Hi, all! I’m in the mood to do a quick contest. I couldn’t decide between my Beginning Long Division Kit and my Kindergarten Roundup: Common Core Math Games, so I’m just going to let the winner decide. All you have to do is pick a number from 1-10, leave your guess and your email in the comments along with which product you’d like. At 2 p.m., I will use random.org to choose a number. ALL WHO PICKED THE RIGHT NUMBER WILL WIN!!!! 
Better hurry….
And the WINNING NUMBER is:
I really appreciate everybody who participated. Check your inbox, Wendy and Ann!
Greetings! I’ve been trying to get my Donor’s Choose project funded for the past several months. Unfortunately, I was unable to raise enough money. I had contributed $20 towards my project and now need to choose a new project to donate to by April 1. Here’s what I propose: If you currently have a project on Donor’s Choose that you’d like me to consider, leave a link in the comments below and tell me why I should pick it. That’s it. I will choose one project from the ones submitted in the comments on March 15, 2013. Good luck!
Joy
QUICK UPDATE:
My most awesome mom had donated towards my project, also, and wants to join me in selecting a new project. What that means is that one lucky follower will get $120 put towards their Donor’s Choose project! Yay!
3/20/13 – The Pushing Our Buttons & The Stamping Letters projects were both chosen to receive donation money. I am very impressed with everyone’s projects. It is amazing how hard you guys work for your kiddos!
February 24, 2013 – 1:01 pm
Congratulations to the winner of the Grand Prize Pack…Teresa Wilson!
Way to go to the two Runners Ups…Julie Pieprzyk and Gina!
Thanks to all who participated. I hope you enjoyed it!
February 18, 2013 – 4:19 pm
All year long I have been trying to get my students to remember the difference between a multiple and a factor. After racking my brain for an idea, I finally came up with “multiple monsters”. The project is extremely simple. I cut up piles of construction paper and told my students to make the multiple monsters. The only rule I had was that they had to put multiples of two numbers somewhere on their monsters. The students had a great time and they are actually remembering the difference between a multiple and a factor! Check out some of the cool multiple monsters they made.
I displayed all the monsters in my room and the students are really excited about them!
Because this went so well I decided to write a story to go along with the multiple monsters. It is called The Strange Shopping Habits of Multiple Monsters. Next year I plan on using the story to introduce multiples and the monsters my students create will hold a shopping list just like the monsters in the story. The story is available in my Teachers Pay Teachers store on a cute Power Point.
February 16, 2013 – 9:50 pm
It’s celebration time! The Joy of Teaching fan page on Facebook recently hit 500 likes! Woo-hoo! I cannot begin to tell you what an accomplishment this is for me. I remember when I started that page and had to BEG all my family and friends to like it. (They probably thought I had gone a little crazy. I mean, crazier than I already am!) Many of my teacher/blogging friends have donated prizes to make this party a complete blast. I am so excited to share this with all of you!! It’s a good thing you’re not here to see my happy dance – it’s probably a bit reminiscent of “the Elaine dance” from Seinfeld!
To participate, you need a Pinterest account. Don’t have one? Get one. Now. You will thank me every day after this. I swear it. Pinterest has changed how I teach. I can find incredible teaching strategies and ideas without having to do a Google search and sift through a bunch of websites. It’s really quite amazing. Check out my Pinterest boards to see what I mean.
Here’s the challenge:
Once you have a Pinterest account, follow me. Then you’ll need to set up a board for my Pinterest Puzzle and name it “Joy of Teaching”. This blog post needs to be your first pin to that board. Make sure you have clicked on the title of this post so the pin takes you directly here and not to the home page of my website.
Now you need to go check out my Pinterest Puzzle board. There are four different picture clues along with a pin to this page. Find and pin the actual pictures from my blog to your Joy of Teaching board. Come back to this post (that’s why I had you pin it first) and leave a comment with the URL of your completed board and your email address. I will use a random number generator to choose a Grand Prize Winner and 2 Runner-Ups. The Grand Prize is worth OVER $130!
But that’s not all (said in my best infomercial voice)! Everyone who successfully completes the challenge will be emailed a collection of teaching resources valued at OVER $10! Be quick, this celebration ends at midnight on February 23 EST. I will announce the winners on my Facebook fan page by noon on Sunday, February 24. Thank you so much for being a fan of Joy of Teaching!
Check out what you get if you successfully complete the Pinterest Puzzle Challenge:
Now, check out the GRAND PRIZE:
TWO Runner’s-Up will receive:
Have Fun & Good Luck!
