Gift card giveaway for Teachers Pay Teachers resources and lessons

An exciting thing happened to me yesterday.  I won a $10 Teachers Pay Teachers gift card!  So I thought I would offer my readers a chance to win the gift card, just in time for the Cyber Monday sale! 

To enter click on the boxes below and follow my TPT store.  After you have followed my store you will be able to unlock more ways to enter to increase your chances of winning.  The contest will be open until midnight on November 27, 2016.  I will email the winner with the code for the gift certificate to be used on TPT (there is no expiry date)

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Now even though there is no expiry date on the TPT gift certificate, you just might want to use it during the TeachersPayTeachers Cyber Monday sale happening Monday November 28-29, 2016!  Buy anything at TPT and get 10% off with the promo code CYBER2016.  Now if that wasn't sweet enough many TPT sellers are also having a sale, including myself.  EVERYTHING in my store is 28% off (if you add the promo code CYBER2016). 

Here are some of my units that are on sale.  Click on any of the images to get taken over to my store.  The link will take you to the blog post.

Spelling Success Week by Week Homework Activities.  It has an entire year full of spelling activities and ways for kids to practice their spelling words.  Read more about this book by clicking here.

Christmas is coming do you need center ideas?  My Christmas unit is full of fun ideas for pre-K and kindergarten! Read more about it here.

My best seller: Learn to write your name Activity Booklet.  Check out my post here 

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Valentine's day is right around the corner, no time like the present to get started with your planning!  Check out my post here.

Don't forget my clip art is also on sale!  Click here to see all my clip art in my TPT store.

Christmas Printables for Kindergarten Math and Literacy centers

Today I wanted to show off my latest set of printables, Christmas math and literacy centers for kindergarten.  It is available at Teachers Pay Teachers, and covers a variety of common core curriculum.

This package contains 8 literacy centers and 9 math centers as well as pocket chart cards in a Christmas theme. All of the activities are in black & white and I have provided some in color as well. These centers are great for Pre-k and kindergarten students and work on those core curriculum learning goals. These centers would also be fun for grade 1 students who need a little extra practice. 


Some of the outcomes covered in these centers include:

• alphabet sequencing
• identifying beginning letter sounds
• counting syllables
• letter identification 
• matching upper and lowercase letters
• sight words
• number sequencing
• extending patterns
• measurement skills
• and more...

Here are some pictures of the centers included in the package:

Help Santa sort his bag by coloring by letter sound.

Decorate the gingerbread man by coloring by sight word.

Match the buttons to the snowman.

Practice printing by picking letters from a cloth sack. 

 

Cut and paste and finish the pattern.

You can get these centers at my TPT store.

Need more Christmas resources?  
(Click on the pictures to take you to the post)

Make your own Christmas ornaments out of recycled Keurig pods.

Add your family photos to fun photo cards, just in time for Christmas.

Bear family Christmas photo card Vertical
by littlemunchkins

Interactive Math center activity with fun Bumblebee Addition

Today I wanted to share another one of my interactive math center activity that I just put up for sale on TPT.  My Bumble Bee Addition center is a fun center that is great addition practice for students.  I usually use this center when I am working one on one or with a small group. 

I have students take turns and choose a strip.  I then have them read the equation and then answer with the sum.  They then place it on the Bumblebee that has the correct sum.

You can purchase this center from my store.  It is very simple to prep, just print out the pages (you can choose color or black and white) and cut out the strips and then if you want you can laminate both the Bumble bee pages and the strips but it not necessary.  You can also add velcro to the strips and the bee if you'd like.

I hope you enjoy them.

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Ladybug interactive short vowel center activity for kids

Today I wanted to share one of my interactive centers that I just put up for sale on TPT.  My Ladybug Short Vowel center activity  is a fun center that is great phonics practice for students learning about short vowels.  I usually use this center when I am working one on one or with a small group. 

I have students take turns and choose a pictured circle.  I then have them say what is drawn on the circle (eg. sun) and then place it on the ladybug that has the corresponding short vowel sound (eg. U).

You can purchase this center from my store.  It is very simple to prep, just print out the pages (you can choose color or black and white) and cut out the circles and then if you want you can laminate both the ladybug pages and the circles.  You can also add velcro to the circles if you'd like.

I hope you enjoy them.

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Clip art images of kids fishing for making teaching resources

Today I wanted to share a clip art set that I have had sitting on my laptop for some time...eeek!  I made these fishing images for teachers to use when making worksheets and printables and other teaching resources. The kids fishing in this set make me want to go out and get a rod.  You can download this set by clicking on the image which will take you to my TPT store.

This set includes:

• 10 color images
• 8 black and white images
• images for personal and commercial use
• all images are PNG and saved at 300 dpi.  Perfect for making units to sell on TPT.
• boys fishing, girls fishing, boy holding fish, girl holding fish, boy fishing on dock, girl sitting on dock

And because it is Sunday surprise, I am sharing one image for free.  Just click on the image to be taken to my Teachers Pay Teachers store where you can download the image for free.  (Teachers pay Teachers is free to join if you are not already a member).

Need more fishing clip art?  This set accompanies my fishing supplies clip art that has been selling quite well in my TPT store. Check it out at my store or read more about it on my fishing supplies post.  And as always please let me know if you can't find what you are looking for. 

Check back next Month for Sunday Surprise!

To see more of my clip art for sale, come on over to my store.  
or have a look at my posts about the following sets (click on the image to read more):

You can check out more of my clip art sets here on my page.

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Cute bunny clip art for teaching printables

Today I wanted to share a clip art set that always makes me smile.  These happy bunnies are perfect for your Easter and spring units. This clip art can be used to make your spring and Easter products including your tpt units and as always my clip art is for commercial use. You can download this set by clicking on the image which will take you to my TPT store.

Today I am sharing this free clip art image for the whole day.  I chose a black and white line art bunny this week as I know printing in color at schools can sometimes be a challenge.  Let me know in the comments if you prefer color or black and white.  Just click on the image to be taken to my Teachers Pay Teachers store where you can download the image for free.  (Teachers pay Teachers is free to join if you are not already a member).

Check back next Month for Sunday Surprise!

You can check out more of my clip art sets here on my page.

Looking for more Easter learning ideas?  Click on the images to take you to the posts.

Here is a link to my Easter literacy and Math centers.  It includes practice pages for counting, addition, patterns, measurement, matching beginning and ending sounds, color words, syllable counting and more...

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TPT Sale - 3 million teachers

Today I have some exciting news!  Teachers Pay Teachers is having another sale to celebrate the fact that there are now 3 million teachers joined up with Teachers Pay Teachers!  Woohoo!   TPT only puts on a few sales a year so now is the time to get all your spring teaching resources.  

 Here's the nitty gritty:

• TPT is offering everything at a 10% discount.  Many teachers have also put items in their store on sale as well so many items will be 28% off!!
• You must enter the promo code: TPT3
• The sale is only on for 2 days, February 27 & 28, 2014.

EVERYTHING in my store is discounted by 28% (just remember to use the promo code: TPT3)
Including some of my best sellers:

Learn to write your name activity booklet is a tool that teachers can use to help their students learn to print their name.  You can see my post about it here.

Spelling Success includes worksheets and hands on activities for grade 1 spelling practice.  There are 40 weeks of worksheets that can be sent home for homework.  Each week the activities focus on specific consonant blends, vowels, word families, or diagraphs as well as incorporating frequently used sight words.  You can see more about this package by reading my post Spelling worksheets for success.

My St. Patrick's day unit is also on sale, see more here.

Don't forget that Easter and Spring are just around the corner.

I hope you have fun shopping!

To get you started have a look at some of these great products from other teacher blogs.

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Get an entire year of easy to use spelling activities for kids

Today I wanted to talk a little about my newest product on TeachersPayTeachers.  It is an entire year of easy to use spelling activities.  So if you are looking for first grade worksheets or kindergarten worksheets that focus on spelling patterns and phonics this is the resource for you.  It is also perfect for home school learning.

Spelling Success Weekly Homework Activities is a 40 week program that presents 10 new spelling words each week and a review week every 5th week to further practice the previously presented words. Each week teachers will send home 1 page double sided for homework.  How easy is that?  Parents can encourage their kids to complete one or two practice activities each day so that over the course of the week they will have a strong grasp of their spelling words. 

Each week 10 new spelling words are given (with a review week every 5th week) that focus on a specific phonetic skill necessary for learning to read and to spell.  Included are:

• consonant blends (cl, fl, br, sn, th, sh, ch, etc..)
• vowels (short a, e, i, o, u, long a, e, i, o, u)
• word families (at, ig, in, ot, ell, ill, etc..)
• vowel diagraphs (ai, ow, oo, ew, etc.)
• frequently used sight words. 

Each double sided page includes a variety of activities including:

• Spelling worksheets which are "pencil and paper" tasks, such as tracing words, printing, filling in bubbles, matching, sorting, completing word searches, filling in blanks, etc..
  

• tasks that need to be done with a parent.  These activities are more hands on learning and incorporate many different fun ways to practice their spelling words.  For example, students might be asked to clap out their words, jump on the letters as they spell, perform jumping jacks, sing the letters as the spell, etc. 

Making words tasks which include either cutting and pasting letters to make words or manipulating letters to make words.

I have tried to make this package very simple for teachers, parents and students.  Focusing on one or two phonetic skill per week allows teachers to plan instruction around those blends and sight words and also gives your students a chance to learn and practice using different blends and words. And check back because I am working on a supplementary package that provides teachers with spelling lessons and activities to complete at school which will complement the homework worksheets.


Recently I have had questions whether these are first grade worksheets or kindergarten worksheets.  In my opinion they could be either depending on your class and your students ability levels.  The worksheets start off with CVC words and then move into 4 and 5 letter words but if your kindergarten class is capable of making 3 letter words than they would be fine starting with this program.

As a bonus I am taking 20% off this weekend only.  Don't miss out on this limited sale!

If you would like to preview more sample pages on TPT click here.

If you are ready to purchase click the buy it now button below.

Are you a teacher?  Thinking about making your own products for sale?  Click below to sign up to become a TeachersPayTeachers seller.  It is free and so easy to do!  

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