Spring Fever

Well, it's that time of year again! Spring Fever is in fullllll motion! 

This week has been a difficult one for me. I remember the stress of teaching full time, I haven't forgotten. However, this time of transition for our family has left me really remembering why I started to teach in the first place. I've been substituting until I find a full time job. I really, really miss the classroom! I know we all have things we wish we could change about education...that will never change! Teachers do not get into teaching because of a paycheck. For most of us, it's something we've always wanted to do. I hope that this time of year isn't that hard on most of you, but it if is, just know you are in my thoughts & prayers. I pray for teachers to have hope and confidence in their job. I can remember complaining about the dumbest things about teaching, but right now, you have no idea how much I want to be back in my classroom the  kiddos. Just remember why you became a teacher in the first place, and I hope that will help you get through a difficult time of the year!

Picture Courtesy of www.smileyme.com

In the last few weeks, I've posted a few new packets.

My Ultimate-Literacy-Center-Packet-15-Centers contains 15 hands on skill based literacy centers!

1. Compound Word Fun
2. Vowel Word Sort (Long a/ short a)
3.Vowel Word Sort (Long e/ short e)
4. Vowel Word Sort (Long i/ short i)
5.Vowel Word Sort (Long o/ short o)
6.Vowel Word Sort (Long u/ short u)
7. CVC Word Sort Fun
8. Groovy Sight Words (A sight word game)
9. Antonym Memory
10 Synonym Memory
11. Sight Word ABC Order (Level 1)
12.Sight Word ABC Order (Level 2)
13.Sight Word ABC Order (Level 3)
14.Sight Word ABC Order (Level 4)
15.Sight Word ABC Order (Level 5)

                                                                 

I also posted my /Spring-Mega-Literacy-Math-Center-Packet-21-Centers

This packet has 21 hands on literacy and math centers!

This packet is loaded for March and April themed Literacy and Math Centers!

*Springing For Sight Words
*St. Patrick's Day Word Sort {Noun, Verbs, and Adjectives}
*Pinch Me ABC Order
*St. Patrick's Day Rhyme Time
*St. Patrick's Day Compound Words
*Lucky Sight Word Memory
*Lucky Leprechaun Word Sort
*Springing For Synonyms & Antonyms
*Spring Time ABC Order
*Spring Word Sort
*Contraction Match Up
*Time Wipe Off Cards
*Clover Addition
*Rainbow Word Scramble
* Leaping Leprechaun Editing
*Hip Hopping for Sight Words ABC Order (3 Sets) 
* Hopping for Compound Words
*Spring Rhyme Time

Both products are on sale this weekend! 

Be sure to stop by My TpT Store and check out the sale!

And it's almost April

I have a word wall freebie for you! Just click 

HERE

 Also, be sure to go enter Erica Bohrer's Mega Giveaway! She is celebrating 4,000 followers and has tons of amazing products that you can win! 

R Controlled Vowel Giveaway

              Hey everyone! I did a giveaway last week on my FB Page for my R-Controlled-Vowels-Literacy-Packet! After that giveaway, I realized I have not hosted a giveaway with other bloggers in quite some time! Teaching R Controlled Vowels always takes a {ton} of resources it seems!!! 

 Some of my sweet gals have joined up and donated some of their R Controlled Vowel files for me! All you have to do is "Like" each one of us on FB and Follow our TpT Stores! Pretty easy! 

Check out the great prizes: 

a Rafflecopter giveaway



Button Clip Art Courtesy: Ashley Hughes,Cara Carroll (Fonts) and Tales From Outside the Classroom

Teacher's Notebook Blog Hop Giveaway!

Easter is right around the corner so some of my blog buddies and I decided to do a blog hop.  Hop from blog to blog March 15th - 17th to get your freebie and enter to win a basket full of lesson packets plus a gift certificate.  Enter to win on each blog so you'll have a greater chance of winning.  Each blogger is donating a lesson packet for the prize basket.  Each of us will choose a winner.  The winners will get ALL the lesson packets from ALL the bloggers.  Steve, the owner of Teachers Notebook has also generously donated our grand prize which is a Teachers Notebook gift certificate.  One lucky person will win it. The more blogs you visit and enter, the greater your chances are that you will win.  So HOP TO IT!

Click HERE to get your freebie! 

To enter you need to follow my Teacher's Notebook Store and my FB Page

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Now that you've entered it's time to hop to my friends' blogs to see their great prizes and freebies.  Remember the more blogs you visit and enter on their rafflecopter, the greater your chances are of winning.

Michelle @ http://teach123-school.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Teach123

Yvonne @ http://mixminder.com/" target="_blank">Mixminder

Fern @ http://www.fernsmithsclassroomideas.com/" target="_blank">Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas

Arlene @ http://arlenesandberg.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">LMN Tree

Jennifer @ http://bestpractices4teaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Best Practices 4 Teaching

Tessa @ http://www.talesfromoutsidetheclassroom.com/" target="_blank">Tales From Outside the Classroom

Heidi @ http://mynotsoelementarylife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My (Not So) Elementary Life

Tessa @ http://www.talesfromoutsidetheclassroom.com/" target="_blank">Tales From Outside the Classroom

Alisha @ http://thebubblyblondeteacher.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Bubbly Blonde

http://thebubblyblondeteacher.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Teacher

Sally @ http://www.elementarymatters.com/" target="_blank">Elementary Matters

Tanja @ http://yofasubstituteteacher.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Journey of a Substitute Teacher

DeAnne @ http://firstgradeandfabulous.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">First Grade and Fabulous

Jessica @ http://mrsstanfordsclass.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mrs. Stanford's Class

Ashley @ http://teacherstreasurechest.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Teacher's Treasure Chest

Gladys @ http://teachinginhighheels.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Teaching in High Heels

The winner will be announced on our Facebook pages on Monday, March 18th.  

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Spring Forward & Freebie!

I don't know about y'all...but I was not ready to "Spring Forward" this morning! We woke up, and hurried around to get ready for church, just to realize, our oldest..was sick :( Poor little thing has been feeling crummy all day and is passed out on the couch right now. I hate it when my kids are sick! I know all of the moms out there can agree!!!

I have had a few things that I've needed to share with you forever! It's just always something :) So I figured I'd take this time to catch up with you! 

First off, I'm having a little giveaway on my FB Page! Hurry on over and enter, the giveaway ends soon!

Second, I finally posted my Spring-Mega-Literacy-Math-Center-Packet-21-Centers! I posted it yesterday and listed it on sale until Monday! It contains 21 centers and is 108 pages long!!

This packet is loaded for March and April themed Literacy and Math Centers!

*Springing For Sight Words
*St. Patrick's Day Word Sort {Noun, Verbs, and Adjectives}
*Pinch Me ABC Order
*St. Patrick's Day Rhyme Time
*St. Patrick's Day Compound Words
*Lucky Sight Word Memory
*Lucky Leprechaun Word Sort
*Springing For Synonyms & Antonyms
*Spring Time ABC Order
*Spring Word Sort
*Contraction Match Up
*Time Wipe Off Cards
*Clover Addition
*Rainbow Word Scramble
* Leaping Leprechaun Editing
*Hip Hopping for Sight Words ABC Order (3 Sets) 
* Hopping for Compound Words
*Spring Rhyme Time

A little preview of what you will see--

I wanted to include a freebie for all of my followers! Once I get to 500 followers, I am going to have a huge giveaway! 

Just click HERE to get your FREEBIE!

The Teacher's Treasure Chest FREEBIE

Now I need to get off this computer and go check on my little one! Have a great week everyone!

A look back at my week, and a look ahead!

Hey Everyone! I'm linking up with Mrs. Wills Kindergarten for a Peek At My Week! 

 So for the first time in a LONG time, I've been back in the classroom as a *paid* employee! I've been volunteering since we've moved, and finally got everything settled to substitute! Up until now, I kinda had that thought slip into my head...if not teaching.... "What else could I do?" Well, this week those thoughts were put to rest. There is nothing else for me except education! My first week back, was pretty amazing. I was blessed to spend it right where my heart is---Primary Grades! What a blessing it was to have the roles reversed to substitute teaching. This is so different than I ever thought! A great experience for me and I'm excited to share my experiences with you all :) 

The kiddos were getting into fractions in math. I was so excited to be able to plan things out. I started with my sweet friend Jen @ The Teacher's Cauldron. Her Fraction Packet is ammmazing. The kiddos really benefited from all of the hands on activities included in this packet. I even brought it home and did a little extra practice with my little man. He loved the fraction action game! A great resource to have for teaching fractions! 

Another area we worked on this week was Long E. Who else could I count on none other than Cara Carroll! I was able to print out her Long-E-Kids-Stories-Sorts-Activities! I purchased this packet a while ago and didn't need it at the time, so I was excited to go back and dig through it. The great thing is I was able to put everything together so quickly. 

A great FREE Resource I've used plenty of times Cat-Themed-SearchReadWrite-the-Room-for-Long-E-Words from Erica Bohrer

Another amazing resource I used this week was from Thank God It's First Grade! Susan has amazing resources, and her Writing-Poetry-for-Primary-Grades is no different! This was another great resource for me to pull together so quickly!!! 

So next week, the kiddos are working on number order! I have so many resources I love for this but here are my top three fav! 

The-Queen-of-Teens-Teen-Numbers-Pack

 From Journey Of A Substitute Teacher

Number-Order-and-Skip-Counting-Fun

From Me 

0-120-Charts-and-Activities-Common-Core

From Erica Bohrer

TpT has completely changed the way I teach..in such a good way. These packets all include great resources and include such a variety of ways to assess our students learning. Such a huge part of our job, is measuring the learners progress. 

I'm *praying* so much right now that God has a plan for me since our move. I know that education is my destiny, it's just frustrating to have it so hard to find a position. I don't like to come off as I am complaining, because my family is definitely blessed. Thankfully, because of TpT, our family has been able to survive on one income. But it's not the pay check I miss...it's the kids, ah ha moments, the million questions, moments of pure learning, sweet laminating...oh wait, I got a little carried away. The point is, I miss all of it, and I'm glad to be back, even if it is as a substitute teacher. God is in control and I truly believe this.