Saturday, July 6, 2013

Suite Saturday and Freebie Hop Success!

I am so excited at how well the Freebies on the Fourth Facebook hop went! Over 2,000 people went through the hop, liking pages and grabbing freebies! Were you able to grab them all? Was is such a blur that you are not sure you went to all of the AWESOME kindergarten and first grade pages? Well the hop is over but you do not want to miss out on what these fabulous teachers have to offer! Many of us have put up new freebies for our fans and great discussions and blog posts to share. Here is the full list of Facebook pages from the hop, including mine :) Hop through and make sure you like them all :)

The Kindergarten Lifestyle - Dallas, Texas  Sharing Kindergarten    Kroger's Kindergarten   My (Not So) Elementary Life  All Students Can Shine  Mrs. Lirette's Learning Detectives  The Moffatt Girls  Kinder Kraziness     Crayons and Curls  Kindergarten Korner   Maggie's Kinder Corner  Kindergarten Smiles

Joy of Kindergarten   Pocket Full of Kinders   Jen's Kinder Kids  RainbowsWithinReach    Mrs. Hodge and Her Kindergarten Kids  Wolfelicious  Teaching With Love and Laughter  Kinder-Craze     Transitional Kinder with Mrs. O  Color Me Kinder    Kreative In Kinder     Peace, Love, and First Grade

A Differentiated Kindergarten   Ms. Kerri and Her Krazy Klass  Primary Graffiti - Jacksonville, FL  Little Warriors   First Grade Blue Skies  Mrs. Hoffer's Spot  Growing Kinders  Eberhart's Explorers   Georgia Grown Kiddos   Rowdy in Room 300  Kristen's Kindergarten  Lanier's Lions

Mrs. Lee's Kinderkids  The Printable Princess  Time 4 Kindergarten  Mrs. Albanese's Kindergarten Class    A Special Kind of Class


You can grab my Daily 5 freebie from the hop by click the pic BELOW :)

I create most of my classroom items in My Memories Suite and I will be giving away a copy of version 4 this week to celebrate the success of the Freebie Hop!  My Memories Suite Version 4 has some AWESOME new features including export to SVG to use with electronic die cutters like the Silhouette! You can download a trial of My Memories Suite for free by clicking the words  My Memories Suite   This will take you to the  My Memories Suite  store where you can get the trial or buy the program. When you are ready to buy My Memories Suite put in my Share the Memories code for a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for the MyMemories.com store - $20 value! The code is STMMMS99167


Friday, June 21, 2013

Pacing Guides and Report of Progress 2013-2014


The team of TK teachers and admin at Pittsburg Unified are AMAZING! I am truly blessed to work with these ladies and gents in creating a Transitional Kindergarten program for the students in Pittsburg, CA. We were able to spend 2 full days after school ended creating a math pacing guide with the Kindergarten Common Core standards and a very productive day with our district collaboration gurus Joanne and Deborah going over our Language Arts Pacing Guide before the end of this school year. As I start my planning for next school year I wanted to share these pacing guides and our Report of Progress that we use during our parent teacher conferences in the late fall and spring.

Fillable Report of Progress

Math Pacing Guide




Language Arts Pacing Guide

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Time for Bloglovin and G+!

I'm sure you have heard that Google Reader is shutting down July 1 so it is time to find a new blog feed and thanks to my teacher facebook friends I found
It was super easy to import my Google Reader blogs within their groups into Bloglovin' and I get a daily email with my feeds. If you want the SUPER cute Bloglovin button
 on your own blog here are the directions from it's creator, Melissa Mazur at

For now you can still follow me with Friends Connect but I suggest you Follow my blog with Bloglovin just in case. Google says that Friends Connect is not going away, it is connected to Blogger Reader now, but it is not supported anymore so I'm sure it is only a matter of time before it goes in favor of G+

Speaking of G+ add me to your circles there too :)


I'm joining a great linky party hosed by Tori's Teacher Tips to find some great new (to me) blogs! Hop over and check out these blogs, many are having giveaways too :)


Saturday, June 8, 2013

Whole Brain Teaching Summer Book Club

The Super AWESOME Mrs. Stoltenberg has a special summer invite just for us! Check it out!

You’re Invited!
Summer, Funtricity, and the WBT Book Club
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We have created the first Whole Brain Teachers Book Club! Our highlighted book for discussion is the newest WBT book from Coach B with all the latest and greatest strategies and techniques:
Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids http://goo.gl/gBNAW
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How: Go to this link and become a member! It’s Free! Grab the book on Amazon or Kindle! Start reading and join the posted discussions! Be prepared for some thought-provoking, energizing, moving, and always lively conversations with fellow WBT teachers from around the world!
You can also earn up to 700 Whole Brain Teaching Certification Points with your posts! We'll be exploring, chapter by chapter, our manual, "Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids." Follow these directions ... Step 1: Go to http://wbtbookclub.blogspot.com/
Step 2: Scroll down to "Members" on the left hand side. Click on "Join This Site" and become a member. You will need a Google, Twitter, Yahoo, Open ID, AIM, or Netlog account to do this. Becoming a member is a necessity to use the book club, as you have to be a member to post.
Step 3: Enter your email address into the box on the right hand side of the page (below Members). This will allow you to receive messages regarding new discussion topics and important info.

Hope you can join us!!
 

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