100th Post GIVEAWAY!

This is my 100th post on my little blog. Crazy! To celebrate, I am giving away my new Polka Dot Class Decor to help you get ready for next year. The best part about it--it is EDITABLE!

How can you win it? Head over to my facebook page and leave a comment! That is it! I will give away more depending on how many comments are left. Good luck and thanks for sticking with me through 100 posts!

EASIEST Assessment Around--You Could Win It!

So... I have to let y'all know about this amazing assessment tool I've been introduced to this year. It is called ESGI (Educational Software for Guiding Instruction), and let me just tell you what a HUGE time-saver it has been for me this year! YOU could win a free one year membership (a $199 value)! You are definitely going to want to sign up for a FREE 60 day trial by the end of this post. I also have a special discount to share with you--so go ahead and read on!!

What is ESGI Software?

Basically, ESGI is an online program that helps teachers assess their students quickly and easily. The program was created by a kindergarten teacher. (Of course we all know teacher's make the best teacher resources!) It has tons of assessments already loaded and available for you to use.

How does ESGI Work?

This video says it better than I can. Click here to watch it. This program takes the annoying writing, counting, tallying, and calculating out of assessing.

What Do I Like Most About ESGI?

• It makes assessments FAST. I can assess my whole class about 3x faster than if I used pencil and paper. All you do is click yes if a student answers correctly, and no if they don't. It does everything else for you.

• You can easily print reports to send home and keep parents informed.

• You can easily track student and class progress.

• There are lots of Common Core aligned, pre-made tests. You can also make your own tests if you need to.

WIN a Year Subscription!

How to enter:

All you have to do to enter is sign up for a FREE trial (no credit card needed) between now and April 16th! Make sure you use the Promo Code B2552 or you will not be considered for the giveaway. The great people at ESGI will randomly choose a winner after April 16th. Good luck!!

Even if you do not win the giveaway, you can get $40 off your first year of ESGI with the Promo Code B2552.

Leave a comment that you entered and I will also choose a random comment to win an item of their choice from my TpT store!

Valentine's Day Giveaway

Hi friends! I have recently updated my Valentine's Day Mini Unit. (If you have already purchased it... re-download it for free!) It was one of the first products I ever made and it has been revamped and includes many more activities! Stay to the end of this post for a chance to win it for yourself!

Do you ever look back at a product you made a while ago and think... "ummm this is not half as good as I remember it being"? Well I no longer have to think that about this product. =) It is finally getting to the point where I can re-use activities I made last year... buuuut some things have needed a little touch up.

Here you can see the majority of the activities that are in this set.

In this mini unit:

-4 Math Centers (each center includes a cover page with visual directions as well as a recording sheet)
--candy heart patterns
--scoop and tally
--lovely tens frames (numbers 11-20)
--time to the hour and half hour match (color and B&W)

-4 Literacy Centers (each center includes a cover page with visual directions as well as a recording sheet)
--There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose sequencing (2 levels)
--short vowel sort
--loving long vowels (2 levels)
--sight word BAM! game

also... Valentine's Card graphing, interactive sight word reader, and more!

EVERY center now comes with a cover page that has visual directions. This makes it super easy for your kiddos to complete the center independently. I find it hard for my students to not ask me a million questions without it. It helps me have peace when I am working with a small group. =)

Check out my class using some of these centers last year in this post. 

Want to win this Valentine's Day Mini Unit? Just "follow" my blog and leave a comment with your email address. I will pick a winner over the weekend. =)
Congrats to #4, Laura!

'Tis the Season and Giveaway

It is December and you know what that means... Christmas, CHRISTmas, CHRISTMAS! Yippee!!

We busted out the Christmas-y centers this week. I am giving some away again! Be sure to stick around until the end to see how you can win them.

These are a few of the literacy centers from my 'Tis the Season Math and Literacy Centers. These centers are festive, but they could easily pass as "holiday" centers if you aren't allowed to celebrate Christmas at your school.

(Please excuse my not-so-great pictures. Do anyone else's kiddos get super distracted when they catch you taking pictures?)

ABC Order

Students put the cards in alphabetical order and write the words in order on the recording sheet.

CVC Stocking Stuffers

Students match the picture to the word and write the words on the recording sheet.

Deck the Halls... with Ending Sounds!

Here students put the pictures on the tree with the corresponding ending sound. Then they write the ending sound on the recording sheet.

Write the Room

Kiddos find pictures around the room and write the word beside the matching picture on the recording sheet.

(My kids are obsessed with write the room! Why are clipboards so fun?!)

All of the centers have a cover page with visual directions as well as a recording sheet.

Want to win these festive centers? Head over to the K-3 Connection facebook page, like it, and leave a comment on the latest post with your email address! I will pick a winner by the end of the weekend. 

Congrats to Thursday, Breanne, and Marie! Check your email ladies!

Good luck!

Giveaways--Last Day to Enter and Winners!

Hi friends and Happy Thanksgiving!

I am having a great time visiting with family and eating LOTS of food. And online shopping (of course). I hope you all are having an amazing holiday also!

I wanted to write a quick post to announce the winners of my 'Tis the Season Math and Literacy Centers and remind you that today is the last day to enter the Tieks Giveaway!

The winners of my new Christmas centers are....

 Congrats to #9 Heather and #1 Roxanne! Congrats ladies check your email!

Don't forget to enter my Tiek's Giveaway! It ends tonight at midnight!

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Christmas Centers Giveaway

I have finally finished my 'Tis the Season Centers. Y'all... these took me a MONTH to finish. I am so glad to be done and I love how they turned out! Stick around until the end of this post for a chance to win it!

There are six math and six literacy centers included in this set--all common core aligned! It is "Christmas" themed but I tried to make it so that the activities could be used even if you can't technically celebrate Christmas in your classroom. Here is a look at what centers are in this set...

I will be using these after Thanksgiving so I will add pictures of them in action then!

While you are here, be sure to enter my Tieks $100 Giveaway! You can also see my review of Tieks here. These shoes are seriously the. best.

Did you see my Pumpkin Pie Tasting Freebie? It is perfect for the last few days before Thanksgiving! We will be using it tomorrow. Pictures to come!

Last but not least... leave a comment below with your email address for a chance to win my 'Tis the Season Centers. I will pick winners in the next couple of days! 

Tieks Giveaway and a Thanksgiving Freebie!

I know, I know... I'm breaking a huge bloggy rule by posting twice in one day. *gasp* I am such a rebel. =)

I am so jealous of those of you that are on Thanksgiving Break already! We have to go to school until Tuesday. BUT I do have a fun little FREEBIE for those of you who also have a couple of days left.

Did you hear about my Tieks giveaway?! You could win a $100 Tieks gift card! Don't miss it! Click the picture to go to the giveaway.

We have been having some Thanksgiving themed fun this week. We did a fabulous turkey craftivity.

Here is everyone's turkey. Some followed directions better than others... buuuut every single one of them was SO very proud of their turkeys and will not stop asking when they can take them home. You can get this freebie from Doodlebugs here.

We did some thankful writing along with our turkey craft. They did a really nice job of being thankful for things other than toys, candy, etc. 

"I am thankful for God and the teacher."

(Apparently I have no name. Just "the teacher". Haha!)

I have just started using a new software for testing. It is called ESGI (Educational Software for Guiding Instruction). Let me just tell you... it rocks!! It makes testing so much easier and FASTER. Click the logo above to check it out and get a $40 discount with the code B2552! Look for a full review coming soon! 

Last but not least, here is a Thanksgiving freebie for you! We are using it next week. It is a pumpkin tasting and graphing activity! Click the picture to download for free!

Tieks Thanksgiving Giveaway!

Did you see my post about my new fabulous Tieks? These shoes are so great--especially for teachers who are on their feet all. day. long.

If you have read my past few posts... you can see that I have been very obviously hinting about something for a while now. I have been so excited to announce that...

*drum roll*

I am teaming up with Tieks by Gavrieli and giving away a $100 Tieks e-gift card! What better way to show how thankful I am for my followers than a Thanksgiving giveaway?

You can earn up to 7 entries and each one is super quick and simple! Enter using the Rafflecopter below.

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Good Luck!

Five for Friday (October 11)--WIN a Pink Pencil Sharpener!

Today was a teacher in-service day for me, and now I am on Fall Break! Yippee! I am linking up with Doodlebugs for Five for Friday to share a little bit about my week. Stick around until the end for a chance to win a fabulous pencil sharpener! (Plus an Apple FREEBIE!)

1. We have been working on the letter "R" this week. Each week we make an anchor chart and the students supply words to add to the chart the begin with the letter we are working on.

This week one of my kiddos gave the word "rude". I thought that was hilarious. Wonder where they hear that...? hehe

2. Here is an apple center we used this week. It was supposed to be a "roll and cover" center... but I totally did it wrong so that dice could not be used. Oops. SO it became a "pick a card, count the dots, and cover" center.

You can grab this FREEBIE here.

3. Did you see my other Apple Counting Freebie from last week? Get it here.

4. I have been working on some pumpkin math centers for after break and *hope* to have them finished by the end of fall break. I always end up doing nothing on breaks... and when I say nothing, I mean not. a. thing.  I can't be the only one. Here's a peek at where I am with them so far.

5. Now it is time for a GIVEAWAY! I have TWO of these sharpeners myself and they are simply the best. (Click here to check out a review I did for them.) Now is your chance to win one! Troy has introduced a new PINK sharpener in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. One dollar from each pink sharpener sold is donated to one of two cancer charities (Caleb's Crusade and Susan G. Komen for the Cure). Enter to win below!

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And now time for a nap. Why? Because it is break and I can! Have a great weekend friends. =)

100 Follower Giveaway!!

I am so excited that K-3 Connection has another freebie in the TpT newsletter this week! ( and they got my name right this time--haha! ) Click the picture to go to the newsletter and download my Summer Addition Freebie!

Time for a giveaway in celebration of 100 followers! I want to give a big thank you to those who donated... y'all are amazing!

I have two fabulous prize packs that you could win! Be sure to enter them both!

The first prize is a winner's choice pack! Here are the fabulous prizes you could win:

(Click the picture to check out the store.)

Entering is easy! Use the rafflecopter below.

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The second prize has a mix of awesome products that you could win.

Here's what a lucky follower will get:

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Enter here!

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 Good luck!