Attention: We have a winner (and a freebie!)

Congratulations to Beverly M., who won my 100 Followers Giveaway! Congratulation. Thank you to everyone who supported the giveaway by donating, entering, following, and sharing. I really do appreciate it! I have not been blogging as much this week, because I have been really busy, but I will become more active at again on Sunday. It is my birthday tomorrow (27th!), and for my birthday I get to go get an emissions test,  get my license renewed, and get my tag renewed. Gotta love it :) Until I start back up to blogging again on Sunday, I want to leave you guys with a little freebie!  My math bookmarks freebie that are available in my store. These two bookmarks cover basic angles and fractions, and make a great study tool for your students. Click here to get them! 

I have new Halloween goodies, including writing prompts, borders, and a syllable activity in my store..so check them out! I also have new colorful reading comprehension prompt cards :)

Thank you! Happy Teaching :)

Fall 2-day Sale Linky Party!

Over at Second Grade Math Maniac, a Fall TPT Sale link-up is being hosted, and I am thrilled to be a part of it. It is a great chance to pick up discounted products from over 50 sellers and to celebrate the best season of the year (my opinion of course)! Many items in  my store will be 20% off beginning tonight at midnight and ending Sunday. Check out the link to see the other bloggers and sellers who are a part of the sale (remember it begins at Midnight and ends Sunday)! Here is my store where you will find my sale at midnight! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Dannerk

10 Weekly Teacher Finds

common core vocab cards with science and social studies vocab too!

It's time again for another dose of Taking a Walk on the Teaching Side's 10 Weekly Teacher Finds. As a reminder, this is not a top 10 list..but just a list of items I have found and think readers may find useful from fellow bloggers and TPT sellers. Some of these items are from my followers, and some are not, and I always post one by me. Browse this week's 10 finds, follow, link, pin, buy, and enjoy! Come back Wednesday for my BIG 100 followers giveaway! Continue below!

HUGE FALL GIVEAWAY!

Update! I just hit 100 followers, so my own big giveaway will go live Wendesday. Thanks for your support! Until then, check out this awesome giveaway.

Diving into Learning is having a huge rafflecopter giveaway! There are 12 different chances to win..and my fall borders are part of one of the raffles! Check out her blog and the rules there to be a part of the free fall themed giveaway!

 

 CLICK HERE TO ENTER!

Check out my 40 affordable common core-aligned fall themed (Halloween, fall, and Thanksgiving) writing prompts. You will love them! I also have writing prompts for all throughout the year in my TPT store :) I have a new freebie that you should check out in my store too. I will feature it in my blog next week.



40 fall writing prompts

Stay tuned tomorrow for 10 weekly Teacher Finds...and I will have my own huge 100 followers giveaway posted hopefully by the end of next week (so long as I have 100 followers by then!).

Thanks!
-Kristin



Flash Sale! My Entire store is 10% off!!!

 

SALE SALE SALE! 10 % off everything
It must be the yoga I just did, because I am in a really good mood today...and for that reason, I am throwing a flash sale for the rest of today and all of tomorrow only! That's right..my store is 10% off everything (over 59 items!) Stock up now on products, and be sure to follow and leave feedback if you love it, which I truly hope and think you will :)

Some of my items on sale?
  Common Core Writing Prompts , Common Core Posters, Common Core vocab cards, Behavior Management Clip Chart, Substitute Binder Borders, Mouse Math pack, Guided Reading Binder, Behavior Management Posters and Forms, and much more! Tweet, pin, blog, share..spread the words, because after tomorrow everything is back to normal price :)


My Teachers Pay Teachers Store

-Kristin

10 weekly Teacher Finds

It's that time again...time for another weekly roundup of 10 items I've found on Teachers Pay Teachers, Pinterest, and other teachers' blogs. As a reminder, this is not a top 10 list; there are too many amazing items to rank them in a particular order. This is just a list of 10 items that I love and want to share with you!  Some are items that you pay for (but are well worth it) and some are free. Remember, about 1/4 to 1/2 of my finds come from people who are followers or pinners of my blog, so be sure to follow my blog if you are not already, so that I become aware of your blog and your items! You will also be the first to find out about my newest freebies and products for various grade levels and subjects! Feel free to pin as well! Lastly, I am 20 followers away from a big giveaway..so stay tuned! :) Thanks for your support. Here are the 10 items:

1.) Happy Homophones by Cynthia at 2nd Grade Pad- This pack has 30 pages to teach a homophones unit in a fun and engaging way! There are lots of activities and games that can be used with various instructional models.
 

2.) My First Writing Journal by Mechelle at Ms. G's Kindergarten in Heels- This Journal is 27 pages and is for beginning writers. It has a topic sentence that the students finish by using 4 picture prompts on the same page. They trace the rest of the sentence, and color a picture too. It is really cute, clever, and a good price.     

 

 

3.) Respect Classroom Posters Freebie by Leah at Learning 4 Keeps- I featured this bloggers Autumn Pack (check it out here) a few days ago in a teacher swap blog post (here), but wanted to feature these adorable FREE classroom posters today. There are 6 free posters that help teach your students respect using statements and cute visual cues.

 

4.) Editable Teacher Plan Book Freebie from Leanne Baurs Creative Classroom - 7 powerpoint pages for you to type your plans in and print, all wrapped up in a cute and useful template!

 

5.) Reading Response Questions Freebie from Fourth and Ten - This is a reading response questions freebie that students can use with the majority of books. There are a lot of response questions for students to choose from on this 4-page free product!

 

 

6.) Substitute Binder Kit from Kristin at Taking a Walk on the Teaching Side (me) - Yes, I usually throw in one of my products in this list. Well, hopefully some of you will find it useful! This editable, cute, polka-dot themed 28-page substitute binder kit has all of the forms, templates, organizers, behavior tools and more that you will need to have a stress free day away from the class, and for your sub to have a successful day as well!  In addition to the above, there are activities, worksheets, a certificate for good students, a poster for the sub and lots of extra neat goodies!

 

7.) Common Core grammar practice (2nd grade) by Second Grade Smartypants -  The is a set of 30 grammar practice sheets that would be great for morning work, assessments, homework, review, you name it! It's only $1.50 too!  

 

8.) Word Endings Unit (-ed, -ing) by The Teacher Wife - This 33 page pack includes 2 posters, 2 art activities, and 4 games to help students learn word endings. It was also a best seller! 

 

9.) Everyday Heroes Craftivity ( A September 11, Memorial Day, Veteran's Craftivity) from Michaela at I heart Edu. Create adorable military people, firefighters, or police officers with this set of hero craft templates. The firefighter craftivity will make a neat supplementary activity to do with students to teach about September 11, which is tomorrow, but maybe you will see this last minute. There are also writing prompt to go with each.

10.) Water Cycle Book Graphic Organizer by Cutesy Clickables - Just another reason I knew about Teachers Pay Teachers last year when I was teaching 4th grade and the water cycle. This cute little book has useful graphic organizers and makes a neat study guide/water cycle book. Plus it's very affordable!

I hope you found some of these useful. Pin and share away!

Stay tuned for next week's weekly 10 !
-Kristin

Featured Find! Letter School Handwriting APP!

check back tomorrow for my 10 weekly teacher finds!

Letter School Handwriting APP!

While on Pinterest, I came across an amazing app available for Iphones and Ipads. If your school has Ipads, then this would be a great app to add to your Ipad. If not, then maybe you have kids that could benefit from this app. It is $2.99 and from LetterSchool . They have a free version that has a portion of the full app for you to test. What exactly is this app and what does it do?

Letter school describes their app as:

"An amazing, intuitive game to learn all about letters and numbers: writing, counting, phonics and more"

For each letter and number, children can tap, trace, and eventually write the letters and numbers as they fade. It also tells the letter's name, the sound and words it goes with. How cool, huh?

  

The letters and numbers are in really cute graphics, and come in upper and lower case letters, and numbers 1-10.

For more information or to purchase the app or download the lite free app, click here for the letter school web site.

Don't forget to follow my blog for 10 weekly teacher finds, freebies, and more featured products and tips! I am 25 followers away from a big giveaway!

Follow my Teachers Pay Teachers Store for freebies, lessons, units, common core resources, clip art, decor, and more! See products you like there or on this blog? PIN THEM, and spread the love! :)

Weekly 10 Teacher Finds

Yay..my internet is fixed, so I can now post my 10 teacher finds! Become a follower of my blog so that you have a better chance to get a shout out in the weekly 10. Reason being, I become aware of your blogs and stores and browse them. Therefore, spread the word, and follow so you will never miss a weekly find, a freebie post, or a common core post! I also now have nearly 50 items in my TPT store, including over 10 FREEBIES, and various items for various grade levels. Since I am updating so often, you will definitely want to follow my store so you never miss a new product, clip art, decoration, lesson, poster, or freebie.
You can follow here: My TPT Store .


TIP: Many of your profiles do not have your blog links; and therefore it is hard to find your blogs for products :(

Update: As I mentioned yesterday, I became a first-time aunt a few days ago. Our entire family is so excited! Although not teacher related, who doesn't love a couple of cute baby pics? Without further ado, here is my perfect nephew, Trent Cole. I love him so much already!

 

 

Okay, back to the reason you are all here; my weekly 10 teacher finds from blogs and TPT! In no particular order they are:

 

1. ) Writing Center Starter Kit from A Cupcake for the Teacher: Okay, I love cupcakes, but I really love this writing starter kit with labels and posters to post on a trifold board for a perfect writing center. Pair it with my writing prompt sticks and you got yourself one amazing writing center!

2.) Common Core ELA questioning jar from Little Minds at Work- Daily common core aligned questions with cute graphics. Love it!

3.) Types of Sentences Game by Classroom Confections- A fellow Georgia teacher and blogger with great products is selling this game for helping students understand the different types of sentences. She also has many other games to help your students learn!

Free Stuff I found on the web, and a few new products

Hi all! I hope the week has treated you well. I have a few free resources that I came across and wanted to share with everyone.

First- a free app for Android called, simply enough, "Common Core" by Master Connect Inc.  has all of the common core standards posted and very easy to find. This is a great resource to have take wherever you go. The format is user-friendly; it truly is easy to navigate! More information is available HERE and it is available to download in the Android store.



Second- I came across a great blog (with few followers) that has a lot of wonderful tips and FREE supplementary worksheets..my favorite is the Guided Reading Resource, so click HERE for that link..and then browse the rest of the blog from there. It is called Mrs. Cowan's Blog . I found this section incredibly useful, so do yourself a favor and check it out!


Third- Content Generator Create your Own Flash Review Games site. Uploading and getting the games to actually work can be a bit tricky, but I have had success and created lots of review games for my students that they LOVE and are excellent for reviewing materials (the most popular is Fling the Teacher..but I do find the concept a bit violent almost, so perhaps look into the other games, or use your own judgement..they get all the answers they get to fling a cartoon teacher on a catupult).

Finally- For those of you who have not stopped by my store in a while, please check it out..I went from 10 products to 35 in the last two weeks..so you might want to follow it. I now have Ela, math, and a combo back of super cute, reasonably priced Common Core posters for third, fourth, and fifth grades!


I have new freebies!

   

I have adjective activities bundles!

and more (plus my store has been revamped..it just looks better ) . So, check it out..and stay tuned for this week's 10 Finds coming up in the next few days. If anyone is interested in featuring a product of mine in a blog post, let me know..and you can have it for free! Thank you! Happy blogging ! :)

New Goodies! Borders, Freebies, Common Core, oh my!

polka dot borders

Well everyone, let's face it..summer is just about over. Fall is coming and for schools all over the country, so is common core. Good thing I just posted new fall borders (and cupcake borders) to my store. Oh wait, and I am working on a line of common core posters! I have just ELAR posters, just math posters, and a discounted combo pack with all the standards for third and fifth grade. However, I am planning on having all grade levels up within the next two weeks. Each standard is one per page, and features my popular polka dots borders (with a few enhancements). You can create teacher materials with my borders, and save some time while having an adorable classroom when you check out my printable teacher items in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. I also uploaded a freebie- It is a 5 page packet of 8 basic ELA vocabulary words, 1 blank template to use as labels, tags, etc... and one name card/tag template- cute blue and green theme. Download and leave feedback on the freebie, and be sure to check out everything else!  Enjoy and thank you for your support..my store and blog are growing fast and it is super exciting! :)



Fall Borders




   

cupcake borders

 
  

common core posters set third and fifth

 

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10 Weekly Finds

As mentioned earlier, I am going to post 10 finds from blog or TPT stores that I like. I am not going to do a top 10 though I decided, as there are so many great finds . Basically, this is just a way for people to be aware of some of the items I've found and liked, and for you to maybe get a mention!  If you want to let your blog buddies know about this "10 finds" link, please do so...I am more likely to give shout outs to those who follow my blog, just because I am more likely to be aware of your store and items. :) However, not all items are from followers. Be sure to check out the bottom of this post for my newest product.

So, in no particular order : here are weekly finds you may want to check out!


Compound Words Stuck Together Activity from Teaching With Laughter - A really cute activity to supplement your compound words lesson. It has a peanut butter and jelly theme.

Multiplication Board Games Bundle from Fun Games for Learning - A set of teacher-created multiplication games for  a good price. This seller also had addition, subtraction, and divison games. Good for centers and more. Cute designs too.



Backyard BBQ ELAR and Math activities from First Grade with Mrs. Snowden - An adorable BBQ themed activity bundle for both ELA and Math at a great price, that is jam packed with activities for various things including synonyms, antonyms, graphing, telling time, word wall, and sentences.

Class Rules Poster Set FREEBIE!- from  Extra Special Teaching  - A great FREE set of rules signs for your classroom, with cute visual clip art to remind your students of your expectations.

Fall Themed Morning Work Pack (common core aligned) from Kroger's Kindergarten-  20 pages of morning work sheets focusing on common core aligned math, reading, and writing skills.

"Ocean Life" themed parts of speech signs- from The Peanut Gallery - These are adorable and priced right!

Pig Themed Back to School Bundle- from 2nd Grade Pig Pen - I love pigs, so I love this  bundle of back-to-school goodies all with a cute pink and green pig theme. It is 44 pages long, and includes lots of templates and forms. 

Free Colorful Work Stations Signs from  Mrs. Standford's Class- free and perfect for centers!

Johnny Appleseed Thematic Unit   - It is 65 pages, well priced, and has tons of cute items in it including KWL charts, science lessons, drawing activities, lessons, anchor charts, and more

Pretty Frames - cheap, cute, whimsical frames to use in your teacher-created products

classroom reward certificates

For a little self-promotion- I really like and will be putting to use my new classroom reward certificates bundle..my store is growing. I now have over twenty items and more items to come, so check it out!

My newest TPT Items, discounts, cheapies, borders for use on your materials, and what's to come on this blog!

  

Hello Blog buddies. I will soon be posting lots of new helpful and fun posts. I plan on doing a weekly wrap up of my top 10 teacher made finds from around the web and linking to them. I will be browsing other teacher blogs and Pinterest to do so. Please follow my blog, so I will know about and be able to follow yours. In doing so, some of your products might be in the weekly top 10 and linked to! I will be posting my first weekly top 10 within the next few days, so be on the lookout!

Unfortunately, I have not been able to blog as much as I'd like the past few days because I have been hard at work on a few products for my TPT store.  As I always do, I will be having a 15% off sale for the first 3 days of these products. I recommend you follow my TPT store, because I frequently post new items that are for all various grade levels and topics, and you will be able to see when I list new items- which will always be 15% off the first few days.  By the way, I permanently lowered my Behavior Management packet price by $2 and it is 15% off so grab it now!

hippo themed border pack

I apologize for the blurriness.. I am waiting on a battery for my other laptop and will upload better images then. My newest products are: 

BORDERS- colorful polka dot borders. or diagonal stripe  or Hippo themed borders(diagonal and hippos only .png). I am going to begin posting lots more of these. However, my first set has 9 designs saved in jpg. and png. and is great for all the materials you create! Plus, they're affordable!

Animal ABC cards - a complete set of nearly 4" by 3" upper and lower case cards with cute cartoon animals that begin with the corresponding letter. There is also a few free clip arts and symbols to cut out. These are perfect for letter/sound recognition, flash cards, bulletin board decorations, signs, posters, and much more!! CUTE and cheap !
 

2 font; printable bulletin board letters, numbers and symbols set- pretty blue

Includes 2 different font sets of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. Also, a free clip art page. Print, cut, laminate. Never buy die-cuts again ! Perfect for bulletin boards, posters, and signs.