Take Two End Today!! Big Sale Starts Tomorrow!!!

Enter for your chance to win 1 of 6 TPT gift cards……..

Use it for the Big Sale tomorrow……..

Now that is a great way to get those last minute things you need for BTS!

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"Take Two!" -- Giveaway & Sale

If you are anything like me, then you spent a good amount of money on TPT during the BTS sale and now your cart is full again.

Don't worry, friends.  My Primary Peeps and I have got something in store for you!

How about a little more "moola" to put a dent in your shopping cart?  

But it doesn't stop there…

Check back tomorrow for another announcement and in the meantime you can enter below.

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Favorite Things for Back-2-School: Giveaway & Link-Up

The wait is over!!!

It's here!!!

Are you ready???

If you read the title, the key word that stuck to your newly back-to-school ok-partially focused brain should be

"GIVEAWAY."

You betcha!  This is not only a fun link-up but it has one of those rafflecopters attached.  And you want to keep reading because this giveaway is 

!

I, along with about 36 other amazing people have put this event together with much help from someone I'd like to be like when I grow up in this blogging world, Amy from Learning Lessons with Mrs. Labrasciano.  Let's start with a few of my favorite things (I told you that you'd have to do some reading first).

My whole life I remember getting super excited when I start to see the Back-To-School sales and school supply set-ups going on in stores.  That feeling has never left me.  Even in college, I would spend hours in school supply aisles and even in the campus bookstore picking out the school supplies I felt would be best to support me in the school year.  I loved finding all the cute new products and fun binders, folders, notebooks, pens, and pencils.  I can only imagine how much I've spent on those things throughout my life...{scary -- NO!  Don't imagine that #}.  So this list will be short, but just like I did when I was a student, I still get excited and probably spend way too much on all the back-to-school garb I can find.  Here's my top 6 {at the moment}.  I'm sure it will change as more fun stuff comes out.  

I got my EC planner!!!  I'm so excited.  I ordered it at the end of last year and have it all set and ready to go.  The tools I usually carry around with me are: a notebook for taking notes in meetings and planning times, a binder with all curriculum docs and lesson plans, sticky notes, a clipboard with schedules and classlists and another one with grades (paper copies).  Now, with the help of Erin Condren, I will have this bad boy and hopefully not much else.  If you haven't checked out what her planners are like, stop by her website and see if it looks like a must-have for you.

I love, love, love regular sticky notes.  Especially the bright colors and "super sticky" ones.  But as far as these Sticky Notes go...I can't imagine going into a new school year without a stockpile of these babies.  No more staples, tape and such trying to put up all of our anchor charts throughout the room.  Now we can stick it up, take it down, move it here and there, add to it and slap it back up!  Brilliant!!

I have to give credit to my student teacher from last year for bringing this Ah-Maze-ing little do-dad into my life.  Having a spot for all those little things that I need at a drops notice is nah-ice!  She said it was easy to find and there were lots of editable labels on TPT for you to put whatever you so please into whichever drawer.  

Tervis Tumblers are a teacher's best friend.  It's very rare to see a teacher without one of these in hand during any faculty meeting, training, or even in the classroom.  Have you seen the cool slip-on handles that they have now?  I haven't gotten my hands on one yet but I'm sure it will soon be purchased.  This is just one of the many that are in my cupboard at the moment.  I'm sure they will rotate into my classroom throughout the year.  And add a little of this and I have the energy to get through each day.

And who wouldn't love this Thirty-One bag to carry all the fun back and forth.  This is their utility tote and file.  Hanging files can actually be hung on this guy but I use it to keep the bag to stay standing and upright.  There are tons of pockets for all the goodies I find at the school supply isles.  I call it my walking classroom desk.  

And of course, my tools to stuff those pockets with.  These are what I keep handy for EVERYTHING!  I love all the colors and how they show up on paper. 

Alright friends, it's time!  Thanks for sticking around and reading.  Now's your chance for the fun!  This is a BIG one.  Are you ready?  This one goes from Aug. 3rd through the 10th.  The prizes are awesome and there are so many chances to win, so start clicking and hoppin' around.  Good luck!

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An InLinkz Link-up

It's #3 -- HOT Summer Giveaway Week 3

3 is my favorite number and this is the final part to our 3-part giveaway.  

I've had so much fun with this Giveaway and have even gotten a message from a follower that told me she was notified that she's a WINNER from last week!  That is awesome!

This week is our last HOT and we've got some more great prizes.  I know I could use these gift cards  (I only have one of my Target gift cards from my kiddos left & have already spent bunches on TPT).

This one will end on August 3rd so get your entries in.  Thanks for having fun with us these last 3 weeks.  Be on the lookout for more great things to come.

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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: