Saturday Shares and 100 Follower Giveaway!

My new blog went "live" last Saturday and one week later I'm celebrating 100 followers!!  W-O-W!  I am so happy to have already met so many wonderful teachers and friends with whom I can share ideas!!  So, it seems that celebrating these milestones usually involves a GIVEAWAY!  I am all for it!  If you know me outside of Bloggyville, you know that I LOVE throwing parties and giving presents!  So, I'm happy to announce that I'm giving Rafflecopter a try for some awesome freebies for one lucky winner!!



Teacher's Clubhouse is donating
 a FREE UNIT of YOUR CHOICE and
...wait for it....{for the first time ever}
EVERYTHING in one of their classroom theme categories (your choice of theme)!
Wait - that's not it!  Also, 
a $25 giftcard from Barnes & Noble!!

There are lots of ways to get your name entered in the Rafflecopter to win (see below)!  This giveaway will end June 23!  

a Rafflecopter giveaway

On another note, I'm thinking of using Saturdays to share some wonderful finds from the week.  My "Saturday Shares" for this week start with a fabulous blog post that I stumbled upon this week.  Jodi at Southern Sweetie in Second is a new blogger, as well, and she had an awesome post this week about a workshop she attended.  I picked up several new ideas that I plan to implement starting on the first day of school (LOVE the sign language...as I DO feel like I talk a lot in the classroom!).  I also learned that I'm an "Echo Teacher" and that is something I need to work on.  Take a look at her blog post and tell me what you think.  Are you in love with the sign language, too?  Are you an Echo Teacher?  Has anyone read Rick Morris' New Management Handbook?  I'm thinking of purchasing it, but would love feedback first!  

My next find of the week is actually a YouTube video that I found on Pinterest a few weeks before school was out, but it popped back up this week and I thought it was worth sharing.  

I fell in love with some of this teacher's techniques and tried them out in my classroom - L-O-V-E!  My students absolutely adored blowing "big words" from previous days/lessons into their hands and releasing them together!!  It got them all involved and let EVERYONE participate.  I also love the mirror technique she uses and the stop and teach-it method.  Do you use these WBT (Whole Brain Teaching) techniques in your classroom?  Do you have any suggested reads for WBT?

I also discovered a blog about Whole Brain Teaching this week, Miss L's Whole Brain Teaching, and she has compiled a list of other bloggers who use this technique.  I noticed quite a few of you bloggy friends on that list, so I'm hoping you can share your experiences with this! I'm very interested in trying more of these techniques in my classroom!

Remember to enter my 100 Follower Giveaway, and share about it!