comment that is the same number as my age and three more on Teacher's Notebook!  They just did some updating and added a "giveaway" feature... so I'm going to try it out!  If you click the picture BELOW you can head directly to Teacher's Notebook to enter my giveaway!  Three lucky winners will get this pack on Tuesday night!  And one as soon as my "age" is hit in the comments!  ;)  Ok- I realized it is a little crazy to do the giveaway for my age, as there is no real incentive to comment when it's at like 8.  SO... I'll e-mail the pack to everyone who has left a comment so far and humored my crazy little scheme... I think that's the first 10 comments.  I hope you left your e-mail addresses!  Buuuttt... if the number of comments ever DOES hit my age, I'll send one to that person too!  Other than that- click the pic below to enter at Teacher's Notebook!  :)

This is my first giveaway with their new feature, so hopefully it will be a success!  If it is, you can look for many more in the future!

Easter Goodies- someone wins AND a freebie!

Happy Easter friends!

This morning the hubby and I are puttsing (how would you spell that?!) around the house... well, actually, he's outside putting in the little lights that go in the landscaping around our house and I'm on the computer doing what I do.

First up... someone wins!!!!!

Congrats to #5 Mrs. Hodson @ Today in First Grade!  You win my First Grade Treasures Spelling pack!!!!!  All 248 pages for free!!!  I'll be getting ahold of you ASAP.

Second up...  a FREEBIE!

Why did I not have an Easter flippy book?  That occurred to me this morning.  So, I quick whipped one up and it is available for free at my TpT and Teacher's Notebook shops.  Granted, you'll have to keep track of it until next year, but it is there for you!

Third up...  everything in both of my shops is 15% off until the end of today... you know, to UN-celebrate the end of spring break.

TpT          Teacher's Notebook

Enjoy your day everyone!  I can't wait to head to my parents' house this afternoon for ham and my mom's totally different and utterly amazing green bean casserole... and my grandma's totally different and utterly amazing potato salad recipe!  YUM!

Feline in a Fedora Giveaway Winner!

Don't want to cross any copyright boundaries here... so... the winner (from my blog!) of the "Feline in a Fedora" giveaway is...

...Sandra at Sweet Times in First!  Please shoot me an e-mail at christina4062@hotmail.com and I'll send you my packet and send Sandy your info so you can get the 2 packets she generously contributed to the giveaway!

Sandy will be choosing a winner from her blog too who will also get all our our "Feline in a Fedora" to celebrate Medical Field Profession Abbreviation Rhymes with Goose during Reading Month!

How's THAT for avoiding infringement!  :)

You can still get my packet for 20% off through tonight!

  

Ladybug Math Match Freebie, Giveaway Winner, and One More Thing!

 Ok.  First- math match freebie:

I worked on this FOREVER in Publisher and couldn't get the base-10 "longs" to line up right. They look correct, but print just a liiiiiitle bit cock-eyed.

So, I'm just going to share it with you for free rather than include it in a math unit at my store since it isn't quite right!  If you click the link, it'll take you to download it!  :)



Second... the giveaway winner for my buggy spring themed language arts/grammar centers is...

Congrats Jennifer at First Grade Blue Skies!  Please shoot me an e-mail at christina4062@hotmail.com and I'll get your item off to you!

And last... one more thing, last night while my husband was camped out on the couch watching football (which I'm done watching since my team *GO LIONS!* is out of the play-offs), I started working on a little center pack of synonym activities to pair with my antonym ones I shared yesterday.  These are summer themed with super cute beach koala bears!  I'm posting them up on my Teacher's Notebook store, but will also send out a copy to the first three comments who request one!  Please include your e-mail address so I know where to send it!

Sale at my store until tonight too!  Everything is 15% off!

Happy Sunday!  Back to school tomorrow!  :)