Dollar Deals, a Giveaway, & a FREEBIE

Happy Sunday! That's right...

3 Dollar Deals on my Sunday Circular, 

1 Giveaway that ends today, and...

1 Freebie! 
Read on for more details on how to participate in all of the fun!

3 Dollar Deals ~

It is time to link up with All Things Apple for her Sunday Circular-style linky. Check out my sales that are valid for today and tomorrow only and then check out the other circulars to find some awesome deals!

You can check out these 3 products in my store by clicking {HERE}.

$1.00 today and tomorrow only!

$1.00 today and tomorrow only!

$1.00 today and tomorrow only!

You can check out our Silly Bear Hunt writing activities {HERE}. 

Make sure to visit All Things Apple to see the other Sale Flyers!

1 Giveaway ~

A fabulous giveaway is happening right now at Everything Just So!

There are 40 prizes that Jennifer has bundled into groups by grade level or topic. She has even blogged about each of the products that are being given away. 

My product that is featured on Day Two is actually a money-saving bundle itself. It is the Fall Bundle of "Write It! 3 Ways in 3 Days" Math scoot games. You can check out my blog post about it {HERE} or my description of the product directly in my TpT store {HERE}. 

Her blog looks really awesome! You MUST check it out! (I want my blog to look like hers when I grow up.)

1 Freebie ~ 

Do you Desk-or-Treat? 

Letter to parents

Spider pattern

Spider bag shortcut

Autumn patterns

 A fun activity for the week ahead. Freebie download includes directions for the activity, a letter to the parents, and patterns for cute bags. Click {HERE} to download it directly from my TpT store.

Get your name in the hat before midnight tonight for this giveaway. 

However, my Dollar Deals will last through Monday. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Carrie

Sunday Circular Sale! {October 19th}

Happy Sunday! There is a new linky by All Things Apple that is in a Sunday Circular style. Check out my sales that are valid only for today and then check out the other circulars to find some awesome deals!

You can check out these 3 products in my store by clicking {HERE}.

$1.00 today and tomorrow only!

$1.00 today and tomorrow only!

$1.00 today and tomorrow only!

You can check out how I use the place value scoot {HERE}. 

Make sure to visit All Things Apple to see the other Sale Flyers!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carrie

Sunday Circular! A Must See Linky!

Happy Sunday! There is a new linky by All Things Apple that is in a Sunday Circular style. Check out my sales that are valid only for today and then check out the other circulars to find some awesome deals!

You can check out these 3 products in my store by clicking {HERE}.

$1.00 today only!

$1.00 today only!

$1.00 today only!

You can check out how I use the place value scoot {HERE}. 

Make sure to visit All Things Apple to see the other Sale Flyers!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carrie

Five for Friday, Sale, and Updates

Today I am linking up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching for her Five For Friday weekly linky party.

Happy Fall!!!

{1}

October is here! 

So...now all things are pumpkin or at least orange. I pulled out my orange pens and Post It notes that I usually avoid at other times of the year. (They don't match the blue and green in my classroom, you know.)

Speaking of Post It notes, I love that Krista Wallden even has clip art of sticky notes! What was our world like without sticky notes? I don't know about you, but I love those things!

{2}

In celebration of Fall festivities, I will have a special sale from now until Sunday at midnight.

Buy 2, get one free! 

Here is how it works: 

Email me at 

thethinkaloudcloud (at) gmail (dot) com

with 

your TpT user name, 

the two items that you bought, 

and 

the item that you would like for free!

{**Note: Your free item needs to be of equal or lesser value than each of the two items that you purchased.) 

I will respond to you within the following 24 hours. 

I hope you can find some things that you might like! Thanks for taking a look!

{3}

My first three Math scoots, Write It! 3 Ways in 3 Days, for fall have been updated, so please download them again if you have already purchased them. To see a description of the updates, please click here. Then you will only need to print the specific pages.

If you haven't tried this version of scoot and would like to see if it is a good fit for your class, please download the trial set HERE. It only includes two digit numbers for now. Here are some pictures of my class in action during one of our scoots in the Spring. 

{4}

The Write It! 3 Ways in 3 Days are (almost) available in a bundle. If you are interested in getting the bundle, it will be posted by Saturday evening. 

The bundle will include the following 3-digit sets:

August

September

October

Fall {2-digit Freebie} ~ full set

{5}

There are also two new UNPLUGGED paper sets on the scene. 

UNPLUGGED paper means that it has no craft and no lesson plan. You are free to use it however you need it to fit to your plans and activities. 

Here are my fall sets that are available. 

To see these in my store please click HERE and HERE. 

 Well that is my...

So, hop over to Doodle Bug's Teaching blog to find out what other bloggers have to say. 

Have a great day,
Carrie

{Fall clipart credits ~ Krista Wallden}

Technology Thursday, TBT, and a Freebie!

Today I am linking up with the Teaching Trio for Technology Thursday. 

This is also a Throwback Thursday post because this is most of the content of my post for Jasmine's "You Oughta Know" blog hop. I have updated it a smidgen though. 

One website that I LOVE especially for second grade is PebbleGo. It is also great for other grades for several reasons. Some of the specifics are listed below. 

The PebbleGo Website

PebbleGo is a fabulous resource for research about all kinds of animals, biographies, Earth and space, and social studies. It has a WEALTH of information in a very kid-friendly format. Use of this resource requires a subscription, but our school buys a license to use it and we all love it! 

The format allows students to look at certain aspects of each topic under tabs. The information is easy to understand and has buttons for a read aloud option.

To see videos of this database in action, please click {HERE}.

My First Encounter with PebbleGo

In the past our media specialist has given a lesson about it on the SmartBoard, then gives students the chance to use the computers in the media center to look up a different animal on their own. The students each have a clipboard and an organizer to jot down bullets of information that they find. Here is an example of the organizer. 

Someone at my school came up with an organizer that matches each tab for each animal. Here is a link to my "jazzed up" version (free) if you would like it. (It is not really that jazzed up. It just has a cuter font, so that makes me happy!)

How I Model PebbleGo in the Classroom

I do a lesson on my classroom SmartBoard so that we can fill out a big version of the organizer together. That way I can model how to access each section of information as well as each of the differentiating features. Also, I can model writing information in a bullet format. 

On a different day, I model how to turn the bullets of information into sentences, paragraphs, and sometimes nonfiction books complete with a table of contents. 

Publishing Our Information

I have a craftivity that kind of matches this organizer for eagles. It is actually a booklet to record and write about observational findings while tuning into an Eagle Cam, such as the one at Berry College. Our class watched the Eagle Cam as often as possible last spring and fell.in.love with the baby and the parents. Apparently they will be back to nest again this fall and will probably lay an egg or two sometime in February.  If you would like to read more about that fabulous experience please see {THIS POST} and {THIS POST}. Personally, I see birds in a new and better-informed way. Who knows, I may become a birdwatcher!

Look at the students' booklets! They were super proud!

Below is a preview of the eagle booklet resource. 

If you would like to check this out on TPT, then please click {HERE}.

New Craftivity

I have a newly posted product that fits the PebbleGo presentation of information perfectly. It is actually a craftivity. 

You can check it out {HERE} if you would like. 

Hopefully you will get a chance to check out PebbleGo. You will be glad you did!

Hop on over to the Teaching Trio to check out other blogs for more favorite website tips.

Carrie