Educents Launch {giveaway}

Have you heard the news!?  Educents is opening their MARKETPLACE!  What does that mean?  That means that besides the already AMAZING deals they offer on a daily basis, you can now purchase items from sellers stores, also on a daily basis!  WHAT!?  That’s right!  Over 500 sellers have already created stores in the Educents Marketplace, so you are sure to find some money-saving deals anytime you need them!To LAUNCH the site, several of the sellers are joining in to bring you a sneak peek at a FREE product offered in their new sale, as well as hosting a giveaway for $50 worth of Edubucks (money to spend on the site).  You can buy a LOT of educational materials with that kind of money!  And, there are several groups of bloggers who are joining the LAUNCH, which means multiple ways to enter.

click picture to be taken to my Educents store

Here is a little information about my FREEBIE.   It is an item that will save you at the beginning of the year. It's student information forms that allow you to get to know your students a little better! I've also blogged here how I house my forms. I promise they will save you lots of time!

After you check out my Educents store (and FREEBIE), be sure to check out some of the other stores listed below too.  And, of course, make sure to enter for your chance to win $50 in Educents credits too.

Have fun!

Educents Marketplace $50 in Edubucks Giveaway #10 - Kinder & First Grade Stores

Want to win ANY item from my store? Comment below that you followed my store and what item you'd like and I will pick someone a week from now on April 9. Good luck!

Falls of Fun!

Hello friends!! Baby Rae and I wanted to stop by with a little throwback post and some exciting news! 

I know that many of you are setting up your Readers and Writer's Workshop and I wanted to share a few pictures of my classroom during this time! You can find the original post HERE! 

We always start out by asking why do readers read? I love the responses they come up with! I think its' so important that kiddos understand why we do things! I mentioned this is the earlier post, but I laminate this chart so I can easily reuse it from year to year. This teacher loves post its! 

We also talk a lot about how to choose a good book! Here's one of our favorite anchor charts! 

And here's our anchor chart wall full of our learning! 

I'd love to hear how you launch Reader's Workshop! 

 I have also teamed up with Educents with some instant downloads for you!

I have 2 great products in the bundle! Now that aren't "fall themed" but they are great units to help get thing started in your classroom during fall! You can check out Launching Writer's Workshop and What is a Scientist by clicking the links! 

But that's not all... the bundle covers to following topics that you will need to teach this year:

·      long and short vowel sounds
·      counting, identifying, representing, and comparing numbers
·      identify and analyze 2d & 3d shapes
·      become scientists  
·      write words and sentences
·      implement writers workshop
·      addition and subtraction story problems to 20
·      story elements
·      retelling and responding to text
·      poetry
·      ten frames
·      least to greatest and greatest to least
·      graphing

For a limited time it is $15.99 from Educents which is about 76% off!  12 instant downloads for your Kindergarten and First Grade learners.  And 850 pages of materials ready for you to use - there is sure to be tons you will love!

Go check it out! :) 

50 Things to Do This Summer

How's your Summer going? Keeping busy? Have the little ones started saying the dreaded words, "I'm bored," yet? You'll find everything from recipes to arts & crafts projects, books, educational materials, science experiments, and MORE on Educents amazing "50 things you can do this summer" list!

Check out the list and see how many activities you can cross off before school starts! Click on the picture to be taken to the list!

First Grade Educents Bundle and Pin It to Win It

Classroom routines are settling a bit, students are getting into the groove of things, and we are really starting to dig deeper into our curriculum!  So I have teamed up with Educents and some other bloggers to offer you this great First Grade Literacy Bundle at a huge discount for a limited time!  (And keep reading for an opportunity to win an item from my store!)

You get 18 amazing literacy items to help your learners become better readers and writers!  Included are centers, printables, posters, readers, and even a little science and social studies because those are literacy too!

When I taught editing in writing a few years ago, I realized my kiddos needed lots of practice with editing marks! So voila! Crazy for Conventions was born! Because I was going to go crazy if my kids didn't start getting Conventions! :) My students loved having the posters to refer to during Writer's Workshop and they are also great for the teacher too during small group writing instruction.

There are 17 other products in our bundle to get your kids learning!  Hop along to Lisa's blog to see all the goodies you will get!    

But that's not all!   I am giving you a chance to Pin It to Win It (well you win any item from my store.)

Pin any image from my blog and enter below to win! Couldn't help but include some fun pictures for you to pin!

a Rafflecopter giveaway .

So head on over to Educents when you are ready and stock up on amazing literacy resources for first!