Common Core with Camilla Cream! (and a FREEBIE!!)

A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon was our…

for the past month!!

During the mini lessons for reading workshop, Camilla was our inspiration for identifying character traits and quoting the text to prove our thinking.

We identified the theme of A Bad Case of Stripes- LOVE who you are!!!

We identified examples of cause and effect relationships throughout the story, finding using the text to support our thinking.

And we identified the author’s purpose for writing the story…again, we used the text to support our thoughts!

We then celebrated, as we do for all of our reading workshop units, with an adorable art project!

We just finished our new file:

Common Core with Camilla Cream: 10 anchor charts and reading response graphic organizers

And now for the freebie…

Please click on one of the pages of the freebie above, or click HERE to download the file for free. We hope you enjoy it!

A **HUGE** thank you to Michelle, from 3AM Graphics, for creating the adorable Camilla! Thank you, Michelle!

The first two people who comment will get the entire file for free! Who is your favorite book character? (Don’t forget to leave your email address!)

Teacher Appreciation Giveaway Winners Announced

Thanks to all who entered our week long Teacher Appreciation Giveaway Bonanza!!

Here's who the winners are...

Math Ski-Ball:
Briawna

Bubble Pop! Grades 1-2:
Kimberly Obenauer


Bubble Pop!  Grades 3-4:
Karen Ganon


Pencil Sharpener 1:
Chris Steller

Pencil Sharpener 2:
Karen


$25 Teachershirts.com gift certificate:
Amy Satterfield


Measuring Penny book:
Frances Jean Owen Kelley

Winners...if we have not already contacted you, please email us ASAP so that we can mail you your goodies! Congrats! :)

Day 6 Giveaway

I *ADORE* this book! My students ADORE this book!

Imagine my surprise when I discovered the author, Loreen Leedy, sells her own teaching resources on Teachers Pay Teachers! How awesome to be selling among such *famous!* authors! When I contacted Loreen about our teacher appreciation giveaway week, she was more than happy to offer one autographed book of Measuring Penny for a very lucky reader!

This book actually was the inspiration for hosing a paw-riffic paw-ty with my third graders, in which they used their stuffed animals to rotate to different measurement math stations. Can you guess what we first measured!?!? Yep, their pet’s height! But…more on that later!

Oh! Here is the link to Loreen’s TpT shop below- you will like what you see! :)

Good luck!

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Day 5 Giveaway

We've teamed up with TeacherShirts.com for a great giveaway today! 

We visited their website and ordered 7 T-shirts for some of our teacher friends. They just arrived in the mail a couple of days ago and look how cute they are!!!

The picture does not show the quality of these t-shirts- they are adorable and awesome!!!!

I surprised two of my teacher friends with a t-shirt for teacher appreciation week and they loved them! You might recognize Becky (on the left) from Dots-N-Spots!?!  I appreciate that she helped me keep my "keep calm and teach on" motto this year. Kelly, on the right, teaches right next store to me. I think we pop into each other's room at least 10 times a day...like I said we are RIGHT next door! Having coworkers as friends makes any job more special!
  

I *LOVE* the rhinestone shirts!!!!

 

And they don't just sell your typical teacher shirts!  They have ones for every educational profession including early childhood, principals, technology, lunch room workers, and more.  Not only are their shirts cute, but they are reasonably priced with the majority of them running between $18 and $23. 

And, for all you 2nd grade teachers out there...the rhinestone one below is only $12:

 

 

Today's giveaway is for a $25 gift certificate to TeacherShirts.com!

 

To enter this giveaway, leave a comment telling us the funniest gift you've every gotten from a student. I will start- my funniest gift was a toe ring. Yes, a toe ring.

Be sure to leave your email address!

 

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Day 4 Giveaway

Soooo excited about this one!

Troy, a teacher and also founder of Classroom Friendly Supplies, is so kind and is donating *TWO* pencil sharpeners for our giveaway today! That's right...two winners!

I don't know who appreciates this pencil sharpener more in my classroom- me or my students? I actually discovered this sharpener because my coworker was using this with her third graders. I noticed that she never had a looong line in the morning to sharpen pencils and now I know why! This sharpener rocks!!!!

Highlights of this sharpener:
* QUIET, I mean QUIET!!!!!!
* EASY TO USE!!!!!
*Automatic stopping once the pencil point is created- no more over-sharpening!
* Very sturdy
* It is portable or you can mount it
* This sharpener comes in a pack of three for only $53.97

It is short and sweet to enter below...

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We are choosing two winners! Good luck!

Day 3 Giveaway

If you liked the look of the Bubble Pop! Math Challenge Interactive Game for first and second graders yesterday, but you teach third or fourth grade...then this version from Lakeshore Learning is for you!

Bubble Pop! Math Challenge Interactive Games - Gr. 3-4
In this interactive game, students race to solve skill-building math problems in 4 different categories by popping bubbles that show the correct answers—before they splash into the pond! To play the excitement-filled game, kids choose a category & subskill from the menu…then pop the correct bubbles to build essential math skills—from multiplication & division to rounding & fractions! Kids earn points to progress through 8 levels of play, and with each level they unlock, the challenge increases—along with the fun! Best of all, the game lets you create & save a profile for every student in your class, so kids can stop & start whenever they want—and teachers can check kids’ skills & scores anytime! Software includes printable assessments & personalized reports. Compatible with Windows operating systems, as well as Mac OS X 10.6 and higher.

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Day 2 Giveaway and TpT sale

Beth, of Zip A Dee Do Dah Designs, created this adorable graphic- thanks, Beth! 

It's TpT's annual Teacher Appreciation Sale! TpT is taking an additional 10% off any stores' sale price.  Our store will be 20% off.  Click on the sales graphic above to check out our store.

In this interactive game from Lakeshore Learning, students in first and second grade race through levels to increase their math skills.

Bubble Pop! Math Challenge Interactive Games - Gr. 1-2

In this interactive game, students race to solve skill-building math problems in 4 different categories by popping bubbles that show the correct answers—before they splash into the pond! To play the excitement-filled game, kids choose a category & subskill from the menu…then pop the correct bubbles to build addition, subtraction, money & time skills! Kids earn points to progress through 8 levels of play, and with each level they unlock, the challenge increases—along with the fun! Best of all, the game lets you create & save a profile for every student in your class, so kids can stop & start whenever they want—and teachers can check kids’ skills & scores anytime! Software includes printable assessments & personalized reports. Compatible with Windows operating systems, as well as Mac OS X 10.6 and higher.

Check back tomorrow for Bubble Pop! Math Challenge Interactive Games for Grades 3-4!

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