Fall Favorites Blog Hop

Hello sweet friends! Thank you for stopping by to enjoy the FALL FAVORITES blog hop! I have a fun an easy craft for you to try - GLOW IN THE DARK NECKLACES!!! Ooohhh ahhh. I also have a freebie for you, a sale on all my fall themed products and a chance to win a product of your choice from my store! Wowza!

First, here are the directions to make the necklaces which are perfect for this time of year.

You will need: rigatoni pasta, gallon ziploc bags, acrylic paint in desired colors, GLOW IN THE DARK PAINT

Step 1 - Put pasta in bag, add drops of paint, seal and shake, shake, shake

Step 2 - Spread on a wax paper lined cookie tray (see pic)

Step 3 - Repeat for as many colors as you wish

Step 4 - Let dry (about 1 hour)

Step 5 - Put dried, colored pasta back into a ziploc bag. Add the GLOW IN THE DARK paint to the bag and shake! Let dry again.

Here is a close up of the glow in the dark paint. I got it at Michaels. It was $1.99 (without the coupon and teacher discount wink wink). This small bottle colored all the pasta you see in the pictures. Here is a link to paint GLOW IN THE DARK PAINT.

Ok, the macaroni does not come out glowing in the dark! You have to charge it up! We held a flashlight up to the necklace. Once we did that for several minutes - we got it to glow nicely! It was a lot of fun!

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR FREEBIE!

Would you like the activity to go with the necklace? Just click on the link above! Enjoy your treat :)

Here is another treat! All of my Fall/Halloween themed items will be 20% off for the next 3 days (October 25 - 27)!
Check them out below by clicking on the picture and heading over to TpT!

Be sure to enter below to win a treat from my store! 
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Hop on over to the K T Teacher Tiff for more fall fun! Thank you for stopping by!

Halloween Emergent Reader!

Hello sweet friends! I’d like to offer you an amazing product for an awesome price of just $1! I decided to go ahead and offer you my newest product for just $1 for the next 3 days. After those 3 days, the price will go to $3.

Here is the my newest product! It is an emergent reader perfect for the month of October. Please note that if you do not acknowledge Halloween in your school or if you can not speak about costumes, this product is not for you. If you can however, talk about dressing up for Halloween, then your kiddos will love this emergent reader!

I have included the sight words “who”, “are”, “you”, “I’ and “am” in the predictable text of this reader. Children use the picture clue to help them decode the last word which is the name of the costume. I also included in this product a version of the book that leaves out the picture. Students use the initial letter sound, the picture cards (included) or the cover of their book to help them decide which costume goes on which page. This reader would work great in a guided reading group! That is what I made it for! 

Click on any of the pics below to take you over to TpT to grab it for  $1 for the next three days (9/29, 9/30. 10/1).

An Apple for the Teacher Blog Hop

Super excited to be teaming up with my blogging buddies to bring you this great apple themed blog hop! 

Check out my cute apple alphabet match ups! You get both red and white apples in the file so you can decide which is easier on your printer! Perfect for a center in the beginning of kindergarten or first grade!

Would you like a chance to win this product? Then simply enter the rafflecopter below. You can also purchase it for $2 by clicking on the pictures above. If you happen to win, and you bought it, don’t worry! You can choose another product from my store :)

Good luck!

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Head on over to Cherry Workshop for more apple fun!

Teacher Deals and Dollar Steals!

This is my first post on this great collaborative blog - Teacher Deals and Dollar Steals! I am so excited! I check this blog everyday to see what my awesome blogging friends are offering! I have gotten some amazing deals!

If you are like me, and love a sale and deals I have one for you! For 3 days, my I SPY CVC Words - Back to School Theme will be just $1 (regular price $3). You have to hurry though, you only have three days to steal it on sale!

Students use a magnifying glass to hunt for CVC words hidden in the picture. They record the words on their recording sheet. You may have seen other I Spy products but mine is a little different!

I include an answer sheet along with the hidden words revealed. This was done out of necessity. When I used these during guided reading, I always had one or two students getting very upset that they couldn’t find a word. It would take me such a long time to help them having to pretty much go through the entire page with a magnifying glass myself! Now, you can just ask them if they found the word on the shoe. On the desk? On her shirt? So much easier to give a tip then an answer :)

So try them out in your classroom! I am sure your students will love them as much as my students do! 

Click on any of the pics above to take you over to TpT or click here I Spy CVC Words Back to School Theme.

Congrats to The Learning Center

I am happy to help The Learning Center help celebrate 500 followers! 

Would you like to win $10 to my store and ALL OF THE STORES IN THE PIC BELOW??? 

Yes, yes, yes?!?! It is simple! Just enter with the rafflecopter below! A winner will be announced on Sept. 2nd! Good luck :)

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Classroom Friendly Sharpener Review :)

Hello sweet friends! I am here to tell you about an AMAZING product for your classroom! 

First let me tell you about my woes with my pencil sharpeners over the last 15 years. We have the old fashioned ones that are screwed onto the wall. You know the ones, straight out of Ralphie’s classroom in A Christmas Story? The barrel would constantly fall off, the kids weren’t strong enough to turn the crank, and  it would eat pencils like a ravenous toothless beaver! Last year, the barrel fell off and was lost. While waiting on line, I spied a friend putting his finger in the hole like a pencil and trying to sharpen it! I had the custodian take it down the very next day!

Then I battled with electric sharpeners. They work ok. Kids love them and like to see just how short they can get their pencil before the motor burns up! Last year, I tripped over the cord, and it crashed to the floor. Never worked again. In prior years I have had to bring it to my dad to dissect it and pull out crayons and the plastic wrapping from cheap pencils. It was just annoying!

Now, my prayers have been answered with this magical gem! The Classroom Friendly Sharpener from  Classroom Friendly Supplies!

My girls need 70 sharpened pencils EACH for the first day of school! Ummm, wow. Ok. And they have to be Ticonderoga. That part I agree with! Nothing is better than a Ticonderoga! So, after a trip to Costco, Office Max, and Walmart I got MOST of the 210 pencils they need! 

 

I also got some great prize pencils for my own classroom! This is where I really wanted to see if my new sharpener held up! I have a slew of these pencils   clogging up my desk drawers! I HATE THEM! THE KIDS HATE THEM! Everyone knows they never get sharp and they break and they are just plain awful. So, if this little blue machine could turn my stash of pencils into prizes this year, I would do cartwheels! Take a look at this pic! You have seen the good ole el cheapos look like this! Look what my blue machine did!

And here is how this UH-MAZ-ING pencil sharpener works! 

Please note that the pencil remains stable and DOES NOT MOVE at all! The above pic makes the pencil look like it is moving. I wanted to show you where to place your hands.

Cartwheel time!

Have you guessed that I have found the answer to my pencil sharpening prayers? I LOVE this sharpener!
Here are the top reasons why:

1. Sharpens to an excellent precision point
2. Easy to use
3. No batteries, compact, light
4. Can sharpen cheap plastic wrapped pencils
5. Comes in many cool colors (blue, red, green, black, and oh my word, PINK)

Here is a discount code for you to use if you would like to purchase one of your own! This code is good only until 10/18/14.

5% OFF ----> USE CODE XE7MW

Click below to get over to the site to pick one out! Free shipping!

I am off to make a name label for my sharpener! I would hate for my new best friend to get lost in school!

Teacher Deals and Dollar Steals Collaborative Blog

I am so excited to announce that I am joining forces with some of my favorite bloggers to bring you a new collaborative blog called Teacher Deals and Dollar Steals! With this blog, there will be approximately forty teachers sharing their excellent work in what we are calling a Dollar Steal!

What is a Dollar Steal, you ask?  Each day, one of my bloggy friends will be sharing a post about one of their products.  In their blog post, they will share a link to their product where you can purchase it for only $1.00.  Now here's the catch, you'll have to act fast because their sale will only last for THREE days.  After the three days, you can still grab their fabulous product, but it will be at it's original price.

I would love for you to hop over by clicking the button above and follow our new blog through email or Bloglovin in order to ensure that you catch all of our deals in a timely manner.  We are also giving away a $25 TeachersPayTeachers Gift Certificate.  You can enter by following us!!!

Thank you for joining me on this new and exciting experience.

 

Back to School TpT Sale August 4th & August 5th

It is almost here! The big TpT sale! I am so excited! My wish list is full of lots of clipart to make more wonderful products with! I have looked at my wish list many times today, feeling like it is my shopping list before Thanksgiving dinner. I don’t want to miss a thing! 

What kinds of things are you looking for? Classroom decor? Beginning of the year goodies? Planning ahead with holiday themed activities? It is just so much fun! EVERYONE loves a great sale! 

Here are a few things that I have for back to school in my store. Of course, they will all be on sale August 4th and 5th with the code BTS14 a full 28% off!

 How cute are these? I made the cover look just like a bulletin board so you can see what an adorable addition they would make to your classroom! 

These job charts use the number system (every child is assigned a number) instead of children’s names. Of course. if you would prefer to write names with a sharpie, I made sure you could!

Using a number system allow you to reuse these cuties year after year! 

If there is a theme you would like, please let me know! I will try to make it for you :)

Wishing you all a great 2 days of shopping :)

Have fun!

Below is a list of stores that are also throwing a sale!

An InLinkz Link-up

Back to School BBQ Blog Hop

I’ve teamed up with some great blogging friends to bring you a back to school recipe! 

Have you heard of Jitter Juice? Well, on the first day of school, my kiddos enjoy a cup! 

Now, have you heard of the book First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg? Here is a pic!

Maybe you know this book or have seen it in the back to school bucket, bin or shelf. It is a great book to read on the first day of school especially since there is a fabulous RECIPE to go along with it! 

The main character in the story is very nervous about her first day of school. This alone could spark tons of conversations as your children relate to the text. Well, there is a surprise ending to this book too! You’ll have to read it to find out :)!  

Here is where the fun comes in! Introduce the poem below to your class. Tell them that it is okay to feel a bit jittery on the first day of school. This drink will help them feel better! You may decide to make the drink with the class. I always have it already made so there is a sense of magic to it! 

And now, the magic recipe! 

As you can see by the size of the cups, I don’t fill my kiddos up with this sugary treat! Just a small cup will do! You can make a graph afterwards to show how many students liked Jitter Juice and how many did not. Most children LOVE Jitter Juice :) It’s fun to watch them try to figure out what is in this recipe!

Would you like a FREE copy of the poem to use with your class? I put it in Google Docs for you! You can download it by clicking on the picture below :)

AND, how about a chance to win this back to school product from my store?

Great! It is super easy! Just enter the rafflecopter below!


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Now head on over to Linda’s blog at Primary Inspiration for more fun recipes and giveaways! Click on the pic below :)