tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25792487551220181222024-03-17T23:03:37.010-04:002nd Grade Pig PenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09617117713830735007noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579248755122018122.post-9762982273865727342014-02-02T10:56:00.001-05:002014-02-02T10:56:38.692-05:00Snow, Valentine's Day, and a FREEBIE!<br />
Sorry I have been absent this past month. I have had some health issues that I think are finally getting resolved. Thank Goodness!! We finally had our big snow! We had 3 inches--I know that's not a big snow compared to what some other states have been dealing with, but for us here in this small mountain town 3 inches is extreme. We can't handle much more than that. We were out of school for 4 days. At least we didn't have traffic problems like Atlanta!! Kudos to the teachers and bus drivers that took care of the stranded students!! Here is a picture of a little church that is almost across the road from my house. It is beautiful in the snow!<br />
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Well today is Groundhog Day and hopefully he will not see his shadow and we will have an early spring!! Bring it on!<br />
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I have a new Valentine's Day packet that I have created. It is Heart Puzzles Synonyms and 2 digit Addition.<br />
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I have so many compliments about my clean desk awards and here is one for the month of February.</div>
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Of course it has a Cupig!!</div>
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Happy Groundhog's Day and Happy Sunday!!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wow! We have had some low winter temps here in the mountains this past week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We made it all the way to 3 degrees!! It hasn't been this cold since I moved here over 20 years ago!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Needless to say I have been curled up in my sweats and blanket by the fireplace trying to stay warm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a slight dusting of snow, but not enough for a snowman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For those of you that like my clean desk rewards, I made one for January. So of course it is a snowman!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just click on the picture to get your freebie!</span></div>
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I have teamed up with several fabulous teacher bloggers to bring you The Best Year Yet Blog Hop and Giveaway.<br />
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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 enter the Rafflecopter at The Teaching Tribune for your chance to win one of these fabulous prizes.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Are you ready for a Cyber Monday and Tuesday Sale!!? Well it is here!!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> My store will be 20% off and with the code: CYBER, TpT will give you an extra % off!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are a few of my Christmas items you might like to have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also have lots of non-holiday items also! Click on one of the pics above and go to my store!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to Creative Clips for the elf clip art!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Hope you enjoy the Elf Clean Desk Award!! Don't forget the Cyber sale Monday and Tuesday!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Look at this cute face!! He is a good dog and loves my grandson already.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> My husband was on dog duty Sunday night to make sure the little fellow was okay. I think he is as excited as my grandson to have this puppy! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to share a new product I have added to my TpT store. It has snowmen, which I love!! There are math station activities using manipulatives and some worksheets to check understanding of numbers and addition. Just click on the picture to go to my store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Students use manipulatives to add snowballs to the bucket that represent the number on the snowman's hat. I used cotton balls for the snowballs, but you could use pom-poms, paper snowflakes, small marshmallows, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this activity students must match the hat with the answer to the snowman with the addition problem.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09617117713830735007noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579248755122018122.post-86156637376769954762013-11-06T14:53:00.002-05:002013-11-06T14:53:34.007-05:00Miracles and A Thanksgiving Freebie!<span style="font-size: large;"> Do you believe in miracles? I do!! I feel like a miracle!! Last year at this time I was in a hospital on a ventilator and was not expected to live, but here I am today!! Through God's grace and mercy I made it through and live to give my testimony for his healing power! I am thankful for the the many, many prayers of my family and friends that helped me through. Although I am still recovering, I am doing a lot better that I was last year at this time. Dr. Miller has taken excellent care of me and continues to monitor my progress. He is a gift from God! So this Thanksgiving season I have so much to be thankful for in my life. Here is a pic of my favorite doctor in the whole wide world and me!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since it is fall many of us think of leaves changing colors and pumpkins. Many of the classes at my school took a field trip to a local church that had a story and pumpkins for the kids to choose and decorate. It was awesome!! And lucky for us, the church is just across the road from the school!! No buses to load up!! All we had to do was walk across the street! Here are pics of some of the classes enjoying their field trips</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It was a beautiful day to pick a pumpkin to decorate!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Now for a freebie!! I had so many people download the Clean Desk Goblin, that I made a Clean Desk Turkey!! I don't know about you, but I try to keep my students motivated to keep a clean desk</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm "tricking" you by taking over this blog today, but keep reading to get your treat!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All of us over at <a href="http://www.theteachingtribune.com/" target="_blank">The Teaching Tribune</a> have joined together to bring you an amazing Trick or Treat blog hop!! Along the way, you will find more tricks and plenty of awesome treats as you hop from <strike>blog to blog</strike> door to door!! Each blog is offering a fabulous fall freebie! To make this trick-or-treating trip even better, there is a giveaway at the end of the hop filled with tons of great products for your classroom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you need some last minute Halloween or fall activities for your students? Grab my fall freebie: Pumpkin Printables: A Mini Pack! Just head over to my TeachersPayTeachers store to download your freebie. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One use of art in education is to check students' comprehension of nonfiction or subject area text by asking them to draw a picture of what they have read. An example of this would be using a nonfiction book at a listening station and then have students draw a picture of what the book was about. Another example would be the teacher reading aloud a story without showing the pictures and then have students draw a scene they might have visualized while the story was being read. Using art with reading increases comprehension.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All subject areas have a specialized vocabulary which is often hard for children to learn because it requires comprehending the terms and remembering them. Memory can take place only when the left and right side of the brain are active so art is a good means to insure that children are learning the vocabulary. The teacher can assign a word or students can choose a word to draw a picture of to show they comprehend what the word means. Of course there are charts and graphs that are visual representations too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Art not only teaches creativity, it also teaches critical thinking. Research shows that art improves learning in all areas, fosters social skills, and is critical to full brain development. It increases problem-solving skills as well. Visual art lets children observe the differences in shapes and colors to create and replicate patterns.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Math skills of sorting and classifying are an important part of visual art.</span><strong> </strong><span style="font-size: large;">There is an important connection between the arts and better spatial intelligence which contributes to better abilities in math.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Coloring in Kindergarten helps with spatial relationships, eye-hand coordination, learning color words, understanding that words have meaning, etc. When my school was a Reading First school we were encouraged NOT to use coloring or cut and paste during reading time, not even in stations. That is one reason why I decided to do my Capstone Research on how visual arts can increase reading and math skills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, I will get off of my soap box now(as you can see, I am very passionate about including art in the curriculum). I would like to show you a couple of art projects that you can use during Halloween that can be used to increase problem-solving skills, eye-hand coordination, patterns, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are 2 different art projects I have used with my class in the past.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am going to show you the process the students use to complete the ghost. These are torn paper projects which my students love to do.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">First I start by giving the students a pattern to glue on the black construction paper. I find that a pattern is helpful when they have to cover it with torn pieces of white construction paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have students trace two black eyes and a black mouth from the pattern that is provided and glue to the ghost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the finished product!! Isn't it cute and so simple to do!!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Another way this art project could be used is to let students choose which picture they want to make, the pumpkin or the ghost. When they have finished, make a graph showing how many students chose the pumpkin and how many chose the ghost!! Graphing!! Another math skill used with art!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Hi! Hope your fall has gotten off to a great start!! I love this time of year with the leaves changing colors, cooler weather, and spooky Halloween!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our lunchroom gives the Golden Spatula Award. The classroom that exhibits good lunchroom manners and maintains a calm voice level, receives the Golden Spatula Award for their classroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It really helps to motivate the students to be on their best behavior and talk in a normal voice instead of screaming across the room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have seen this idea on Pinterest and I am sure this is probably where our administration got the idea, but it really is great!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now a question about your classroom. Do you have students that just cannot keep a clean desk?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Does the inside of some of your student desks look like this?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Put one of this little notes on student desks with a little treat(candy, stickers, reward coupons, etc.) and see how many desks start to be cleaned!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Oh my gosh!! Can you say SLACKER?!! I have meant to blog before now, but have just not gotten around to it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been enjoying the beautiful fall weather in the North Georgia mountains! My husband and I went to one of the local apple houses on Sunday and bought a bag of apples, ate some scrumptious homemade chicken and dumplings, and then had a fresh made apple pie!! Needless to say I was stuffed by the time we left!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have to tell you (if I haven't already) that fall is my absolute favorite time of year. I love to see all the leaves change into the beautiful reds, yellows, and orange.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also love the cool temps because I love to wear sweatshirts and jeans. I am all about comfort and jeans with a cozy sweatshirt is SO comfortable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now it is on to a freebie! Thought I better offer one since it has been so long since I blogged and I know this blog post has nothing to do with school, but sometimes you just have to write about something else. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> If you like this freebie, it is a part of my Halloween Math and Literacy packet below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have also just posted a new book study and activities unit to go with the book <i>Minnie and Moo Meet Frankenswine's Monster.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i>It is a cute story of 2 cows named Minnie and Moo that think they are meeting Frankenswine's Monster. I think 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders would love the story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I love living in the country!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Where else can you have a visit from a bear at 2:00 in the morning?!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Needless to say I was wide awake after the visit and my husband spent the rest of the night on bear watch!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wish I had a picture of the bear, but let me say it was huge!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to share with you what I have been working on and have just posted in my TpT store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is: Message In A Bottle Scrambled Sentences and Capitals!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought of a cute way to store this station!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made a water bottle into my message bottle!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since this station is about sentences and using capital letters, I made a math freebie to go along with it!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I want to show you what I made from the tissue orbs that I found at the Walmart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made a pig!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the last several years(can't even remember how many) my room has had a pig theme.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are a few more pics of pigs in my room!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is a board game and an activity card game! It can be used as either one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you study George Washington this is a fun game for review or assessment. It also comes with 2 worksheets, 1 of which I am offering here as a freebie!! There is a fact and opinion page about Washington and the freebie is a George Washington reading for detail worksheet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whenever I have containers and anything of that nature, I always ask myself, "now what could I use this for", I am afraid it is a habit I will never be able to break.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Well this week I was glad I saved one of those strawberry bowls(I have a really nice set of them because strawberries are my absolute favorite!) because I am using it to store a new reading station activity that I have created! Look at the pics below and you will see what I did!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i>I made a new product to post in my TpT store. It is called Strawberry Sounds Y Sounds Like i, Y Sounds Like e and I am using the strawberry bowl as the container to keep the parts! I made a label to put on the lid and a couple of strawberries to put on the side. I cut out the strawberries that go with this sort around the box and around the strawberry so I could decide how I wanted to cut them out. I prefer cutting around the strawberry instead of the box. Students sort the words on the strawberries onto the mat that is correct. After sorting the words, they can then record their responses on the response sheet that is provided.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Click on the picture below and check out Strawberry Sounds at my TpT Store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My family will just have to live with it!! HaHa</span></div>
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<img src="http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/u378/designbychristi/pigs/pigsig.png" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09617117713830735007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579248755122018122.post-52876175393158048882013-08-20T16:04:00.001-04:002013-08-20T16:04:28.790-04:00Wedding Pics, New Products and a FREEBIE!!<span style="font-size: large;">Well the big Back To School sale at TpT is over!! I hope you got lots of great products to help you this school year!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a few pics of my son's wedding in June. I have been waiting forever to be able to share them with you!! So here are a few!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I may be a little biased, but I think he is the most handsome<strike> boy</strike> man I have ever seen!! He will always be my baby!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a pic of the beautiful church they were married in. It was beautiful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well as I continue to wipe away my tears(they grow up way too fast)I would like to show you some pics of some new products that I have posted in my TpT store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My first new product is Fall Leaves Language and Math Activity Cards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made these cards in a leaf shape because I always liked to have unique things in my Literacy Stations. I think it grabs attention!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My next new product is Popcorn Plurals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Students decide how to make words plural( by adding s, es, or changing y to i and adding es) and place them on the correct popcorn mat. Then they will record their answers. When you finish why not have some popcorn to share with students!!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"> Since I didn't have these ready for the beginning of the Back to School Sale at TpT,<span style="color: blue;"> I will continue to have these 2 products on sale at 20% off for the next 48 hours!! They are now $2.40!! </span>What a great price!! Click on the pictures above to go to my TpT store and check them out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Now I want to leave a freebie for you!! These are 2 different name plates to use as displays for student work. One of my followers that is a home school teacher had an awesome idea!! Glue a magnet on the back of the name plate and use it to hang student work on the fridge at home!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are having such mild temps in North Georgia today!</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">It makes me feel <strike>fallish</strike> <strike>autumny</strike> like fall is beginning! I am sure this is just wishful thinking on my part because fall is my favorite time of year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, it is finally here!! The Big TpT Back To School Sale!! </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teresa-Williams-8"><img border="0" height="340" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z7cHhwZtW9Y/Ug5UJcDN1OI/AAAAAAAAAnU/SL5Rs_oU3CY/s400/1170908_152871648244232_828194092_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"> Thanks to Mel from<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Graphics-From-The-Pond"> Graphics From The Pond</a> for the fabulous sign!! Pssst! If you love her graphics, during the sale would be a great time to buy!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have decided to begin my sale on Saturday, August 17th. My entire store will be on sale at 20% off!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are a few on the items you can find in my store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are just a few on my Language Arts products. These products cover many of the Common Core Standards for K, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are just a few of my math products you will find in my store. These products cover many of the Common Core Standards for K, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades. These can also be used to differentiate math lessons.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teresa-Williams-8/Category/Social-Studies"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--7cYqwLJbpk/Ug5V20JkVTI/AAAAAAAAAnw/mit9vByjN1A/s400/BTS+Sale+Social+Studies+and+Science.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a few of my Social Studies and Science units. Many of these units cover the Common Core Standards also.</span>
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teresa-Williams-8/Category/Classroom-Themes"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DC8zyzBvAGU/Ug5WPueVNNI/AAAAAAAAAn4/ANNPmAf53vg/s400/BTS+Sale+Classroom+themes.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Are you still looking for a classroom theme? Have you thought about using a pig theme or a farm theme? Check these out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you need centers or activities for the holidays? Here are a few of the holiday packets in my store. Students love using these through the holidays!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I what to share my new unit with you. It is called Fabulous Fish!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you have a fish as a classroom pet, this would be a great unit to do with your students!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed the blog hop and the new website that we introduced! I am so proud to be a part of <a href="http://www.theteachingtribune.com/">The Teaching Tribune!</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We will continue to give out tips for beginning and even veteran teachers, so be sure and check back often. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My school district has already started back to school--for teachers. The students will begin Thursday. I can't believe it is already school time!! Summer always seems to fly by!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remember the Fellowes Laminator I received, well I finally got to laminate something and OH MY GOSH!! It is awesome and so easy to use!! If you are looking into buying a laminator the Fellowes Saturn 2 125 is awesome and does a great job! I was so excited to be able to laminate when I was ready instead of having to wait on the laminator at school. It even came with 2 different sizes of laminating pouches!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay, now to show you what I laminated. I have seen these cute name plates to hang in the hallway or classroom to display student work, so I decided to make my own!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First I copied it to white card stock and cut it out. I left a small white border around the pic because of the skinny arms and legs! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Second, I put it in the lamination pouch, laminated, and cut it out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Third, I hot glued the clothespins on the back of the nameplate(you could paint the clothespins if you wanted too, I just didn't have time)</span>. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next, I write student names on the nameplate using a sharpie, if you want to keep them year after year, use some type of dry-erase marker. I will give mine to students at the end of the year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally, glue the clothespins to the hallway or classroom and start displaying student work!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> If these are used in the hall, it makes a quick display of student work. I don't know about your walls at school, but tape does not work well on mine, so this will keep student displays and work from falling in the hallway floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here is a boy version and a girl version of the hallway nameplates you can grab for FREE!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Click on either picture to grab yours!! If you would like these with a different pic, like animals, different kids, etc. I will take custom orders!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you like them!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have our first winner in our Back to School Exclusive Blog Hop!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remember you never know what prize will be given out each day, so be sure to enter everyday for a chance to win!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />Our first winner of a Scotch Laminator is: (drum roll please)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LISA DANIEL!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Congratulations Lisa!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To recap our blog hop and prizes:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have 9 more days left and 9 more prizes to give away!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you have already been through the hop and collected your 20 freebies, don't forget to go back to our collaborative blog, The Teaching Tribune and enter again. If you haven't been through the hop, what are you waiting for?!! Go grab your 20 freebies and enter to win!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remember our prizes are chosen at random, so you never know what you might win!! Prize # 6 has now been given away!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We still have gift baskets, a quiet pencil sharpener and a $25 TpT voucher, a bright chevron Classroom Decor set, product bundles, a Google Nexus 7 Tablet, and lots more!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On our new blog, each day part of our team is giving teacher tips for the beginning of the school year. To meet the member of our team giving a tip today, go to The Teaching Tribune and find out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now it is time for a freebie!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> If you like this freebie, check out my Daily Language and Math Review in my TpT store.</span></div>
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EXTRA! EXTRA! It's time to read all about it!!</div>
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Twenty, yes, twenty, amazing teacher-bloggers are celebrating the fact that it is almost time to go back to school. We all love summer, but it's time to start thinking about getting back to school. We have decided we all will need some fun to break up all those days of professional development and endless meetings, mixed with late nights and weekends spent decorating your classroom. So for the next 10 days, we are celebrating with freebies and a prize a day! Yes, we said a PRIZE A DAY...FOR 10 DAYS!<br />
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Every day, you will have the chance to enter and win one of 10 great prizes!</div>
This is what you can win during our Back To School Exclusive...(in no particular order)<br />
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Prize #1 Quiet Pencil Sharpener & a $25 TPT from Graphics from the Pond $50 value<br />
Prize #2 Bright Chevron Classroom Decor Set $50 value<br />
Prize #3 Teacher/Classroom Gift Basket $200 value<br />
Prize #4 Teacher/Classroom Gift Basket $200 value<br />
Prize #5 Google Nexus 7 Tablet with case and stylus pen $250 value<br />
Prize #6 Scotch Laminator $25 value<br />
Prize #7 K-2 TPT Product Bundle over $100 value<br />
Prize #8 3-5 TPT Product Bundle over $100 value<br />
Prize #9 Blog ("Cuter" Design by Christi Blogs!) $70 value<br />
Prize #10 TPT Gift Cert $50<br />
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<span style="color: red;">This is the IMPORTANT part. Please read carefully. EVERY DAY, FOR 10 DAYS</span>, you will need to visit the final stop blog<br />
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each day to enter to win and to see if you were the previous day's winner! Each day a winner will be drawn and one of the ten prizes will be awarded. To keep it fun and exciting, you won't know what prize you have entered to win until the winner is announced the next day! You never know what you might win! I know I would visit every day to enter for a chance to win the Google Nexus Tablet!<br />
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To win one of these great prizes, just follow these steps...<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Step 1</span>: You will need to download and print the Hot Off the Press Cheat Sheet. Click the image below.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"> Step 2</span>: You'll need to collect your freebies. This hop will take you to all 20 blogs where you will collect freebies along the way. You can start at any of the blogs, follow the "next stop" buttons, and it will take you in a loop to all 20 blogs. The very last stop will be The Teaching Tribune.<br />
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Step 3: Hidden in each freebie is a QR code, which looks like this:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">You will need to scan all 20 QR codes for a cash value with your smart device. For those of you without a smart device, head on over to Sugar & Spice where she has a solution for you!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Step 4</span>: Once you have all 20 cash value amounts, add them up, then you will enter the total value to win a prize a day on the Rafflecopter. All prizes will be posted on The Teaching Tribune blog.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I am so excited!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Something BIG is happening tomorrow and I can't wait for you to see what it is!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is definitely NEWSWORTHY!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You absolutely must return tomorrow to find out what it is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You will not be disappointed because as I said, it is REALLY BIG!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Don't forget to return tomorrow to see what is so NEWSWORTHY!</span> </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09617117713830735007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579248755122018122.post-57276352691736595502013-07-16T13:34:00.001-04:002013-07-16T13:34:38.605-04:00Viva Las Vegas!!<span style="font-size: large;"> <span class="userContent">VIVA LAS VEGAS!!!!</span></span><br />
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SDE/I Teach K conference in Las Vegas? Are you heading to the Vegas Meet
Up at the Venetian Hotel afterward It's open to everyone, all you need
to do is RSVP right here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/480830021986819/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/even<span class="text_exposed_show">ts/480830021986819/</span></a><span class="text_exposed_show">.
When you get there, look for our friends,<span style="color: red;"> Cyndie from Chalk One Up for
the Teacher and Michelle from Well, Michelle?</span>. {They'll be wearing an
Ace of Hearts on their nametags.} If you find them, you could hit the
JACKPOT! <span style="color: red;">They will be carrying a gift card to my store that you can
redeem for one FREE product ($10 or less)</span>. All the fun begins at 6:30.
So if you're in Vegas, be sure to join the fun! We'll bet the house that
you won't want to miss out!<br /> <br /> Oh, and make sure to tell them 2nd Grade Pig Pen sent you! {This will be the proof that you heard about it from me!}</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Look for the ladies with this on their name tags!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I am a slacker!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Can you spell slacker? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Teresa--that is how you spell slacker!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our Christmas Hop ended on July 7th and I am just now posting the winners!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, summer is winding down in my school district. Teachers go back the first week of August, so it is almost here!! When do you return to school?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because I haven't blogged in several weeks, I have a freebie for you to make up for my absence!! LOL</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is a contraction page. Some students seem to struggle with contractions, especially ESOL students. This worksheet could be used as station work, whole group, independent seat work, or as a needs based lesson.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just click on the pic below to get your freebie!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It's Christmas in July! And guess what? It's time to unwrap your presents!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have teamed up with 16 other teacher-bloggers and we decided it wasn't enough just to have a sale, so we are bringing you some amazing winter holiday themed freebies and the chance to win your choice of products from each of our stores. Can you believe it?!! Yes, that's right, you get to CHOOSE a product from all 17 stores!! We will have 2 grand prizes, one for a K-2 primary teacher and one for a 3-5 intermediate teacher!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This hop will take you to all 16 blogs where you will collect TPT freebies along the way.<b> If you're not already following our stores you might want to do so when you collect your freebie. It's a great way to receive information about upcoming sales and specials.</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">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. <b>You will need to collect all 17 words for the grand prize. </b>Once you have all 17 words, then you can enter the Rafflecopter for a chance to win the grand prize on the final stop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> If you are looking for another pink flamingo, then you are at the right place!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am the 6th stop on the hop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Are you ready? Well, what are you waiting for? Get going...All you need to do is click on my freebie and add it to your list. While you are there, take a look around because my store is 20% off from July 5th thru July 7th.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You will make a complete loop to all the blogs, freebies in TPT with the pink flamingos, and then the final prize. Don't forget to follow our TPT stores and blogs along your travels! You never know what we might be up to next...</span></div>
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