Currently and a Kleinspired Giveaway!

Hey blog friends!

Today has been wonderful! 

First, it was a Sunday and despite the fact that I'm on summer vacation, Sundays equal time with the fiancee and my cute kitty.

Second, the book study for Daily 5 began today on We Read, We Blog, We Teach  Even though my school has been using Daily 5 and CAFE for two years now, I still like to refresh!  Especially with the new Junior Great Books curriculum coming into my classroom this year.

What's the other fantastic reason for the first of the month?  Farley's Currently Link! Of course!  You can click the link to go check out her currently rules and link up yourself!

Here comes mine!

  I have seen several people posting their Erin Condren planners.  I've had my Life planner since November and I just ordered the teacher planner when summer started.  I do use electronic lesson plans, but I do plan on using the lesson plan session for notes and field trip things.  Then of course, I will use it as my grade book.  So cute!

I have several things that I've been working on for school this week:

1. Reorganizing my writing binder and supplementing with TpT finds and freebies

2.  Reading The Book Whisperer

3.  Going over math manipulatives

4.  Making labels for those cute storage bins I found @ Target

5.  Making a scope and sequence for teaching Junior Great Books this year

So if I post at all tomorrow, it might be for some of that stuff, but I haven't done any crafting.

As for my wants: I want everything cute and awesome that teachers are using so that is a hard thing to limit.

Reads: 

1.  Favorite book of all time- Gone with the Wind - I love war novels especially circa de Civil War period, and then incorporate the love triangles...::sigh::

2. Can't Live w/o Teacher Book - This was a tough one!  I have to go with Strategies that Work.  I have highlighted and labeled every part of this book.  I like that it has interventions and strategies to use with example lessons.  I also like that it sorts things by strategy, it has been glue to my Pensieve and GR binders all year!


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Now on to the Giveaway!!

 Erin from Kleinspiration is having a massive, massive, massive, amazing, amazing, amazing giveaway for having 1,000 followers.

A sample of what she is giving away:

Autographed books such as: The Book Whisperer, Digital Writing Workshop, Graphic Organizers for Reading, Flip your Classroom, and more!

Software and Web Memberships: SnagIt, Spelling City, Nearpot, Kidzmet, and more!

Over $300 worth of TpT/TN Lessons and Craftivities!

Wow!!

There are several ways to enter so click here to enter!
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For now, I'm going to check out the rest of the Currently blogs that linked up!

Have a great night!  See you on Tara's Linky tomorrow!

I'm a Winner!

Hey all! I have awesome news! I won Christina's $25 Tpt giveaway! I was able to get a fraction activity set, her new silent letter pack, and several flippy books! I just love all of her things: she uses super cute Thistle Girl graphics and sells them for reasonable prices! Even better is that it is fun for the kids! I used her leap day flippy back in February and it was a hit! I definitely cannot wait until I get to use my new things this year! Please please go check out her blog and Tpt store. The links are below: (I'm updating from my new iPhone and I haven't fully figured out this app yet!)

Christina's blog link: http://bainbridgeclass.blogspot.com

Christina's Tpt store link:
Http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/Christina-Bainbridge

*Sorry I didn't link it directly or post her new, super-cute button, but I am on my phone.

So thanks again Christina for hosting this fab giveaway!

Before I go, I need help: what should I do with these cute Target dollar spot finds?

I am thinking crayons and markers. Math games? Word work? Possibilities are endless!

Back to School Bonanza Giveaway!!!

These 12 bloggers have gotten together and created 1 large giveaway hosted by Erica Bohrer Erica Bohrer's First Grade
























 

Each member has donated a prize for the giveaway.  Head over to Erica Bohrer's blog for all details and instructions!  :D  The giveaway ends July 28th.

Cootie Catchers Giveaway!

A Day in the Life of a 2nd Grade Teacher (Ms. Male) is having her very first giveaway!  CPT is sponsoring the giveaway and she is giving Cootie Catchers! The winner will get a Cootie Catcher book for Language Arts, Science and Math for the grade you teach.  Each book has 30 reproducible incentives that are ready to use!  Books are available for grades 2, 3, 4, and 5. 

Head on over to her blog and get registered for this awesome giveaway!!

Flippy Book Giveaway

Christina Bainbridge is having a giveaway!!!  She is giving one thing away for every 100 followers she has and she is close to 400!!  Check out her blog and start following now!!

You can win : flippy books!

Yearn to Learn Giveaway!

So like the rest of us, I love finding other third grade teachers with really awesome blogs.  Today I found an awesome blog and even better she's having a giveaway.  She's having three prizes and she's giving away some awesome task cards!  Follow the link and start following her blog!  Well worth your time.

Yearn to Learn