I'm Having a Giveaway!!!!!

I’m so thrilled to be celebrating this milestone and can’t even begin to thank all of my sweet followers for the ideas, inspiration, and support you’ve given me over the past (almost) year.  I’ve enlisted the help of several of my bloggy friends to come up with an awesome prize package! 

Thanks to Kate and Megan for the cute graphics

Here’s what you can win:

A $25 Starbucks gift card to get you through these last couple of CRAZY weeks.

Any 3 items from my TpT store.

Winner's choice from Amanda and Aylin @

Winner's choice from AMC @

Winner's choice (up to $8) from Jivey @

Winner's choice from Bethany @

Winner's choice from Teresa @

Winner's choice from Sandy @

Winner's choice from Kate @

Winner's choice from Antonia @

Winner's choice from Holly @

Winner's choice from April @

Winner's choice (under $5) from Layla @

Winner's choice from Jennifer @

Winner's choice from Amanda and Stacia @

This giveaway will end next Tuesday, the 21st.  Enter the Rafflecopter below.  Good luck!:)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tried-it/Techie Tuesday and Giveaway

Before I get into my post, I want to give a shout out about my friend Holly's amazing 500 follower giveaway!  You can win your choice of any item from my TpT store in addition to over 50 prizes and a total of $60 in Amazon gift cards!  You don't want to miss this one!

Have you tried Storybird with your class?  I'm always looking for new ways to make Work on Writing more engaging and this one was a huge hit with my kiddos.  The site is very user-friendly and it didn't take long at all to set up my class and get my kids logged in.  When they create a new story, they can search by themes (or tags) to find artwork and then they just start typing in the words.  It's very easy to drag the pictures and text around to your liking.  Here's an example of one student's story.  I have them use their vocabulary words from their Padlet word walls, which is why glimpse is in all caps.:)

One feature I really love about Storybird is that your students can publish their stories to the class library.  The library is private and only members of the class can view it.  They are even able to comment on one another's work.  When kids know they have an audience, I believe their writing is of higher quality, and I can already see the effects of that with Storybird.  

New Products and a Sale

Just a quick post today to let you know that I’m participating in the TpT store-wide sale tomorrow and Wednesday.:)  You’ll be able to enjoy a 30% discount on all my items, including the two new bundles I just finished up this weekend!

My kiddos were SO excited when I introduced these space-themed centers today.  This pack includes five sets of task cards aligned to the Common Core.  If you’ve purchased my camping-themed or beach-themed bundles, these are a similar format—just different skills.  This set, as well as my other task card bundles come in a regular version if you’re not a QR code person.  Here they are reviewing number forms and checking their answers using QR Journal.

I also made a new bundle of eight math scavenger hunts in the exact same format as my other one, but with the more foundational skills in NBT and OA.  This is a perfect review for the beginning or end of the school year to make sure your students have no gaps in those critical Common Core skills.

Can’t wait to go browse TpT and fill my cart!  Happy shopping!:)

A Technology Blog Hop

Spring into Technology with Classroom Freebies!

Several phenomenal teachers, Technology Tailgate Coaches and bloggers are joining forces for an amazing classroom technology blog hop!  As you hop from blog to blog, you will visit some of your favorite blogs and discover a few new blogs too!  Each with a fabulous freebie just for you!

Thank you for hopping over!

I'm excited to share a new freebie with you that will hopefully help you get through the next few weeks of the school year.  These are summer themed journal prompts (11 total) with QR codes that students must scan in order to see the prompt.  I recently started using QR code journal prompts during Daily 5 and the kids love the novelty of being able to go in the back of the room and scan a QR code.  I would recommend laminating these and putting them on a metal ring near a mobile device that can scan QR codes.  Click the image below to get these for free.  While you are here, be sure to check out my freebies page where you can find lots of techie as well as non-techie freebies.:)

Thank you so much for stopping by and visiting!  If you are new to my blog and liked what you see, don't forget to follow me!  The next stop on the path is Heidi from Rakis Rad Resources

In case you didn't start from the beginning, here is an ordered list of all participating blogs!

The Technology Tailgate

Kate from EduKate and Inspire

Kristin from iTeach 1:1

Heidi from Rakis Rad Resources

Leah from Learn With Leah

Amanda and Aylin from Learning to the Core

Nikki from An Uncommon to the Core Teacher

Karla at The Connected Teacher

Shana at Enchanted with Technology

Kristen at Teacher Playground

Jen at Tech with Jen

Kay at A Little Tech

Melanie at I Luv Twek

Carrie and Caitlin at Table Talk with C & C

Lauren at iWonder

Jan at The Science Vault

A special thank you to Jen at Tech with Jen for designing the blog hop button!

Interested in joining our next blog hop?  Join here! 

#teachertalktuesday

I’m linking up with Michelle and Rachelle for their Teacher Talk Tuesday Instagram linky.  I just got my Instagram account up and running thanks to Aylin and couldn’t be more obsessed!  Here we are at lunch having some Instagram fun and learning the ropes.  

Come follow me by clicking the image below or by searching @iteach1to1.  

Be sure to follow my Facebook page as well.  I'm going to start doing more giveaways and fun stuff on there!:)

Mentor Text Linky- The Great Kapok Tree

I’m linking up with Collaboration Cuties with one of my all-time favorite books—The Great Kapok Tree.

Two men walk into the Amazon rainforest with the intention of cutting down a large kapok tree.  While the one man takes a nap, several animals come up to him and whisper in his ear reasons to not cut down the tree.  This book helps students understand how the simple act of cutting down one tree can affect so many different species of animals.  The author even leaves a note for the readers at the end about the importance of rainforests and how we need to help protect them.

This is a great book to read while studying ecosystems—rainforests in particular.  It also lends itself to so many important reading strategies—questioning, main idea, and cause and effect.  I’ve also used it as a mentor text for persuasive writing since each animal gives a reason for the man to save the tree.  I’ve had students write a letter to the man convincing him to not cut down the tree.  This would be a perfect book to read for Earth Day tomorrow as well!