Feeling lucky?

My poor blog has been neglected lately so I decided that a contest would be a great way to return.

Enter below for a chance to win all 5 of my favorite St. Patrick's Day learning packs.  I'll choose 2 winners on Saturday in time for your planning next week.

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You can learn more about each of them at my TPT store HERE.
Good luck!!

A St. Patrick's Day Giveaway

Happy Sunday!
Do you have your St. Patrick's Day plans ready to go?  If not, you've come to the right place!!  With the blizzard outside I'm in the mood for a giveaway!  One lucky winner win a copy of the following St. Patrick's Day products.  These include:

Adding 10 Math Work Station

St. Patrick's Day Literacy Stations

Print, Roll and Play St. Patrick's Day Dice Activities

Tricky Leprechaun Mirror Words

and a Tens and Ones Place Value Mystery Picture

You can learn more about each activity by clicking on the pictures.

I will select a winner at 8pm EST to guarantee that I'll still be awake :)

To enter fill out the Rafflecopter below and may the luck of the Irish be with you!!

Congratulations Cindy, I have just sent you an email :)

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St. Patrick's Day No-Prep Dice Fun!

Hi all!
I'm excited to say that a new learning pack has been added to my No-Prep just print, roll and play dice activities!  This one is just in time for your March planning.

You'll find 12 activities that include tallies, addition, number bonds, number words and much more.

You can find it HERE at my TPT store and in my Dice Activities Growing Bundle HERE.  The bundle now includes ten learning packs.  If you own the bundle head on over to your purchases and download the newest addition.

As always, I'd love to give a few of my newest St. Patrick's Day learning packs away.  The first 3 people who leave a comment with their email will receive a copy :)

St. Patrick's Day Adding 10

Are you working on adding ten?  I've got just a few more kids that need some more practice so I've created a St. Patrick's Day version of my adding ten math game.  Why are those teen numbers so tricky for some of them anyway???

 Students work with a partner or in a small group to play this game.  They roll a dice add ten then cover the number.  To help differentiate I've included a shamrock ten frame for students to use for counting on.  My hope is they will need this less and less :).  You'll also find an "I can..." student instruction card to help keep them on task.

I've included each page in both color and black & white.  

You can find this activity HERE at my TPT store.  As always, I'll send a copy to the first 3 people who comment on this post.

Have you seen this?  I came across it on You Tube - perfect for St. Patrick's Day!

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Planning for March

I love St. Patrick's Day for so many reasons.  First, I have some Irish in me - my paternal grandfather was from Ireland (miss you Grampy <3 ).  Second, it means spring is on the way (I've had enough snow for this year thank you!) Third, last year I celebrated the first arrival of my classroom leprechaun and the kids went crazy!

In preparation for St. Patrick's Day I have my literacy work stations ready to go!  You can find them HERE at my TPT store.

Here's a little peek:

There are six activities included to keep your students engaged and learning including:

* how-to catch a leprechaun writing (flap book)

* long and short vowels

 * ABC (alphabetical) order

 * digraphs (ch / sh / th / wh)

* scrambled sentence sorting and

* plurals (photo to follow - I'm sure I took one :)

If you're getting ready for St. Patrick's Day and would like a copy you can find it at my TPT store, but I'll send a free copy to the first 3 people who comment on this post.  In your comment please tell me a skill you will be covering soon that you'd like to see included in my next set of literacy stations.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Leprechaun Tricks!

Maybe it's because I'm looking forward to spring ... maybe it's the Irish in me ... I'm not sure ... but I have this strange desire to get my St. Patrick's Day items ready.

I spent some time doing a revamp of my Tricky Leprechaun Mirror Words activity.  I've jazzed up the cards, added an I can.. student instruction card and included a black & white option.

Here's the scenario - tell your students that the leprechaun has shown up and printed the St. Patrick's Day words in mirror image.  The only way to read them is to use a mirror.  Their job is to use a mirror (I picked up a few at the dollar store) to read the words and record them.

MAGIC!

Your students will find this change to their word work a treat and be proud of themselves for outsmarting the leprechaun!!

If you already own this St. Patrick's Day activity just head on over to TPT to redownload.  You can find it HERE at my TPT store.

I'll send a copy of this unit to the first 3 people who comment on this post :)

St. Patrick's Day Measuring

My students are working on non-standard measuring this month.  For many students it is easy-peasy but for others it takes a little extra practice.  Here's a look at my St. Patrick's Day measuring math work station. 

Students need to measure 15 different St. Patrick's Day pictures.  I have included 2 different rulers.  You may choose to print the colored ones and laminate or have the students color and keep their own.  Of course if you are working on standard measurement a ruler could be used.  For an extra challenge students are asked to estimate before they measure.  There is an I can... card included so students have no excuse but to stay on task.

You can find this activity at my TPT store.   As usual, I'll send a copy to the first 2 followers who leave a comment on this post.

Here's a little freebie if you're interested.  It's an alphabetical order activity to go with the story There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover.  Just click on the picture to download a copy.

And don't forget, there are just a few days left to enter the Leprechaun's Gold Blog Hop.  Click on the picture to get started.  You just might win $100 TPT dollars! The contest will end on March 17th so don't wait long!

 

 

St. Patrick's Doubles Plus One

My bloggy friends and I are having so much fun with the Leprechaun's Gold Blog Hop.  If for some reason you missed the news yesterday you can find out all about it by clicking on the picture below.

 

Now for an update. I spent a few minutes today updating my St. Patrick's Day Doubles Plus One math work station. 

To play students roll a die, double the number and add one.  I included an "I can..." card so hopefully the students refer to it rather than ask you what to do.

You can find a copy of this at my TPT store but I'll send a copy to the first 2 followers who leave a comment on this post.  In your comment tell me what you think of our Blog Hop as there might just be a new one in the works and we'd love to know what you think of this one.

Have a great night!

 

Find the Leprechaun's Gold Blog Hop

What do you find at the end of the Bloggy Rainbow?

A chance to win $100 in TPT Gold !!!!

 

Yes, you heard me right ........ $100 TPT dollars. Just imagine the activities you could pick up for your classroom during a shopping spree!

 

I have joined 15 bloggy friends to bring you an amazing hop!

 

You have landed at Stop #5, but the hop is a circle so you can join in the fun at any stop :) 

 

 

If you would like to start at the beginning click here:

 

Here's how it works:

 

Our goal is to help you with your early March planning and give you a chance to win.  At each stop along the way you will find a St. Patrick's Day FREEBIE.  Inside each freebie you will find a coin.  On the coin will be printed a word (or two) of a secret phrase.  You have between now and St. Patrick's Day to gather your freebies, solve the mystery phrase and enter. 

The draw will take place on March 17th.

 

Now for my freebie ...

 

You may have seen this at my TPT store but you need to download this copy from Google Docs to find the secret coin.

 

 

 

Now that you have downloaded my freebie you need to click on the button below to head over to the 6th stop

 

 

After you find all 15 coins be sure to enter the draw to win 100 TPT dollars!  Click on the picture below to head to the Rafflecopter being hosted by Christi!

 

 I have linked this freebie up with Manic Monday Freebies so after you finish the hop be sure to hop on over to Charity's blog and find MANY more!

 



Lucky Four Leaf Clovers

It's almost here!!  Only 3 more days!  Be sure to come back on Sunday to find out how you can earn a chance to win TPT Gold!!

Are you feeling lucky?  Would you like to challenge your students?  I'm planning to get my students adding some four leaf clovers.

This is a simple matching activity with a not so simple task.  Students need to add four addends from a four leaf clover and match it to the card with the sum.  There is a recording sheet included and an I can... card to build student independence.

This math station is available at my TPT store.

I'll send a copy to the first 2 followers who leave a comment on this post  - don't forget your email!

St. Patrick's Day ABC Order Freebie

Happy Sunday!  I'm starting to get ready for my March literacy stations and I thought I would share this alphabetical order word work activity with you.

 

Here's a little peek

 

 

Included you will find four cards.  Each card contains 5 St. Patrick's Day vocabulary words that need to be printed in alphabetical order.  I have included two different recording sheets for you to choose from. 
You can get a free copy from Google docs by clicking here.

I hope that you enjoy this freebie.  I enjoy and read all comments left on my blog, so if you like it leave me some love :)


I've linked this freebie up to Manic Monday at Classroom Freebies so you can hop on over and find more great freebies.

St. Patrick's Day Place Value

Sorry that I have been MIA the past few days.  There just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to do all I want to do and i have been fighting a cold that will not go away!!
I have however, been working today giving my Bunny Trouble unit a complete makeover, so stay tuned for that in the next couple of days!

For now, I'd like to give away a couple copies of my St. Patrick's Day Tens and Ones Place Value activity. 

My students cannot get enough of these and I love how focused (and QUIETLY) they work on them. 

7 tens 8 ones 78

 

If you have purchased my Tens and Ones Bundle you already have a copy.

If you plan to use this as a math station you can find a free I can.. card here. 

I'll send a copy to the first 2 followers who leave a copy on this post with their email :)

 

Have a great start to the week everyone!