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Saturday, March 9, 2013

Happy Blogiversary to Me!

I can hardly believe that March 11 will be one year since I started my blogging adventure. 
It has been non-stop fun and excitement for me! I have made so many special friendships with tons of talented teachers from all over the world. I treasure each and every one of those friendships.

To help celebrate my blogiversary and to show you how much I appreciate all my followers, I have a very special offer for you. My dear friend Cristin, from


Cristin's Creations, is graciously donating a customized teacher plaque ($25.00 value) or clipboard ($20.00 value) to one of my lucky followers. She is just getting started in this venture and I assured her that every teacher would be thrilled to be able to customize their own teacher plaque or clipboard. I am so grateful to Cristin! Here is the beautiful plaque she made for me and two clipboards, as well. 


To sweeten the deal, and to show you all just how much I appreciate you sticking with me for this past year, I am throwing in one (non-bundled) item, of your choice, from my teaching store, for the winner. I just uploaded some fun, new items, too! Check out my sentence puzzles here!


Sentence puzzles are a wonderful activity to help young learners practice reading, writing, spelling, conventions, and grammar. Many of the sentence puzzles are fact based, making for even more meaningful learning!

My sentence puzzles are differentiated to accommodate all ability levels.

Click here to get a free St. Patrick's Day Sentence Puzzle. Just click on download preview and enjoy!



So, are you ready to enter my giveaway?

 Just enter using the rafflecopter below and leave me a comment letting me know which item you would like if you win. This giveaway won't last long, so, be sure to enter today!

Thanks for a great year and here's to many, many more!
a Rafflecopter giveaway

125 comments:

  1. Congrats on your blogiversary! I know I have enjoyed learning from and sharing with you!
    Jessica

    Apples and Papers

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  2. Happy Blogiversary! :) I was checking out your TpT store and I spent a long time browsing because everything is stinkin' cute! I really loved the Writing Station Activities for Young Learners. It's on my wishlist. :)

    Janet
    Mrs. D's Firsties

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  3. Happy Blogiversary! I'm currently a student teacher right now, so hope I win some goodies :0) Thanks for what you do!

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  4. You have shared some great resources, thank you so much! Love following you on TpT and your blog.
    Debbie

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  5. I have your writing menu and letter sounds pack. I absolutely love them - thank you!

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  6. Congrats one your first year of blogging! All your products are amazing, it is hard to choose! I think I would choose
    Weekly Language Review Sheets...First Grade (I love how it's common core aligned!) Smiles :)

    Courtney
    Petzold.courtney@gmail.com

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  7. Happy Blogiversary! You have so many amazing products in your store, it's hard to choose, but I would love your Character Trait Posters and Monthly Writing Activities

    This is an amazing giveaway -- I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

    Rae
    Mindful Rambles

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  8. Congrats! I would love to win your Differentiated Spring Mixed Up Sentences.
    Ruthanne rarace81@gmail.com

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  9. I would chose the Character trait pack

    lucy_tumnus@yahoo.com
    http://thelamppostin1stgrademath.blogspot.com/

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  10. I had a hard time picking only one thing from your store! I love your sight word games, but I already bought them all! I have had you 5 star sentences pack on my wishlist for awhile. I would love to start the year with this next year. Thank you!

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  11. Congratulations on your first year of blogging success! I love your products and blog. I agree, it is hard to choose from your products-- perhaps the "Writing Through the Spring" would be a good choice :)

    Congrats again!
    Kaitlin Edmunds
    http://kandclovegrade3.blogspot.ca/

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  12. Congrats! I like your Writing Topic Cards.

    Amber
    ambs98@nc.rr.com

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  13. What a great contest! I love the Five Star Sentences and the I Can Write center signs.
    carolpeterbirch@gmail.com

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  14. Happy blogiversary! My class loves your writing unit. They can't seem to get enough of it. Here's to another great year of blogging.

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  15. If I am lucky to win, I would choose your Writing Menu!

    rmariemuniz@hotmail.com

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  16. Sorry me and rafflecopter is having trouble. I would love your cvc pack! artandcraftmom@yahoo.com

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  17. Congrats! If I won, I would love to have your writing menu. I recently bought your Writing Station activities and my kids are really enjoying them!

    Karen
    An Apple a Day in First Grade

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  18. Thanks for the giveaway :) I would love to win the "I can write a...Writing Menu!"

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  19. Thanks for the giveaway. :) Would love to win the 5 Star Sentences or Types of leads. :)

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  20. Congratulations on your one year anniversary. Thank you for creating such amazing activities and resources for teachers to use. If I am lucky enough to be selected as one of your winner, I would love your Weekly Language Review Sheets for 1st grade. Thanks again, Deanna
    email:dgarrett@pasco.k12.fl.us

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  21. Congratulations! I would grab your new sentence puzzles. They look fun.

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  22. Congrats on your Anniversary!! Love your teaching items and so do my students!!

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  23. Thanks for the great giveaway! I'd love the Earth Day Pack!
    -Andrea
    simmonsa1@sfusd.edu
    cielobella@aol.com

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  24. Thanks for the great giveaway! I like the writing station pack:) Happy Anniversary!

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  25. Happy Blogiversary! I would love your Writing Station Activities for Young Learners.

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  26. Happy blogiversary! You know teachers love free stuff! :)

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  27. Hi Lori! Great giveaway! If I win, I'd take the clipboard and the Spring Sentence Puzzles. :-)

    Kristi and I just had our Blogiversary in February. Crazy that it has been a year!

    Crystal
    Teaching Little Miracles

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  28. Happy blogiversary!!! This is awesome! I love your writing station pack!

    Mrs. Thigpen's Kindergarten

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  29. Congratulations Lori!! I cannot believe you have only been blogging a year! You are truly one of my favorite blog authors and teachers. I have gained so much from your posts and am so inspired by your creativity and generosity!! Mahalo for all you do:)

    Aloha,
    Corinna
    Surfin' Through Second

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  30. Congrats on your blogiversary!! I would like the clipboard and the Spring Sentence Puzzlers! The puzzlers are such a great idea!!!

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  31. I would love Snow Much Fun Teaching With Caralyn Buehner Books! Thanks for the chance to win!
    Nissa
    nissacronin@gmail.com

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  32. Congratulations! I've recently purchased some of your writing activities. Would love to have the writing station activities for young learners.
    Kim H
    kdh423@aol.com

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  33. Congrats on your blogiversary! I'd love to win the teacher plaque or any of your activities!

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  34. Congratulations! I love your Transistion Words for the Pocket Chart and the Types of Leads on TPT. The plaque looks awesome as well!
    Tracey
    Third Grade All Stars

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  35. Lori! Congratulations!! :) I have loved reading your blog and getting to know you. :) I love everything you make so I would he happy with ANYTHING. Also, how stinkin' cute are those plaques?!? Thanks for a great giveaway.

    Kristen
    A Day in First Grade

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  36. Happy Blogiversary Lori :) Can I say that I want the rest of your store that I don't already own haha :) Love all your things Lori!!!!

    Heidi
    My (Not So) Elementary Life

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  37. Congratulations on your blogiversary! I would LOVE to win a clipboard ~ they look so cute! I have been watching your Handwriting Practice Booklet and My Writing Yearbook. I would LOVE to win either one of those!
    kspra123@hotmail.com

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  38. Hello and thank you for the opportunity to win something! I had a hard time choosing while looking through your TPT store too but I narrowed it down to....Weekly Language Review Sheets...First Grade. :) You have so many wonderful looking packets!

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  39. Happy Blogiversary! Wow you are one of the first blogs I started following last Summer. I would love your Spring Theme Sentence Puzzles if I'm picked. cbartram@kitcarsonschool.com

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  40. Happy Blogiversary. You know me! I will be happy with anything you give me. You have such a great heart and giving spirit!

    Jenn
    Best Practices 4 Teaching

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  41. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/A-Year-of-How-ToWriting
    So cute, cute, cute!
    ~Fern
    Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas!
    Fern Smith's Pinterest Boards!

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  42. Happy Blogiversay! I will have mine in about a month! I would love any of the Mixed Up Sentences. They look like fun!

    Andrea
    Reading Toward the Stars

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  43. Happy Blogiversary! I would love your writing bundle! Those clipboards are way too cute! Love, love, love!
    Erin
    cpietermam@rogers.com

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  44. Congrats!! I love your blog and fabulous TPT products :) I would love your Writing Menu or Writing Bundle Pack...AMAZING!!

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  45. Congrats! I like Your Writing Through the Spring.
    lraines78@gmail.com

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  46. Congratulations!! You have so many amazing products it's a tough choice! I think the Ultimate CVC pack would be terrific--very comprehensive with lots of variety! Thanks so much! love the clipboards too! Rachel pcolaga1963@gmail.com

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  47. Such a great feeling! I even added a blog post to celebrate! http://youresosharp.blogspot.com/2013/03/i-heart-giveaways.html I would love your writing bundle or anything you are offering! BrannanKJ@gmail.com

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  48. Happy Blogiversary!
    wendy 1stgradefireworks@gmail.com
    1stgradefireworks

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  49. What an awesome giveaway - happy bloggy birthday :)

    I would love the spring-themed Sentence Puzzlers packet!

    ~Jessica
    Joy in the Journey

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  50. Congratulations!! I think your Writing Station Activities for Young Learners 1 and 2 look amazing!!

    kara.vigil@dcsdk12.org

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  51. Congrats on your bloggy birthday! Love following you and getting some great ideas!!! Keep up the great work!

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  52. Congrats on your blogiversary!! You have so many great looking products...I could always use more ideas for writing. I would love your Writing Station Activities for Young Learners...Part 1 or Part 2. This is such a fun giveaway to celebrate! :)

    Regina
    Kinder Krazy

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  53. Great things! I would take the clipboard and the sentence puzzles!

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  54. Congratulations! I love the customized clipboards & plaque. You have so many amazing products. I'm having a hard time deciding between the Character Traits and the Second Grade Sight Words Pack. Best of luck with your giveaway :)
    Storie
    atozscrapbook@gmail.com
    Stories by Storie

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  55. Congrats on such success! The sentence puzzles look fabulous to me!
    anchoredin3rdgrade@gmail.com

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  56. Congratulations on one year! If I win I would love your Spring Scrambled Sentences. My kids really need this practice. I will be trying out your St. Patty's freebie this week!

    Carla
    bcc_carla@yahoo.com

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  57. Congratulations congratulations!!!! The spring sentence puzzles look fun!!!! Thank you!

    Jenna
    Jennaike@hawaii.edu

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  58. Oh my, I would so love the Kindergarten Common Core Language Review Sheets. These look fabulous!

    kellybrown28021@gmail.com

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  59. I think your sentences puzzles look great! Would love to win them or anything from your store! I've been a follower for awhile and have enjoyed your blog over the past year! Congratulations!!
    Kyp (teacheskids@yahoo.com)

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  60. I would love your writing station, I always need help with that! Congrats!
    Peggy Miller
    mmiller1@graniteschools.org

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  61. I would definitely choose one of your new sentence puzzles! Adorable!!

    Caitlin
    Kindergarten Smiles

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  62. Your Spring Sentence puzzles look so great! I would love to win!
    Nicole
    Teaching With Style

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  63. Congratulations! Those sentence puzzles look awesome!

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  64. I would love your new sentence puzzles. They look fabulous!!

    Mrs. Pauley’s Kindergarten

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  65. Congrats Lori!!!!!!!!!! Woooo-Hoooo!

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  66. There are too many things to choose just one! I love your End of the Year packet, your CHaracter Trait pack and all of your writing resources!

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  68. Congratulations! I love your blog and products! I would love to win The-ULTIMATE-CVC-Pack!

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  69. Happy Blogiversary sweet friend! What a GREAT giveaway!

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  70. Love all the Sentence puzzles! Fantastic resource! :-)

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  71. Decisions?? I would like the sentence puzzles.
    Toni Nicholson
    chief9937@Yahoo.com

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  72. Happy Blogiversary! I have your writing packs and LOVE them along with just about everything in your store!

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  73. Congrats on your blogaversary! After just returning to my own room after 10 years I have really enjoyed and apprciated all your ideas, work and time!!!
    hoggan2008@comcast.net

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  74. Happy Blogiversary Lori! Its amazing how much can happen in a year!

    Maria
    Kinder-Craze

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  75. Congratulations on your blog anniversary!!!! You are one of my very favorite bloggers! I am a first year teacher and cannot say how much I appreciate your wonderful posts and creations....they have helped me so much!

    Ashley
    www.secondgradeparadise.blogsot.com
    That's So Second Grade!
    ashleyepennell@gmail.com

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  76. Happy Anniversary!! I have many of your writing products and absolutely love them all!!! I would love your Writing Through the Spring resource...it looks awesome!!

    Heather
    HFlickinger5@gmail.com

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  77. I'd love the sentence puzzles!

    Congrats on your blogiversary!

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  78. Congratulations! Your products are so fabulously filled with fun. I love your sentence puzzles.
    Michelle
    Mjaquillard@oregoncs.org

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  79. Congrats on your anniversary! I think the clip boards are too cute! The sentence puzzle would come in very handy with my students.
    -Karen
    (nonnie_zan@hotmail.com)

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  80. Yay Lori! Congrats on your bloggiversary! This is such a great giveaway! So many things in your store are adorable - it makes it so hard to choose just one! I love all your writing packets - so I would pick your Writing Menu! :)
    Cheryl
    Crayons and Curls

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  81. I would LOVE your Scoot Bundle:)! Congratulations on your anniversary! The clipboards are adorable; thanks for the opportunity.

    ~Sara
    sweetsarabowling@gmail.com

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  82. Congrats!! I would love your ultimate CVC pack. Thanks!
    Yvonnee (kidzreadingteach)

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  83. Congratulations on your one year anniversary! I love following your blog and have purchased many of your adorable products. I would love to receive the Winter Sentence Puzzle packs if I win. Thanks for offering this opportunity!
    Barb
    bsdobner@earthlink.net

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  84. Congrats!!!! Thanks for offering this give-a-way. I'd love the plaque and First Grade Beginning of School Languages Activities. I'm really enjoying your blog.
    Thanks for the ideas,
    Linda

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  85. Happy Blogiversary! I just discovered your blog from the Moffat Girls. Can't wait to explore!

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  86. Congratulations! I would love anything that is on a second grade level!
    cindyw98@aol.com

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  87. Congrats! I would love to win your sentence scrambles. I know my first graders would love them. Thanks for all your awesome ideas and I wish you continued success.

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  88. CONGRATULATIONS on your 1 year anniversary! And, thank you for the giveaway! If chosen, I would like the Spring Theme Sentence Puzzles.

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  89. Happy Blogiversary!! Thanks for sharing all that you have done! I enjoy reading your blogs and updates. I would really enjoy the customized teacher plaque (since this is my first year teaching) and your Spring Differentiated Mixed Up Sentences would work really well in my classroom! Thanks!!

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  90. I want everything from your store!!! I'm obsessed with all your products!!! So hard to choose, but I would love the Sight Word Packet!
    Brianne
    bl3982 atyahoodotcom

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  91. Yay for your anniversary! I would love your Second and Third Grade Sight Word Packets :)

    Lindsey

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  92. Congrats on your milestone! I would love everything in your store, but if I have to pick I would pick your Writing Bundle Pack. ilovekdgt@gmail.com
    Sara
    Polka Dot Kinders

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  93. This is incredibly difficult - I love everything! I think I would choose the "I Can Write - writing menu". :D
    Julene Hoffman
    jhoffman143@yahoo.com

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  94. This a wonderful treat. I would love to have any of the choices but I would love the customized clipboard. I use one all the time but they look just like the ones the kids use so someone is always picking mine up by mistake.

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  95. Congratulations!! It's been so fun watching and following your journey on blogging. I love visiting your blog and reading about all of your teaching knowledge. :)

    Sugar and Spice

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  96. Congratulations! I like your Spring ABC Order Cards!!

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  97. Congrats on one year. I feel like it has been longer since I have been following your ideas, buying your units and asking your advice. I'd have to go through my TPT purchases to see what I ahven't bought of yours to know what I still want. I guess I would like the sentnece puzzels. I haven't gotten any of those yet.
    Keep inspiring us all!

    marybeth
    CialiniChat

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  98. A year does fly by....congrats!
    I would love so many of your packs but I must pick the CVC bundle pack. Looks like a lot of learning for the little ones. Thanks!

    grace2u {at} rogers {dot} com

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  99. Congratulations!! I would love your writing bundle pack. It looks fabulous!

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  100. Congrats on your anniversary! You have so many creative ideas, but I would have to pick the writing bundle pack. That's my weakest area. Have a great day!

    Nancyjcw

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  101. I would LOVE the Scoot Bundle Pack Grammer Edition.
    Congrats on your anniversary!

    Casey

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  102. I'd love to win the Writing Choice board set! I need more writing variety in my classroom!

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  103. Happy Blogiversary! You have been such an inspiration to me this year! If I win, I would LOVE the How to Writing pack:)

    Tammy
    The Resourceful Apple

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  104. I love all of your things!!! Looking forward to purchasing your new sentence pack soon!
    neillkk@hotmail.com

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  105. Congrats! What an accomplishment! Thanks for the chance to win!
    Brandy
    withers.brandy@yahoo.com

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  106. Congrats on your year! I would LOVE your spring scrambled sentences!!!! :) Congrats again!

    Pam

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  107. I would love write through the spring! Congrats!

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  108. Congratulations on one year!!! I'd love to have anything from your store, everything looks AMAZING!!!!
    kimchaiken@gmail.com

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  109. Congrats on your blogiversary! I would love to have your Writing through the spring if I win!

    Ashley
    arclark2012@gmail.com

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  110. Congratulations on your blogiversary and on all your accomplishments throughout the year!

    Ann-Marie Parisi
    mrsparisisclass.blogspot.com

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  111. Happy Blogiversary! If I won it would be a tough decision to choose one thing from your store since I love your creations! I think I'd pick your Writing Through the Spring pack. :o)

    œKaryn
    A is for Apple B is for Blog
    Kideducator@comcast.net

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  112. Congratulations! I love your products. If I win, I'd pick your sentence puzzle pack. I'd love to try those with my kids. Thanks for all that you do!
    Joan
    emailodell@gmail.com

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  113. Happy Blogiversary! If I won I would pick one of your Go Fish CVC word pack. Thanks for the chance to win.

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    1. Lori - CONGRATULATIONS on your 1 year blogiversary! What an amazing accomplishment! I am so thankful to have met you and formed such a wonderful friendship with you. I wish you continued success!

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      Mrs. Albanese’s Kindergarten Class


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  114. Congrats!! So exciting!

    I would love to win the First Grade Sight Word Packets or any of your sentence puzzles- those look like fun!!

    Katie
    katiereeder@gmail.com

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  115. Congrats on one year!! And thank you for sharing so many wonderful ideas and resources!

    I would love to win the Kindergarten Sight Word Scrambled Sentences. My kiddos love those!!

    Heather
    hvankuiken@gmail.com

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  116. I love the first grade sight word packet! Very cute! Congratulations on 1 year!
    Karen Rowland
    Adventures With Firsties

    karenrowland112677@yahoo.com

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  117. Happy Blogiversary Lori! Thanks for all your help, I am so happy to know you, you have helped me so much and I really appreciate it. As for your amazing store, I LOVE everything and would be happy with anything of yours!
    Leslie

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  118. Congrats on one year!! Your blog is amazing and I love reading it! I would love to have your writing menu. Fingers crossed!
    Shibahn

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  119. Happy -versary!!! Im so glad I have found you... thank you for sharing your talents with us!! I would love your writing through the spring pack!

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  120. I would love to try Writing Station Activities for Young Learners!! Love any type of writing activities :)

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