Blogiversary Giveaway Winner and Math Story Problems

Congrats to Sarah at Sarah's First Grade Snippets!  She is the winner of my 1 Year Blogiversary Giveaway!  

I'll be emailing you soon, Sarah!  Check out my TpT store and let me know which 3 items you would like for me to send you.  :)

While I'm here I wanted to share my new Story Problem Pack with you!  

This is going to be short though because my parents have recently bought a BEAUTIFUL new home so I am helping them move.  My dad still can't lift or do much after his surgery so I'm trying to help as much as I can while on Spring Break.  I'm taking a break to blog, but then I'm headed to the kitchen to organize and pack.  :) 

Here is my Story Problem Pack: 

We have been working on story problems with our kiddos as a grade level so I created some to use for extra practice.  My kiddos read the story and then we discuss whether we are going to add or subtract.  We talk about the key words and how we figured out which sign to use and then we color them.  

I know my kiddos are much more on task if they can use a crayon or two.  :)  

Then we write the math sentence, put the answer on the line and include a label.  

I really think using these have helped my kiddos....at least I hope so!  I am going to be adding more story problems along with posters and story problems with regrouping for my higher kiddos.  

This pack is $3 right now, but will go up as I add to it.  Purchasing it now will mean that you get the added pages for free because you can download the updates as I get them ready!  ;)

As always I will give *5 away for free* to the first 5 people who leave their email address and share a tip for solving story problems!  

Let's Get Acquainted Linky Party

The NOUN Game 

The noun game is where you simply just name your favorite person, place, thing, and animal.

Here are mine: 

Person: 

This is my hubby and I at my brother's wedding.  We were goofing around before the wedding started.  We were actually in a bad car accident the next day and my hubby doesn't remember my brother's wedding at all.  He doesn't remember walking my mom down the aisle, or walking with me, the wedding, or anything about the reception.  It's like the day never existed.  I love this pic of us though...especially after how scary the next few days were. 

Place:

I love to travel and have been to all 48 continental US states and several countries, but there is something magical about the west that I love.  The mountains, fresh air, wild animals, and just the beauty of it all.  I LOVE Yellowstone National Park.  It's beautiful and there are animals everywhere.  I just love it!  

Thing:

I don't have a picture of it, but I love my old study bible.  It was given to me as a gift when I was 15 so it's in pretty bad shape now after several years of good use.  I love it because it went through college with me and on every missions trip I've been on.  There are so many notes and stories in it that I feel like my heart is in there too.  

Animal:

I truly love seeing any wild animals in their natural habitat.  A few years ago we went whale watching off of Cape Cod in Massachusetts and saw humpback whales.  It was amazing to see how big they were and how curious they were about our boat.  I loved it.  I love being on the water and watching whales. 

Make sure you go visit Latoya's blog and link up too! 

Don't forget about my 1 Year Blogiversary Giveaway!!  It's a HUGE one so click here to go enter!  It ends Wednesday night so I'll announce a winner on Thursday!  :)