Teaching with Mel D

More games, freebies, and GOOD NEWS!

Let me get my latest creations out of the way. I have been fulfilling several Candy Land game requests. I am getting my to do list checked off….yay! My student teacher is done in 7 short days  :o( My extra time will slow down again…boo hoo :o( Don’t forget to follow me at my TPT store. I have had several games finished but no time to blog about it. If you follow me, you will get a notification each time I post something. Click on any picture to go directly to my TPT store.
This game contains all spelling & vocab words for Houghton Mifflin Theme 1 Grade 1. 
This game contains all spelling & vocab words for Houghton Mifflin Theme 2 Grade 1. 
This game contains all spelling & vocab words for Houghton Mifflin Theme 1 Grade 2. 
This game contains all spelling & vocab words for Houghton Mifflin Theme 2 Grade 2. 
This is the series I use & love it! This game contains all the spelling & HFW’s for Scott Foresman Unit 1 Grade 1. This is a fabulous review game for your students! 
This game contains all spelling & HFW’s for Scott Foresman Unit 2 Grade 1. Yes, I will make all 5 units.
This game contains all spelling & HFW’s for Scott Foresman Unit 1 Grade 2. 
 This game contains all spelling & HFW’s for Scott Foresman Unit 2 Grade 2. Yes, I will make all for 2nd grade too.
And here is the ever popular Treasures  series. I know there is not a whole lot of resources out there for this series yet. I plan on making 2nd grade as well. This game contains all spelling & vocab words for Treasures Theme 1 Grade 1. 
This game contains all spelling & vocab words for Treasures Unit 2 Grade 1. Grade 2 will be done this week. 

Did you download this incredible FREE RESOURCE???? 

Rachel Lynette from Minds in Bloom & the #2 TPT seller for grades 3-5 put this together. Take the time to look at each page. This fabulous resource is a gift from 50 different TPT sellers to all of our followers. We linked each picture to something FREE! 
Here are the items I posted on page 39…check it out! 
 Grinch Dust labels. Each one of our little firsties gets Grinch Dust before we set them free before break.
These are mini grinchy candy bar wrappers. These are perfect to hand out to your students & staff. I even make extra for holiday parties. Cut each wrapper out & tape or glue it around the candy bar. Simple. 
 Finally, our grinchy class book. I have a Grinch shirt to wear just about every day until break. As I type I am wearing fleece Grinch pj’s from Walmart….love them! Merry Grinchmas to me!
Speaking of TPT……………..
I am the featured teacher-author today!!!! I am over the moon excited & honored. I can check this off my bucket list! If you are not signed up for the newsletter, you need to be. There is also 10 free downloads delivered weekly. Go to TPT & scroll all the way to the bottom to sign up for the newsletter. Click on the picture above to read today’s newsletter. 
Now for the acceptance speech…ha! No, really, I am completely honored to receive the Sunshine Award from so many of you! I hope I don’t forget anyone…here goes…….
Here are the rules for accepting this award:

1. Thank the person who gave this award and write a post about it.
Thank you to Lidia from Kid’s Reading Activities I am her newest follower & she has some great Daily 5 stuff! Check her out! 
Thank you to Emily from Circus of Learning. I am her newest follower as well. She has some great classroom photos! 
Thank you to Jennifer of Rowdy in First Grade! I.love.her. I love her new design. I love her blog posts. I love everything she makes for TPT!
Finally, thank you to Dee of Over the Moonbow! I love all of her creations. She was just the featured teacher for Teacher’s Notebook. Check her out!

2. Answer the following questions below.

3. And pass the award to 10-12 fabulous bloggers, link their blogs and let them know you awarded them.

These are my answers:

Favorite color? Pink

Favorite animal? My furry babies, Bentley, Java, & Olive. 
 Here is Java & Mr.Poop-a-lot Bentley

This is the latest addition to our home, THE MONSTER, OLIVE. We share custody of her. She has at least 10-15 outfits including pj’s, reindeer ears & a Christmas dress. She is currently sporting a tie dye. Our little hippies all have tie dyes. Big B doesn’t fit in clothes so he has to wear bandanas BUT he has them for all occasions. ALL. NOT KIDDING. Did I ever tell you that I sent out the following photo cards for Bentley. I am not embarrassed, I would do it again.
1. Birth Announcement (birth date, weight & inches)
2. Puppy Kindergarten graduation (wearing a cap, gown & chewing on a diploma)
3. Petco Fashion Show (wearing a blue & yellow Old Navy rugby with matching hat)
4. Christmas (I forgot :o( )
5. Birthday (birthday hat that I had to rig because it looked like it was for a toy poodle)
6. Valentine’s Day (red shirt)
7. St. Patrick’s Day (green shirt, duh)
8. Easter (pink rugby & bunny ears…he’s in touch with his feminine side)
9. Halloween (king costume)…well this photo was taken in August because his costume was too tight & would have never fit by the time Halloween rolled around. 
I will prove it by posting them over winter break. I have to scan them in….if I can figure out how to do that. Can you imagine how I will be when we have kids?!?

Favorite number? 39 because that is how old I am staying after 12/20.

Favorite drink? Diet Dr. Pepper….can’t live without it! See for yourself.

Facebook or Twitter? Facebook. Follow Me. Pretty Please :o)

Your passion?During  the day it’s teaching…um hellloooooo! In the evening it’s blog stalking.

Giving or getting presents? Getting. LOVE IT. I do like giving too, I’m not that self-centered BUT I prefer getting…lol.

Favorite day? Saturday

Now I have to pass this Sunshine award to other blogs. There are many amazing blogs out there. Here are my daily stalks. 

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  3. CONGRATULATIONS on everything, Mel!! So many wonderful and exciting things happening for you, it is fabulous!! Thank you for sharing your amazing Grinch freebies … they are AWESOME! Happy week ahead to you 🙂
    Tina

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