I don't know about you, but I am not quite ready for the back to school season. Here in Tennessee, we start back at the very beginning of August. What happened to following the seasons listed on the calendar? Despite my back to school blues, I am still excited to meet my new bunch of 6th graders. They are always so scared and stressed out on their first day of middle school, so I always work my hardest to make sure that they feel 100% safe and comfy in my classroom. What techniques do you use to help ease the nerves of your students on the first day(s) back to school?

If you are suffering from some back to school blues yourself, then you should enter below for your chance to win a $75 TPT Gift Card! Also please check out some of my best selling back to school resources below! Happy August, everyone!
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GIVEAWAY DETAILS:  
 
Prize: $75 Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card
 
Giveaway Organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher)
 
Co-hosts:   An Apple for the Teacher, Paula's Preschool and Kindergarten, MM Bilingual, Amanda's Little Learners, Debora Marines TeachMagically, Reading and Writing Redhead, Teach with Hope, 180 Days of Reading, Teacher Jeanell, 1stgradefireworks, Mickey's Place, PreK Kristin, Catch My Products, A World of Language Learners,  The Chocolate Teacher, Tried and True Teaching Tools, Pam's Place, Heart 2 Heart Teaching, It's a Teacher Thing, Teaching Where You're Called on, A Plus Kids, TeachKidLearn, Leah Popinski (SumMathFun), Digging Deep to Soar Beyond the Text, Right Down the Middle with Andrea, The Literacy Garden, Trending Technology in Tennessee, Teaching Ideas For Those Who Love Teaching, Peas In A Pod, Southern Drawl, La-Nette Mark, Amanda's Little Learners, and Kathryn Watts.
 
Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter.  Giveaway ends 8/13/17 and is open worldwide.
 
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GIVEAWAY DETAILS
 
Prize: $75 Teachers pay Teachers Gift Card
Giveaway organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher), 
 
Co-hosts: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher),  It's a Teacher Thing, Mickey's Place, Reading and Writing Redhead, A Plus Kids, Amanda's Little Learners, The Chocolate Teacher, Heart 2 Heart Teaching, The Literacy Garden, PreK Kristin, Teaching Ideas For Those Who Love Teaching, Teacher Jeanell, Kamp Kindergarten, Leah Popinski, Digging Deep to Soar Beyond the Text, MM Bilingual, Right Down the Middle with Andrea,Trending Technology in Tennessee, A Library and Garden, Kelly McCown, Planet Happy Smiles, Teacher Mama School, Catch My Products, Samson's Shoppe, Glistening Gems, Jackie Crews, and Kathryn Watts.
 
Rules: Use the Rafflecopter form to enter.  Giveaway ends 5/13/17 and is open worldwide.

Are you a blogger who wants to participate in giveaways like these to grow your blog?  Click here to find out how you can join a totally awesome group of bloggers! 

I don't know about you, but this last quarter of the school year is absolutely crazy at my school. We are a middle/high school with continuously rotating schedules that are impacted by the mass amounts of testing going on (not to mention we are an IB school, which brings in even MORE tests, sigh). 

If you are feeling a little overwhelmed, why not take a quick moment to enter to win a $75 TPT Gift Card? See the details below!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Prize: $75 Teachers pay Teachers Gift Card
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Giveaway organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher),

Co-hosts: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher), A Plus Kids, Planet Happy Smiles, Jackie Crews, Ms. K, Amanda's Little Learners, It's a Teacher Thing, Teachers Caravan, Heart 2 Heart Teaching, The Chocolate Teacher, Reading and Writing Redhead, Samson's Shoppe, Teacher Gameroom, The Literacy Garden, Peas In A Pod, A Place of Story,Kathryn Watts, Mickey's Place, Paula's Preschool and Kindergarten, MM Bilingual, Little Smarticle Particles, PreK Kristin,Teaching Ideas For Those Who Love Teaching, Teacher Jeanell, Kamp Kindergarten, Leah Popinski, Momma with a Teaching Mission, Trending Technology in Tennessee, and Teacher Gone Digital.

Rules: Use the Rafflecopter form to enter. Giveaway ends 4/13/17 and is open worldwide.

Are you a blogger who wants to participate in giveaways like these to grow your blog? Click here to find out how you can join a totally awesome group of bloggers!

​Hi everyone! I don't know about you, but coming back from Spring Break is absolutely refreshing, energizing, yet..... so awful. I hate testing season!!!!

In an attempt to lift your spirits {if you feel the same way I do}, why not enter to win a TPT $25 gift card! I love sending out these opportunities, and I'm super thankful for the super blogger Kelly Malloy that is the leader of these giveaways.

Be sure to visit the rafflecopter below and enter to win NOW!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:

Prize: $25 Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card

Giveaway Organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher),


Co-hosts: An Apple for the Teacher, Mrs. Hansens Helpfuls, Patricia Hudak, Southern Drawl, Teaching Loving Caring, Trending Technology in Tennessee, and Kathryn Watts.


Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter. Giveaway ends 4/10/17and is open worldwide.

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Hi there teacher friends! Today only, 2/28/17, my ENTIRE TPT store is 20% off! In addition, anyone spending over $10 TODAY ONLY will receive my SAINT PATRICK'S DAY WEBQUEST FOR FREE!!!

If you spend $10, email me with your username and I will verify your purchases and then send you the webquest!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:  
 
Prize: $25 Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card
 
Giveaway Organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher)

Co-hosts:   An Apple for the Teacher, Right Down the Middle with Andrea, Trending Technology in Tennessee, Teaching Loving Caring, Samson's Shoppe, Glistening Gems, DLT's Teaching Resources, and TeachingLife.
 
Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter. Giveaway ends 3/6/17 and is open worldwide.

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Happy Valentine's Day! 

I wanted to spread some love today, so I partnered up with Kelly Malloy and some other great teachers to offer you the opportunity to win a $25 TpT gift card! Entering is so easy, and instructions are below! 

Meanwhile, are you by chance looking for a  last minute activity to do with your students to celebrate Valentine's Day? If so, check out my Valentine's Day Webquest. Looking to give your students a nice treat for Valentine's Day that isn't filled with sugar? If so, get my FREE Valentine's Day Pencil Toppers! 

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:  
 
Prize: $25 Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card
 
Giveaway Organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher), 
 
Co-hosts:   An Apple for the Teacher, Tech Teacher Pto3, Sarah Griffin, The Reading Clubhouse, Digging Deep to Soar Beyond the Text, Trending Technology in Tennessee, Calling All Ducklings, Special Inspirations , and Kathryn Watts.
 
Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter. Giveaway ends 2/20/17 and is open worldwide.
 
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Hi friends! I have partnered up with Kelly Malloy and some other great teachers to make this giveaway possible! Please share with everyone on social media. Details are below, and please comment with any questions :-) 
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GIVEAWAY DETAILS:

Prize: $25 Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card

Giveaway Organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher),

Co-hosts: An Apple for the Teacher, Mrs Hansens Helpfuls, Teachers Caravan, A Place of Story, ZippadeeZazz, PreK Kristin, Purple Palmetto, Trending Technology in Tennessee, Angie S, KB3Teach, Kathryn Watts,

Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter. Giveaway ends 2/5/17 and is open worldwide.

Are you a Teacher Blogger or Teachers pay Teachers seller who wants to participate in giveaways like these to grow your store and social media? Click here to find out how you can join our totally awesome group of bloggers!

Today I wanted to share my favorite way to get my students EXCITED about my class, my subject, and most importantly - about LEARNING!

I am using a collaborative Google Slides project this February with my 6th grade Computer Tech students to learn about Black History Month. My students absolutely LOVE working on and editing a digital project at the same time as their peers, and Google Slides is my favorite tool to use for this purpose.

​What could possibly be more exciting to a teacher than seeing students really excited about learning? My thoughts are....not too much of anything!

Every SINGLE time that I do a project with my students in a collaborative Google Suite type of project, they ALWAYS ask me if they can continue working on the project "together" when they go home for the day. How often do your students ASK to go home and do SCHOOLWORK??? Before I started creating and using collaborative Google Slides projects, my answer to this was NEVER!

If you aren't sure how to navigate Google Slides or how to properly share Google Slides with the correct editing permissions for this project, be sure to get my Google Slides tutorial. It explains everything one could possibly need to know about sharing and editing a Google Slide project. 

Why do I think that student collaboration is an incremental key to student learning? For starters, I am a firm believer in student-centered learning. Additionally, I believe that higher-level learning (such as synthesizing information from several publications or online resources) can have a much larger impact when completed collaboratively. 

I would love to hear what you guys think in the comments section below! Meanwhile, don't miss out on your chance to win a FREE COPY of my Black History Month collaborative student project!

Thanks for reading! 
-Hayley

Enter below to win my Black History Month project for FREE! 

Below I have embedded the TPT listing for the Black History Month Resource in case you wanted to check out more details about the project.