Freebie for your week!

Is it me, or are the weekends going by faster and faster? I spoiled myself yesterday and my husband and I grabbed some yummy sandwiches at Kneaders (LOVE THAT PLACE!) and headed up the canyon. We found this quiet stream and sat down in the sunshine and enjoyed a quiet and peaceful lunch out in nature. Lately, my soul has been craving to be in nature. I think it has to do with how hectic my weekly life has been. It was so nice just to stare at the mountain stream and watch the leaves blow down from the trees. The sunlight was sparkling off the water making it look like the stream was full of diamonds.
I wish I had taken photos of it...I do have a photo of our little ride up to the Uintah Mountains a couple of weeks ago...it embodies the same peaceful feeling of yesterday.

The highlight of my weekend was also receiving my new Macbook Pro cover! One of our dear teachers at my school had this cute blue-green cover and she sent us all the link if we wanted to buy one. After I saw the price, Only $12.99 at Amazon, I was like "Heck yah!" 

I purchased the hot pink one so I can find it in my room!! (This isn't the greatest photo!)

If you want to check out all the beautiful colors look here:

You can order yours by clicking the link below! 

Here's a little freebie for you to start out your week! 

I'll leave with one of my favorite quotes of all time....

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, 

the world will know peace."

I am a true believer in positive affirmations! I use them with my students and I say them to myself throughout the day when my stress levels start to climb. 

Here are some positive affirmations to help you start your work week off right:

I am capable, competent and smart enough.

I am a success! I am worthy and deserving of success. 

I am deserving of love, respect, honor and kindness!

There is only Love! If its not Love, I let it go.

Freebies and a Reading Linky Party

Hello my long lost friends!! I can't believe it has been four months since I blogged last! Once summer hit I spent all my free time with my four kiddos and being a step-mom for the first summer! Being a full-time mom for the first time was soooo fun and rewarding! I am blessed to have the sweetest step-children a woman could ask for!

Then, to make my summer a wee bit busier, I changed grade levels and of course, that meant MOVING classrooms! I must admit, I was dreading the move! After 16 years of teaching, you acquire quite a bit of "stuff"! I made the big move from 1st to 2nd grade! {I will post pics of my new classroom soon!} 

I must admit, I love teaching 2nd! I miss my cute little firsties, but how fun it has been to have half of my students from last year in my class this year! I am finding that alot of the materials I created for 1st grade can still be used in 2nd but there has been a need to create new materials to meet my needs. 

Two weeks ago we reviewed place value to the tens place, and I was able to use my Place Value Roll It- Make It- Expand It freebie.

Then last week I taught my second graders about place value to the hundreds place. I created this extension to my Roll It! Draw It! Expand It activity. You can find this freebie here or click on the image below. 

I just found a super fun Linky Party that you will want to join! Caitlin and Carrie from 

Table Talk with C&C  is hosting a best seller linky party! You can link up and share your best selling reading activity. Not only that, they are hosting a FABULOUS giveaway of best selling reading resources! You won't want to miss this!

Here's my top selling reading packet! If you want to check it out, just click on the image below.

I have so much more I want to share! More soon!

Remember, 

There is only Love!

Winners!

Thank you so much for all the happy birthday wishes! I had a wonderful birthday yesterday with my family! We enjoyed going out for breakfast, playing hard all day, and ending the day with a date with my husband to the Cheesecake Factory!

And here's a huge thank you to everyone for entering my giveaway last week! With it being my birthday I didn't get to posting my winners until tonight! Here are the three lucky winners of my end of the year Yearbook:

Winners, be sure to check your email for your prize! 

If you are interested in purchasing this little packet, just click on the image below! My Firsties have been working on this this week and they are turning out super cute!

And lastly, my heart breaks for the people of Oklahoma tonight. From a midwesterner who grew up around tornados, I cannot believe the devastation I have seen on tv the last few hours. Sending my prayers of love and support, and praying for angels to surround you and protect your hearts....

Hugs and Love,

Class Yearbook Give Away!

Hello, my friends! Happy Mother's Day to all of you mothers, aunts, grandmothers, sisters, and teachers! We all contribute to "mothering" the children around us and I hope no one feels left out of today's celebration of motherhood!

I am just getting ready for our end of the year district testing for first grade. It is hard to believe in just a little over two weeks we will be out of school for the summer. We are going full-throttle with reviewing and testing right to the end! To give my students a little break from all the reviewing and testing, I updated my end of the year yearbook! I just barely uploaded it to TpT for sale tonight. 

It is a 26 page packet full of fun and cute ways to remember the past year!

In celebration of my birthday this Saturday I am giving this yearbook away to three lucky winners!! Entering will end Thursday at midnight and the winners will be announced Friday! I hope you'll spread the word and enter to win!

Happy Mother's day and here's to a wonderful week ahead for all of us!

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Sprout Houses, Mother's Day and Owls!

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Tonight is the last night of the big Teacher Appreciation Sale over at TpT! I've loaded my cart up (a second time!!) and I'm ready to make my purchases! 

We did the sprout houses from my Plant and Flower's packet last week. They are hanging up in our window and the roots are just beginning to show! 

You can check out my top selling Plant and Flower's packet here.

If you are still looking for ideas for Mother's Day, yesterday I posted about my Mother's Day Top 10 book available on sale over at my TpT store. 

Here are some sample pages from the one's my students have been working on this week!

You can check out my Mother's Day book here.

We finished up my Moon Unit last week by making these adorable owls! I got the idea from Deep Space Sparkle. She had this idea as a torn paper art lesson. We used oil pastels instead and had just as cute results!

You can check out my Moon Packet here.

Happy shopping!! Ends tonight so hurry on over!

Teacher Appreciation Sale!

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You don't want to miss this sale!! I've already purchased some things over at Teachers Pay Teachers and my cart is already full again with round two! Don't miss out on 28% off EVERYTHING in my store if you use the code TAD13 at checkout!

Here's a couple of new products that I have in my store:

And for Mother's Day, my class is making this cute Top 10 count down book, only $1.25 right now!

Happy shopping!!