Thanksgiving is Over?

Can you believe Thanksgiving is over? It's my favorite holiday and it seems like we celebrate the whole week instead of just on Thursday.

One of my lucky followers has something to be thankful for! 

Patricia won my blog's giveaway sponsored by Carson-Dellosa and gets to choose either a copy of the ELA or Math Common Core Connections book for her grade level. Patricia, check your email for the details!

I've got a lot planned for December, so be sure to visit every day. I'll have some oldies, but goodies and some brand new freebies for you.

If you haven't heard, Teachers Pay Teachers is having a Cyber Monday Sale December 2 and 3. It's the perfect time to get those items on your wish list you've been wanting. I have some Christmas-themed products in my store, as well as items you can use year-round. I've also added two new stories to complement the third grade Journeys basal, so be sure to go look.

Every item in my store is marked off 20% and TpT is adding an addition percentage off, so you can get up to 28% off everything you buy!

Teachers Notebook is also having a sale starting tomorrow. It ends December 2. I've got everything marked down 20% there, too!

Click on the links to the right to visit either of my shops.

Proper Pilgrims -- Freebie!

Today, I am thankful that my mama taught me how to cook….including how to make her dressing for Thanksgiving! This is our family's first holiday season without her,  my mother-in-law, or my nephew. I guess it's time to combine some new traditions with the old ones and celebrate being together while remembering Memi, Nell, and Garner.

Your freebie today is a review of proper nouns.

Click on the pic above to get your freebie!

Don't forget to click {HERE} for a chance to win a copy of Common Core Connections for your grade level.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Common Core Connections Giveaway

Today I am thankful for companies and corporations that reach out to teachers and try to help in both big and small ways.

Carson-Dellosa is one company that aims to stay in the forefront of educational research and offer products to help make a teacher's life easier.

One of their new products does just that. 

Their Common Core Connections is a series of workbooks designed to help teachers as they implement the Common Core standards in their instruction.

Each book contains worksheets that offer more than the typical review on the CCSS. 

Go {HERE} to take a look at the books for your grade level.

I especially liked the variety of activities included in each book to address the standards. Although our school has gotten away from using so many worksheets, I think these are useful as homework and extra practice. They are good insights for parents to get a glimpse of what is going on in our classrooms. If you are like us and have to watch your copies, just make one copy and put in a sheet protector. Put all the sheets in a notebook and they will be ready for you to pull when you need differentiated practice for certain skills. As a bonus, each page includes the appropriate I Can statements for each activity.

Click on the pic for more info.

If you want to try to win a copy of either the ELA or Math Common connections for your grade level, enter through the Rafflecopter at the end of this post. Hurry! The giveaway ends on Friday!

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Skipping Turkeys -- Freebie

I have so much to be thankful for. Sometimes it's hard to narrow it down to just one item for a post.

 Not today.

 I am thankful that the call to our local high school last Friday saying there was a gunman in the cafeteria was only a prank. I am thankful that none of my friends who work at SCHS or attend school there were injured. I am thankful that our local law enforcement and school district personnel responded so quickly. I am hopeful that others who might consider playing such a prank in the future have learned how fearful the parents and family members of those at the school felt, not knowing if their family members and friends were safe.

I am just thankful.

Now for your freebie…

These turkeys are skipping around! Your kiddos have to figure out the counting pattern and sort them under the correct heading.

Just click on the pic above to get your freebie.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Bearing Down on Facts -- Thanksgiving Freebie

I'm thankful that I've had both of my kids home from school for the weekend. My son was in a friend's wedding, and I loved seeing him all dressed up in a tux! I'm also thankful for the couple that got married and their sweet, touching wedding. I've known the groom since he was a little boy and I am proud of the young man he has become. 

Your freebie for today is a game for practicing multiplying by ten.

Print off the game board, add a coin for flipping and some markers for moving and you are all set!

Just click on the pic above to get the file.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Falling for Syllables - Freebie

Today I am thankful for my bathtub. I am ready to get in and relax with a good book. It's been a long day!

Our kids need lots of practice decoding multisyllable words. Use this activity in a literacy station. Once the kiddos sort the words, let them write a narrative using the vocabulary from the activity.

Just click on the pic above to get your freebie!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Turkey's Silent E -- Freebie

Today I am thankful that my sister lives less than twenty miles away. When we need each other, we can get there in no time at all!

Today's freebie is a game to reinforce reading long and short vowel words. Students try to read four words in a row on the grid to win the game. They can use their markers to block another player.

Click on the pic above to get your freebie.

Happy Thanksgiving!