Sunday, June 3, 2012

My First Linky Party and a 50 Follower Giveaway

I started blogging in February and have enjoyed every minute of learning about blogs and discovering wonderful blogs to follow. I just reached the milestone of having 50 followers!  I am excited, so I have decided to host my first giveaway. 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Some other fabulous giveaways going on:

1) Ms. Klohn at Adventures of a 6th Grade Teacher is giving away a copy of Daily 5 and Cafe for the upper elementary book study of these two books. This giveaway is what motivated me to give away an Amazon gift card because I know that I intend to order these two books.

2) Lisa at Learning is Something to Treasure is also having a fabulous 200 folllower giveaway with products from 9 bloggers.



3) Jessica at Mrs. Stansford's Class is having a 300 follower giveaway. You can win everything in her TpT store.
300 Follower Giveaway

I would love to do one of these big giveaways after a little more growth.  Let me know if you would ever be interested in donating to a large giveaway or if you would ever be interested in using one of my products in a giveaway (ideabackpack@gmail.com).

In addition, I have decided to host my first linky party. On Friday, I had a blog post about how I am interested in creating thematic teaching units for grades 3-6. I would love to know how you are using thematic teaching in your classroom. How do you plan your themes? How long do you spend on a theme? Do you start by finding good read alouds? What do you look for when you search for thematic resources? I especially would love to hear how people use themes in older grades. Happy blogging!


Have a fabulous week!

21 comments:

  1. I just found your blog! I'm a new follower!

    Mindy
    mwells@ourwayschool.com

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  2. Me, too! Congrats on reaching the big 5-0!

    Lori (luvyorkies@gmail.com)
    Teaching With Love and Laughter

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    1. If you ever would like to use one of my products in a giveaway just let me know!! You're great :)

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  4. Congratulations on 50 followers!! That is awesome!! :)

    Lisa
    Learning Is Something to Treasure

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  5. congrats on 50 i just entered...your page looks great.. thanks for entering my giveaway girl!

    Just Wild About Teaching

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  6. Congrats on reaching 50 followers. Thanks for the chance to win. I love the blog design :)

    Heidi
    My (Not So) Elementary Life
    mynotsoelementarylife@yahoo.com

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  7. Yeah for reaching 50 followers!! That is such a great feeling! Thanks so much for the blog love about my giveaway too! You are too sweet!

    Miss Klohn
    Adventures of a 6th Grade Teacher
    k.e.klohn@gmail.com

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  8. It looks like a found your blog just in time to enter an awesome giveaway! Congratulations on reaching 50+ followers! :)

    Casey
    Second Grade Math Maniac

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  9. Gargh . . . typical me, not following directions.

    My e-mail address is crazybowgirl@yahoo.com :)

    Casey
    Second Grade Math Maniac

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  10. Thanks to everyone entering my giveaway!

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  11. Congrats on 50 followers! I passed 50 followers yesterday! Isn't it so exciting?!

    I'm your newest follower! I hope you'll check out my new blog!

    Greg
    Smedley's Smorgasboard of Kindergarten

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  12. Love!
    ❤ Sandra
    Sweet Times in First
    sweettimesinfirst@gmail.com

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  13. Stopping by to say hi, found your blog through the linky party...I'm looking forward to reading all these great posts! Stop by my blog sometime:
    http://cantmakethisstuffup-hmichaud.blogspot.com/

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  14. Congrats on getting 50! I just started blogging four days ago so I'm working on getting 2 lol!

    Adventures in Room 5

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  15. super blog! congrats!!
    Thanks for a super giveaway!
    My email: anashct1 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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  16. I am a new follower. Thanks for the giveaway!

    arctic.rose30@yahoo.com

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  17. So sweet! Thanks for the chance!

    sblake1[at]student[dot]framingham[dot]edu

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