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Win a Teacher POT OF GOLD for a $400 Shopping Spree

Giveaway, Teacher's Pay Teachers

I’ve teamed up with some awesome teacher authors to give some lucky TEACHERS a chance to win up to $400 in a Raffle.  Go to this link   CLICK HERE to enter the RAFFLECOPTER Giveaway! (or see the links at the bottom to go right to each entry.)  Share with your teacher friends too by re-posting this blog. 🙂 There are 7 lucky giveaways to enter.  Just choose which ones you want to enter or enter all of them to increase your chances to win.  This is one way I can say thank you for following my blog and/or my store.  Good Luck!  I hope you win! #teacherpotofgold

*Contest ENDS Tuesday at MIDNIGHT. 
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HTML Codes – Make TpT Listings POP!

Teacher's Pay Teachers, Teaching Tips

I’m constantly trying to get my Teachers Pay Teachers product listings to stand out and POP among the thousands of other great product listings.  Here are some “cheat sheets” to help you make your listings SHINE!

Make it BOLD by inserting <stong>YOUR TEXT HERE</stong>

Underline it by inserting <span style=”text-decoration:line-through;”>YOUR TEXT HERE</span>

Copy and Paste These:

A round bullet: &bull;
An arrow pointing right: &rarr;
An arrow pointing left: &larr;
A heart-shaped bullet: &hearts;
A diamond-shaped bullet: &diams;
A star-shaped bullet: &#9733;

February + Teachers = Love

Giveaway, Teacher's Pay Teachers

Teachers, you have so much on your plate during the school year, I just don’t know how we all do it!  I know we do it for the love of learning and seeing kids grow, but sometimes it is hard to do everything that we are required to do during the school day.  This is why I have teamed up with some fantastic teacher authors to give one of you lucky teachers a $100.00 Amazon Gift Card! The giveaway will run February 1-5. You can enter below:

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Thank you for all you do for students!

Lots of Love,

Cindy

Groundhog Day in K!

Groundhog Day, Teacher's Pay Teachers, Teaching Tips

Groundhog Day is celebrated in America on February 2 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The legend is that the groundhog comes out of his burrow and if it sees it’s shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather.  If it is cloudy and there is no shadow, it is an indication of an early spring.  Each year we create crafts and make predictions about groundhogs in my kindergarten class.  Here are some ideas:Slide22

  1. Pass out sticky notes and have a chart to make predictions on if the groundhog will see it’s shadow or not on February 2.
  2. Go to the Groundhog Web site to share the history of Punxsutawney Phil and watch the video LIVE STREAM of Punxsutawney.   http://www.groundhog.org/ (You can see the replay here also.)
  3. Use this FREE coloring printable for students to engage in for fine motor skills.
  4. Sing Groundhog Day Poem (Tune: Frere Jacques)Groundhog Day

    Groundhog Day

    Is near

    Is near

    Will he see his shadow

    Will he see his shadow

    And disappear

    Disappear

  5. You can make the whole day relate to groundhogs by using activities in all subject areas in this GROUNDHOG DAY UNIT.

Make it a fun day! Students remember connections, not lessons.