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!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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!

An InLinkz Link-up

Currently - January 2016 Linky Party

     Happy New Year, everyone! I'm so excited. A new year means new beginnings. I decided to join a Oh boy, Fourth Grade's "Currently" linky party.

LISTENING - listening to "The Seven Deadly Sins" anime on Netflix. I always watch/listen to Netflix when I work on TPT stuff. I love anime! I even get LootAnime crate (like The Whimsical Teacher's LootCrate, but with Anime stuff). I also get LootCrate since I'm such a geek!

LOVING - having slept in this morning. Since the 3 little kiddies are at their Grandmother's, that means I don't have to be awaken at 7 AM. Waking up at 10 AM is wonderful!

THINKING - what should I do this morning. Update TPT Products? Blog? A new product? I think I've decided on this blog, but what next?

WANTING - something good for breakfast. We went to Cici's pizza for dinner. Now it's breakfast

time. Should I have eggs, oatmeal, or just some Vanilla Chai tea? I don't drink coffee.

NEEDING - some nourishment. I know I'm hungry. I've got food on the brain. Maybe I'll get some food after writing this post. =P

ONE LITTLE WORD - relaxed. I had a great time at dinner last night. Came home and watching a movie uninterrupted. Slept in this morning. I'm super relaxed and ready for the day to start! 

Football Freebie Frenzy - Week #3

Welcome to Week #3 of my weekly Football Freebie Frenzy! All Football season long, you can linky up freebies for your Favorite sports team's victory. You can check out previous weeks here:

Week #1
Week #2

My Carolina Panthers are on fire! They're 3-0,  beating the Saints. I bet Erin from Lovin Lit is pretty anger. I know my friend Teresa is equally so. She actually went to the game! Because of their victory, you get a freebie!




A companion to the Letter's Race, this space themed game practice counting to 20 using flash cards.

This game includes numbers 1 to 20 and includes a space theme with rocket ships, aliens, and planet. Your students will love practicing with this set. You can get this set here.


Don't forget to stop by other blogs and grab some other freebies.

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Football Freebie Frenzy - Week #2

Welcome to Week #2 of my weekly Football Freebie Frenzy! All Football season long, you can linky up freebies for your Favorite sports team's victory. You can check out Week #1's freebies here.

I'm so proud of my Carolina Panthers. Although it was a slow start, they managed to pull out a victory against Houston. The last 30 seconds of the game had me (and my family) on the edge of out seats!

This week's freebie is Tally Marks Powerpoint Game!

In this game, students answer questions about two tally mark graphs: Favorite Pizza Toppings and Afterschool Activities.

There are 21 questions in all, including a tie breaker question. There are 10 questions per graph.

You can get this freebie here. Don't forget to leave some feedback! Don't forget to check out some more freebies from other teachers!

An InLinkz Link-up

Football Freebie Frenzy - Week #1

Welcome to my very first Linky Party! Football season is upon us! Rejoice! With that being said, here's this week's Football Freebie Frenzy products. Feel free to write and link up your blog post about your team!

Here's how this linky party works. First choose your favorite team. If they win, you'll post a freebie to your TPT store. If they lose, it will be discounted. Write a quick blog about your favorite team, their victory and describe what your freebie is. Come back and link up! Simple! Grab the Blog Header here. If you're still confused, here's mine:

I am a Carolina girl. A true blue Tar Heels fan. Naturally, I'm a Carolina Panthers fan! I'm happy for my team's first victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Today's freebie: Alphabet Race - Identifying Uppercase Letters.

This flash card powerpoint game is out of this world! Students can practice identifying uppercase letter of the Alphabet. 

This Powerpoint includes Macro that allows for the slides to be random every time. Great for individual practice!

You get this freebie here. Don't forget to leave some feedback! Don't forget to check out some more freebies from other teachers!

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Teaching Blog Addiction ~ Freebie Friday Link - Up

So glad to be linking up with Teaching Blog Addiction. Here's a Forever Freebie your students will love!

Working with place value can be loads of fun, especially if your students play against one another.In this game, boys play against girls as they making numbers using Base Ten Blocks. There's even a type-in scoreboard for you to keep track of the score. The scoreboard can be used in slideshow mode.

There are 20 questions in all (just about enough for a class of 20). Students can take turns answering the questions individually for their team or they can work together to find the answer.

The answers range from 100 to 999, making all the answer 3 digit numbers. Students are given base ten blocks and they must figure out what number it makes.

A few teachers have used this in their classrooms and their students love it! Just look at what they said.

You can get this forever freebie in my TPT store. I hope you enjoy it!

First Day Tried & True Linky Party

Good morning. I'm so happy to be participating in this blog hop. The first day of school will be here before we know it and I can't wait.

The first day of school can be tricky, but I've learned a few things to do on that first day that will get the students thinking! Enter: The Black Box Experiment.

When I did my student teaching some years ago, my mentor and I planned our first day out completely. One thing he did was the black box experiment. When I began my 2nd year teaching, I did this experiment with my 2nd graders. I filled a regular pencil boxes (the same you can get at the store for $0.50 to a $1 right now) with everyday school items. Mostly just some things we found around the classroom. Then I closed it and wrapped it in black bulletin board paper.

On the first day of school during science time, I pulled out the boxes. I had made about 3 to 5 boxes (enough for each table). I didn't tell the students what was in it. They had to use their senses to figure out what was in the box. It was a great experience for them and for me as well.

When I did it with my mentor, we simpy had the students write about it. When I did it with my 2nd graders, I created a worksheet where they could draw what they thought was in the box and write down their reasons. At the end of the day, I used their drawings and posted them on my bulleting board.

The answers they gave were funny while others were spot on (I think everyone knows the sound of a coin). You can gain some insight into their thinking as well as get a sample of their writing and drawing. I remember one student thought there were cards in the boxes. Another thought there was a toy elephant inside!

Through the school year, I made references to that experiment, especially for my struggling students (making the analogy that even though we don't know something, eventually we will figure it out aka open the box). At the end of the year, we opened the boxes and the students were surprised at what it was. Some were happy while others were disappointed. Next time, I plan to put small 2nd grade promotion certificates and small prizes inside the boxes! If you'd like to try this experiment in your classroom, you can purchase this set in my TPT Store. It gives you more details and plans out the entire lesson from start to finish.

Have a happy first day of school! Don't forget to check out other great first day activities!

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What's in Your Cart Linky Party

I'm happy to share with you some great items to pick up from my TPT store as well as a few things I know I will be grabbing from some other sellers during the site wide TPT Sale. With only a limited time frame of 2 days, it's time to grab them and grab them quickly!

The first item I would grab is my Powerpoint Game Permanent License.

This license entitles you to all the powerpoint games I have ever made! It also grants you access to any and all games that I make in the future. I've already made over 200 games for grades K through 6th. Though they are mostly math games, I plan to largely expand to reading, writing, science, and social studies this year. This would grant you access to those games and more for the rest of your life.

If you're not so sure and you want something a little smaller you can purchase a yearly license (which guarantees at least 25 games).

Next up, I would get this Beginning Sounds Bundle. This bundle comes with 4 games. Your students will love playing theses games with you or by themselves as a phonics/literacy center.

There are 4 games in this bundle. Each games asks for a beginning sound that matches a picture, but each in a different way. The first game displays the entire word, except for the first letter. The second game asks you to match the picture with 3 letter choices. The third game asks you to match letter sound to 3 pictures (opposite of the second). The last game is a bingo game. Students match the picture with the letter sound on their bingo cards. There are 30+ bingo cards, call sheets and cards, and includes a blank card to create your own game.

Each game can be purchased separately, but you can save more when you purchase the bundle. Great to use throughout the entire school year.

Lastly, you need to prepare before the first day of school so I would buy this Editable Open House Presentation.

Ah, open house. A time for teachers to meet their students and parents. A time for parents and students to meet the teacher. A time to get a quick glance at the classroom and get through all that beginning of the year paperwork! You can easy through that transition with the powerpoint presentation.

This 15 slide presentation shows your students and parents information about your classroom. Includes slides about classroom rules, schedule, school supplies, homework policy, behavior plans and more. Best of all, it's editable so you can change the fonts and colors. A great start to the school year for only $2.00.


There are definitely a few stores I will be stopping by during the TPT Sale. Most of it will be clip and fonts, but I'll be grabbing a few bundles here and there.

I'll definitely by stopping by Whimsy Clips' store. I love her clip art, especially for ELA. They are so clear and easy to read orsee.

I'll also be purchasing some more font licenses from KG Fonts. I love her fonts so much. I try my hardest to buy font licenses from her during a sale. That's when her license drops down to about $4 and since I buy $20 worth, I can get 5 fonts instead of 4 fonts during a sale.

These are in my shopping cart. What's in yours?