Winner, Winner...Chicken Dinner!

Well, maybe not a meal or a jackpot but my first GIVEAWAY has drawn to a close and the prizes have been sent.

        

I'd like to say it was a success for being my first one.  Thank you to all that participated.

AND THE 2 LUCKY LADIES ARE...

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If you would like to grab a copy for yourself, click on either of the pictures above to take you to my TPT store.  

& they are on SALE through today!!!!!  

That is 20% off!!!!

It's a Five for GIVEAWAY...I mean Friday!

Wait...what?  Another GIVEAWAY??  Ummm...yup!

I teaming up with some of the most supportive Bloggy BFFs a girl could ever ask for!  

And we are giving away ----   $100!!!

Yup.  You read that right.  We are giving away some BIG "moola!"  

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And here's my 1st GIVEAWAY:

If you haven't already gotten your 8 entries in...you still have time.  My own GIVEAWAY is going through Monday night.  Enter for a chance to win one of my biggest products.  If you want to read some more about it, click HERE.

Needing a way to get your kiddos to master their Addition, Subtraction, or even Multiplication facts?  Then this is the GIVEAWAY for you!  This yearlong program will get your kids in competition mode and work towards some amazing goals.  All you have to do is print out the tests, shove them in some plastic sleeves, and set the timer.  Away they go!!

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LET'S PLAY CATCH-UP

I have really slacked on my blog posts.  I guess the end of the school year has turned back into that whirlwind that shows it's face right around April.  So here are a few things from the last few weeks:

We sent Mrs. Newton off in style.

The book really came out great.  If you need a fun gift to a "future" teacher, check out my "Super Teacher" gift book at my TPT store HERE.

I got to visit my Grandmother and spend mother's day with her AND my mom!  It was so nice to be around my family.  We even were there for a couple of cousin's graduation party and so we visited with everyone we could find.  It was a quick trip but definitely heart-warming!  Once we got back into TX, I was the lucky soul who had the "Take the Teenagers To Take Their Driver's License Test" job.  Wowza!!  That was a memory I'll never forget.  We have two 16yr. olds that both were ready.  My main job was the paper work and my hubby's was the vehicle.  Well, needless to say, I took care of my side of the work and didn't figure out that his wasn't until one of them was in the vehicle line to take off.  After a few trips here and there to get a vehicle with both front and back plates (MOUNTED), we finally got it accomplished.  The kids are official!

Grandma Helen & My Momma

It has been a zoo at school lately!  Let's begin with our Butterflies.  4 out of the 5 chrysalises hatched into Painted Lady butterflies and we released them into the wind.  It was a perfect end to our Science focus on plants, animals, and insect life cycles.  But that wasn't the only excitement.  The kids finished up their Animal Reports with Google Presentations.  They were awesome!!  Then, one day, our lesson was interrupted by a little friend that was peeking in through our window.  And last but not least, our principal, Mr. Aston lived up to his word and hugged a SNAKE!!  He actually did it.  It was all to celebrate the great amounts of reading our school has done with our library program this year.

And that's my Five for Friday.  Linking up with Doodle Bugs again.  Stop by and enjoy the fun.  Don't forget to enter for the GIVEAWAYs!!

My First Giveaway!!

I just want to celebrate...celebrate..yeah!

I'm on a roll.  I have some great goals set for this summer: Graduate School, BIG Teaching Conferences, R&R, a possible road trip, and of course getting my TPT store filled up!  As most of you know about my beginnings with TPT, you know about my Super-Dee-Duper FEAR FACTOR project which was my first upload.  

From that first upload, I wanted to make a Multiplication version for my teacher friends with those bigger kiddos.  Well...let's just say it's been in the works... the      L---O---N---G works.  But guess what??  It is finally completed!  I sorta had a fire lit under my pockets by a "frienemie" and so I finished it up (long story about the "frienemie" -- saved for another time).

To celebrate my original goal and accomplishment, I thought why not have a Giveaway of those two "Super Sized" products.

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Yeah.  That's right.  I did that.  I'm so proud of myself.  I wanted to try it out.  Now let's see what kind of response I get.  I will be giving out 1 copy of the Addition & Subtraction product and 1 copy of the Multiplication version.  Each person has up to 8 entries.  If you want to know more about the products, stop by my store by clicking each one above.

This year has been my most successful year with Fear Factor.  I'm pretty sure all but 3 or 4 students will have "Mastered" all their facts by the end of the year.  To read more about what Fear Factor is, take a look at my very first blog post HERE.

Here's some pics of us using Fear Factor in action:

My first TPT product is finally available!!

Introducing...FEAR FACTOR!

Hello friends.  This is my day of firsts.  Today will be the first day I post to my blog and the first day I publish my original creation on TPT.  I have had this goal set since the end of last school year and it just seems that so many other things took over.  But, big thanks to my hubby -- Dennis for pushing forward with the work I began and getting my idea onto the computer and ready to share. <3

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So here's the scoop.  I have come across some great ideas to help my kiddos master their addition and subtraction facts, but it just didn't seem that I could get them exactly where I wanted.  I decided to put together some of those great ideas and create a yearlong challenge to get them motivated and moving through mastery of those facts!  My 2nd graders no longer feared those puppies.  Last year, I had such a great success with my creation.  Parents are still telling me how great their child did and excited they were. I decided to make it cute and bring it to life to share with others.  But, boy oh boy, I did not realize how daunting the task would be.

Brag Shirts & Awards

The Fear Factor Challenge works like this.  We start with +0's and go from there.  Students work their way through each set of addition facts until they are all mastered and they can successfully complete a mixed timed test.  After addition, it is on to subtraction facts and so it goes.  By the end of the year most are so successful with both addition and subtraction that they even begin working on those dreaded multiplication facts awaiting them the next year.  The excitement is so great.  It's even hard to contain it on here.  Wait...I haven't even told you about the BIG celebration!  At the end of the year, we have a proper "FearFactor" challenge to end our climb (Miley's song just popped in my head as I typed the word: climb").  Students who have met certain goals in their challenge climb are then given the opportunity to challenge themselves one last time..."Fear Factor" style.  Awards are given and even brag shirts are distributed.  It was such a long work in the making but awarding their accomplishments was the best reward for me.

Our "Fear Factor" Feast of Challenges

I'm so excited to finally be able to share this with you.  Hope you find it to be as much fun and filled with the same success as I did.

<3 ReddishAnn