Teaching First: March 2013

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Spring Cleaning Sale and a Freebie!

Everything is on sale 20% off over in my TpT store!! I just updated my Plant and Flowers Packet {adding over 80 new pages!!} If you've purchased this recently or in the past, make sure to down load your free updated packet! Here is just a small sample of the over 150 page packet:

And here's a new Freebie for you!

And here are some of my other popular freebies that you may be interested in:

Here are some other of my most popular products on sale this weekend:

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Runner Up Winner!

Well, sadly, we never could get a hold of last Friday's Science Packet Give Away winner....SO, that meant we picked a NEW WINNER!!! Congratulations to Gladys from Teaching in High Heels!!! {I love her blog and have been a follower for over a year! If you aren't already following Gladys' blog go check it out! She has wonderful ideas!}

It's been a super busy week this week with essential testing in language arts and math. Report cards are due to go out Friday and then.....it's SPRING BREAK!!!! {Yahhhhooooo!!!} I hope everyone has had a fabulous week! Check back tomorrow for my Friday Freebie!

Hugs and Love,

Friday, March 22, 2013

Winner! Winner!! & *Friday Freebie

And our winner is.....

Thank you to everyone who followed our stores and who entered our give away! We all appreciate you so much! Sheila Felder, we will be emailing you and sending you our packets soon! Congratulations!!

1. Seriously, Mr. Groundhog....an early Spring?? I was soooo hoping this would be true...but alas, in the middle of reading groups this morning I was interrupted by a very excited little boy telling me to look out the window because it was SNOWING!! Ugh!! I know it is difficult to see because the photo is a bit blurry, but it was really coming down! {Oh, please warm up soon!}

2. I'm working on updating my Plant and Flower Packet and it is almost done! I'll post about it as soon as it is updated on TpT! In the meantime, here's a little Missing Subtrahend Freebie for you!

3. Look what came in the mail today!! I love this magazine! My mom gives me a gift subscription every year for Christmas...or my birthday...I can't remember...But it always has useful information. I love the article on easy tips for cleaning when you just feel like you don't have time! Seriously, teaching full-time, blogging, creating for TpT....who has time for cleaning??? By the time the weekend rolls around I'm lucky to have any energy left to stare at myself in the mirror.

But hey, suggest a few awesome cleaning products and you have peaked my interest! Nothing like when someone gives you a good cleaning product recommendation! {I seriously sound more pathetic than I thought....}

4. Only 5 more days until Spring Break!!! To celebrate the {hopeful} coming of Spring, I did my art lesson on Georgia O'Keefe today. Painting LARGE on a big piece of paper is difficult for first graders. Even with modeling and step-by-step instruction, my cuties still wanted to make their flowers from a "normal" perspective....or even smaller...instead of the perspective of a bumble bee or bird landing on a flower. Look at their darling work! It sure has brightened up our hallway!

5. My darlin' step-children are on their way here from California even as I type! With no children of my own, {and after a very long 44 years of waiting to find my sweetheart and best friend to marry} I feel oh-so-very-blessed to have these four Luv Bugs in my world! We have a wonderful relationship and I miss them so much when they aren't here! So, here's a photo of my cuties! I'm so proud of each one of them!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Love,

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Freebie & Give Away- 1 Day Left to Enter!

There is only one day left to enter our Super Science Packet give away! If you haven't checked it out yet, head on over the give away by clicking on the image above! The winner will be announced TOMORROW so time is a tickin! You don't want to miss out on the chance to win all of these incredible packets from some of my favorite bloggers!!

I have been teaching place value and missing addends all week! You can check out my missing addends freebie {reposted} and my latest place value freebie below! Just click on the images to download them!

How many of you are on Spring Break or have had yours already? How many days do you have off? I'm so curious to hear your responses to these questions because I know it differs across the nation/globe!

{Here's one of my favorite photos of my Luv Bugs from last month when we visited them!}

My step-kids are so lucky!!! They get TWO WEEKS for their Spring Break!! They are heading up from sunny and warm California to spend next week with us!! I can't wait!!! They are the sweetest children and I am soooo blessed to have them in my life! My Spring Break isn't for another week, so no rest for the weary here! We are taking the children back down to California for my Spring Break and I am so excited to spend that week with them at the ocean! {Not to mention WARM weather!!}

{Here's my best friend and Sweetheart! It was frrreeezing!!}

{One of my Luv Bugs and me! This is another one of my favorites!}

{And yet ANOTHER Fav!}

One more day and then it's the weekend!!! I hope you'll come back tomorrow! I'll be announcing our lucky winner and I'll have a freebie for you!!

There is only Love,

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Don't Miss Our Super Science Packet Give Away!!

In celebration of Spring being just around the corner {Whoo hoooo!!!}, I've gathered some of my favorite TpT sellers together to throw a Super Science Packet give away!

Check out the amazing packets being offered to our lucky winner!!

I am offering my top-selling Plants and Flowers Activities packet

Krista Walden from The Creative Chalkboard and from Creative Clips is offering her adorable Little Scientists clip art which I own and LOVE! I buy all her clipart and am always so excited when she adds something new!