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!

 

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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



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

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.

10 Weekly TPT and Teacher Blog Finds

It's another week, and time for another list of finds from Teachers Pay Teachers or teaching blogs. As I have mentioned before, some of the finds come from my followers, because typically it makes it easier to see your products and possible items I want to feature here. However, not all items are from followers. Also, I noticed as I click on my followers profiles to view their blogs for possible items, many do not have an easily visible link to their blog or store. I just wanted to give ya'll a heads up, because you may want to fix this for easier access to your blogs.  Anyways, here are my 10 weekly finds (remember, this is not a top 10 list..so they are in no particular order): ENJOY!




       

1.) Economy 101 Lapbook from Adventures of a Third Grade Teacher - This seller/blogger has a lot of freebies, but I wanted to showcase this handy, affordably-priced kit. It covers various economic principals and has supplements for your students to use to create an adorable lapbook with foldables. There are some picture examples you should check out!

2.) Go Monkey! Division Go Fish Game by Fern Smith - A cute monkey-themed go fish game for practicing division. This would be a good center activity.

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 ! :)

Freebies!

Hello all. I have free
lessons, hall passes, bookmark templates, and now free pig clip art and a free border. Check it out in my TPT store.