Giveaway Winner! And TpT iPhone App?! SCORE!

Hey you all! Thanks to those of you who commented about my 100th Day Fun pack!

 

Congrats to Ms. C over at  Just Wild About Teaching!

 

 

I just emailed to pack to you!! Enjoy :)

 

 

The 100th Day Fun pack is only $2.50, so be sure to pick up your copy! There are 9 activities to choose from!

 

Did you know that there is an app for TpT?? I am not sure if this is earth shattering news to you all because I have no idea how long there's been a TpT app! But I was so excited when I found it the other day!!! It's super easy, and I sure do love hearing "cha-ching!" when an item sells :) Anyway, you should go download it now if you haven't already!!

100th Day Pack {GIVEAWAY}

So, I realized that the 100th day of school is coming up soon... A lot faster than I thought! So this weekend I have been working like a mad woman revising pages I already use and creating new ones into a packet for that special day! It has 9 fun activities plus a 100 Days Smarter certificate for your kiddos :)

 

Here's a sneak peek at what's inside!

 

You can pick up a copy from my TpT store by clicking on the picture below!

 

 

I will be giving a copy of this pack away to the first person to leave a comment! Don't forget to leave your email!

TWO Snowy FREEBIES for You!

Not going to lie. I am a little sad that break is almost over.  It sure went by fast {but doesn't it always?!} Even though I wouldn't mind being home for another week or two, I am excited about our snow/snowman unit! :) We will be doing a lot of the same ideas from last year, but I have revamped a couple which I would like to share with you!

 

The first item is a page from my Graphic Organizers for the Whole Year- I just added some wintery clipart to it! It's a Snowy Story Map that can be done with any nonfiction wintery book! We will be doing it with The Biggest, Best Snowman. Click on the picture to get your copy!

 

Next, I saw an idea on Pinterest last year to teach the states of matter. You make a snowman out of ice {we made ours out of shaved ice...more like snow}. Then you put him in an electric skillet and watch... Who thought watching ice melt would be so interesting!!? {Seriously, the kids were SO into it last year!} Your students get to see your snowman as a solid, liquid and gas! I made this little record sheet to go along with the activity :)

 

 

If you download these pages, be sure to leave a comment here and/or feedback on my little store :) And don't forget that a Snowman Glyph would be the perfect addition to your snowy unit!

 

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!

My new favorite ingredient!!!

This post has NOTHING to do with teaching! I don't have anything new teaching-wise to post right now because I am enjoying my last couple of days of Christmas break! I am excited to see our kiddos, but would definitely take another week {or three} of break :) I did manage to get a lot of our lesson plans done last night while the hubs was working late, though! So I guess we will be copy machine hogs on Monday :)

 

Okay, so I went grocery shopping with my mom before Christmas so we could get all our baking supplies. When we were in the produce section she pointed this out to me:

 

 

Basil? In a squeeze bottle? YES PLEASE!!! I recently really fell in love with the taste of basil and wanted it with EVERYTHING! My mom had a basil plant that she let me come pick leaves off of in the summer. So that was awesome! But what do you do in the fall or winter? Buy this!! It is like toothpaste and you just squeeze it into/onto whatever you want! 

 

I made a yummy "summer" pasta last night. I call it that because I made it a LOT this past summer with tomatoes from my dad's garden and my mom's fresh basil :) So I had leftovers for lunch along with this:

 

I used crunchy Italian bread, spread basil on it, put shredded mozzarella on top of that, sliced some tomatoes, topped with more mozzarella, popped it in the oven at 350* for about 10-12 minutes. OMG. Sooooo yummy! And soooooo easy!! I will be having this for lunch tomorrow, too :)

 

Now I've got this potato soup in the crock pot for dinner :) I've made it once before and it's DELISH! You can get the recipe HERE.

 

 

I hope you all are enjoying you last couple days off!! Or if you are already back with your kiddos, have a fun week with them!

Giveaway Winner & Last Day of New Year's Sale!

Congrats, Steph! You will be getting a copy of my Valentine's Candy Heart Fun!

 

 

Thanks for all who commented :)  Remember, my sale is going on today as well! You will get 15% off everything in my store, so stock up on your wintery items :) Click {HERE} to go!

 

 

 

New Valentine's Products! A SALE, a FREEBIE and a GIVEAWAY!

Hi friends! Can you believe that in just a few hours 2012 will be history?! I look back and cannot believe how much time has gone by! I cannot wait to see what 2013 has in store :)

 

I wanted to say thank you to everyone who follows this little blog and my TpT store! I have hit {and surpassed} my goal in earnings for this quarter and I cannot thank you all enough!! I am so glad that I decided to become part of this wonderful blogging community. I feel like this blog is coming along slowly, but surely :) I think the best part of blogging is that I get so many wonderful ideas from you all, and I feel like blogging has been the best professional development! So as a THANK YOU, I am running a sale today and tomorrow. HAPPY NEW YEAR :) Click the picture below to get to my store.

 

{picture courtesy of Graphics from the Pond}

 

Here are some wintery items to check out while they're on sale! {Click pictures to check them out!}

 

 

 

FREEBIE:

Next thing!! I posted a Valentine's Day Making Words Freebie! Click the picture to download your copy! {Please leave feedback on my store if you download!}

 

GIVEAWAY:

 

And lastly! I just posted a new product called Valentine's Candy Heart Fun! It is a fun pack to use this Valentine's Day-just add candy hearts :) I am going to start something new that whenever I post a new product, the first person to comment will get it for free {the giveaway!}! Just be sure to leave your email address!

 

Here's a preview of what's inside...

 

 

Click the picture below to pick up a copy! {It's on sale now through 1/1/13!}

 

 

Thanks again for all your support this year! I hope that 2013 is a wonderful year for everyone!!

Our Gingerbread Week!

Hey all! I am feeling a lot better today, and even though Christmas has already come and gone, I wanted to share with you some highlights of our Gingerbread Unit!

 

Each day we read a different version of The Gingerbread Man and we compared and contrasted the stories with one another. {Common Core: RL2.9: Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures}

 

 

Then the kids filled out this journal page each day! I apologize for not photographing their work-they did a great job! {Click on the picture to pick up your free copy and tuck it away for next year!}

 

 

Here's our gingerbread house to help us compare/contrast each story!

 

 

Each student got a gingerbread cookie. They took one bite, and we tallied, graphed, and used our Parts/Total model {from our Everyday Math series} to do a little math!

 

 

We did Abby's Gingerbread Science again this year, which was a big hit!

 

 

We decorated gingerbread houses! {Perfect activity for those last couple of days!!!}

 

The kids also had to disguise a gingerbread man for homework. When they came back to school, they wrote a piece convincing Mr. Fox that they were not a gingerbread cookie, but ______. I promised our kids that I would post ALL of their cute disguises on here, so that is what I will leave you with :) ENJOY!