The Classroom Clique Celebrates Teachers Blog Hop

The ladies from the Classroom Clique are celebrating teachers! You know, teacher can really be under appreciated. They are some of the most hard working people in the world! We've come together to bring you some wonderful tips & tricks, freebies, and giveaways just for you!

End of year assessments can be a stressful time especially if you're testing for 3-5. Something I've always done with my 5th grade students is to hand out peppermints before testing. Research suggests that peppermints stimulates the mind and helps with memories. It can also helps to relax the mind. I'd hand out 3 peppermints (1 to start with and 2 for in between breaks). 

If you or your students are feeling stressed about the end of year test, pass along a few peppermints. It will calm them down and help them to think clearly. Also, a good breakfast and good night's sleep is important.

  

When you hand out those peppermints, give your students a little motivation.

Boost your student's confidence with these end of year test treats. Low cost and easy to create, these little treat bags are a wonderful gift for students right before the big test day.

Simply print and cut them out. Fold and staple to the top of zip-lock bags filled with peppermints. I've also included a topper for Smarties (since students can be so smart sometimes).

Click on the image to get this wonderful freebie:

End of the Year Testing Treat Toppers

To show our appreciations, we're hosting a giveaway! You could win one of three prizes: a TPT gift card, Starbucks gift card, or Target gift card. Enter today!

One of the entries requires a phrase. Each blog has one of the words to that phrase. Write it down and find other words on other blogs:

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Don't forget to check out more Teacher Appreciation freebies.

Foamtastic Giveaway!

It's time for a random celebration! What can be better than a giveaway!

One day I was shopping around at a new discount store and came across this bin full of teacher stuff that I know any teacher would love to have! Here's what's included in this basket full of teacher goodies:

1.) Magnetic Lists

This comes in handy at home or in the classroom. Most teachers run on coffee (I run on Chai Tea). I loved the "Keep Calm" memes. Here's one for your class, plus one for your every day grocery shopping.

2.) Dry Eraser To Do list and Planner
I love planning out my week so this comes in handy, especially since it's both magnetic and dry erase. You'll get 2 To-Lists and 1 Weekly planner.

3.) 2 Mini Writing Tablets

Pesky after-school meeting? These mini writing tablet are perfect for taking some quick notes. Comes in 2 color: blue and pink. East set has 4 tablets, each with 35 sheets.

4.) Foam Book Marks

Gotta encourage students to read! Here's a great prize for your prize books. You'll get 2 sets of bookmarks, each with 8 bookmarks with a 6 inch ruler.

5.) Foam Stickers

I put the Foam in foamtastic! (Seriously, i did!) Here you'll get bunch of foam shapes. Each set comes with a sticky back so you can add them to any project. Comes with many shapes including:

• (1) Pack of Stars
• (1) Pack of Racing Shapes
• (1) Pack of Geometric Shapes
• (2) Packs of Letters and Numbers
• (2) Packs of Hands and Feet
• (2) Packs of Sports Balls

6.) 6 Mini Cases

Just where are you gonna put all those foam shapes? In their own mini case of course! There are 6 cases, one for each type of foam sticker (minus the bookmarks).

7.) $10 TPT Gift Card

Rounding out the gifts, aside from the lovely blue basket it all comes in, is a $10 TPT gift card. Shop anywhere on Teachers Pay Teachers for your favorite classroom materials.

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Enter today! Giveaway ends April 17, 2016! 

March Monthly Newsletter

Happy March! Everything's green (my favorite color). There are so many things I need to tell you about!

Are you lucky to be a teacher? Brooke Patterson from Countless Smart Cookies is host a given features over 50 TPT products for all grades. This includes Pre-K to High school and SPED. You can enter to win on my Blog as well as her blog. I'm giving away one of my newest products - Counting Up to 100 Bundle.

Are you feeling lucky? Tonight, March 6th, a few Instagram teachers are hosting an Instagram loop where you could win a $75 TPT gift card. The loop starts tonight at 7:00 PM EST. 

St. Patrick's Day is coming up. Some of my closest TPT friends and I are hosting a hashtag sale. Search #stpaddysale on tpt for some great discounted St. Patrick's day products.

Spring is just around the corner! Elementary Antics is hosting a blog hop featuring springtime games and freebies. Don't forget  to stop by my blog and get some great freebies for your classroom.

I'm close to getting reaching 6,000 comments in feedback. To celebrate, I'm giving away a $25 TPT Gift card. Be sure to check back often here as well as all my social media for when it begins (hopefully this Friday). There'll be daily entries so enter every day!

My monthly sale is March 18 through March 20. Stop by and get some great product for Easter!

Lastly, here's your monthly freebie. March is all about Algebra, featuring expressions and equations. Be sure to sign up for my Weekly Newsletter to get the powerpoint Mini Game companion.

So long, everyone! Until next month! =)

Super Link Up & Giveaway

It's Sunday, Sunday, Super Bowl Sunday! This has to be the best Sunday of the year! I'm excited to link up with some football-crazy teachers as we present "A Super Link Up & Giveaway". I look forward to some great Panther football and you can look forward to some awesome teaching ideas and scoreboard some sweet classroom gear!

#Keeppounding

Here's a fun set of classroom games to help out your Kindergartners. Learning your ABC's can be tough, but these fun Teacher vs Students games will give them some much needed motivation! Beginning Sounds Game Set #1

Beginning Sounds Bundle #1

There are 4 games in the bundle. Each game has a unique style and is on sale individually. Your students will enjoy playing against you and each other in each game. 26 questions in each game. One for each letter of the alphabet.

Game #1 - Starting with the basics, this game give each student a single picture. They must figure out what the beginning sound is. They are given the word with the first letter missing. Great for beginners.

Beginning Sounds Game #1

Game #2 - The second game give student an image and they must choose between 3 letters. This game is for your struggling students who have yet to recognize all the letters in the alphabet and need a letter visual.

Beginning Sounds Game #2

Game #3 - The third game is perfect for assessments. The opposite of game #2, students are given a single letter and must choose from 3 images. This is includes a multiple choice system (Choose A, B, or C). Great to use for testing.

Beginning Sounds Game #3

Game #4 - The fourth game is a Bingo! game. Using all 26 letters of alphabet, students match pictures on a powerpoint with letters on their bingo board. There are 34 bingo cards, each with its own set of chips that students can color and cut.   

Beginning Sounds Game #4

You can win this game by entering below. You'll also be enter to win Super products from our sponsors.

1 lucky winner will get this awesome package of Super goodies!

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What are you waiting for? Enter today and feel like the Super Bowl MVP! Don't forget to stop by other blogs for more goodies to win!

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Thanksgiving Blog Hop 2015

      The Classroom clique proudly presents our Thanksgiving hop! Jump from blog to blog and gather some wonderful Thanksgiving traditions, recipes, and freebies.

    
     I have so much to be thankful for! Over this past year has been a real struggle for me. Doing TPT full time, helping my sister take care of her 3 beautiful children, and managing my seizures has made me strong and so thankful for every thing I have. I thank my family, especially my mother who was always there for me. My friends who still put up with me and antics. My friends in the Classroom Clique. Lastly, I thank my followers. You guys keep me running and motivated, especially through the exciting moments and the toughs moments. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!

      As is tradition in our house, I do the baking. It's mostly desserts. A few years ago, I challenged myself to make an apple pie from scratch (minus the pie dough). I have to say it was the most delicious pie we ever had. It was gone the next day. The recipe is very simple. I found it online at Pilsbury.com for Perfect Apple Pie. I added some a little powder sugar and apple juice to the filling to sweeten up the Granny Smith apples I used.

    I figured out how to do the Lattice topping for the pie crust. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I used eggs whites as a glaze for the top and covered the edges with foil (to stop the burnt edges).

     It came out beautifully and served with vanilla ice cream, it was the best dessert I had ever made.

Each year at Thanksgiving I make a new dessert so my sister asked me to make peach pie. I'm up for the challenge! =)

     I don't have many Thanksgiving games in my store, but I made new a freebie just for this blog hop. Moreover, it's a forever freebie!

In this game, students use dry erase boards to write the lower case letter that matches the capital letter.

This game covers all 26 letters of the alphabet. It's a perfect game to review to check for understanding.

Students are given the capital letter and on their dry-erase boards, write the lowercase letter. Great for the entire class or in small groups. Students can also practice individually on the iPad.

You can grab this game here:

Letter Matching Thanksgiving Powerpoint Game

Thank you for stopping by. Be sure to stop by other teacher bloggers for more recipes, traditions, and freebies!

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Milestone Celebration! Win a TPT Gift Card!

It's time for a celebration! A HUGE celebration!! I made the first official TPT milestone which is $20,000 in sales. I'm not a big person on numbers. I appreciate the 1st sale, the 59th sale, and the 781th sale.

I want to take a moment to thank you!

Thank you to every person who went to my TPT store whether you purchased an item, downloaded a freebie, or just pasting through.

Thank you to my loyal followers (both old and new) who have stayed with me from the beginnings and through the hard times.

Thank you for everyone reading my blog posts. I know I don't write much, but I'm working on it! =P

Thank you to my family and friends through thick and thin and putting up with my spontaneous but fun behavior.

Thank you God and Jesus who has blessed me with the creative talent to help so many teachers and countless number of students.

Thank you TPT. Without TPT, I don't where I would be. You have made me a better person and a better teacher.

The best way (besides saying thank you) is to have a giveaway! 2 lucky followers will receive a $25 TPT gift. The giveaway lasts 2 weeks with daily entries!

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