Another Halloween Math Freebie, and a GIVEAWAY Reminder!

Well hello there!

Just popping in really quick with a little Halloween Math Freebie.

I know BUMP is nothing new, but these ghosts from Melonheadz are too adorable! I bought them this week when she did her {FREE} mini-bundles, and so I whipped up a game really quick.  I am so obsessed with these ghosts!!

Click here to grab them from Google Docs, or is it Drive?  Speaking of Google, did you see the cool “doodle” to celebrate Winsor Macay?  I need to do some more research on who exactly he is, but if Google is celebrating him, he must be pretty cool!

{There are 3 Versions: Addition, Triple Digit Addition, and Subtraction {with two 12 sided dice}

I also wanted to remind you of our giveaway.  You have until Wednesday night to enter. Even if you entered Giveaway 1, you can still enter giveaway 2 and 3 {and vice versa}, so make sure you did!  You can also enter daily by sharing our giveaway via Pinterest, Facebook, or your own blog!  {Click the picture to head on over}



Thank you to everyone who has participated so far.  We wish you call could win!!

Have a good one,

Halle

It’s Giveaway Time!!!

We’re so excited to celebrate a small milestone in blog land…200 followers!  As we hinted earlier, we have some of our biggest inspirations on board {can we please enter this giveaway…please???}

There’s so much to give away that we’ve created 3 giveaways in 1!  You can enter all three by following the Rafflecopters’ directions below!  Easy Peasy.  This totally awesome giveaway runs until Wednesday night {10-18-12} at 11:59pm



Included in Giveaway #1:

* A $25.00 gift card to Target from Across the Hall in 2nd Grade {that’s us!} PLUS our Spider Adjectives and Witch and Wizard’s Spell Activities

*Any item from The Teacher Wife’s TpT store…might we recommend her Double and Triple Digit Addition Unit?  It changed our lives!!! It’s awesome!

*Susan’s, {T.G.I.F.} All About Books



*Casey’s {Second Grade Math Maniac} October Mystery Puzzles



Enter Giveaway 1 Here:
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Included in Giveaway #2:

*A $25.00 gift card to Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts and our Candy Bar Election pack

*From Raegan’s {Tunstall’s Teaching Tidbits} TpT store, her October Math Centers and her Spider Week Activities



*Any item from Teri’s {A Cupcake for the Teacher} TpT store…we’re loving her new Cupcake Birthday craftivity

* From Kelly’s {Owl Inspire You} TpT store, her Story Starters Pack and her Classroom Coupons Book


*Any 2 items from Tania’s {My Second Sense} TpT store….we love her Animal Research Project!

Enter Giveaway 2 here:

a Rafflecopter giveaway


*Any 5 items from our TpT store! Click the pictures below to check out a few of our favorites!


*Any item from Amy Lemon’s {Step into Second Grade} TpT store…we love her new Halloween Centers

*Any item from Jessica’s {Mrs. Stanford’s Class} TpT store…we love her Dolch Sight Word Packet

*Any item from Kimberly’s {The Learning Tree} TpT store…her 2nd Grade Common Core Assessment Pack is on our wishlist!

*Any item from Amiee’s {Primarily Speaking} TpT store…we have her Fall Literacy Centers, and our kiddos love them!!!

Enter Giveaway 3 here:

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Remember, you can enter all 3 giveaways!!  We just broke it down to give you more chances, and spread the wealth a little bit!!

If Rafflecopter confuses you, just email us…we’re happy to help! {acrossthehallin2nd@gmail.com}

One more thing before we go…Kimberly from The Learning Tree is pledging a dollar to her school’s Relay for Life Team for every new follower she gets this week.  You’re automatically following her if you enter Giveaway 3…lucky you!!


Good Luck :)

Halle & Jenna

Halloween in Mrs. Hird's Room {which could mean a freebie for you!}

We’re doing Halloween BIG this year in 2nd grade.  We’re still not done, but here’s what we’ve been up to so far!  Keep reading to see how you can win one of my Halloween activities!

I reviewed introduced adjectives to my class this week, and we made Adjective Spiders to show off our new skills, not to mention brag on ourselves a little! 

 Each student had to choose 8 adjectives to describe themselves.  I’m pretty obsessed with how cute they look hanging up in our room. 

You can grab this activity from my TpT shop by clicking any of the pictures below. 

I even included two banner options to use when displaying your spiders {I just didn’t have time to put mine up yet, but it’s adorable, if I do say so myself :)}







Here’s a preview of Spider Adjectives:



There are a ton of options.  If you don’t want your little ones cutting and tracing, there’s a ready-to-go printable option, though I must say my kiddos did an awesome job building their spider selves…and we were under the time crunch of a half-day! 

We’re also hard at work on our Wizard’s Hex and Witch’s Spell activities.  

Right now we’re getting ready by reading witch and wizard poems and talking about spelling ingredients and rhyming words {included in the packet}!  

They are ENCHANTED by it!!!









You can grab this activity by clicking any of the above pictures.  It’s perfect for any elementary grade!

We also made our October Bulletin Board thanks to Valerie.

This craft was surprisingly tough for my 2nd graders to put together.  They had to decide where to paste certain pieces, but it was a good critical thinking exercise!









We’ve still got a few more fall/Halloween projects planned, but I wanted to share what we’ve done so far!


Now on to the good stuff.  I'd love to give a few copies away of either my Wizard's Hex and Witch's Spell activity, or my Spider Adjectives activity.  

Leave me a comment telling me your favorite Halloween candy, and I'll randomly pick a winner or two by weekend's end.

Hope you’re enjoying your weekend!

Halle

Apple Mania, End of Quarter Sale, and Check Out This Giveaway!

Just a really quick announcement: I’m holding a 20% off sale in my store because it’s the last weekend of September.  Thank you everyone for your support of my store.  It’s crazy to me that my products are in classrooms all over the world!  Warms my heart :)

Now, on to the yummy stuff…

Apples have taken over the blogosphere classrooms, and our room was no exception.  Check out how we celebrated Johnny Appleseed’s birthday in our classroom this week :)







We started off by trying apple cider and apple cider donuts.  The whole class knows that Mrs. H loooooooves apple cider donuts, so they were pretty excited to share this bonding experience with me chow down.




Then we graphed the results.  Can I tell you how much they loved that the graph went off the board?  They were rolling on the floor.  “She has to get a chair to reach!!!!”  It’s covering the alphabet!!!!!!!!!!!!!”.  It was adorable.





Then we graphed our results on paper, and interpreted the data.  This was our first graph of the year, and I have to admit, they had some trouble comparing the results.  I was really surprised!!  Note to self: more graphs this year!

We complete the “Happy Birthday Johnny Appleseed” book from Alisha. {Sorry, no pictures, but the book is really cute!}

And we finished up our apple glyphs and apple writings from my “Favorite Way to Eat an Apple” pack.







I modeled the detailed sentences first, then a topic sentence, and well as a closing sentence.  We’re definitely working on organizing our writings.  There is a lot of room for improvement!



The finished result!  They look adorable in the hallway.

I hope to be back soon to share some Back to School Night photos and ideas, as well as offer up a pretty big giveaway!!!

Speaking of giveaways, check out “What Happens in First”.  You can win a LOFT gift card {something every teacher needs :)}


-Halle

Giveaway Winner and a Fall Sale

Hello!

I hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday!  It’s a beautiful day here in NJ.  We took our morning “Starbucks Walk”, and I even got a little shopping in.  I’ll be spending the rest of the day alternating hanging out with the Mr. and our family and {his} friends watching some football and getting some grading done.

I wanted to pop in and announce my Burlap sign winner:

a Rafflecopter giveaway 

Congrats, Maria!  I’ll be emailing you to find out what kind of sign you would like :)

As you’re most likely aware, a bunch of really awesome bloggers are holding sales in their TpT shops, and since I’m all about the sales, we had to join in too.


I just posted my new Candy Bar Election unit to TpT.  I am soooooooo, soooooo, sooooo excited about it.  Candy bars are the yummiest best way to teach your kiddos about the election process and really get them involved. I used it 4 years ago, and my kids were OBSESSED. I’m going to devote a future post to my unit to show it in all its glory, but here’s a preview pic. 

Click the picture to head straight to my store and get it while it’s on SALE.

Alright everyone!  Hope you’re enjoying your first FULL day of fall!

-Halle

{Storytown} Focus Board Freebie and a Giveaway Reminder

A quick little post for you today :)

I’ve said before that we use Storytown as our Basal Reader.  I decided my Focus Board needed a little make-over, and so that’s just what I did.

Very colorful.  You like?  If you do, I’ve uploaded it to TpT for you to download for fa-ree.

And yes, I’m cringing at that genre poster too.  It says Realistic Fiction, but Arthur’s Reading Race is labeled as fiction in our series.  So, my genre posters are gonna get a little makeover too :)

Don’t forget, I’m hosting a Burlap Sign giveaway.  {They’re cuter than they sound ;)}

Join it here.  It ends tonight!!!

TGIF!!!

Halle

I Caught the Burlap Fever {Giveaway Alert!!!}

I’m somewhat tardy to the party.  I know.

But I caught the burlap fever, and I want to spread it to share it with you!

I got crafty this weekend, and made not one but two burlap wreaths.  One component of the fever was a wreath for my front door, and another was for my classroom.  You’ve seen the wreaths all over Pinterest and Blog World.

And I know I’m not the first to do a giveaway of one of these puppies, but that can’t stop me from sharing the love.

Here are my babies signs:







Aren’t they so cute?  I copied Miss Nelson and used my pencil for my Writing Bulletin Board, but I have a sneaking suspicion another {personalized for my door} one is on its way.

Please enter…please….using the Rafflecopter below.  I’m begging because it’s my first Rafflecopter Giveaway and I am hoping for more than 6 entries!  If you win, you get to pick pencil or circle, and I will personalize it, however you want. 

Here are some suggestions:
1} The Write Stuff
2} Mrs./Ms./Mr./Miss/My ____________’s Room
3} We’re a Sharp Bunch
4} Happy Fall
5} The ____________’s
6} I Won a Giveaway and All I Got Was This Lousy Burlap Pencil

…or whatever you choose :)

The giveaway ends Friday…and we’re hoping to follow it up with a 200+ Followers giveaway soon after, so…spread the word!!!


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Good Luck!

Halle