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



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!

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A little late for this..but, who am I?

 

As I was looking around the blogs of others, I noticed something that most of the blogs had that mine did not; an "about me". The more I thought about it, the more I realized that readers who "follow" a blog probably are a little curious as to who they are following. I decided to leave that a mystery no longer, and give you a glimpse as to who I am!

Teacher-Blogger Product Spotlight: Autumn-Themed Unit with a Freebie!

Alright everyone, Autumn is just around the corner, and to celebrate the season that is creeping up on us, I wanted to feature a fellow blogger and teacher’s unit pack that I think you will “fall” for (cheesy pun intended)!

 

Featured in my first teacher/blogger product swap post is Leah, from Learning-4-Keeps and her wonderful comprehensive Autumn Unit available at her TPT store.  This jam-packed unit includes 39 pages of fun fall-themed ELA and Math activities for first and second graders.  Inside the unit you will find supplements and resources that you can use as morning work, center work, independent work, sub-day work, assessments and more!  I find this unit an excellent value, because it is so full of resources for both math and ELA, which is not the case with many unit packs.

 

 

The math sheets cover everything from place value to measurement to odd and even numbers, all with adorable autumn themed clip art.

The ELA sheets include the topics of contractions, homophones, sentences, alphabetical order, and more.  The ELA section also includes  Literacy Integration sheets for the books  The Lonely Scarecrow by Tim Preston, I Know It’s Autumn by Eileen Spinelli, and Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur.

 I can definitely see myself using the included reading and writing graphic organizers (such as the prediction worksheet) in my guided reading groups, but of course they’d work in various instructional models. There are also worksheets for the steps of the writing process, using descriptive words, and so on, all of which are integrated with The Lonely Scarecrow. There is also an art project template for this book.

The I know It’s Autumn unit includes a "think, pair, share," activity, a brainstorming graphic organizer, and a few other writing sheets…perfect for writing centers and workshops!

The Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic literacy integration section includes a class project: "Make an Acrostic Book", word web sheet, drafting sheet, and other writing organizers and sheets.

I know I covered a lot, but it feels like I barely put a dent in describing all the useful worksheets you will get. 

The complete list of items included in this Autumn Unit are: (continue reading)

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