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 :)

My Big 100 Followers Giveaway!

Thanks to everyone who has supported, commented, shared, and followed my blog. I am excited to have reached my first 100 followers, and excited to have a BIG Giveaway for one lucky reader. The giveaway is extra awesome thanks to contributions from other bloggers and sellers..to get a better chance at winning the wonderful items below, be sure to follow the directions on the Rafflecopter. The winner will be announced on either Wednesday or Thursday of next week (Sept. 26 or 27).  Click on the links to see the items and the corresponding blogger or seller's TPT store, and click the bloggers' badges to go to their blogs.

The following 12 items will be given to the winners:

40 Common Core Writing Prompts Cards and 40 Early Finishers Task Cards from Dannerk at Taking a Walk on the Teaching Side (me!)

 

 

 "B is for Bright" Alphabet Posters from Teacher's Tool Kit

 

Johnny Appleseed Day (Apples Unit) from Liv to Teach

Newspaper Task Cards from Third Grade Troops 


Write the Room Centers Packet from Flying into First Grade

 

English Alphabet Letter Writing Cards from Teaching Spanish Beginning Sounds

Number 1- 120 Charts and Fill in the Missing Numbers Diving into Learning

  
Fry's 1000 Word Pack with Flashcards/Word Wall Assessments from  Second Grade Nest

 Autumn Skip Counting Bonanza Math Centers and Printables from The Wise Owl

 

Any Product from The Tpt Store of   and finally, Word Work Choice for use with Any words from Mrs. Kelly's Class    

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thank you to those those who were not listed, but offered to contribute..I do appreciate it! Click the links above for bigger pictures, previews, and details...

Pin and share this giveaway so other teachers can get in on the fun too!

Pictures of Some items you may win:
 

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

Fabulous Freebie Friday !

I love the site Teaching Blog Addict. They have excellent posts, and lots of linky parties. Today I stumbled upon their Fab Freebie Fridays, where teacher-bloggers share a freebie every Friday. I will be participating most Fridays, as I love to share freebies. In fact, if you follow my TPT store you will be updated when I post a freebie or a product. Right now I have 15 freebies (more to come) in my store. Please leave some feedback if you like the freebie and become a follower :)

Anywho, I wanted to feature my Friday freebie right here for my blog followers as well.  You can download it at my TPT store here. Please take the time to browse the rest of the store as well !

My freebie this week is one that nearly ALL teachers will benefit from. It is my blue polka dot classroom labels set (click on this link for a direct link). There are 30 pre-written labels for everything from various centers, to student desk labels, to essential question header labels, and more! Even if you find you can only use some of the labels, it is still worth checking out. They will work in just about any classroom theme.

You can also share this freebie on Pinterest!

Enjoy, and thank you for your support! I am about 30 followers away from a BIG giveaway! yay!

-Kristin
 

free starbucks LivingSocial offer!

Well kinda..today (8/05/2012) only, Living Social is offering a $10 Starbucks e-card for $5. It is good for six months, and you print it from home. Fall is right around the corner, which means pumpkin lattes. Since the majority of teachers I know enjoy (and need!) coffee, I thought I'd share this sweet deal :)

Click the link below to hurry and buy!

http://www.livingsocial.com/deals/448600

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!

My Favorite Teacher- created Freebies

While I love all of the teacher-created products and resources, and find most of them worth every penny that the seller asks, it is always nice to stumble upon a truly useful freebie; and there are many! In this post, I am going to share with you some teacher-created freebies that I have found useful. There are hundreds, thousands, possibly hundred of thousands of great freebies, so this is just a miniscule dose for you to browse! Feel free to pin , save, and link to this site.

I am also part of a Teaching Freebie Link-up From Blog Hopper..so check out the blogs in this linky link for freebies.




comprehension graphic organizer free

 Also, be sure to check out Manic Mondays at Classroom Freebies to link up your freebies and see other links on Monday. I am linking up my Classroom Labels set, so check it out this coming Monday!

In addition, I have been adding many new FREE products to my store. I have added 30 items to my store in just 3 weeks, so you know it will really be growing, and I have added a lot of freebies as well! My goal is to offer one freebie every week or two at my store, so please take the time to follow the store so you will be posted on all new and free products. Please leave feedback if you can on the freebies also. While you are there, check out my other items, including lesson plans, units, unit supplements, activities, Guided Reading sets, Behavior Management sets, borders, clip art, decorations, word wall cards and flash cards, and much more for various grade levels (k-12, but mostly primary and middle grades).


Without further ado, here are the freebies!:

Our Classroom Schedule Routine Cards by Clever Classroom - This resource has been downloaded over 9,000 times so apparently I am not the only one who sees the usefulness of this freebie. It has cute clip art cards with labels for routines; 96 cards- free!


Descriptive Paragraph Starters by Shari Bithell- 9 sheets to help your students come up with great descriptive writing papers.

Cute Classroom Signs Set - by me(Dannerk)- 3 blue themed signs to use in your classroom, including a class schedule sign, a "welcome to our class" sign, and a "who is in our class?" sign- coordinates with other products , like the Behavior Management Resource packet, in the store.