2014 the Best Year Yet Blog Hop!

2014 is right around the corner!  Have you decided on a New Year's Resolution yet?  Is it to get in better shape,to de-stress your life, or to amp up your teaching game?  Well, whatever it is, we're here to help you...although we all think you're perfect just the way you are!

I have teamed up with several fabulous teacher bloggers to bring you The Best Year Yet Blog Hop and Giveaway. 

 

From New Year's Eve until January 2, you can hop around our blogs and grab a FREEBIE from each of us.  Be sure to enter the Rafflecopter at The Teaching Tribune for your chance to win one of these fabulous prizes.

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Today I am offering the product below as my freebie.  Simply click on the picture to take you to my store to download it.

 

While you're at my store you may also want to check out these products, just perfect for those first few weeks back at school.

Be sure to continue the circle on the blog hop by clicking the button below.

 

 

We truly hope that 2014 is your best year yet and that it brings you good health, happiness, and many other good things.

Big Sale and a Holiday Freebie!

It's that time of year again for the huge Cyber Sale!!!  Starting Monday, December 2nd and ending Tuesday, December 3rd, my entire store will be 20% off, and with the additional 10% from TpT, you will get a total of 28% off your total purchase!  So look at your wish list and start preparing for the sale today, while you're still off! 

Here are a few of my holiday units that you might want to consider.
 

My newest addition, Dancing Lights ELA Holiday Worksheets, is great for warm-ups or as a review.  Spread holiday cheer and keep your students busy with these cute ELA worksheets!

 

Santa's Workshop Math Centers contains four different math centers covering place value, 3 digit subtraction, rounding, and multiplication.  Students help Santa and his friends solve these holiday math problems!

My Gingerbread Holiday Bundle includes activities for Math, Reading, Social Studies and English. Students enjoy learning how the gingerbread man originated and participating in all the gingerbread themed activities.

    

                                                                                                                   

And one of my largest bundles that includes 3 literacy and 3 math centers is my Snow Fun Math & Literacy Centers Bundle!  It covers common & proper nouns, synonyms, singular and plural nouns, rounding, place value, and multiplication.

You can get more details about each of these holiday units by clicking on the pics and visiting my TpT store: A Series of 3rd Grade Events.

And as promised.... here is a little holiday freebie just for you.  It is my Silly Santa Story Maps Freebie, and it contains 8 different story maps that you can use with your holiday read alouds!  I hope you and your kiddos enjoy them!

Happy Shopping!!!

Black Friday Deal of the Day and Early Bird Special!!

My bloggy friends and I decided that we would like to host a little Black Friday Sale of our own. From now until 12 noon, you can catch the Early Bird Special at my TpT store and get 20% off as well as but 2 get 1 free by following the directions below.  After 12 noon, everything will remain at 20 % off for the remainder of the day!

    You must email me at:
 
aseriesof3rdgradeevents@yahoo.com
 
with the following information:


1. Your TpT user name


2. The names of the products you purchased between midnight tonight and noon on Friday November 29th (only purchases between these times will receive the free product)


3.  The name of the product you would like free.


I will send you your chosen product as soon as I can!


NB:  Times are EST

We Have a Winner!

The giveaway is over, and the winner is....... Stephanie B.! Stephanie, please check your email and send me your selections. Congrats to Stephanie, and thank  you to all who participated in this giveaway! 

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Blog Giveaway Ending Soon & YouTube Educational Video

Just a quick reminder to enter my blog giveaway, as it is ends today at midnight!  Also, if you haven't already, check out the great Educents Language Arts Curriculum Bundle for Grades 3-4.  You get over 1,000 pages of lessons and activities for only $29.99! 

And the moment you've all been waiting for...... this week's video!  This week I thought it would fun to watch a video about the first Thanksgiving.  In searching, I found the Mouse on the Mayflower.  It is a 45 minute animated video about a mouse who is discovered on the Mayflower. It's kind of long, so you might want to show it over a period of several days. I hope your kiddos enjoy! 

Educents Bundle Blog Hop and a Giveaway!

We all know it can be challenging and sometimes costly to find great Language Arts materials, so I have decided to team up with several other top sellers and Educents to provide you with this great bundle for 3rd and 4th grades!
https://www.educents.com/#a_aid=3rdgradeevents&a_bid=58732ac9

 

I am super excited to be a part of the bundle with Educents! The unit that I have included in this bundle is my Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Book Study and Activity Packet.  This packet includes everything you will need for your ELA period: language arts activities, writing prompts, comprehension questions, and more!  Here is a preview of what you get:
 

My book study unit normally sells for $12 alone, but you can get it in this wonderful bundle along with other great products including center activities, printables, vocabulary activities, interactive notebooking and more for just $29.99! That's a really great value for these top selling lessons!


Click on the link below and check out my friend at Third Grade Bookworm and see what she if offering in this bundle!

But that's not all!   Since you are here, I would like to give you a chance to win something extra for free! You can follow my blog, TpT store, FB page, Pinterest page, leave a comment, or do all of these to gain maximum entries to win any 2 items of your choice from my TpT store.  Good luck!

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The deal won't last long so head over now!



Super Saturday YouTube Video of the Week: Non-Fiction

I didn't post last week due to the Trick or Treat Blog Hop that I was participating in, so this week I am posting 2 videos!

We are studying non-fiction in reading, and to kick it off, we made an anchor chart of the characteristics of non-fiction VS fiction.  I found this great video that compares the two, and thought it would be great to show it first, before making the chart. 



I also found this great little rap song about non-fiction conventions.  Kids are rapping and it has a funky beat your students can really get into! 



I hope you and your students enjoy the videos!

Trick or Treat Blog Hop!

BOO!! =) It's Christi here from Ms. Fultz's Corner and my Halloween trick for you is taking over Patti's blog today! Don't worry though... I also have a treat for you. Mmmm.... treats. {Anyone else have a weakness for candy with all of it hanging around this time of year, or is that just me?} Anyway... 

Several bloggers at The Teaching Tribune have joined together for this Trick or Treat Blog Hop. It's really simple, just hop from door to door collecting some fabulous freebies and paid seasonal items. 

For those of you who already know me, you know I'm always thinking weeks ahead so my October/ Halloween has been planned forever and I'm already thinking ahead to November/ turkeys. My students have been having some trouble with three digit addition, subtraction, and money. They aren't always getting their numbers lined up neatly, carrying, and/or borrowing accurately. They're also forgetting those pesky dollar signs and decimals.

A fun intervention with extra practice was certainly in order, so I came up with this turkey math craftivity. Just look how cute that little guy is! But, before students can color and assemble the craft, they first have to solve 32 math problems and show their work on the back.  You can purchase my Gobbling Up Number Sentences {A Turkey Math Craftivity} from my TeachersPayTeachers store. 

Now you can go "next door" to discover the next trickster. Click on the picture below to take you there. Thanks for hopping along with us!

Coming SOON!!!