Mega Giveaways and a Linky!

This morning I was checking into Facebook and noticed that I missed TONS of flash freebies and other freebies right before the year ends. I found a linky party and some mega giveaways I want to share with you.

Miss Math Dork and her other colleagues from The Teachers Studio (Meg) and 4mulafun (Jennifer) are having an awesome $25 gift card giveaway to TPT or Amazon or even Starbucks. As a teacher sometimes you just need your extra shot in the morning. 

Have you entered this Mega Giveaway yet? 

Well you have T minus 13 hours to get your bid in the Clip Art group and the 3rd-5th grade group. I could use the clip art for more creations. What are you creating lately? Maybe I can get some ideas to kick start my creations. 

And here is the linky party I mentioned from An Educator's Life that you can download new ideas to jump start your mind for the new year with your students!

There are tons of FREE products to download some are even marked by grade level! And if you keep scrolling you can find the giveaways to enter too!

Also remember that my December Holidays: Beginning Sounds are still on sale in my TPT for $1 until 12/31/13. 

Get them for next year or use them in January to review. 

Happy New Year and Enjoy!

Do you use Technology? You have a chance to be a WINNER!!

I have returned from my mini vacay and I wanted to share with you the post from my blogger exchange partner. If you remember, my partner was Jayne from Smart Kids. She wrote a post about all the goodies I sent her if you want to see it. Also she gave me a shout out about my new product, thanks Jayne!

 

(You can win it if you keep reading...)

How is everyone doing? I will be attending a Title 1 workshop today... one that I don't even know if I got in to. It was said that the office was calling those who didn't get into the workshop, I didn't get a call so I am hoping that I am on the list. They had to turn a lot of people down because they were only hoping for 450 but got over 600 teachers requesting in... I guess that is the response you get when you offer teachers a STIPEND to come learn how to help their students better. So I have that for 2 days until about 5pm. Plus we have our school retreat on Thursday. I know I will just be plain exhausted by the time Friday rolls around.

Don't forget about The Polished Teacher and her HUGE giveaway...

Plus I missed my Clutter-Free Classroom post yesterday but make sure to check out her posts, hit refresh so you can grab some Flash Freebies!

There is also a linky party going on now: Teacher Week @ Blog Hoppin'. Yesterday was Let's Talk About Me. How many times do you really get to talk about yourself when the school year rolls around? Well now is your chance to tell about yourself to the bloggers of Blogland and read about other teachers as well. Check out the schedule too so you know when to link up!

  

I just finished that STEM workshop last week and I have been looking for ways to incorporate it more on a kindergarten level in most of our upcoming SOLs. How do you incorporate STEM? (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Do you teach the other parts of the word STEM, other than science and math? I am looking forward to introducing my students to more of the engineering side of STEM this year while incorporating science and math too.

**I will choose a random winner on Friday, leave a comment with your email and the answer to this question: Name a technology that you use in your classroom but it has to be something that DOES NOT need to be plugged in... I will give you a hint, think of materials in the classroom. So I bet you are wondering what you are trying to win, huh?? Well if you can name one technology that you use that DOES NOT need to be plugged in or hooked to electricity, I will give the winner a copy of my new product, Farm Detective: Sight Words Edition. (see pics at top of post)

 I can't wait to hear about all the "technology" you use in your classroom. Have a great day and the rest of the week... Enjoy1

Keep in Mind...Updated!

**UPDATED**
Keep in Mind the following giveaways happening TODAY ONLY:

  

There are freebies for non-Hawaii teachers too!

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Keep in Mind the following giveaways happening in blogland:

 

 

 

Keep in Mind the following freebies ONLY happening today:

 and Clutter-Free Classroom Flash Freebies

Keep in Mind the linky parties happening this week:

 

Keep in Mind some tips:
Mrs. Will's Kindergarten on organizing stations
Bunting, Books and Bainbridge tips on Blogging and TPT etiquette (PLEASE READ!!)
     And you have to read the post from Mel (From the Pond/Frog Spot) on organizational colors:

Check out ideas for her Take Home Notes

Keep in Mind the Back to School Sales going on this week at Staples, Office Depot (don't forget to ask what their limit is for Teachers!! The limit printed might only be for parents!)

**I found a new blog who would love for you to stop by: Teaching to Make A Difference Blog

Keep in Mind that today marks one of the last days of summer vacation (truly relaxing) as once August hits I am in full-blown "scramble" mode of preparing for going back to school. Mind you, I don't return until August 26th but each of my days will be spent in workshops (blah!) and printing/laminating and cutting to my eyes pop out! I hope you enjoy your last two days of JULY! And for those who are in school already... breathe... it will all get done in due time.:)

Enjoy!

Celebrating my Blogiversary Right!

 Hello all, I hope you are enjoying your summer and entering giveaways left and right. Yes I said it that way because there are so many good delicious giveaways happening all throughout blog land. If you missed the giveaways update, read yesterday's post. Don't forget to enter in my 2nd Blogiversary Giveaway!

But continuing in my week long Blogiversary celebration, I am having another giveaway! Woohoo, but this one fell right around the VA Blogger Meet-up so I thought to do it right. I am so excited to attend my first Blogger Meet-up as I missed last years. And my lovely colleague and friend Karmen (from Karmen's Kinders) will be going with me. We are hoping to venture out to: 

 I know we might be cutting it close... what with me needing to have a few hours in the store... but it's right there so we HAVE to stop in and shop! I even saved some money just for my IKEA trip! Oh but on to giveaway... How you like to spend some money in the Doodle Bugs store? I would, me. me! Well if you are my one lucky winner then you will win this awesome prize:

 And my other colleague and friend from Mona @ Kindergarten Bus is also giving away her Fall Into Positional Words product away to my lucky winner! She's currently on blogging hiatus as she is taking TWO grad classes this summer (Neuro and Research) but she's "slowly" trying to take a peek at all the giveaways and she may be the only teacher in blog land wishing for August to hurry up and get here...

  So scroll down past the listing of other great giveaways and enter in my VA Blogger Meet-up/Blogiversary Giveaway for a chance to win these great prizes!

The Teaching Tribune : Awesome Prizes Giveaway
Simply 2nd Resources: Notebook Giveaway
Polka Dot Firsties: Birthday Celebration & Blogging Anniversary Giveaway
Curious Firsties 200 Follower Giveaway
Preschool Wonders: 100 Followers Giveaway
Smiling & Shining in Second Grade: 500 Follower Giveaway
Common to the Core: Back to School Linky (freebies and paid products)
24/7 Teacher: Common Core Reading Toolkit

Joy in the Journey's giveaway has not started yet... it will on Friday July 26th... But just keep it in mind!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Favorite Pins!

I feel as if I have been blogging all day but really I have just been updating one post. I've also been working on my Liebster Award, that will be posted tomorrow as I am already at the 2 blog posts limit. Anywho, on to my Favorite Pins for this week.

From First Grade Smiles

I might actually get into the spirit of making silhouettes with my kids this year. Every President's Day the teachers around me make their silhouettes and I just admire, because really they just take too much work. But this way (might be costly) I might try it. Thanks Tori Spelling! 

 I am starting to see more and more mustaches around. I was in the Hobby Lobby the other day and they had I Love Mustaches scrapbooking paper. It was neat, I'm not bold enough to have it as a classroom theme yet (check out Kindergarten Smorgasboard to find lots of mustaches) but maybe as a bulletin board.

 Donuts for Dads, a Father's Day Celebration. I am guilty of not honoring the dads like I should. I make these great Mother's Day gifts but when Father's Day rolls around, I am just trying to get packed up and out of school and Father's Day stuff gets pushed to the side. But this is such a cute idea I had to share. Look at those cute Men's shirt & tie paper bags... inside are the donuts for Dad. :)


Don't forget I am still collecting Giveaway Donations until Sunday July 21st. My 2nd Blogiversary Giveaway is set to begin Monday July 22nd! :) Thank you to those who have already contributed, it's set to be a fun time! Remember, I just added a new tab on my blog: Freebie Finds. From now on, that's where I will post the freebies. I added quite a few today! :)

 

And I leave you with my last favorite pin! Enjoy! :)

A break plus lots of catching up to do! TOO!

  It seems as if it is pretty difficult to get back into blogging when you take like 3 days off. But alas, I needed to get back into the swing of things because I missed it. In my absence, a lot of giveaways have been going on. I hope you have at least found some to enter. Plus I even found some freebies.
 While I was "away" (only in the house, not touching the computer) I keep going over my classroom set-up in my head. I do also have a pencil drawn classroom too that I erase all over every time I find something in blog land I want to try. I should do it like Debbie Diller said and just use post its... that was last year's model. I want to revamp my teacher's desk... which isn't really a desk because I got rid of mine and now I share it with my small group table. I just want something functional that I will use. I am one of those people that find something to try but might have a difficult time sticking to it. Has anyone given up their teacher desk? And if so, how do you organize it? For those who still have your teacher's desk, how do you keep it organized? My main problems are where to put my stuff for the week, where to put/organize my originals and where do my kids turn in their work? I can't seem to use the Monday through Friday book box or drawer system, so of course my table fills up with files to copy. My kids last year did have a bin to put their work in, but I didn't check it often. And my originals got tossed wherever I could find a place for them... So any insight I would love!

 So on to my "likes" in Bloglovin'... I'm trying not to have so many pictures so it will not be EXTRA long as I have A LOT to catch you up to speed on (or rather to catch myself up).

Tax Free State List from Surviving a Teacher's Salary. Here's her tips about Office Depot.
**Be on the lookout for Tales of Frogs & Cupcakes 1,000 Facebook Fans Giveaway... might offer some flash freebies!! Freebies only are from 10am-1pm (CST)!

The Inspired Apple is having a Quick Friday Contest! All you need to do is answer her prompt: You know you're married to a teacher when... and she will choose her TOP 5 favorite answers and you could win one of the products from her TPT store, ends Saturday July 20th at 12am (EST).

My Second Sense and other bloggers have come together for another Christmas in July sale from July 19th-24th. I think this may be upper grade bloggers, a find for my upper grade followers.:)

 Linky Party:

How to Teach Phonics from First Grade Smiles. Link up and share how you teach phonics in your classroom. I know we don't all have the answers, but we're teachers and we can learn from each other.
From the Pond/ Frog Spot is hosting a linky party where you can link up if you are having a giveaway.

  Giveaways:

  Don't forget about Adventures in Firsties 100 Follower Giveaway. You could win lots of prizes, even something from my store. Giveaway ends in ONE DAY!

  Puddles by Miss Mandy is giving away over $500 worth in gift certificates. Found this giveaway on pinterest (go pinning!) But enter and follow so you may be a lucky winner.:)

  Learning is Something to Treasure is having a giveaway and you only have 2 days left! You can win her Making Words Mega Pack. Hop on over to her blog and learn a bit about how she teaches phonics in her classroom, enter the giveaway and grab her freebie!

Always an Adventure in Kindergarten (and other bloggers) are hosting the Dog Days of Summer Giveaway. Swing over to the blog post to find out how to enter the giveaway (Hosted by Teaching Blog Roundup) and make sure you come back so you can view the linky party for FREEBIES... Yup it's a FREEBIE HOP!! Woohoo! And link up your freebie too if you want.


 Lamppost in a 1st grade STEM Classroom is getting ready to have her 200 follower giveaway beginning July 21st-29th, there's a winner every day. So stay tuned... check out her Word Cheers in the mean time.

 Miss Third Grade is celebrating her 2nd birthday and 500 followers. Hop on over to enter the giveaway to win a birthday hat for your classroom.:)

 Adventure in Kindergarten is having a Flash Giveaway that ends in ONE day!! The winner gets a choice of word wall cards or word wall products.

 It's a Jungle Out There is celebrating a birthday and is having a HUGE birthday giveaway from July 18th-24th. You could win some awesome prizes (from SchoolStyle, KinderCraze, etc.)

 The Teacher Talk is having her 200 Followers Celebration giveaway... it ends in ONE DAY!!

 Maggie's Kinder Corner giveaway Chevron vs. Dots HURRY as it ENDS SOON!!:) Plus stop by for her Floor Numbers for lining up.

 Little Miss Kindergarten is having a giveaway and you could win a $25 MPM School Supplies gift card. How far can you stretch your $25? Giveaway ends in ONE day!

Hodges Herald is having a Blogiversary Giveaway where 12 winners could win and 1 person could win the Grand Prize of a custom Teacher Planner... oh it gets me thinking. Hurry up and enter as this giveaway ends in 1 day!

 Kristen's Kindergarten (look for Day 5) and Rainbows Within Reach are celebrating 5 Year Blog Birthday Bash. I have missed entering all week, but check it out and maybe you could be a winner of the grand prize. Sound interested? Well just click on over to find the details of how to enter!

  July Mystery Box Giveaway: You could win tons of prizes, see below!

Freebies:

 All Freebies have now been moved Here. I will be linking up freebies that I found out in Blog Land under my Freebies Finds tab from now on. And if you have an freebies you want to share make sure to add them there.

New Blog Finds:
Kindergarten Kel
First Grade Glitter and Giggles
First Grade Frosting
My Kind of Teaching (a 2nd grade blogger, who's now a 4th grade blogger)
Growing a Teacher

Freebies, Giveaways and a linky party!!

 The title is an exact replica of my new Pinterest Board, check it out if you want. I wanted to update you on what I found in Blogworld... LOTS goodies for today. Remember my giveaway and sale end today in 12 HOURS. Check out my post {here}.

Anywho... on to more goodies! I was reading a post from Our K Crew Rocks and she was talking about Parent Tips {post 1, post 2}. She had this wonderful info sheet for parents about Building a Reader at home posted but only the picture, but she did know the name of the creator. So I did some digging (love Google) and found the post from Kayla at Primary Junction. And get this! She has a Spanish version too, all FREE!

 

I know that I am trying my best to prepare for the Spanish-speaking population that will be taking over our grade level by storm, what with a school closing.

 Remember Mrs. Russell is still having her Blogiversary Celebration, Day 3! Stop in to snag some of her freebies and look back on Day 1 and Day 2 posts as she has some Forever Freebies named.

 

 Also remember those Christmas in July ladies are still going strong. It is only Day 3 of the adventure and already I have found some goodies. Check out Erica Bohrer's First Grade for her sale goodies. And make sure to check out Growing Kinders page too for her Zero the Hero book Facebook freebie!


 I found a new blog called Good Enough Teacher (2nd grade) and she is hosting several giveaways... 5 weeks of giveaways in fact! Check out her blog to find the giveaway for Week 1. Plus she's a newbie blogger with less than 60 followers, go show her some love.:)

 Did you know that Mel from Graphics From the Pond has stopped her Premium Graphics Club? To show their appreciation, several bloggers are honoring the Graphics Club with a Linky Party. Stop by and link up or just check out what other bloggers have created with clip art from Graphics from the Pond.

It is that time again, Alphabet Letter Exchange. It seems that during the summer is when teachers are able to plan these fun and exciting class exchanges. The kids enjoy decorating the letters and I have always enjoyed getting mail at school. And when you are excited the kids get excited too.:) Stop by First Grade Found Me to sign up in the Alphabet Letter Exchange (its an Adventure!), sign up ends August 1st.

Primary Buzz has a new FREEBIE, 3-D shape posters. She also linked up to another blog (a new one for me) to showcase one of her freebies. Stop on over and check out Primary Buzz's freebie plus follow another blog, Sparking in Kindergarten

Live, Laugh, I Love Kindergarten has reached 500 Followers! Woohoo and congrats. So of course she is having a giveaway to celebrate. And the prizes are two of my favorites and I am sure yours too: Teachers Pay Teachers and Target! Head on over and enter in her giveaway so you will win some of your loves too.

 It's Day 2 of First Grade Critter Cafe week of giveaways. Stop on over and enter to win some great products. There's a winner each day until July 13th. And I just love her chalkboard signs showcasing each prize you could win.

 I found another new blog, Mrs. Brown Loves Bookworms. She writes posts about books to share in class. She has only like 30 Bloglovin' followers, check her out and start following.

And I almost forgot about Miss Kindergarten's Try it for FREE Tuesday. So stop on in and check out the cute things that you can download for FREE for Today, July 9th only. I even saw something from Mel D (Seusstastic Classroom Inspirations).


 Well, if you made it to the end of the post Congrats! I even saved a few that I found for tomorrow as I kept thinking you would get too tired to read any more of my post. I wonder how long is too long? Never mind, please stop me if you feel my giveaways and freebies posts have gotten too long. I totally missed my 10:30am posting deadline and now I may even miss the 11am one too. It is just so addicting. And this is just going off of what I LIKED at 8:30am this morning, I am afraid to see what else has popped up in Bloglovin' since then. Well that will be for a post tomorrow. Enjoy!