Go Noodle Plus Giveaway!!

We are HUGE fans of GoNoodle! 

And today we are excited introduce the NEW GoNoodle Plus!

(Please note: This post is part of a partnership with GoNoodle. )

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What is GoNoodle Plus?

GoNoodle Plus is the most academically comprehensive version of GoNoodle. It offers hundreds of ways to deepen student learning with additional curricular videos, learning games, and printable activities!

What does GoNoodle Plus include? 

A whole suite of interactive learning games

Question sets that you can personalize

Learning extensions with engaging printables and activities 

More movement and mindfulness videos full of academic content

Why do we love GoNoodle Plus?

Our students need to be engaged in high energy and high engagement learning and GoNoodle Plus provides this kind of learning for kids! These videos are full of educational content and academic lessons that students love. If we can make learning more fun and meaningful, students will learn more, remember it longer, and come to school each day ready and excited to learn. 

Try it free for 60 days!

We are excited to offer you a free 60 day trial. 

Simply visit GoNoodle here: app.gonoodle.com/redeem

Enter the code: TryPlus17

Want to win a FREE year subscription to GoNoodle Plus?

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You're on a Roll So Far and Giveaway Winners!

The school year has already started for some of my teammates (I'm in a year-round school and I start later than the other tracks). I wanted to show my appreciation for my teammates and how much they've already done in the past 2 weeks! 

Or... your little one could give this gift to their teacher after the first week of school!  Every teachers loves a treat, right? ;)

I just bought some cinnamon rolls from a local bakery, printed the tags {You're on a roll... GET IT????} and added a little Washi Tape. VIOLA! 

You can download this freebie {here}. Enjoy!

Share the Love!!

I am getting so excited for Valentine's Day!! Maybe it's because February is my birthday month, but I have always really loved Valentine's Day! Even though it can get a *little* bit crazy in my classroom, Valentine's is a fun day to celebrate friendship and focus on classroom unity.

Have you seen the HUGE Valentine's giveaway?! The cute Erica Bohrer is hosting an incredible giveaway - 18 Valentine's themed prizes from some of the top bloggers!! 

Also, I just uploaded a cute Valentine's Day pennant banner to my TPT store. 

Check it out  HERE!

For more fun Valentine's ideas, check out some of the posts in our archives by clicking HERE!

836?!?!

WOW! 836 entries in our Dr. Seuss giveaway! That's unreal!  Because of the huge response, we've decided to have 10 winners!

Here's what they've won!!!! {I'll be emailing you soon}

Check out Kathleen's great packet {here} and her blog, Growing Kinders, {here}

You've got to see Elizabeth's blog {here} and her cute packet on TpT {here}.

This is Deanna Jump's packet! Check out her blog {here} and her TpT store {here}. Love it!

You can find my Dr. Seuss themed Centers {here}

Sorry for the lack of posting! It's REPORT CARD TIME!

You'll forgive me, right?

I know you want to know...

I know you want to know if you won our giveaway!  But listen, if you didn't win you can contact my Thirty-One Independent Consultant Liz:  ekedwards4@gmail.com or visit her site {here}.

Here are the winners {I'll be contacting you both *soon*}:

Wait!!! There's more!

If you STILL think you have a chance of winning a bag, fear no more!  

You have one more chance to win! 

One of my bloggy friends, Melanie is having a Thirty-One giveaway on her blog! YAY!

  Head over there 

now!

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WAIT!  The fun isn't over!!!!  I want to tell you about a FABULOUS blog!  

Have you been over to Heather's 

Heart?  Ohmyword. She's the most sweet thing EVER! 

She gives away tons of freebies and has some 

fabulous ideas.  I just love her and her blog! You have to check out her math games.

AND...she's giving away one of these super CUTE shirts!  You get to customize it!

She's also giving away 2 units from my TpT store and a music CD to use in 

your classroom! WOW!!!

Head over to Heather's Heart and join in on the fun!

A Very Thirty-One Giveaway

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!

Ya'll know about Thirty-One bags, right? They are currently my favorite thing!  I bought 2 in the same month!  I liked my first one so much that I emailed my consultant Liz, and bought another!!!


Here are my bags:

This bag is HUGE and I use it everything {it's perfect for groceries}! {large utility tote}

This is my teacher bag!  I love it sooo much! {organizing utility tote

They have so many patterns and colors and HELLO...

who doesn't love something with their name on it!?!?

 My friends Randi, from Teach it With Class and Liz, an independent consultant from Thirty-One, are all teaming up to get you a Thirty-One product!

There will be 2 winners!!!!

One winner will win this:

Pink cinch sack

And another winner will win this {you get to pick your pattern and what name you want on it}:

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!

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Giveaway ends Tuesday, February 7th at 8:00pm {EST}

Can't wait for the giveaway to get your new bag?  Email Liz at ekedwards4@gmail.com

Frames by Mis Tiina www.misstiina.com

February? Really?

February Ideas:

Here's our free ideas that we have as printables on our blog that you can find {here}:

I'll also be doing these centers that you can find {here} in my TpT store:

P.S. if you already bought my V-day centers, there was one TINY change on page 44. It said "Who is your name" and now I fixed it to say "What is your name".  :) So....go re-download in your "my purchases". LOVE YA!

Alsooooo.... Can't forget the Presidents!

President's Day and U.S. Symbols Unit

*UPDATED January 20th, 2017 
(Now includes President Trump)
This President's Day and U.S. Symbols unit is a great unit to celebrate America {available in color and black/white}!  
This unit includes:

*President Lincoln Poster
*President Washington Poster
*President Obama Poster 
*President Trump Poster
*Tree Map
*Graphic Organizers
*President Application
*President Picture {___ for President}
*If I Were the President Writing
*Dear President Trump
*U.S. Symbols book {includes 10 U.S. Symbols}
*U.S. Symbols Student Book
*Asking/Telling Literacy Center
*Hot Seat Vocabulary Game
*The Presidential Race {Graphing Math Center}
*Count Them Up! {Money Math Center}
*Class President {Tallying Math Center}
*Abe's Hat {Could be used as a writing center or whole group}
*President Washington Craft and Writing Activity
*President Lincoln Craft and Writing Activity
*President's Day Word Search

There's lots in this unit! So click [here] to check it out! 

Christmas Giveaway! {BragTags!}

We are excited to announce a super fun giveaway that's just in time for Christmas!!

We were contacted by the girls at imagestuff.com  about hosting a fun giveaway! Have you seen their awesome BragTags™ {I first saw them on Cara's blog}?? I am in L.O.V.E with these things - they are absolutely perfect for classroom motivation and such a fun way to reward students who go above and beyond in the classroom! 

Click here to preview all their different designs and shapes!

FIVE lucky winners will receive a personalized class set of BragTags™ (40 total!!) in the design of their choice, plus free 24" neck chains!!! HOW FUN!!!

I am so excited to try these out in my classroom, I'm not sure if I want to choose a design for overall academic excellence or to reward my students for good reading... SO MANY FUN DESIGNS TO CHOOSE FROM!!

Giveaway details:

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!

Good luck and merry Christmas!!

Science Week - GIVEAWAY!!

Hi Friends!!

It's been fun participating a little bit in TBA's Science Week. It's been super fun to see so many great ideas posted. I've gotten so many new ideas and feel so energized and excited about teaching science! 

Thanks everyone for sharing your fabulous ideas!!

In honor of science week, here's my quick/little giveaway!

This is my Physical and Chemical Changes Resource Pack. 
It is designed for the upper grades matter science unit. 

(Sorry in advance to all our  awesome kinder, 1st and 2nd fans.... this probably won't work for you... Sorry!!)

Three lucky winners will receive the entire pack!

Here are some sample pages:

All you have to do to win is leave a comment.

 Make sure to include your email address so I can notify you if you win. 

As simple as that!

{Only one entry per person, please.}

Giveaway will end Saturday at midnight (MST) and winners will be announced on Monday. 

GOOD LUCK!

5 winners! Ohhhh YEA!!!!

We have the 5 winners of our MEGA Giveaway!  Each winner just won each of these:

Natalie's {What the Teacher Wants} Halloween Writing Unit {22 pages}:

 Melissa and Nicole's {LEsson Plan SOS} Halloween Unit {14 FILES}:

 Rachelle's {What the Teacher Wants} Halloween Unit {60 pages!}:

 Congrats to the winners! We'll be emailing you soon!!!!!

Don't feel sad if you didn't win.  
We have these Halloween units on sale until this Saturday! 


Natalie's TpT store

Rachelle's TpT store

Lesson Plan SOS's TpT store

Hurry over! It's never to early to get ready for my favorite holiday...HALLOWEEN 

{it's because I'm a witch all year}!!!! 

Sight Word Ideas

Since our state is going to the Common Core State Standards {Reading and Language Arts only this year},   I thought I'd read up!  As my team and I were going through the standards we noticed that our 1st graders need to not only be able to recognize the sight words but spell/write them correctly too!  BAM! That's when it hit me! I had seen an AMAZING post by Growing Kinders about a sight word password. PLEASE go to her blog and check it out...she's one of my favorites!!!  I remade the poster to match my classroom {it's my OCD}.

Here's the breakdown. Post a laminated "Today's Password" poster outside of your classroom.  Each day, with a wet erase marker, write a different password on the poster and as your kiddos enter the room, they need to whisper it to you!  Well since they have to be able to write it also, I made a "Password of the Day Book".  After they whisper it to me, they need to go write that word in their book!  

Clipart from DJ Inkers and used with permission from djinkers.com

In our 1st grade we have 5 sight words a week that go home with them to practice as homework. At the beginning of the week, I introduce the words and tape them to the board {I don't put them on my word wall yet} We also practice them everyday in class. I LOVE another one of Growing Kinders' ideas to practice sight words {HERE} Also, for more word wall/sight word activities go {HERE}! At the end of the week I {with the help of my firsties} post them on our word wall that looks like this:

{source} I love this word wall because it's mobile. I rotate classrooms every 9 weeks!

The borders are from this cute new website I found called Print Candee   

Many of their products can be used without a commercial license, 

but make sure you read their terms of use.

The School Box - Giveaway!

It is time for us to announce a fun giveaway! The School Box, a teacher supply store, has offered to give one of our special readers a $25 gift card!

The School Box is a family owned business that is committed to provide A+ service and products that teach, challenge & inspire! Our lucky winner will be mailed a $25 gift card and catalog!

How can you win $25 to spend at www.schoolbox.com?

There are 3 chances to win 
{enter a separate comment for each}:

1.  Be a follower of our blog and make a comment below telling us!
2.  Be a {Facebook} follower of {The School Box}.  Make sure you leave them a comment 
telling them that we sent you! Then come
back here and leave a comment.
3. Blog about this giveaway or post it on    
your Facebook page! Then come back here
  and leave a comment.            

This giveaway will end  Tuesday, July 26th at midnight {MST}.

I visited their website {here} and I've got my eye on a couple of things:

These punch-out letters are adorable!

This is a storage chart for borders!!!!!!

This hangs on your white board

Giveaway Winners are here!

Winners, please contact us (email us {whattheteacherwants@gmail.com} within 48 hours) to claim your prize! :) CONGRATS! And thank you to the ladies at Lesson Plan SOS Blog for the great giveaway to your great website!

Winner, Winner!

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Thank you to everyone who entered!!!!  Ok, I know some of you are a bit bummed. But, did you know that The Container Store offers a %15 discount to teachers {in stores and online}?  Click {here} for more information!  And here is something to cheer you up... What the Teacher Wants always offers their tips, downloads, and resources for free.  Just remember...we {heart} you!