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Saturday, September 6, 2014

1000 Follower Giveaway: Day 5

Today is the LAST day of new prizes for my giveaway, although you can still enter up to one week after each one opened. I have one more prize today, but I wanted to give you something that everyone could enjoy.

After reading comments yesterday on mystery recommendations, I saw that a few of you had the same thought that I did - I need something sports related.

I don't know about you, but one of my favorite things about fall is college football! I actually go outside on certain fall days (or even this afternoon) and think, "This is football weather!" I decided to make a freebie related to the best sport, although I think this is one that many of your kids can enjoy. Who doesn't like a story focused on the mascot?

The Case of the Missing Mascot - a FREE activity for drawi

Enjoy your freebie, and PLEASE leave me some sweet feedback!

For this final freebie, I want you to pin my freebie (you can just hover over the image and click on my pin it button) mentioning in the comment that it is FREE and then copy the link to paste into my rafflecopter. That's it! Just be sure that the pin shows my freebie, NOT the giveaway button. The winner will receive a $25 gift card to my favorite store, Target! Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Night Before Christmas FREEBIE

We have been busy celebrating my son's birthday, so I haven't had time to sit and share about all of the fun things we're doing at school right now. That will come soon (hopefully). Today is just a quick update: I have mentioned a few times that I have a freebie to use with all of the different versions of The Night Before Christmas, and today it got a little facelift. It's still free, so go download and enjoy!

Also, I realized that this Thursday is time for the monthly Teacher Fitness linky.

Since so many people will be thinking about New Year's resolutions after Christmas passes (in EIGHT days!), I think it would be fun to share your favorite way to work out. Please come link up with me and share with your friends!

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Winter Planning Giveaway Stop C-16

I am SO excited to be a part of Erin's fabulous Winter Planning Giveaway! Instead of a simple giveaway, you will skip from blog to blog and collect secret words. Then you go back to Erin's blog (click on the image above) and enter all of the words for each prize pack you choose. And the best part? EVERYONE WINS!!! I found some amazing resources last time and can't wait to collect more to start planning for after Christmas (wishful thinking)!

For those of you who are new to my blog, I am a Title I Reading Specialist for grades 3-5. I've been teaching for about 8 years, and I LOVE working with upper elementary! Some of my favorite products to create are my drawing conclusions mysteries (be on the lookout for a Christmas themed one VERY soon) such as my Case of the Secret Admirer...

The Case of the Secret Admirer - an activity for drawing c

...and my literacy center packs. For my free product, I decided to share my Winter Literacy Centers. These include 4 comprehension centers and 4 word-knowledge centers.

I hope you enjoy them! If you would like to see more of what I do, please follow me on Bloglovin!

You can also click on the buttons in the top right corner of my blog to find me on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, TPT and TN. I love finding new followers and getting to meet other teachers from around the country/world. It's so neat how we have this amazing teacher blogging community!

Okay, now what you're really here for: I am the last stop for Prize Pack C, so make sure you go back to I'm Lovin Lit to start at the very beginning. Then collect this word for your list:

And if you've made it through all of the stops, still head to Erin's blog to enter all of your clues!

I hope you enjoyed your scavenger hunt as much as I did!

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween!

Very quick post to let all of you last-minute planners (like me) know that my entire store is 20% off today! Go grab yourself a quick treat and have a Happy Halloween!

And if you've already spent WAY too much money on candy, costumes, and other fun, I have a great freebie for working on main idea. Plus it's mostly fall themed, so you could even use it tomorrow or next week instead. Sorry, no picture. Apparently when I made this, I just threw it together quickly and was done.

I just learned this morning that I get to help carve pumpkins in 3rd grade. Eek! I'm a little scared of using knives, but maybe I can get some fun pictures!

Friday, October 25, 2013

Super Sleuths Blog Hop #2

This is a blog hop, and you are at the second stop! If you just started on my blog and want to go to the very beginning (so you don't miss ANY freebies), click on the image below to head to Carla's blog.

Along this journey, you will learn about various reading strategies from reading coaches/specialists ranging in grade levels. You will also be able to collect freebies at each stop AND enter for a chance to win a special prize at the very end. So get out your magnifying glasses and gloves, and start collecting!

Drawing Conclusions/Making Inferences

If you've followed me for a while, you may know that I LOVE a good mystery! Growing up, I read Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew, Mandie...if it had a mystery title, I was going to read it. Last year I started creating little "cases" for my kids to solve. These are great for drawing conclusions because the students have to use the clues given to solve the "crime". They're my own little nod to Encyclopedia Brown's short mysteries. I give just enough clues for the student to figure out the mystery, but they aren't so obvious that students get it immediately. They have to really investigate.

Sometimes I will hand out copies and have students highlight important information. Sometimes we leave it all on the Promethean board and dissect the information as a class. But students HAVE to give evidence, and that evidence HAS to be factual. When I did these in 5th grade last year, we talked about "circumstantial evidence", where students would add something like "Well, she MAY have done..." - which I found out from my hubby isn't exactly right, but it sounded more investigator-y. I wouldn't have been corrected if Steven wasn't a Criminal Justice teacher. Anyway, that doesn't count because we're ASSUMING. Using factual evidence builds a stronger case and keeps us from wrongly accusing someone.

I created a new freebie which I just added to my stores yesterday. This link will only take you to the free item until the hop expires, so make sure you grab it quick and tell your friends to stop by the hop!

This is now a paid resource, but you can purchase it in my TPT or TN stores!

Now that you've learned a little more about drawing conclusions, you're ready for my clue. On your form, record the letter...

Thanks for visiting today. I hope you'll enjoy my unit with your students, and if you'd like to keep informed of upcoming events from our group, please follow me on Bloglovin!