Supplies & Donations Needed? There's a Site for That!

We have all most likely heard of or even used Donors Choose to help get much needed supplies for our classrooms and schools. But, did you know there are other sites out there that can also help you get things that you may lack the money for?  I personally have not tried out these other sites, but thought I would share them anyway. 

If you or someone you know have used anything other than Donors Choose to help stock up your classroom, then please leave feedback below? We'd all love to hear about the positives and negatives. 

Also, if you know of any other similar sites, feel free to share those as well! Thanks. 

• Adopt A Classroom
• National Teacher Registry
• Teacher Lists
• Teacher Wish Lists

$2 Sale...Stock up for Next School Year!

I've decided to hold a mini-sale in my TpT Store! I have reduced the price on 5 of my products down to only $2.00! Normally, these products would range between $3.75-$5.15! 

I am listing the products below along with a direct link to each one. Just Click on the Pictures!

They will be on sale through Monday, May 20th! I hope they are helpful. Enjoy! 

 Book Celebrations

 Matter and Its Properties: Unit Test

 Seasonal Glyphs

Presentation: Free Tech Tools

 Ed Tech Vocab. Matching Game

Fun End of the School Year Ideas

Like many of you, our school year has less than a month to go. This is the crazy time of year where the students get restless and so do the teachers! 

There are lots of ways to incorporate new learning and yet still have fun this time of the year. I am including links to many tools and ideas to help you do so. 

Enjoy and happy planning! 

Summer Word Search

Word Scramble

End of the Year Poem

Technology Tools

End of Year Engaging Projects

Silly Sentences Game

End of School Year Link Up

2 Day TpT Teacher Appreciation Sale!!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to all of my fellow educators!! 
 

Take advantage of any and all special gifts, freebies, or specials that you can this week. You deserve it! 

 

Be sure to follow my Facebook and/or Twitter accounts for even more FREEBIES this week!

 

I am taking part in the Big Two Day Teachers Pay Teachers 2 Day Sale, May 7-8. Click on the picture above to get to my store on those two days, and enter code  TAD13. With the code you can get up to 28% off on all of my products.

Have fun shopping! 

April's Most Popular Posts

Another month has come and gone! For many of us, the "light at the end of the tunnel" is getting brighter as the school year is almost over! YAY! Kudos to everyone on their hard work!

 

Late last night, I posted about a HUGE giveaway that I am having on here. In case you missed the post, you can find it HERE.

 

Below you will find the most popular posts from the month of April. I also want to give a heads up and apologize ahead of time for not blogging often in May. It is a VERY busy month! I hope you all understand.

 

Enjoy the links and have a wonderful May Day tomorrow!

 

 

Posts

Entry	Pageviews
Dr. Seuss in the Computer Lab Feb 25, 2012, 2 comments	172
Funny Education Cartoons Feb 19, 2013	146
Summer, please SLOW DOWN! Jul 12, 2012, 2 comments	99
Standardized Testing: Pros & Cons? Feb 27, 2013, 5 comments	78
100th Day Fun! Jan 11, 2013	63
A Bit of Humor & Inspiration Jun 14, 2012, 2 comments	56
Ed Tech ABC's for Kids: E-I Jun 27, 2012	47
"Tech" Out These Blogs! Apr 5, 2013	37
Testing Tips & Tidbits: Part 2 Apr 16, 2013	36
KC Tech Net Conference: Part 2 Apr 1, 2013	36

Pages

Entry	Pageviews
Ed Tech ABC's Nov 14, 2012	34
My Social Media Links Apr 10, 2013, 2 comments	32
Blogs to Love! Apr 27, 2013, 2 comments	32
My Live Binders Oct 29, 2012	25

 

200th Post...AND a BIG Giveaway!

Yes, this is my 200th Blog Post!! I am very excited that I've been able to continue this blog for so long and I look very forward to the great future ahead! 

Of course, I could not have done it without all of the wonderful readers out there. Your support is amazing! THANK YOU!

200 is a lot, so it's a GREAT reason to hold a BIG GIVEAWAY to celebrate! 

First and foremost I would love to say Thank You to each of the fellow bloggers below who are so graciously donating their wonderful education items to help make my giveaway a success! Let me just say: They all ROCK! I am including links to all of their blogs below, so please check them out! 

This Giveaway will run from April 30-May 6! Enjoy, Have Fun, and Good Luck!

Giveaway #1: ANY 3 Items from my TpT Store

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Giveaway #2: Brian from Hopkins' Hoppin' Happenings is donating his Cell Phone CVC and CVCe Texting Code, ABC Order, and Sorting Fun!

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Giveaway #3: Charlene from Diamond Mom's Treasury of Teaching Resources is donating her Power of R Calendar Earth Edition. 

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Giveaway #4: Nikki from Teaching in Progress is donating Ladybug Time.

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Giveaway #5: Dana from Fun in 1st Grade is donating her 3-D Shape Match. 

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Giveaway #6: Cherie from The Misadventures of First Grade is donating her Time Bingo (CCSS Aligned). 

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Pinteresting Digraphs...and a Request

Recently I began tutoring a little girl. She is super sweet! It seems that one of the main areas that I am seeing her struggle with are digraphs (blends). Thus, I decided to look up some great resources to help me help her. Below are links to many Pinterest resources regarding Digraphs.

 

However, if you know of any more ideas or resources, please let me know. I would love to hear them!

 

I also have a request. This is my 199th Blog post! The blog has also now officially hit over 30,000 views!! Thank you so much to all of you who read and support this blog. I could not have done it without you!

 

I will be posting a BIG giveaway to celebrate these milestones, before April ends. However, I am need of more contributions. Please click the link below if you are willing to contribute in any way. I thank you all in advance!

 

 

Have a wonderful day!

 

Donate to the Giveaway HERE

 

 

Sorting Blends & Digraphs

Phonics Cards

Sorts to Use When Teaching Digraphs

More Phonics Cards

Common Blends & Digraphs

Tips to Teach Digraphs

Digraph Practice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Testing Tips & Tidbits: Part 2

Yesterday I shared some links to some great resources to help with Test Prep for the classroom. In case you missed the post, you may click HERE.

 

Today, I happened to find 3 more amazing posts by other bloggers. I encourage you check out their ideas (click on the pictures below)! Again, if you have any ideas or tricks of your own, feel free to share!

 

Have a great Tuesday!

 

P.S. My heart and prayers go out to all of those affected yesterday by the tragedy at the Boston Marathon. God Bless you all!

Smile! It's Testing Time!

Testing Round 2

Test Prep with Pep

 

Testing Tips & Tidbits

Just like many other schools across the country, our state testing begins this week. Anymore, that seems to be what schools focus on all the time, all year long. Sad isn't it?

 

Regardless of the heavy testing focus, schools are still required to administer these high stakes tests. Students are very aware of their importance, and just like on any other test, they can become anxious or nervous.

 

Thus, it's important to be even more positive with students this time of year. There are great motivational ideas and testing tips out there to help with this.

 

I am sharing a few of these below. If you have any other ideas, feel free to share! We'd all love to hear them!

 

Good luck to everyone on their state testing!

 

Free Testing Tips Bookmark

Cute Motivating Candy Labels

Testing! Testing! 1, 2, 3...

Jog Nog

Standardized Test Prep

Test Prep Stations

Soaring Through Standardized Tests: Freebie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Tech" Out These Blogs!

I've said it before, but I'll say it again: Teachers are truly each other's best resources! I am really enjoying this online PLN journey. I love learning and reading from others in the field and I love sharing the new knowledge with other educators even more!

So, today I thought I'd share some of my favorite Ed Tech blogs. All of these have great resources and seem to be updated on a very frequent basis.

If you know of any others that are not on this list, please feel free to share them!

Thanks and Happy Friday!

Ed Tech Chic

Free Tech 4 Teachers

Technology Tidbits

Brenham Tech Daily

Digital Goonies

The Pursuit of Technology Integration

ICT Magic