Saturday, December 3, 2011

Sneak Preview AND Christmas Unit Giveaway!

I am so excited about the next product for my Teachers Pay Teachers store.  After the (relative- *I* was impressed at how well it did) success of my Thanksgiving unit, I decided to try my hand at Christmas unit that was full of fluffy fun, but not pure fluff. Did that make you cock your head in confusion?

I am super excited about this unit because it covers the standards I need to hit before Christmas, but has lots of Christmas crafty goodness! I have matched up the standards for Common Core and the Georgia Performance Standards for 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades.  Since I have taught all of those grade levels, I would feel comfortable using the unit in each grades, as it.  I do feel like all the activities would be appropriate and standards based for all these grade levels.

This 8 day unit covers synonyms, antonyms, character analysis, decoding words, prefixes, roots and suffixes. I really wanted to stick in homophones and homographs, but I wanted to keep the unit short and we had already done these in my classroom.   It includes activities such as a Grinch craft, a Christmas wreath craft, a Christmas tree craft and a snowman game.

To celebrate its very near release, I will be doing a GIVEAWAY!!!!!
One lucky winner will win:
  • one free copy of the unit
  • one $15 gift card to Amazon!!
There are THREE ways to enter the contest:
  1. Leave a comment saying you follow my blog
  2. Leave a comment saying you follow my Teachers Pay Teachers store
  3. Blog about the contest on your blog!
A winner will be chosen WEDNESDAY, December 7th!  Happy entering!!!!

41 comments:

EjSweet said...

I follow you on Teachers Pay Teachers, I really like your activities and I have found them to be really helpful and my kids like them too.

Ali said...

Looks great!! I follow your blog!

Ali
alischepis(at)gmail.com

EjSweet said...

I follow your blog. Your Guided Reading posts were incredibly helpful.

EjSweet said...

Here is my blog post about the contest. http://ejsweet.blogspot.com/2011/12/yikes-i-am-not-good-blogger.html

Amy said...

I follow your blog!
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Amy said...

I follow your TPT store!
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Crayons and Curls said...

I follow your blog! :)
Cheryl
Crayons and Curls

Julia said...

I follow your blog!:)

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Julia said...

I follow your TPT store.

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Tyson said...

I just began following your blog last week. The guided reading posts hooked me!

Mrs. Wells said...

I follow your blog!

Mindy
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Mrs. Wells said...

I follow your TPT store!

Mindy
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cdanib85 said...

I follow and love your blog!!

Gladys said...

I love and follow your blog!

Gladys
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Gladys said...

I follow your TpT store!

Gladys
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mom said...

I follow your blog.

mom said...

I follow you on TPT

mom said...

I can't blog about your giveaway since I don't have a teacher blog.

meghan said...

I follow your blog! =)

~Meg
http://thirdgrade-firststate.blogspot.com/

meghan said...

I also follow your tpt store!

~Meg
http://thirdgrade-firststate.blogspot.com/

Mrs. Richling said...

I follow your blog!

Lisa
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Mrs. Richling said...

I follow your TpT store!!

Lisa
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spotsanddots said...

Hi!
I am a devoted follower of your blog and TpT store.
~Lesley
maris529@frontiernet.net

Adora said...

I LOVED the Thanksgiving unit and I'm a devoted follower of your TPT Store and blog...in fact I am writing my guided reading lesson plans using your outline right now:)
Angie

Janet said...

I'm a follower!!

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Melaniebluestar said...

I am enjoying what I see from you site! I am a follower!!! :o)

svitali said...

Thank you Mindy for all of your help! I am very excited about your new blog and your website! I am a new teacher and you have given me a lot of suggestions! Thanks again! Fingers crossed for the giveaway! :-)

Ali said...

I also follow your TpT store too!

Ali
alischepis(at)gmail.com

Christie said...

I follow your blog and I love it!
Christie
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Jennifer said...

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Jennifer said...

I follow your TpT store!!
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cindy said...

I follow your blog. Thanks for sharing all your great ideas.
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Kelly B aka Queen Bee! said...

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Kelly B aka Queen Bee! said...

I follow your store!

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SunDrop said...

I'm a follower!!

Jennifer said...

I follow your sweet blog!

Jennifer @ Herding Kats in Kindergarten

Jennifer said...

I follow your TPT store too!

Jennifer @ Herding Kats in Kindergarten

kking said...

I follow your blog and thanks for all the great ideas.


Karen King

Kristin said...

I follow your blog!!!! :) :) :)
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Mary L. said...

I love everything you create! I have been referring back to your original website for years. I use so many of your wonderful ideas and use them year after year. Never stop everything you do is wonderful!

MaryEllen

The Valentis said...

I follow your blog! :)