Summer Stock Up!

 

I'm joining a great crew of teacher-bloggers to bring you this years "Summer Stock Up!" (June 26-27 only!)  We are offering you some great FREE products to stock up for the upcoming school year!

I'm offering an exclusive freebie from my "Think, Draw, Write" pages.

These pages are great for beginners to practice brainstorming and writing complete sentences at the same time! Each page has a picture, a prompt for students to think about, space to draw a picture, and then lines to write a sentence to describe their picture. It's an engaging and fun way to get even reluctant writers writing!

To grab this exclusive freebie, visit my Facebook page and look for the "Summer Stock Up" tab!



I Know About Bees Unit

This summer has proven to be a crazy and busy one already. I will just go ahead and say that I will try my best to keep blogging consistently, but it just might not happen. We are in the middle of cleaning and packing up our house because we are moving across the world in August. Ahh yes....fun times :-)

I did manage to create and upload a new product last night, yay! It's a Bee Unit/Research Pack that is similar to my other animal packs. It's filled with fun activities like labeling, creating a poem, drawing a bee, using a Venn diagram to compare, and more! This would be a great addition to an insect unit, or just a fun spring or summer project!

 

 

 

I'm giving away a copy on my Facebook page right now! Visit my page, like & share my status about this product, then leave your email in the comments. I'll pick a winner to receive the pack soon!

 

If you already own my bundle of animal research packs, this has been added to the download!

 



Learning with Gummy Bears

 

We are in our last week of school - yippee!! I wanted to finish off our year with some fun, educational activities, so yesterday we spent the day learning with gummy bears!

First we estimated how many were in the bag, and which color had the most and least. Then we sorted, made tally marks, and graphed our results. We also practiced patterns, adding and subtracting, and measuring with gummy bears.

 

Then we might have snacked on a few because the kids couldn't take it any longer :-)

 

Finally, we did an experiment where we put 4 gummy bears in different solutions to see what would happen. We talked about the scientific process and I introduced them to big words like prediction, hypothesis, and conclusion. It's never too early to learn the scientific method! We let them sit overnight and made observations in the morning.

                     We used 2 different packs for our activities today that can be found here:

New CVC Puzzles Freebie!

I love finding fun ways to practice CVC words with my little ones! I just finished these cute puzzles for my kids and I uploaded them here to my blog store to share with you! All you need to do is print, laminate and cut them out. Then you have a set of 16 puzzles that make a CVC word, and another set of 16 puzzles that make a simple sentence.

 

To see more ways we practice CVC words, see this post!

 

 

Fun in Florida & a Teacher Appreciation SALE

One of my favorite things about homeschooling is the freedom we have to make our own schedule! This week we are in Florida for a family vacation with my sister and her family. It is so beautiful and the kids are loving it! 

 

....and in case you haven't heard....TpT is having a big Teacher Appreciation Sale today and tomorrow! You can save 28% off of everything in my store. Now is the perfect time to clear out your wish lists and stock up on great resources for the end of the year or the start of next year!

5,000 Followers Celebration - Giveaways & Freebies!

Yay! We made it to 5,000 followers! Thank you all so much for the love and support.

There are 4 parts to this celebration!

1) GIFT CARD GIVEAWAYS!! Enter below to win one of 3 prizes:

• $50 Amazon gift card
• $25 TpT gift certificate
• $25 store credit to my TpT store

a Rafflecopter giveaway

2) UPDATE - The fan freebie has been sent. If you started following me after it was sent and did not receive this to your TpT inbox, you can email me @ mrsthompsonstreasures @ gmail .com and I will be happy to send it to you!

This FAN FREEBIE will be sent to the TpT inbox of all followers of Mrs. Thompson's Treasures by the end of this week! (After I submit it, it must be approved and sent out by TpT.)

3) I will have WINNERS CHOICE giveaways on my Facebook page for 5 days in a row! I will post a question, and I will pick one person each day who answers the question to pick a product of their choice from my store! Be sure to check my page each day to enter!

4) FLASH SALES - Each day this week I will put one of my best selling products on sale for 50% off! It's the perfect time to stock up on some great resources!

Sunday, April 26 - Dot Marker Sight Word Mystery Pictures

Monday, April 27 - Graph It - Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Pictographs

Tuesday, April 28 - CVC Word Families Interactive Notebook

Wednesday, April 29 - Finding Evidence & Making Inferences BUNDLE

Thursday, April 30 - Fluency Strips Interactive Notebook BUNDLE

Friday, May 1 - Dot Marker Letters & Numbers Mystery Pictures

Thanks again to all my followers for the love and support! I hope you enjoy celebrating with me!

Marble Painting - Earth

Today we did a super fun and easy craft using paint and marbles! Each kid got a big white circle on a tray (you could also use a large shoebox). We put some dabs of blue and green finger paint on the circle, and put a few marbles on each tray. I started out with 3 each, but we decided to add more later to help spread the paint a little better.

 

Then the kids held the tray by the sides and moved it all around so the marbles would roll through the paint.

 

 

Here are the results! Aren't they cute? We put them on a paper towel to dry and we will glue them to black paper later and hang them on the wall to display!

 

 



For more Earth Day ideas, see my post HERE.

5,000 Followers Freebie & Giveaway!

Wow....I am just so blown away that I am getting close to 5,000 followers on TpT. I have loved being a part of such a great community of people the past few years. I'm gearing up for a great celebration including some HUGE giveaways and an exclusive freebie for followers!

When I hit 5,000 followers, I will start the giveaway and send out the fan freebie! So, be sure you are following me on Teachers Pay Teachers so you can receive it to your inbox! This will be the only chance to get this freebie!

Here's a little sneak peak:

 

I am currently creating a new set of dot marker mystery pictures using bigger numbers (21-100) and the first 5 I've finished will be the fan freebie! My other dot marker mystery picture sets are some of my best selling items! Your students will love creating the cute pictures while practicing the numbers. If you don't have dot markers, regular markers or even crayons will work just as well!

 

 

 

Check back soon here on the blog for the GIVEAWAY which will include 3 or 4 great prizes!

 

You guys are amazing. Thank you for all the support, kind words, and constructive feedback!

 

Love the Earth - Fun Activities for Earth Day

We are having so much fun learning about the Earth! Today we went on a "nature hunt" around the block, and the kids gathered leaves, grass, pebbles, and sticks for our art project!

I typed up and printed out these sheets:

 

*You can get the template I made HERE!

 

Then we glued each one to a piece of construction paper to make it more sturdy. The kids used the nature treasures to fill in the letters!

 

 

 

 

I just love how these turned out! As they glued, we talked about ways that we can love the earth: not littering, conserving water, recycling, etc.

 

We also had some coloring fun!

 



These color pages and many more are from my Earth Day Print & Go Pack that you can find HERE!

 

Another fun activity we have done is creating an earth mobile.

 

 

We colored a paper plate like the earth, then drew pictures on paper hearts that represented things we can do to love the earth. Then we put it together with string and tape!



Launching Off With Educents

Are you ready for some EXCITING news?! Educents is a now opening a marketplace! If you haven't heard of Educents before,  it is website that offers great daily deals on educational products and resources. And now they have opened up seller storefronts as well!

I'm excited to be opening up a store, and I've teamed up with some other awesome sellers to bring you a GIVEAWAY of $50 in Edubucks that you can spend at any store on Educents!

 

 

I've also got a great FREEBIE to share with you! These Sight Word Dot Marker Mystery Pictures are some of my favorite creations! Students love using the dot markers and discovering the pictures, and teachers love that it gives students practice with sight word fluency! Click the picture to visit my store and grab this FREEBIE!  

 

 

Don't forget to enter the giveaway below, and be sure to spend some time browsing around all the great new stores!

 

Educents Marketplace $50 in Edubucks Giveaway #6 - First Grade Stores

 

Grab more freebies in our blog hop! Start here at Georgia Grown Kiddos 

 

 

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