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!

Brace Yourselves....It's Coming!

It's coming upon us quickly! Are you ready??

Have you even considered doing April Fools pranks on your students??

Here are some fun ideas for you. Just click on each picture to grab them for yourself!

Take a covered container with a sign that says something like "A special treat for those who work hard today" then reveal Brown E's at the end of the day. You could even pass out paper plates to place them on before you reveal them! HA HA I love it!

    You could also try "Cheery-O's" or "Blue-Bear-E's"


Make sure to also check out these freebies to use on April 1st!


What fun things do you do with your students on April Fools Day??

Leave me a comment!

Hoppy Easter Freebie & Linky!!

Can you believe how fast time flies nowadays!? 

Before you know it the school year will be over. Somehow the last couple of months always seem to go by faster than the rest of the year. 

Trying to fit in everything in that you need to can be stressful!

Well I am here for you today to try and help alleviate some of that stress...

I have a cute little Easter freebie to share with all of my wonderful followers and I hope your students enjoy it! It could be used for morning work, a writing center, or even as a time filler when you need a little something extra.

(Click on the picture above to go to TPT to download!)

While you're there don't forget to check out my other Spring/Easter resources:

 

and if you're starting to prepare for the end of the year you might also enjoy:

Here are a few other fun spring ideas for you. Click on each picture to go to the original source:

               

Now it's your turn!!
Link up your spring-themed posts, ideas, freebies, & products!

Make sure to include this "Hoppy Easter" image in your blog post.
Then also link back to this post.

You may also link up FREEBIES directly from your TPT store.

Feel free to pin images from this post to direct others to these great posts and products!



If you do not have a blog, feel free to leave your ideas in a comment below!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!