BTS Blowout Sale!!!

Well, you've waited all summer and it's finally here!!!!!

TpT's Back-to-School BLOWOUT Sale!

This is your chance to save B.I.G.!  All of my products are 20% off plus TpT gives another 8% off. I'll do the math for you.....20% off + 8% off = HOLY MOLY SAVINGS!!!!!

Here are some great products to start the year off with.......

$9.00 . . . . $6.48!!!

The Ultimate Teacher's Binder is a must-have to stay organized this year.  This binder has over 230 pages of lesson plan templates, planning pages, 2014-15 calendar, reminder notes, intervention templates, etc........all 100% EDITABLE!  That's right!  Every page can be customized to fit your needs!

$10.00 . . . . $7.20!!!

This is an Interactive Journal to help kids master their sight words.  I have this product available for Pre-Primer (Dolch), and Primer (Dolch).  I also have Sight Word Mini-Books available for Dolch & Fry.

$18.00 . . . . $12.96!!!!

My Interactive Math Journal is quickly growing to be a fan favorite!  It has over 230 pages of Common Core-aligned activities to help your little ones develop number sense and those important foundational skills that will lead them to a successful academic year!

$14.50 . . . . $10.44!!!

The Kindergarten Morning Work BUNDLE is a combination of Part I and Part II, and is one of my best selling products!  These morning work activities will keep your little ones engaged in true learning during the morning hussle-and-bussle. These activities include both Language Arts & Math.

$15.00 . . . . $10.80!!!!

My Common Core Math Assessments address all Kindergarten standards in the Common Core.  There are over 100 assessments in this product, most just print-and-go!  I also included CC Posters for each standard.

Well I hope you have plenty to fill up your cart with.  HAPPY SHOPPING!

Movin' On Up!

Hi All!

Well, there's good news and good news!  First the good news......  Starting this fall I'll be teaching 5th Grade Special Ed. which I am SUPER excited about!  The other good news......I'll still be keeping my TpT Store, blog, Pinterest page, etc. up and running.

I do have a new blog, store, Facebook page, etc. called ABC's & IEP's if you'd like to check them out.  I don't have much going on there yet.  I had to set up everything first now I can get busy making all kinds of products.....picture ideas FLYING around my head daily!  Here are the links:

           Blog:  http://www.abcsandieps.blogspot.com
   Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/abcsandieps
   TpT Store: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Abcs-And-Ieps


As you can imagine, it will take me quite some time to gain a following so it would be nice to see some friendly faces.  If you have a minute, check them out and let me know how you like them.  Thanks so much!

3M Follower Sale!!!!

Well howdy there!  I can NOT believe February is just about over. We've had the c.r.a.z.i.e.s.t. February here EVER!  We've had soooo many snow days or 2-hour delays I've lost count!  I hardly got to do any of my adorable Feb. projects because there simply was no time!  We had assessments due, DIBELS to give and tons of snow to shovel.

I had a pretty major leak in my classroom which displaced us for a week.  Can you say nightmare!

I don't know about you but I am sooooo ready for February to be over.  Bah-bye!

What a way to end it by having a HUGEMONGOUS sale over at TpT!  Yeppers.  TpT now has over 3 million members.  Ummmmm, hello!  When I get 3 million followers I'm giving all my stuff away for free!  Why not, right?

So, beginning Thursday and ending Friday my entire store will be 20% off!  You heard that right.....20.percent.off!  As in .20 baby!  And wait, there's more!  TpT will offer an additional 8% off so for you mathematicians out there, that is 28% off EVERYTHING!  Just enter product code TPT3 when checking out to receive your discount.

Stock up on those goodies now people!  Here are a few of my newest products:


Sight Word Mini-Books: Available for Dolch Pre-Primer/Primer and The Fry 100 list.

Sight Word Bracelets:  Dolch Pre-Primer/Primer list

Can't even tell you how much
my kiddies L.O.V.E. these!

Common Core Checklist:

This is a huge timesaver for me.  I can immediately
tell at a glance which skills I've covered & when,
and which skills need more teaching.  My administrator
loves this too.  Major brownie points!

Just click on any picture to preview the item in my TpT Store.  I'm off to go wishlist all the goodies!  Enjoy the sale!  Don't forget to enter the code TPT3 to receive your discount!

SUPER Exciting Giveaway!!!!

I am sooooooo thrilled to be part of a HUGE giveaway going on today through February 23rd over at Mrs. D's Corner!

Mrs. D accomplished a great milestone of reaching 500 followers on TpT!  To celebrate, a bunch of bloggers donated products (including your's truly) for the giveaway.  There is a K-5 category and a 6-12 giveaway.  Plus, a lot of us have donated money towards a gift certificate for one lucky winner!

Don't wait to join in on this fabulous giveaway!  There are TONS of great prizes to win.  Just click on the image or HERE to jump on over and enter.  Good luck!!!!

Sight Word Mini-Books

Hi All!

I've been SUPER busy these days (seriously, who hasn't!)  I only 4 grad classes left for my Master's so I decided to buckle down and double up, taking 2 now and 2 in the Summer.  Well, I think I have two instructors who LOVE giving out papers!

Really!

LOVE!

I'm a paper-writing machine these days!  Journal articles, research papers, observation reports, research binders.

I

AM

DYING!

On top of that, it has been something like Snowmagedon here in my neck of the woods!  We have been getting hammered lately!  Today was a foot of snow then 4-8 more inches tonight.  The snow days have been helping me to catch up a little though but I'm going to be in school until July at this point!

One of the good things to come out of these "free" days is I got to finish my Sight Word Mini-Books.  I'm SUPER excited to finally put these out there.  I've been working on them for some time now.  These mini-books really help my little ones master their sight words!

Front cover for each book.

Interior: Trace the sight word, circle the sight word,

write the sight word, read the sight word in a sentence, and 

Rainbow Write the sight word.

Back cover:  Circle the sight word by discriminating from other

words, and write the sight word to complete the sentence.

This product includes ALL of the sight words from Dolch's Pre-Primer and Primer list.  These would make a great addition to any Literacy Center, small group work or Guided Reading!

Click on any of the pictures to download this product from my TpT Store.  I am working on a Grade 1 version so stay tuned!

AMAZING Giveaway!

I am sooooo thrilled to be hooking up with Kelly from An Apple for the Teacher to celebrate her 300 blog follower giveaway!

Over 60 TpT Sellers have donated products, including myself.  The giveaway also includes the chance to win a TpT Gift Certificate!  Since there were so many donations, the giveaway is divided into two groups....K-2 and 3-6.  

Don't miss out on your chance to win some amazing prizes!!!!  Hurry over to An Apple for the Teacher and enter!

Good luck!!!!

Lori

SUPER Sunday Sale!!!!!

Hey there!

Are report cards kickin' your butt?  Well thankfully, I just finished mine this weekend and all I can say is W.H.E.W!  We've had so many snow days here that it was a mad-dash to finish all of the assessments we're required to give.  And 3 more storms are predicted for this week!  I feel like I just finished a marathon!

I decided since I can finally focus a little on YOU that I would throw a big sale!  Today is a big day for some people.....ya know, the "game" we aren't allowed to mention.  Well sadly, I'm not really a football gal........ but I do like the commercials!

I am having a HUGE sale to kick off the.......commercials!  My entire store is now 20% off.

YUP.

EVERYTHING!

TODAY!

So hurry on over and get those items you've wishlisted.  Or thought about wishlisting.  Or you didn't even know I had!

Here are some great seasonal products to check out:
   (sorry for just the links....my blogger is acting up again!)

February Print-and-Go Activities

Common Core Checklist for Kindergarten  (A MUST have that really impresses your principal!)

Valentine's Color-by-Teen Numbers

Olympic Color-by-Teen Numbers

Interactive Sight Word Journal ~ Primer


There are LOTS of other great activities, products and resources in my store.  Hurry up and get on over there so you don't miss any of the commercials.

Have a great Sunday!!!!

Winter Buddies

Over the holiday break, I found an adorable activity posted by one of my fav's.....Miss Kindergarten.  It's a craft called "Winter Buddies."

I knew right away it would be great to hold my kids writing papers....and I could use it over ALL of the winter months!  I love having an activity that can last a while.  I will just change out the writing paper and voila, a whole new display!

We just did a writing piece about New Year's Resolutions and here are the results.  Next, we will be working on our Arctic Animals so I'll change out the paper for a whole new display.  I think they turned out adorable!

January Math and Literacy Centers

Woooooo Hooooo!  Having that snow day yesterday has been an incredible thing for me.  I finished up LOTS of products, got LOTS of work done, took down all the Christmas stuff, and rearranged the furniture in the living room!

My hubs and I are on a mission to rid our home of clutter.  It's amazing how much you keep in a house that you don't even notice.    Well I just love throwing things out and de-cluttering so I've been feeling really accomplished!

It was great the way our "return" to school worked out.  I was scheduled to return to work on Thursday so I spent the entire day Wednesday feel G.U.I.L.T.Y because I had done nothing on my to-do list.  We returned to work Thursday as scheduled then had a good ole storm and had off Friday.  I spent the last two days knocking out everything on my list so now I'm feeling good again!

I was able to finish up both my January Math Center Activities and January Literacy Center Activities. I got all of the activities printed and cut out this morning so they are ready to go.  Here are the deets:

I did a post about this product yesterday.  Either click here or on the picture to read that post and see the pictures.

This product has oodles of cool activities (....get it...."cool" activities?!?!  I crack myself up!)   Anywho, here are some pics of all the cute activities that are in there:

"Snowman Sliders"

Students practice decoding then blending CVC word family words to sound out the word.

"Snowflake Families"

Students practice identifying words within a word family.  Covered are -at, -an, -ag, -ad, -et, 

-en, -it, and -in.

"Mitten Matching"

Students identify the letter on the mitten then match it to the picture with the same beginning sound.

"Word Builders"

Students identify and match the beginning sound to complete the word.  Pictures are provided for additional support.

"Real vs. Nonsense Words"

Time to get ready for DIBELS!  This activity will provide fabulous practice!

"Beginning Sounds"

Students use a clothespin to identify the beginning sound for each picture.

A label comes with each activity so you can store your product in a sandwich or quart-sized bag.

I intend to use this product for my Early Finisher's Tub so I included a large label for that as well.  I hope you enjoy this product!  Click on any of the pictures, or here, to download this product.

P.S. Stay tuned......I'm working on some cute Olympic Activities that I'll be finishing up soon!

Winter FUN!

It's a SNOW DAY here!  I don't care how old you get......these days are awesome!!!!  It's a balmy 8 degrees here today with a wind chill well below 0.  I'd say it's cold!

Yes, I will pay for it dearly in June.  And yes, YOU will probably have to read alllll about it.

But for NOW, who cares!  I got to sleep in today and work on my blog :)

It's rare.....VERY rare that we find out the night before that school is closed but this time we did.  Which meant I stayed up very late finishing up a few products.

The first product I finished up was a revamp of my biggest Winter seller ~ Winter Color-by-Numbers.

I changed it up a little and added three more pictures.  This product focuses solely on the teen numbers, which can be so tricky for Kinder's.  This is a really fun way for them to identify the numbers, and gain a little extra practice with color words as a bonus!  Here is a sample page......

All of the images are Winter images and would go great in your Math or Theme center!  Click on either of the images to download.

The next product is my January Math Center Activities.  I love, love, love Winter Math activities!  I actually introduced these centers to my kiddies yesterday and they had a blast!

There are 7 different Math activities to get your little one adding, subtracting and gaining number sense!

(after 20 mins of trying to flip the picture, I give up!  Please turn your head!)

There are addition and subtraction cards, all with a visual cue of the same child.  There are two variations to this game.  I introduce this activity with manipulatives (shown above) to provide support in completing the addition problem.  Once students are fairly fluent in addition, I turn this into Addition / Subtraction Concentration.  They love playing this!

This activity is Teen Ten Frames.  Students identify the correct number and clip that number on the side.  The cards cover all of the teen numbers.

This activity allows students to "Build the Snowman" by matching the addition problem with the snowman with the correct answer.   The kids REALLY loved this activity!

This product includes an activity called "Gold Medal Tally Time" to introduce students to the upcoming Olympic Games.  There is also an activity to practice number sequence through 20.

If you have any questions about this product, don't hesitate to contact me at thekindergartenpod@yahoo.com.  Don't forget to rate the product after purchase by leaving feedback.  You'll earn TpT credits to use towards future purchases......hello.....FREE products!  Can't beat that!

What are you doing to stay warm today?