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 

 

 

An InLinkz Link-up

Easter Activities

I Know About Sea Turtles: Research Fun!

This week we finished up our research projects on sea turtles.



 

My first grader loves learning facts about animals, so he really got into putting this portfolio together. We read about sea turtles, answered questions, filled out a KWL chart, labeled a turtle, compared sea turtles to tortoises with a Venn diagram, learned about the life cycle, distinguished between facts and opinions, created a turtle poem, and made our own picture using a directed drawing!

 

 

Here are a couple of fun crafts I found to go along with our study:

 

Sea Turtle Paper Bowl craft by Sun Scholars

 

This one is so easy and uses a paper plate and dot markers...which you know I love!

 

 

For a fun and healthy snack, try these cute grape and kiwi turtles! (Found on Meet the Dubiens)

 

The pack we used for this project can be found HERE on TpT.

 

 

And here are some of the fun books we checked out from the library to go along with our unit study!

 

 

Five for Friday

 

 

1. I just got a new blog design this week! I love everything about it. A big shout out to Parker from PJ's Design Laboratory for creating it for me!

 

2. Getting back into the groove of school was a little tough after Spring Break, but we managed alright! :-) Thankfully we had a couple of really gorgeous days, so we were able to spend a lot of time outside.

 

 

3. For St. Patrick's Day, we did this cute directed drawing from Jennifer @ First Grade Blue Skies. You can grab it for free on her blog here! My kids are always so silly, so they had to have his tongue sticking out!

 

 

4. I spent a lot of time this week on Pinterest, looking for homeschool room ideas. I haven't spent alot of time or money setting up a room for us, because we are always in transition! We are moving again in August, and we plan on being in one place for awhile, so I'm ready to spend a little money to get a nice room set up that we can enjoy having school in!

 



 

5. I posted a new product this week! I wanted to create a resource that I could use with my daughter as she is learning to write, so I came up with this "Think, Draw, Write" packet. There are over 50 pages with a picture and a prompt for the students to think about, then draw their response and write a sentence about it. You can check it out HERE and download a free one to try in the preview!

Happy Friday everyone!!

Spring Break 2015

Even though we didn't take a big trip this year for Spring Break, we are having fun relaxing and doing things close to home!

We went to a trampoline park for the first time, and the kids loved it!

 

We were able to spend a few days with my parents and sister's family,  who live a couple of hours away.



We made a visit to the children's museum, and they had a great traveling exhibit called, "The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm," all about weather.

We've also just hung around the house, watching T.V. and doing a little painting! These paint with water pages from Melissa & Doug are so great for toddlers! She gets to paint, but I don't have to worry about the mess!

And today is our 10th wedding anniversary! I'm so thankful for my husband and all he does for our family. We'll be going out tonight to celebrate!

March 2015 Currently

I'm linking up with Farley from Oh Boy Fourth Grade for this month's Currently!

 

*I love that my middle girls (4 and 3) are old enough to be entertained by crafty things. They sat at the table and glued spangles to paper for about half an hour this afternoon!

 



*I am loving my coffee these days! I have 2-3 cups in the morning, and usually one in the afternoon. Then sometimes I'll have a cup of decaf at night.

*Ok, seriously. We have nicknamed my 18 month old "the beast." I love her, but she is into e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. I cannot seem to babyproof my house enough. I have got to figure out some way to tame her :-)

*I feel like we've got in a rut with homeschooling. I'm wanting to change things up and bit make it a little more fun for the kids, but I lack motivation at this point.

*I NEED this weather to clear up and get dry! We had one fun snow day, but other than that it has just been cold and wet! The kids are cooped up inside all day and we are all going a bit crazy!

*So we don't have any travel plans for Spring Break, which means we will basically just be at home like always, but without any sort of school structure. I'm thinking a visit to the zoo and children's museum will be in order.