The One About the Fabulous Freebies

Life sure has gotten busy around here..

• Little Miss K being a few months shy of her second birthday (!?)
• third grade
• making sense of PARCC
• a RETELL course
• meetings about meetings and meetings to prep for meetings 

Just this past month I have been lucky enough to win a few fabulous items like Pawsitively Teaching's New Year's Traditions, Inspired Owl's Corner's  Multiplication and Division Grab and Go cards, Comprehension Connection's Polar Bear Close Reading activity, and Fancy in Fourth's Figurative Language product. 

While I haven't been creating a lot in the recent past, I have been searching TPT and my favorite blogs and discovered more fabulous teachers and bloggers through Instagram and Facebook.  It truly is amazing the power of social media in spreading fabulousness.

Follow me on Instagram at @thirdgradecupcakes for more frequent updates about happenings in Room 16, fabulous products and goodies (mostly free) that I've uncovered and can't wait to share.

Here are just a few...

A conference folder cover from Lucky Little Learners.

A word detective freebie from The Organized Classroom.
 
An Instagram template from Fun's Not Just for Elementary that we used in our study of the tundra.

MLK freebies

A MLK word search freebie from Pawsitively Teaching. 

MLK Mini Bundle from Jillian Starr.

MLK Mentor Sentence from Ideas by Jivey.

MLK Mini Unit from 3rd Grade Gridiron.

 
MLK Literature Unit and Craftivity from Third and Goal.

A MLK flip book from Fun in First.

Math Freebies

A measurement interactive journal sample also from Lucky Little Learners.

Addition Regrouping Error Analysis from Teaching with a Mountain View.

Multiplication Printables from Amy Lemons at Step into Second Grade.

Snowman Bump from Games 4 Learning.

Elapsed Time task cards from Creativity to the Core. 

Telling Time task cards from Laura Candler.

5 Math Games Every Classroom Needs to Play from The Applicious Teacher.

Fraction Fans from Monica Parsons.

Flower Graphing Smart Board game from Flapjack Educational Resources. 

 

 
Writing, Grammar, and Spelling Freebies

Differentiated Spelling Menu from The Organized Classroom Blog. 

Winter Fix It from Second Grade Stories. 

 

 
A Personal Dictionary from Natalie Snyders 

Winter Print and Go Freebie (4th grade) from Kristine Nannini.

An Interactive Notebook Informational Writing sample from the Reading and Writing Redhead.

An opinion writing activity called "That's Amore" from Sarah Plum.

Parts of Speech practice pages and quizzes from Raki's Rad Resources.

Science Freebies

A penguin freebie pack from First Grade Blue Skies.

Arctic Animal Crowns from Teacher Treasure Hunter.

All About Penguins from The Teacher Wife.

Penguin Measuring Station from Live Love Laugh Kindergarten.

Reading Freebies

Florida Close Reading sample from Creativity to the Core.

Higher Order Thinking question cards from Positively Learning.
 
Drawing Conclusions Riddles from Stephanie McConnell.


I hope you can find one or two or ten of these helpful!

Hello Summer!

I've had blogging on my daily to do list for days now, and on my mind for weeks.

Particularly with the recent gorgeous weather (with the exception of Arthur), I find it harder and harder to bring myself over to the computer to sit and blog. (Not to mention the comfy, cozy, relatively-new leather couch we have that I tend to pass out on after a long day of third grade and mommy duties or more recently summer camp, errands, mommy duties, house chores, daily excursions to the splash pad, local Y, play date, lunch date, playground--you name it! By 6:30/7 when Lady K is off in Dreamland, or adorably babbling to Mrs. Owl, Puppet, Lola, or Hippity, I am EXHAUSTED.

My "me" time is spent catching up on blogs, updating my third grade classroom blog for parents and families-- mrsmacksbatchofthirdgraders.blogspot.com,  finding new places to explore courtesy of mommy friends and 365ThingstoDoontheSouthShore.com, running when I muster up the energy, and chronicling our days on instagram @thirdgradecupcakes. Oh, and baking for my up-and-coming bakery Sweet Mack Bakery. (Shameless plug: Like us on Facebook and follow our sweet treats on Instagram @SweetMackBakery.)

Here's a snippet from the start to our summer...

• I run my first half marathon with Kelsey, a teacher friend of mine who is getting married next weekend.

• Mr. Lovie and I FINALLY enjoyed a movie date night. (It had been our third attempt, and well worth it.)

•  We enjoyed a neighborhood stroll with Memere and Grammy.

• Kensington had a play date with sweet Kaelyn in Hingham. 

 

• This little girl was sickie and enjoyed a Mommy/ Daughter day at the outlets.

  

• In the world of third grade we began our balloon surprise countdown to summer. Oh boy, did we have some fun!

•  Never a dull moment during mornings with Momma...

•  Playtime with our little family.

• Enjoyed Kelsey's "I Do" BBQ and baked for the occasion. 

And that's only a wrap-up of the end of May!
 

Teacher blogger mommas, how do you do it all--they're all 25 hour/day jobs--teaching, blogging, babies! Any advice is welcome!!

Two new year's summer resolutions are to blog more consistently and make more time for me and Mr. Lovie. The school year is too often consumed by planning, grading, creating, laminating, and prepping, that I want to take full advantage of these summer months for family and Mr. Lovie. I couldn't do this ride without him.

Baking and Blog Lovin'

Stopping by mid-cupcake batch (chocolate peanut butter gender reveal cupcakes to be precise) to remind you to follow me at Blog Lovin'.

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Third grade and cupcake posts coming soon!