A Big Announcement!!!

So...A few days ago I shared that I made a new bus craftivity for my learners this year! :)

I had a giveaway for it and lots of you entered!

Thanks so much!

I love that ya'll were pinning it too! :)  That's great! :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway 

Congratulations to Michelle who won it! :)

Check your email sister! :)  It's in there! ;)

Wooo! :)

Now for my big announcement...

Drum roll please....

I am really excited to announce that I am part of a brand new collaborative blog for first and second grade teachers called 'The Primary Chalkboard'!  We are an 'international sensation'...literally! :)  We've got bloggers from all over the WORLD! :)

We launch TODAY! :)

We put together a list of Back to School tips and activites for you guys to check out! :)

We even have an EBook with TWENTY freebies for your back to school pleasure!!

Click on the image to be directed to our collaborative blog!

AAAnd....we've got a rafflecopter giveaway for you too! :)
First Prize: A $50 Gift card for TPT
Second Prize: A $50 Gift card for Erin Condren
Third Prize: A Prize pack for either first or second grade with products from the collaborators!  You decide!

I am really excited about my submission to the EBook!

I did a scattergram!
Have you all ever done one before?
Super fun!
First, you ask the kids to answer the questions on a scale of one to five. Next, write the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 on your board at the front of the room. Ask the students to line up against the wall in front of the number they selected for the question so that they get a visual representation of the amounts of the votes!

I do them all the time for all kinds of things! :)
It's a great physical way to get in graphing in a concrete way.
Wrap up your activity by asking questions about the data that the students are representing.

There are lots of other really great freebies on there...19 of them actually!

All one page! :)

I'd like to shout out Katie Knight from Teacher to the Core...who put our book together...
Faith Wheeler from 1st Grade Fantabulous for that adorable promo picture I used on Facebook and Pinterest...and the lovely Latoya Reed over at Flying into First that brought us all together!
I could really spend the rest of this post telling you all about what has gone into this blog, but it would take too long.  I am so excited to be sharing this next part of my blogging journey with such All-Stars!
Some days...can I just say that I'm a wee bit star struck...but...SO EXCITED???