Teacher's Appreciation Sale

Hi everyone!  It has been waaaay too long since I have blogged.  I apologize for being away for so long, but it has been a busy (and wonderful) year.  My goal is to get back into creating fun and engaging products for all of you on TPT and get back into blogging and connecting with my friends again!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Day - I appreciate you.  So do all of your wonderful parents, students, and coworkers.  I hope you had a wonderful day!!

As you may know, there is a Teacher Appreciation SALE going on over at Teachers Pay Teachers.  This site has changed my life with teaching and finding the best resources out there.  MANY, MANY sellers have put their stores on sale May 3rd and 4th with 20% off and with the code CELEBRATE, you can receive 28% off of my resources and bundles!! The code is good through May 4th, BUT.... my store will also be on sale for 20% off the 5th (CInco de Mayo!) in case you didn't have time to shop :)

I am linking up with some fabulous ladies (Miss DeCarbo, Flying into First Grade, Elementary Nest, and ) My Silly Firsties) for the appreciation sale.

HAPPY SHOPPING and HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY!

Teacher Appreciation Giveaway and Sale

Happy Teacher Appreciation Day!

I am SO thrilled to be teaming up with the wonderful The Applicious Teacher yet again this year for some amazing.. TRULY AMAZING prizes - when I think about all of the love and donations for the fellow teachers, it makes me so happy!  Thank you Leigh for another wonderful week of fun! 

Here are the fantastic teacher bloggers that are donating some extremely useful and fun gifts.  We are celebrating you this week, so I hope you enter each day! Best of luck to you! :) 

Don't forget about the Teachers Pay Teachers Sale!! Everything in my store will be 20% off and an additional 10% off using the code ThankYou

Check out my close reading printables that are on sale and working great for others!  I am working on more soon when I get the time.  I have found these to really engage my kiddos and have them develop their higher level thinking skills.  This is probably great for second grade, and higher level firsties :)



Enjoy your week!

Teacher Appreciation and Have Fun Teaching

Happy Teacher Appreciation Day!

I hope you all enjoyed your day and felt loved by your students, parents, and co-workers... You all make a difference and I am very lucky to "know" so many of you!

 

My TPT store will be on sale 20% off (with an extra 10% off with the code: TPTXO) today and tomorrow only! I have products that range from Kindergarten through the upper grades! If you haven't checked out my store before, I have a bunch of freebies as well.  A little something for everyone :]

 

In light of Teacher Appreciation, I am giving away a $10 gift card to Teachers Pay Teachers! I hope this will make a difference in the resources you are purchasing for the end of the year.  The giveaway ends on Saturday (after the TPT sale, but I hope this will be something you can look forward to using even after!!) Please enter in the Rafflecopter below :] Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

And before I "leave" you, I have to ask... do you know Have Fun Teaching? It is a great website and company (founded by creator and president Mark!) that offers many teaching worksheets, songs, videos, lessons, and more! I have to tell you that my Kindergartners love Have Fun Teaching videos on YouTube and they helped them learn their letters and sounds this year!

Have Fun Teaching has a new program to help kids learn to read.  Please consider joining the movement and if you are looking to make a pledge, it will go towards 220 Sight Word Videos that will be created by Mark and his team and made available to all teachers and parents on YouTube and their website!

Teacher Appreciation 2014

Hi everyone! First off, I have to show off my sweet Kinders and their buddy recommendations from Deanna Jump and Deedee Wills' wonderful Writing Unit! 

So this week is Teacher Appreciation Week :] I have been SO fortunate over the years to feel so special by my parents, students, and co-workers.

I have to tell you how proud I am of my sweet boyfriend of 4 1/2 years for teaching for his first year :] He is in a classroom of rambunctious 3 year olds and does a wonderful job! Of course since it is his first year, I had to do something for him and the other teachers he works with! 

I had to do something a little extra for him with candy, school supplies, treats he loves, a tumbler and a dunkin donuts gift card XO Each of his teacher coworkers will get a tumbler/gift card/treat tomorrow, and ALL of his coworkers will receive the popcorn bags below!!

 I thought these tags were so very cute! "For a very POPular Teacher!" I found them on Pinterest HERE... click on the pin and it will take you right to domesticatedlady.com where you can download this template for FREE! 

I thought these tags were the CUTEST from The Army Wife Teacher.. FREE on TPT :] I bought the teachers at my school nail polishes and with these cute tags on cardstock and some plastic bag and ribbons, I was set! 

Feeling SO blessed already for this week.. my room parent snuck in some goodies for me and the class... she knows me too well!! 

 And this was from all my parents... love them and their children so much!! I am really SO SO blessed!!!

Science winner and teacher appreciation

The winner of my science giveaway is..... Charlene!!! :) Check your e-mail late tonight or early tomorrow for your prizes :) Thank you so much to all of you who entered... it really means a lot to me!

a Rafflecopter giveaway


Science has been a major subject in the 4th grade so I am happy I can make some resources to help you all.  This was one of my very first freebies I think, Work and Machines Matching Cards :] I hope some of you can put them to great use!!

I cannot believe I haven't posted about Teacher Appreciation Day yet! Myself and the teachers I work with were so blessed to have our amazing parents come together and provide us with a breakfast, lunch, yummy treats, a teacher survival kit, and other amazing gifts.

Here is a picture of some of the greatness!

 I am full of pictures today since I never showed you what my lovely tutoring student (and former student from last year) completed... a setting map! I was so excited to help her with it and it came out GREAT.  I love this idea because it helps students understand what a map key is and how it can help you read a map and understand how important the setting of a book is.  The book we discussed and she read was Frindly by Andrew Clements.

End of the year is coming up... how many days do you have left? We have I believe 23 or so! I cannot believe I will have to say goodbye to my kiddies so soon!

Pick up this adorable freebie from Middle Grades Maven!! Absolutely love it :) Click HERE for this freebie on Teachers Pay Teachers!

Have a great rest of your day!!

Teacher Appreciation Freebies Roundup

Hello all!  Teacher Appreciation Week may be coming to an end, but the celebration isn't over yet!  Teaching Blog Roundup is teaming up with 20 of the best blogs to host this Teacher Appreciation FREEBIES Roundup blog hop.
Thanks for stopping by my blog!  I would like to show my appreciation with this great freebie for you.

I am so excited to show you my latest product... which is a FREEBIE [even better, right?] I called it... Butterfly Rounding Cards! [not very creative, I know.. but simple and cute and a great reinforcer!] Some of my precious kiddos still need some review and fluency practice with rounding, especially switching quickly from the different place values.  I kept in mind 2-4th graders when I made this product as it features rounding to the nearest ten through ten thousands.  I used adorable Clip art from Krista Wallden (Creative Clips) and fonts from Kevin and Amanda.  Both fabulous sites that you must check out! Click HERE for this freebie on TPT and HERE for TN! Can make for a great math center or an extra activity for their notebooks :]

I hope you enjoy!!
I'm glad you hopped by!  If you are new to my blog and liked what you see, don't forget to follow me!  Now head over to Hopkins' Hoppin' Happenings to roundup the next FREEBIE!

We Appreciate You!

Love that Dog and Piano presents

Hello my friends! I am linking up with my best girl Holly from Fourth Grade Flipper for her Tried it Tuesday..

I have a couple things I have tried this week :]

First of all - I just finished reading aloud "Love that Dog" by Sharon Creech.  I have never read it aloud to a class, since this has been my highest grade level of teaching [4th].  I love it, and it is very touching and I think that getting kids to be inspired by other kids or a book is what it is all about. 

A few of my students were very touched by this story, and we began writing all different kinds of poems.  One of my students "stuck" with the shape poems and loved how the boy in the story would repeat a word three times (it really is catchy!)

For example: "Spring is a ladybug who flies, flies, flies with her wings, wings, wings."

Here is what my lovely student came up with:

I admit, I did help him outline the dog, but that's it! He came up with the ideas on his own :)

 

 Another thing I "tried" this week are making up different goodie bags for my piano students! I do teach piano, and I love it.  It is my 3rd year teaching, and it is so wonderful to watch your students grow and have them build their musical talents. 

They always deserve a gift at the end of each year (and recital) and I wish I had all the money in the world to get them really nice gifts.  Last year I gave them a musical keychain with a goodie bag.

I had to post this pug! In honor of mine and Holly's XOXO Love pugs.. [found on tumblr]

This year I will be giving them a piano pin with goodie bag, and an award (and card - I love telling them about their accomplishments!)

I am so glad I found these cute awards at the Dollar Tree.

All of my children deserve something special... can't wait for their recital May 30th :) I have 10 students and they will all be lovely.

 

I hope you all can link up with Holly!!

And don't forget about the HUGE Teacher Appreciation Sales going on now...

My entire store is 20% off and then an extra 8% when you put in the code TAD13!!

Today and tomorrow :) Have a wonderful night!

 

 

 

 

Teacher Appreciation Sales!

It's Teacher Appreciation Week! I am very, very excited to show the LOVE to all my teacher friends XOXO We all work so hard and I hope you know that I love each and every one of you! I hope you enjoy lots of smiles and good deals this week!

 

As you know, I have a store on Teacher's Notebook and Teacher's Pay Teacher's (both have been a blessing and have helped me so much.) I am participating in the big sales going on this week!

With Teacher's Notebook, there is a giveaway with your chance to win $100 from Oriental Trading.. EVERY DAY! There is a winner daily, so don't forget to enter daily!

 

ALL of my items in my Teacher's Notebook Shop will be 20% (with an additional 10% from Teacher's Notebook because they are oh so sweet) from MAY 6-10!

 

 

 Teachers Pay Teachers is having their annual Teacher Appreciation Sale May 7-8th :) I will be participating, and last year when I did it, it was a huge hit! Everything will be 20% in my store, and with the code TAD13, you will get an additional 8% off!! That's 28% off ALL my products from May 7-8th :] Hope to see you there!

 

 Please link up with Falling into First and her amazing linky of all the TPT stores that are going on sale :] XOXO so much appreciation to all of you!

 

Freebies and Teacher Appreciation Week

If you have not checked out 3-6 Free Resources yet, you definitely should! So many amazing educators that I am honored to collaborate with and post our freebies :) I just created a new one, and I would love for you to check it out on our site here!!

If I had more time, I would make so many units and freebies a week.... but I am just burnt out right now! Sometimes it is discouraging if one of my products is rated "less" than I would think, but I know I just have to keep trying and do better.  A fellow teacher found a mistake on my Money Matching Freebie and I was devastated like "How did I miss that?!" But it happens :) *It is all fixed though, so please check it out!*

Sooo on a brighter note, Teacher Appreciation Week has been going AMAZING for me.  Parents really do know how hard teachers work, and I am blessed to have the best parents ever (seriously). 

They gave me a lottery bouquet yesterday (I only won 5 dollars, but hey! It's something!) and a Spa gift basket (gift cards and bath stuff) today.. I also received beautiful flowers from one of my piano students as well.  Our recital is at the end of May, I am pretty excited about it because it is something that I put together that I am proud of (and that the students are too!)

I am SO blessed!!! Have a wonderful night everyone !!!

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