The year is winding down…here’s a little fun for you!

We all know that teachers have magic powers.  From eyes in the back of our heads to super-sonic hearing, we are a talented bunch, I tell you!  But this time of year, spring fever has hit, and with the end of the year in sight, we all need a little extra magic to keep us going!  So, in the next few weeks, I’m joining with my favorite intermediate teachers to put a little extra magic in our lessons and keep students engaged.

Credit goes to these talented graphic & font artists: Krista Wallden, KG Fonts & CC Fonts.

We will be swapping resources that will be just what we need to keep our students engaged during the final weeks of school.  We want to share our finds with you in a fun way – a 2-part blog hop giveaway!
Today, we present Part 1, with each blogger introducing the resource they selected to keep their friends engaged and learning in our final weeks together.  Then, over the course of the next two weeks, we will be using these resources in our classrooms.  On Sunday, May 11, we’ll be back to report on how well these resources kept our students engaged!

So I was lucky enough to be paired with Deb from “Crafting Connections” and after looking through her HUNDREDS of products, I asked her if I could try some of her informational text structures resources because we are working hard on our informational text reading and writing units, and I was looking for a little “Something New” to keep things interesting.  We have been using them already, and I can’t wait for you to see some of the great stuff she has!  Come back for Part 2 to see what we did!  Want to see her amazing bundle?  CLICK HERE!

Now to the giveaway!  Here’s what you need to do:

Stop by each blog below to check out the resources being swapped.

Enter to win the resource that is featured at each blog in the raffle below (the same raffle is at each blog, so you can just add to your entries as you go!).
While you are at each blog, if you’re not a blog follower already, sign on to follow!  (You can earn bonus entries for following all blogs once you unlock the additional entries.)
One winner will receive the entire set of resources being featured by ALL collaborating bloggers!

Here’s the list of blogs to visit: 

Swap Stop A

Teaching FourthTeaching with Blonde Ambition



Swap Stop B 

Fifth in the Middlehttp://thebrownbagteacher.blogspot.com/

Swap Stop C 

http://iheartrecess.blogspot.com/http://middlegradesmaven.blogspot.com/


Swap Stop D 

http://crafting-connections.blogspot.com/http://www.theteacherstudio.com/


Swap Stop E 

http://createteachandshare.blogspot.com/http://teachingtoinspirein5th.blogspot.com/


Swap Stop F 

One Lesson at a Timehttp://www.commoncoreandsomuchmore.com/


Swap Stop G 

Photobuckethttp://www.thesciencepenguin.com/

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Finally, don’t forget to stop back in two weeks!   On Sunday, May 11, we’ll all be back to share with you how the magic went in our classrooms!  Oh yeah, you might want to know that that there will be a SECOND GIVEAWAY, too!    You are also going to want to come back that day to see a GREAT new monthly feature on my blog!  Until then, enjoy the magic and happy teaching.  🙂

Meg