Welcome to Another Fabulous Product Swap!

Welcome to my third Stop, SWAP & Roll Product Swap!

I would like to give a BIG thank you all the participants who have been so great to work with this time around!

I have had the amazing pleasure of swapping products with Alex from:


It has been so fun getting to know her and becoming blogging friends! We even found out that we're both going to the Vegas TPT Conference this July and I can't wait to meet her in person! I seriously love this amazing online community we have and how friendly everyone is.

If you haven't heard of her or her blog yet then you are definitely in for a treat today!

I was able to choose a product from Alex' store to print out, use and blog about- just like everyone else did!

After adding a TON of her products to my wishlist (seriously, you NEED to browse her store!) I was finally able to decide which one I'd like to use for the swap....her Fluency Passages for Early Readers CVC Word Families pack:

I emailed Alex letting her know, and you know what that sweet girl did!? She sent me her entire Fluency Passages for Early Readers Bundle! That includes both her CVC and CVCe word families packs! 

So today, I am very excited to share with you all about her Fluency Passages and how much fun we had with them!

These packs have a fabulous variety and are fiiled with 23 CVC passages and 18 CVCe word family passages with room for illustrations at the bottom of each page.

First, we talked talked about what it meant to be an illustrator. I told them that we were going to illustrate a short story....you would have thought I told them we were having an ice cream party with all the squeals and cheering that happened. (They are not art deprived either!)

Each student had a different story and we talked about taking our time and drawing details in our pictures.

Once I passed these out you could hear a pin drop! They were all concentrating so hard and trying to decide how to draw their pictures. I really like how easily you can differentiate with all of the different passages included too!

They turned out adorable! Seriously, look at the detail in "Mike's Bike" above!
Some of the girls even wanted to color the border fancy to match their pictures.

I also had them find and color each punctuation mark throughout their passage. You could easily have them search and color the word families too! (That's the plan next time)

As an added bonus, both the CVC and CVCe packs have fluency phrase pages to allow students to practice reading phrases in isolation! 

Now, you probably want to try out a couple of these passages right!? Alex has a Sampler pack in her store for you! Included are 2 fluency passages and 2 pages of fluency phrases from her bundle!

After you check out this sampler pack you're probably going to want to buy it! Well, Alex has this bundle on sale right now in her store! Grab it at this discounted price while you can!

Alex is such a sweetheart and is allowing one of my lucky readers to win her BUNDLE! She will email the lucky winner their very own copy!!

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Alex also got to choose a product of her choice from my store!
She picked my Read it, Bead it, Type it, Wipe it pack: 

Click on the image above to check out how she used this fun pack in her classroom and enter to win your own copy! AND as a special treat...all of my Read it, Bead it packs are 20% off in my TPT store for the next 3 days!!


The best part about these swaps are finding new amazing products from a variety of sellers, so make sure you visit the other swaps going on this weekend and enter to win some fabulous products!

KINDERGARTEN - 1ST GRADE

2ND GRADE - 3RD GRADE

UPPER ELEMENTARY


If you're interested in participating in the next swap follow my blog by email or through bloglovin to be notified when I post the next sign ups!
(It will be end of June/beginning of July)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Who Want's to Stop, Swap & Roll??? (Product Swap Sign Ups)

It's time to sign up again!!

This is a great opportunity to not only get the word out about your products and store, but also a fun way to get to know other bloggers and be able to collaborate with them!


If you'd like to participate, please read all the requirements below:

Requirements to participate:

**You MUST have an educational blog (Facebook will not work) 

**You MUST have a TPT store with at least 20 (paid) products listed in the grade level you choose to sign up for.

**You MUST be willing to swap one product from your store, of your partners choosing, with your partner (I will pair you with someone in the same grade category) and you will get to choose one product from their store in return.
(When you sign up you can select a $ amount that they are allowed to choose from your store.)

**You MUST print their product, take pictures of their product IN ACTION and then make a great blog post about it, including pictures and why your readers can't live without it THEN post it and link it up on the date I give you.

**You MUST be willing to allow your partner to give 1 of their lucky readers your product for FREE in a giveaway that will be hosted on your partners blog.
(That means you will also host a giveaway of the item you chose from your partner on your blog as well) I will include more details on how to do this after you sign up.

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I have decided to have THREE different grade levels for this swap. So please help me spread the word about this, especially you older grades- to make sure we get enough participants! (K-1, 2-3 & 4-6)

 You can only sign up for ONE grade level, so choose the category that best fits your needs. Please make sure that whichever one you choose that you have at least 20 (paid) products for that grade level in your store to give your partner plenty to choose from.


PLEASE do NOT sign up unless you are committed and able to have everything posted on time. If you would like to seen an example of what is expected, click HERE for an idea.

This Product Swap will go LIVE on Saturday, April 25th! That means you will need to have your blog post ready and live on that date. If, for any reason you will not be able to do that, please wait until the next swap to sign up.

As soon as I get enough bloggers in each category, that category will close, so get in while you can!

  Just click the group you want to sign up for below to fill out the form for me:

  Kindergarten-1st Grade
or 
  2nd Grade-3rd Grade
or
 4th Grade-6th Grade

The sign ups for this swap are now closed. The next swap will be in July (sign ups the end of June/beginning of July) 

Follow my blog though Bloglovin' (or through email to ensure you are notified) to know when the next sign ups go live...I'd love to have you join in the next one!

If you have any questions either leave a comment below with your email address or click the blue "mail" button below to send me an email and I'll make sure to get back to you.

Thanks for stopping by, I'm excited to have you join me!

Stop, Swap & Roll with a Giveaway!

Welcome to the second Stop, SWAP & Roll!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the participants who have put so much time and effort into making this happen!

I had the AMAZING opportunity to swap products with Laura from

She is seriously adorable! I love reading her blog and all the amazing ideas she has. If you're not following her blog yet then click on the cute button above to follow her! Trust me, you don't want to pass it up!

Laura is a mother, wife & teacher who loves helping kids forget that they are learning by having fun!

  Have you ever wondered how Laura came up with her blog/store name? Well, she is very passionate about differentiation and believes that it is important to make it easier for teachers to achieve this...That's why she has so many wonderful differentiated products in her store! 

Just like everyone else did with their partner, I got to choose one product of my choice from Laura's TPT store to share with you today. She has so many fun games and activities in her store, it was a hard choice!!

Hi. My name is Melissa and I'm a play dough addict.
I'm seriously a sucker for all things play dough! So when I came across Laura's Interactive Play Dough Mats I could not pass up her Pirates pack!

This is such a great hands-on approach to math and, let's be honest, what student doesn't LOVE squeezing and playing with play dough!? (AND we can't forget about all of the fine motor benefits of it too!)

This is seriously jam packed with so many amazing resources! There are a lot of different ways it can be used too, which is what I love about it!

Laura has included different mats to print out (b&w are also included, which is a definite bonus!)

Students can choose a number cards up to 20 and make the corresponding number in pirate coins for the treasure chest by using play dough.  (Of course we used yellow play dough!)

10-frame cards are also included up to 20. I found these adorable PINK coins at Dollar Tree that definitely add to the fun of this pack! I searched all over their "party section" and could NOT find any other colors! That store can definitely be hit and miss. 

Laura has also included addition cards. I love the hands on approach this allows students to have while practicing number sentences! Amazing for all your kinesthetic learners!

There are individual mats to allow students to make play dough numbers (you could always use a dry erase marker to draw/color the number). What little kid doesn't love making "snakes" with play dough!? They just can't get enough.

After making the number, you could also use these adorable pirate cards that are included, or any other manipulative you have on hand, for one-to-one correspondence practice.

That's not even all. Laura has included 6 fabulous extension activities to go along with the mats! Students will count the number of pirates and coins then write the number, read the numeral and draw that number of pirates, trace numbers and write answers to addition sentences.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope that you have fallen in love with Laura's play dough mats like I have!

You are all in LUCK!! Laura has put ALL of her Interactive Play Dough Mats on SALE!! Trust me, you do not want to miss out on grabbing these!
(Just click on the picture below to go to her store)

She also has an AMAZING deal right now on Educents. Get ALL of her play dough mats 50% OFF for the next week!!

 
Now...who wants to try to win their own copy of Laura's Pirate Play Dough Mats!?!? Enter the giveaway below for your chance!
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Don't forget to go to Laura's blog by clicking the picture below to see my "Read it Bead it Type it Wipe it" packs in action! You'll be able to enter to win this product on her blog, and all of my Read it, Bead it packs will be 20% off until Tuesday!

Make sure to check out all of the wonderful swaps that are going on and enter the giveaways to win some great products!!

Kindergarten-1st Grade Swap:



2nd Grade-3rd Grade Swap:


If you are interested in participating in the next product swap, follow my blog through Bloglovin' or by email to make sure you don't miss the next sign ups! 
(I'm thinking it will be in April.)

Thanks again for stopping by!

Product Swap Anyone!? (Sign Up Before It's Too Late!)

WOW! What a year this has been already!

My husband and I enjoyed the holidays filled with family and fun, (I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season with your family as well!) then we packed up everything and MOVED last weekend! My husband is now starting his last clinical rotation for Grad school! WHOOP! We can see the light at the end now!

Although it's been a crazy couple of weeks, we are definitely enjoying the warmer weather here instead of the snow we just left:

 
Our internet has FINALLY been hooked up at our new place (sorry I'm just now able to post this for those who have been waiting!) and we're now unpacked and have even hung up pictures already! Yay!


So last November I hosted my first Product Swap:

I decided if it went well that I'd continue doing it....so here's the next one!

If you'd like to participate, please read all the requirements below:

Requirements to participate:

**You MUST have an educational blog (Facebook will not work) 
**You MUST have a TPT store with at least 20 (paid) products listed.
**You MUST be willing to swap one product from your store, of your partners choosing, with your partner (I will pair you with someone in the same grade category) and you will get to choose one product from their store in return.
**You MUST print their product, take pictures of their product IN ACTION and then make a great blog post about it, including pictures and why your readers can't live without it THEN post it and link it up on the date I give you.
**You MUST be willing to allow your partner to give 1 of their lucky readers your product for FREE in a giveaway that will be hosted on your partners blog. (That means you will also host a giveaway of the item you chose from your partner on your blog as well) I will include more details on how to do this after you sign up.

I have decided to add one more grade level this time around. (K-1 & 2-3) You can only sign up for ONE grade level, so choose the category that best fits your needs. Please make sure that whichever one you choose that you have products for that grade level in your store. (Depending on how doing 2 different swaps goes this time around, I may add another one for the next swap....baby steps people, baby steps)

PLEASE do NOT sign up unless you are committed and able to have everything posted on time. If you would like to seen an example of what is expected, click here.

This Product Swap will go LIVE on JANUARY 31st! That means you will need to have your blog post ready and live on that date. If, for any reason you will not be able to do that, please wait until the next swap to sign up.

As soon as I get enough bloggers in each category, that category will close, so get in while you can!

Just click the group you want to sign up for below to fill out the form:

Kindergarten-1st Grade  
or 
2nd Grade-3rd Grade

Both categories are now closed. Follow my blog through bloglovin or by email so you won't miss the next swap (I'm thinking April)

If you have any questions just leave a comment below with your email address and I'll make sure to get back to you soon.

Thanks for stopping by, I'm excited to have you join me!