TN 50% off Sale, Special Giveaway, New Stuff

 Happy Saturday to you all! It has been a really great day! I went to the gym early for a cycle class since my favorite instructor wasn't teaching step! But I did get a very nice surprise as I walked into the gym! A gift for me:)

Amanda knows how much I have a passion for step! She also knows I want to teach it someday! I cam beyond excited to have my very own bench! I know it is an older one, but that doesn't matter to me! I am already downloading the right music to my mp3 player! 

Then I went and did some shopping after the gym! I first went to Trader Joes and picked up a few things. I ALWAYS get some new kind of sweet treat there...even though I probably shoulnd't! I picked this treat up today.

I haven't tried yet yet, but the raspberry said "Pick Me"...so I did!

I also went to Walmart and Target! Now I have been seeing ALL over bloggy land these super cute animal bracelets! So, of course I went over to look! 

I found the zebra, fish, and elephant! And let me tell you, they are SO cute! So...what did I do...well...

Thanks to Jessica Weible for the graphic and background paper

I will also give the winner 5 items from my store for free:)

I just wanted to do a little something to say how much I appreciate ALL OF YOU!

You can enter the Rafflecopter at the end of the post!

Since next week is Teacher Appreication week I am having a 50% off sale in my Teacher's Notebook shop!

  Now would be an awesome time to pick something up you have been wanting from my shop! Especially through Teacher's Notebook!

I believe TpT is also doing a sale and I will be participating in that one too!

With the sale, comes a few new products I have been meaning to post! I am getting them up this afternoon! 

Product 1

  This unit covers the THEME of 8 books by Patricia Polacco! The graphic organizer activities look like this

I have some posters to use about themes and also an answer key about what messages students can find in the book they are reading. This is an objective in the Common Core where students often struggle! Hopefully reading different books by the same Author will help! 

Speaking of reading different books by the same author...I bring you...

Product 2

  This unit is for comparing and contrasting story elements by the same author! I chose to do a unit on one of my favorite authors!

I have a few hours before the hubby wakes up! He is off tonight!!! Yeah! I need to think of something for us to do tonight! Any ideas?

  

But in the mean time, I have some work to do on the computer and around the house! Enjoy your weekend! 

Don't forget to enter:) Happy Teacher Appreication week to you all!

  

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Classroom Theme Linky with a Freebie:)

Hey! I still have the Internet...YEAH!!! I wonder what is taking them so long to shut it off...hey, I'm not complaining  though! 

 

What a great idea Corinna over at Surfin' Through Second grade has with having a classroom theme linky! I LOVE it. I have had the same theme in my room now going on for 4 years! I would really like to switch to something else, but I just keep adding to my theme! I kinda have a running joke with my theme...all the kids think I LOVE frogs, but...I really think they are gross! My theme just kind of all came together one day! 

Enjoy my picture of my classroom-these were from the past two years:)

So...this is how it all started:)

I bought this super cute cork board from Target a few years back because I loved the colors!

I also bought crates that matched and made a bookshelf out of it! The kids store their reading and writing binders in them:)

So, then I took the cork board to the local school store where I found these trimmers that matched...and this is where my froggy theme began!

I also uses these around the room for frog accents!

So here are some other pictures of my room! Some of it was not the same once the year got going...but the colors all stayed the same! Anything I use color wise is pink, purple, blue and green with froggy things here and there:)

Is it bad to say I already have in my head how I want to set it up for next year???? I am excited to read about other people's themes! Don't FROGet to go check out Corinna's blog!

On another note, I finished my multiplication mastery packet and it is up in my TPT and TN stores! 

I also was inspired by a few blogs out there that created a Common Core dates taught check off sheet! Heidi from My (not so) Elementary Life has done one for first grade and also Rachelle from What the Teacher Wants did one too for first grade! Well, I teach 3rd and realllllly wanted one of these! SO, I made one last night! It took a bit of planning and time, but I did it:) 

Only for ELA right now and plan on going the math one tonight! So if you are interested in the ELA one, you can grab it now in my TPT or TN stores! 

But...since I am SOOOOO close to 300 followers (which I need to start thinking of another giveaway) I will have it for FREE for this weekend only. I think there are a few 3rd grade followers out there:) Just send me an email and I will get it to you:)

I am off to dinner with the hubby! Enjoy the rest of your Saturday!