Chinese New Year Unit...TPT!

I'm so excited about teaching the Chinese New Year this year. This is something I've always wanted to teach but never seem to find the time to do so. I've created a unit to help me get organized for this holiday and I've just uploaded it to TPT. Click here to get it on SALE!!! 

And while I'm excited about teaching this holiday, it certainly isn't my favorite holiday. I'm giving away this unit to the first two people who can name my favorite holiday/celebration! Comment below....

 Good Luck! 

UPDATE: Y'all know me...I love Halloween!

Freebies go to Jennifer @First Grade Blue Skies and Mrs. Johnson

But....since it is Karyn's birthday and she did know how much I love pink, she gets a freebie too! Happy Birthday Karyn!

Giveaway Winners and Fairy Tales Nonsense Words

First off, I want to thank everyone for their kind words in the entry comments. Y'all are too sweet! :)

Giveaway Winners are............

Becky and Jessica! Jessica, send me your email address and I'll email you my Fairy Tales Unit.

I've also just posted fairy tale themed nonsense words.

Click here to get them!

I'm almost finished with a new spelling strategies packet that I'm super excited about! I'll be back tomorrow with it and maybe a giveaway???

Hope everyone's having a wonderful winter break!

Fairy Tales Unit Posted-Let's do a GIVEAWAY!!

I finally finished and uploaded my new fairy tales unit. :) :) :) I don't know about y'all, but I love fairy tales so I had so much fun creating this unit and cannot wait to use it! This 81 page unit includes 5 math centers, 3 literacy centers, and 5 fairy tale themed writing prompts. Click here to get it!

I'm also loving hosting giveaways so let's do another one, shall we? :) 

I'm giving away 2 of my newest units. 

How to enter:

Simply comment below. I'll randomly pick the winners tomorrow night. Good Luck!!

Giveaway Winner!

Melissa, send me your email address and I'll send the compound words packet to you! :) :)

If you want to check out my newest unit on TPT, click here :)

Giveaway Time!

I'm in the mood for a giveaway, aren't you?? I just posted my new winter themed unit on compound words so I figured that would be perfect to giveaway. Here's a preview of what's included:

How to enter:

Super Simple! Just comment under this post. In the words of my favorite food network chef from Barefoot Contessa, "How easy is that?" :) 

Bonus entry if you blog about it (be sure you leave me the url of the post in the comment)

Giveaway ends tomorrow (Friday) night.

 

Giveaway Winners!

Aren't giveaways fun?? So much fun that I decided to have three winners instead of just one. Here they are!

Melissa and Delighted, I have your emails and I'll send the packets tonight. Ohteach- leave me your email and I'll email you! :)

 I'm working on Christmas Math and Literacy Centers so we'll do another giveaway when I post them! :)

1000 Followers Giveaway!

Giveaway time! In honor of hitting 1000 followers, I'm giving away the following:

My Thanksgiving Math and Literacy Centers

Christmas Fry Phrases

Christmas Nonsense Words

Here's how to enter:

1 entry: Follow me and leave a comment under this post telling me

1 entry: Follow my Teachers Pay Teachers Store (Click here to follow!) and leave a comment telling me.

1 entry: Blog about this giveaway and of course, leave a comment directing me to the post.

I'll pick the winner tomorrow (Monday) night! :) :)

Christmas Nonsense Words on TPT...Giveaway is coming!

First off, wow! I'm now at 1005 followers. That's unreal! I hope some of you are finding some useful ideas to use in your classroom or be directed to someone else's blog that's inspiring me! I am planning on a giveaway very soon so keep checking!
I just uploaded my nonsense words for Christmas on Teachers Pay Teachers. Can y'all believe I'm that ahead???? I sure can't! :) Click the pic to check them out.

Giveaway You Need to Enter!

I just learned about a new blog called Little Literacy Learners. Super cute blog with fantastic ideas! And best of all, the creator (Ms. Mc) is having a great giveaway! Go enter it!!! :) :)

Check out Glady's blog Once Upon a Time in First Grade! She's hosting a giveaway that includes my Princess and the Pea packet and Anna from Crazy for First Grade's Fun in the Sun Math and Literacy centers. These are wonderful teacher blogs if you haven't found them...Go enter the giveaway now! :) :)

Sight Word Tales Giveaway Winner!

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway! I was supposed to announce the winner Wednesday night, but of course, I'm just now getting to it! :)

Congratulations to Tess, who was lucky number 15 on my giveaway list! Tess, I will email you later on :)

I used the random generator to get a number, but could never figure out how to make it appear in this post, so this will just be a pictureless one...I know, don't you just hate that? Pictures make everything prettier.

Several new activites have been added to our class wiki! Check it out!
http://msleslieann1stgrade.wikispaces.com/

***On a completely different note, next week I'm kicking off a fairy tales unit in my classroom. I thought this would work great with the royal wedding coming up. :) My kids are beyond excited. One of my little girls said, " I didn't even know there were real life princesses!" :) Even my boys are excited to learn about this genre. If anyone has any ideas or units/activites on TPT, please let me know! I'm  finishing up creating and gathering all my ideas and activities this weekend. Hope everyone has a great weekend...I'll be spending mine in school...Saturday make up weather day :(

200 Followers=Giveaway Time!

I offically have over 200 followers so it's now time for my first giveaway. I have chosen to give away a set of 8 Sight Word Tales Books. The set includes the following titles:

• Does Polly Want A Cracker?
• Don't Be Afraid, Monster
• Have You Seen Jellybean?
• How Do You Make a Giraffe Laugh?
• One by One
• The Penguins Are Going on Vacation
• Some Dogs Are Very Good
• What Shall I Bring The King?

I *love* these books and they are often requested at my comprehension center. I put out four different books at the center, along with a sheet that has short answer questions. I use the same sheet that I have had all year, which just asks them to identify the characters, the setting, and to draw their favorite part. Before we rotate centers, the kids in that group bring me their sheet and we go over their answers. They love this activity! I would like to start using something different with them, but I haven't come up with anything yet...this works very well though. Just ready for a little more of a challenge!
Back to the giveaway. Ways to enter:

1 entry: Become a follower and let me know by commenting below. If you are already a follower, comment below and let me know!

2 entries: Become/already are a follower and tell a way to use these books in a center

***Bonus entry if you blog about this giveaway! You must let me know if you do this! :)

This giveaway will end Tuesday Night (3/29) at Midnight. I will announce the winner on Wednesday! Good Luck! :)



Giveaway!...My first! :)

So right now, I have 197 followers. Wow! Never thought I would have that many. When I get to 200 I have decided to have my very first giveaway. The prize? A set of 8 Sight Word Tales Books. Love, love, love these books! I use them in my centers every week. I'll talk more about how wonderful they are when I post the giveaway rules after my 200th follower. Thanks so much to everyone who follows! :) :)