Jump Into January Blog Hop

Here's hoping you all had a fabulous holiday!

I'm sure the last thing you want to do is think about going back to school,

but you know as well as I do that it's going to be here before we realize it!

That's why my bloggy friends and I have put together some things to help you out.

It's a blog hop where you can pick up no/low prep FREEBIES!

Welcome to stop #2!

My no prep FREEBIE is a sample from my WINTER WRITING PAPERS.

The FREEBIE includes the lined and unlined sheets. 

Just click on either picture to get your FREE copy.

If you like the sample, here is a look at the complete pack.

Now that you've picked up my FREEBIE,

click on the NEXT STOP button and pick up the rest.

Be sure to catch the surprise at the end of the hop over at THE TEACHING TRIBUNE.

Best Year Yet Blog Hop

Have you decided on a New Year's Resolution?

Or have you decided not to make one at all?

I always recommit to my exercise and diet plan.

Trying to destress my life.

We probably all want to improve our teaching in one area or another.

Well, whatever you are thinking, we're here to help you out.

I'm teaming up with my favorite blogger friends to bring you

The Best Year Yet Blog Hop and Giveaway!

From New Year's Eve until January 2, you can hop around our blogs and grab a FREEBIE from each of us. Be sure to go all the way around and enter the Rafflecopter at The Teaching Tribune for your chance to win one of these fabulous prizes.

I am offering the product below as my freebie.

Click on the picture to take you to my store to download your copy.

(this product will only be free through January 2)

While you are at my store you may also want to check out these products that will be great for your first few days back at school.

Be sure to continue the blog hop by clicking the button below.

We truly hope that 2014 is your 

BEST YEAR YET!

Christmas in July!

Happy Christmas in July!!

THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED.
FREEBIE HAS EXPIRED!

It's time to unwrap some presents!!

I've teamed up with 17 other bloggers and we didn't think it would be enough to just throw a sale this weekend, so we are also throwing in some Christmas/Winter FREEBIES and a chance to win something ($10 or less) from each of our stores!

We will have 2 GRAND PRIZE winners

(1 K-2 primary teacher and 1 GR 3-5 intermediate teacher).

This hop will take you to all 17 blogs where you will collect TpT freebies along the way.
If you're not already following our stores you might want to do that when you collect your freebies. It's a great way to receive information about upcoming sales & specials.

Hidden in each freebie, found on TpT, is a flamingo hanging out on the beach.
Look for a Christmas song written in the sand.
Find the underlined word.
You will need to collect all 17 words to enter the raffle for the grand prize.
You will find the rafflecopter at the final stop.

I think those are all the details you need.

Click on my freebie below, follow my store, find the hidden word.

Don't forget about my sale.

While you're over there, take a look around my store.

EVERYTHING is 20% off.

Don't forget to make the complete loop to all the blogs, like our pages, 

and enter yourself for the final prize. 

Click the button below to head over to my store.

Happy Christmas!!

First Day Back and a Giveaway

Today was the day and it was a LONG one. Those naps and pajama days had me spoiled. LOL 

We had a great day though. The kids came in sporting their new sparkly boots, new haircuts and a hundred new stories to tell. It was good getting back into our routine.

And speaking of routines.....included in our morning routine is a variety of ways to practice high frequency words. We might do flash cards (right-side up or upside down), an "I Have...Who Has?" game, Beat the Clock (to see how many words we can read in a minute), etc.  I try to constantly change it up for them. Even if it's the same game, I like to change the card themes, just to keep their attention. I recently made some Winter Word cards for us to use. They include the dolch sight word lists and I have sets for preprimer, primer, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade. 

This week I am participating in the Rockin' Teacher Materials Flash Drive Giveaway. The giveaway is divided by grade level.  The neat part about the prize is that the winner will get a cool flash drive that is loaded with great materials specifically for your grade. The items were all donated by TPT sellers. I donated my Winter Word cards to the 1st and 2nd grade giveaways. You can check them out by clicking on the cover.

If you are interested, head over to Rockin' Teacher Materials and enter for your chance to win.
Good luck!

Last real day off (argggg)

I know I still have the weekend, but today is my last official day off:) Although I am ready to see my kids and my teaching friends, I have not been able to motivate myself to do very much planning. I do have an overview and maybe by posting it here, it will make me get up and actually put it together! My buddy teacher and I are focusing the month of January on the book Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. We have a few standards on the human body that we need to cover and we are going to do that with Stanley. (ie, Can you really flatten body parts?) We will also be working on Persuasive Writing, Setting, and Adjectives. The last 2 weeks of the month our plan is to do Stanley in Space. I'll let you know how that goes.

And now on to your FREEBIE... In language arts we will be working on adjectives. We wrapped up nouns before we left for vacation, so I wanted a quick sheet to see if they remember nouns and to  introduce adjectives. Please grab it if you can use it.

Noun or Adjective?

Be sure to head over to Teaching Blog Addict to pick up some other great FREEBIES!

If you are looking for some great ideas for January, go see Cynthia at the 2nd Grade Pad. She is hosting a linky party and her site is full of great ideas. 

One last thing, THANK YOU to Debra over at Primary in Idaho for featuring me on her blog yesterday! Be sure to hop over and check her out!

Happy New Year (and a FREEBIE)!

Happy New Year!

And a FREEBIE!

(I thought my last few posts were long, so I made this one short and sweet:) 

Friday FREEBIE...

When we head back to school in a couple of weeks:) we will be starting adjectives so I thought I would share a FREEBIE adjective sheet that we will be using. I'm thinking of using the left side as an introductory activity and then check for understanding by having them complete the right side.

He is COOL!
 I also linked this to the Teaching Blog Addict, so after you download it, be sure to hop over and grab all the FREEBIES they have featured for today. Happy Friday!

Winter Word Cards

I just found these SUPER COOL snowman graphics by 

Sarah Cooley (firstgraderatlast.blogspot.com). 

You can pick up your free clip art here.

I used them to make this set of flash cards using the 1st grade dolch sight word list. 

You can pick it up at TpT or at my Teacher's Notebook store. 

Winter Word Cards

Winter FREEBIE

Have you been over to TpT to get your copy of Winter Freebies? It has some amazing ideas and fun things for your students to do over the next couple of weeks. Be sure to run over and pick it up.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/2012-Winter-Holidays-Tips-and-Freebies-1-2-Grade-Edition