Feeling Blessed

Hi all~
I am sure many of you are in the same boat as I am as there never seems to be enough in your teacher budget to get the things you truly want for your classroom... I think I mentioned a bit about this in one of my latest posts, but I had to share again:) I have needed some things, as well as wanted some ink to print all of the centers I have been making at home because our school has gotten more limited on colored ink printing.  I submitted a Donor's Choose Project and it was funded within the first 6 days. I also hears about Reddit Gifts, a gift exchange/secret santa program that had a Teachers 2013 event. My secret donor sent me an email asking me if there was anything else that I needed for my room besides the ink so I put a short wishlist together and got almost everything.  I was amazed. Now I have more materials to print, laminate, and store in ziploc bags and the centers look GREAT and can be used year after year:) 

For my freebie this week, I decided to include an activity that my kiddos LOVE from one of my center themes I did last spring.  My SPACE unit.... My kiddos loved this unit, especially the boys that finally felt like the activities were more for them!!

FREEBIE:

Click on the picture below for the SEARCH FIND SPACE activity (x2).  There is a CVC and a CVCe picture with a recording sheet for both!!!

This freebie comes from the larger SPACE Math & Literacy Unit.  Check it out!!

Don't forget to grab more freebies at Freebie Friday and Manic Monday!!! Also, check out September Frenzy on Facebook for some AMAZING Freebies coming soon:)  Check me out on Facebook and like my page... https://www.facebook.com/camp.wewannalearnalot. I am going to get a FANS ONLY freebie up very soon and it will be worth your while:) 

 

freebie

Well, I have had an incredible first week back with students!  Although I have not started academic pull out groups, I have been one of the leaders of our PBIS CARES stations so I have gotten to do a mini lesson with every single class in our school.  Oh how I have missed the smiling faces of my kiddos!!!

A few weeks ago, I posted a project on Donor's Choose in order to get some ink cartridges so I can print the center packs I create at home to use at school (our school has been monitoring color printing much more closely so I felt the need to do it on my own).  However it got to be expensive so I listed the project and it was fulfilled in 6 days!  Isnt that amazing!!! And I already received my ink cartridges:)  I am sooo excited to start printing so that I can laminate and have ready to use this year:)  One of my favorite units is my Brown Bear Brown Bear Unit so I am going to do 2 things.... First of all, FLASH FREEBIE:  I am offering a flash freebie of the Brown Bear Literacy Unit on Tuesday from 8pm-9pm central time.  DO NOT forget to check TPT at that time to download the entire unit for free:)  I am so close to 200 followers that hopefully a few of you will follow as well!!!  I am uploading new activity packs quite regularily.  Click on the picture below to see what will be the flash freebie on Tuesday...

Secondly, I am offering one of the activities as my freebie for Freebie Friday and Manic Monday.  Click on the picture right below to get that.

Have a great rest of your week and don't forget to check out all of the wonderful freebies on Freebie Friday and Manic Monday!!!

finally into classroom and freebie

Wowzas... As exciting as it is to get a brand new school, it is stressful for teachers as we were not allowed into our rooms until two weeks before workshops for limited hours a few days each week to unpack all of our boxes (some teachers had almost 100, I had about 50) and set up our new classroom.  I felt at ease as my room is much smaller and I have less to unpack:)  Here is a pic of my teaching area in my new room... I am pretty excited to be out of the "closet" I was in!! Well, okay it wasn't really a closet and it was bout 20x14 but it was old and not temperature controlled. This winter was horrible with the heat exchange it was barely 50 degrees a few mornings when we got to work and took a few hours to warm up to a brisk 64... My kiddos would wear their coats and we would huddle together and move a lot to stay warm.  Probably my favorite part of my new room is individual temp control in each room... I am soooooo excited to not freeze:)

Also, I have created a project on Donor's Choose to get some ink cartridges to print some of the centers I have been creating.  It went live today:)  I am pretty excited about it since our school is monitoring color printing so closely... Hopefully it will be successful.  For the first 7 days that it is live, the company will match any donations up to $100:)
http://www.donorschoose.org/project/cartridges-for-kiddos/1048901/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=proposal_approve

So, as back to school time, I am going to offer up one entire center for my weekly freebie in the back to school theme for the Freebie Friday and Manic Monday linkup:)

Back to School Sale & Freebie

Wowzas... Yeppers, it is that time of year again... Not sure how I am feeling about it... I love back to school time and the excitement of it but I dread a few things too...

Love:

*The kiddos excitement of being back to school and seeing their friends.

*Adult contact time for me:)

*Some of my kiddos do not look forward to summer because of the stressors at home so knowing that they are safe for at least 8 hours a day again makes my heart happy. 

*getting back into a routine.

*Fall TV premiers

*going into a BRAND NEW building with a new classroom!

Struggle with:

*leaving my babes when I have spent soooo much time with them over the last 13 weeks.

*having to get up to an alarm clock.  The littles have been sleeping until 8:30-9:00 so we have been sleeping late, cuddilng and waking up whenever we want... The few times this year we had to get up for a reason, the moaning and groaning was moaned by all....
*no more having nothing to do for entire days at a time. 
*no more having beach days and spending endless amounts of time outside and just playing.
*having to remember what day of the week it is, not more having to literally refer to the calendar
*The end of summer trips (we had several long weekends and cabin trips)

I created a back to school pack and in the Math & Literacy Pack there is a math game in the preview:)  Check it out for a FREEBIE!!!!

I am participating in the Back to School Sale at TPT, so don't forget to stock up. Remember the Buy 1 Get 1 deal in addition to 28% off... Holy cats you can save a ton of money:)

Don't forget to stop by Freebie Friday and Manic Monday for more freebies and sale info.  

 

B1G1, Giveaway, Freebie

Lots going on this week... See if you can keep up with the great deals:)  I just finished my FOREST FRIENDS center pack and it is uploaded and ready at TPT...

  

B1G1 Sale: 

Buy any of the value pack centers of $4.00 or more and then email me (matt_danielle1217@yahoo.com) with your TPT username and which center of equal of lesser value you would like for free and I will send it to youJ  How awesome is that???  

  

Giveaway: 

Okay, so I tried this a few weeks ago and it seemed like followers enjoyed having pretty good odds at winning so I am going to try again:) I will pick 4 winners on Tuesday:) All you have to do is:

1. check out the 4 centers on TPT 

2. Comment below which is your favorite and why along with your email address:)  

Math AB

 Literacy AB

 

Math & Literacy A

Math & Literacy B

Freebie: 

Check out the newest Forest Friends Pack. Again, uploaded it to TPT a variety of ways so that hopefully people can find exactly what works for them.  Those listed include:

Literacy A & B (Kinder & 1st grade)

Math A & B (Kinder & 1st grade)

Literacy & Math A (Kinder)

Literacy & Math B (1st grade)

Literacy & Math A & B (Kinder & 1st grade) 

Click on the picture below  of the freebie and download the PREVIEW  from Math & Literacy A for the entire center freebie:)  

And my bloggy friend Sara at PolkaDotKinders is having an AMAZING giveaway for 400 followers:)  Wowzas... Do not skip checking it out.  It is fabulous the things you can win:)

 

Have you checked back with Freebie Friday and Manic Monday for more GREAT freebies.  I cannot imagine teaching without all of these wonderful finds:)  Enjoy the last few weeks of summer if you haven't already headed back:)

Way Cool Shout Out & August SALE!!!

Wow, I cannot believe how fast this summer has gone. I say that EVERY single year but it never changes. Maybe because the littles are bigger this year so we can enjoy so much more and have stayed busy... Maybe because they know what it means for me to go back to work and it makes them sad as they have become very attached again... Maybe because we are headed into a new building and haven't been allowed in our new classrooms until 2 weeks from now... I am not sure but it sure flew by! To make the beginning of August a bit easier, I am having a sale on ALL of my bulk centers on TPT from Friday-Monday... 20% off every math or literacy center:)   Check it out here!!!

A Shout Out to Leslie over at Teach Junkie for putting together so many freebies.  Users can upload their freebies and they stay in a 'file cabinet' but she also puts them in different places that make it very user friendly.  Anyways, I was looking through last week's Freebie Friday post and Leslie had linked up with a new collection, 65 Printable Math Games.

This goodie was one of the 65 Amazing games printed.  Click on it to go to the Teach Junkie Page for LOTS and LOTS of FREEBIES:)  I couldn't believe that 6 out of the 12 pictures posted on the first page were mine... Yes, 6 of them:)  Yay!!!

I did quite a bit of creating this summer but have taken a few weeks break. I am thinking about my next unit and am not totally sure what I want it to be:)  Suggestions??? I am thinking fairy tale, legos (something for the boys:) or that with Seuss clipart or maybe Mario/Luigi clipart???  Any ideas or ones that you think would be more fun???

In the mean time, I have a FREEBIE for ya'll.  I have done freebies a variety of ways... sometimes just a direct link to a freebie on TPT, sometimes a freebie within a preview that is just a recording sheet at the end of a center that can be used solo, and sometimes a freebie center within a preview. This week I wanted to make sure it was an entire center, so I am including a freebie within a preview for you all to grab. It is called

One Cool Cat CVC Spin. 

Spin each spinner 1 time

Put the beginning and ending together and read word

Record the word you read on the Real or Silly Recording sheet. 

Click on the picture below to go to the Cool Cat Math & Literacy product on TPT. If you download the PREVIEW, this freebie is in there:)  

Want some great back to school freebies??? don't forget to check out Freebie Fridays, Manic Monday and Freebies on the First:) 

 

Super Quick Freebie

One of my fave parts of summer is having a lack of schedule and not many places we HAVE to be:)  Thus the impromptu 3 day trip to our cabin 21 miles away... But since we were gone, I didn't have a chance to spend much time on a blog post, so I am posting a freebie in a preview of a product I just posted:)


So, my latest project has been working on a Where the Wild Things Are unit. I have a Literacy Pack  and Literacy Pack B finished.  If you click on the combo, there is a freebie in the Preview:)

 Literacy Pack A & B... picture of freebie within the preview is listed below!

Literacy Pack A

 Literacy Pack B

As always, don't forget to link up or venture on over for some great freebies!!!