Sunday, May 8, 2011

"Only One You" Giveaway!

50+ followers = giveaway!
My favorite way to end the school year is by celebrating with the book
"Only One You" .


Linda Kranz has a wealth of ideas for using this book in the classroom.  
The inside covers are filled with inspiring thoughts!


I will send "Only One You", straight to your door, via Amazon!
Enter by midnight on Thursday, May 12!  
A winner will be chosen at random on Friday, May 13.
(Yes, it CAN be a lucky day!)

How can you enter?  
Leave a separate comment for each item:
*Follow me!
*Post the giveaway on your blog!
*Share one thing that you like to do with your class on the last day of school.

(Please leave an email address/website so I can find the winner!)

PS:  I've been reading the comments and your end-of-the-year ideas are FANTASTIC!
I'm wishing I had more time with my kindergartners, lol!!




44 comments:

  1. Already a follower!

    www.littlemisskindergarten.blogspot.com

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  2. BEFORE the last day of school we sit in a circle and I go around saying one significant thing about each child and then we discuss our favorite Lindergarten memories. I can't usually get through these thype of things on the last day because I will cry. I have a hard time letting go...
    www.littlemisskindergarten.blogspot.com

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  3. My favorite thing to do on the last day of school is to give each student an envelope with my home address so they can write me over the summer. I have always had at least one student do this. I think it gives them comfort to know they aren't forgotten and still matter to you.

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  4. One thing I do the last day of school is have a "raffle". I draw names for a table full of "prizes" (i.e. junk out of my cabinet) The kids think they have treasures and I have cleaned my cabinets:)

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  5. I follow your blog! :o)

    Cindy
    ccfirstteacher@gmail.com

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  6. On the last day, we go back to the chart we made on the first day of school where they each told me something they wanted to learn in first grade. So we "check off" each item that we accomplished!

    Cindy
    ccfirstteacher@gmail.com

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  7. At the end of school I like to take all the pictures that I have taken throughout the year and make a video for each child. That way they will always remember all the fun things we did in Kindergarten.

    jfutch@long.k12.ga.us

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  8. I follow your blog!
    Heather
    tcottiero@sbcglobal.net

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  9. We have our Kindergarten Celebration before the last day of school. I always get a copy of the dvd of the ceremony. On the last day of school, we all watch it together. The kids love seeing themselves on "tv" and I always manage to cry even though I've already seen it!
    Heather
    tcottiero@sbcglobal.net

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  10. On the last day of school, I have my K students write a letter of advice for the next year's K class. They are really sweet and cute!

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  11. On the last day of school, I gather my class before parents join us for our awards, slide show and picnic, and tell them that they will always be one of "my kids" and they can always come to me. I go over safety situations for the summer and remind them to read.

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  12. Love your site!! What is the font that you use!! I love it!!

    http://smilescrayonsandendlessstories.blogspot.com/

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  13. I am your newest follower and I just checked out the book--way too cute! tillack@verizon.net

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  14. On the last day of school we raffle off all of our classmade books. tillack@verizon.net

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  15. Another fun thing we do is we have a 3x3 grid and we choose 9 friends to write something positive about. We keep them a secret, cut them apart and put them in each other's end of the year folders so that the recepients will "find" them when they get home and go through their school memories folder. tillack@verizon.net

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  16. I am now following your blog!

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  17. I have posted about your giveaway here: http://successinbloom.blogspot.com/2011/05/giveaway-at-read-write-sing.html

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  18. Unfortunately I am not currently in a classroom, but think this would be a great addition to my character education book collection!

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  19. I follow your blog!
    jdsargo@sbcglobal.net

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  20. I blogged about this super cute book. Gotta have it!

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  21. We are planning on doing memory books for our last few days of school.
    Mrs. Wills Kindergarten

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  22. Blogged! :)
    http://vbalbaugh.blogspot.com/2011/05/readwritesing-giveaway.html

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  23. We will be working on memory books and signing our school's yearbooks.

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  24. I am following you now! Cute blog, too!

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  25. Following your blog! Thanks for hosting this giveaway!

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  26. I am your newest follower!

    www.teachinginthecouv.blogspot.com

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  27. Our last day of school is only two hours and part of that is spent meeting the teachers the students will have next year. The time that is left we use to do our memory books.

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  28. I now follow you!
    chereemeans@gmail.com

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  29. I just finished my student teaching on Tuesday, but I already miss my first graders so I'm going back several days in these last two weeks of school for them. I'm definitely going back for their field trip to the nearby park to play games, make crafts, and have a picnic with them! Usually, the first grade team makes a school memories book. However, they loop to second grade so we decided that instead of making a memory book this year and again next year with the same kiddos, they'd change it up. We ordered an inflatable beach ball for every student and they will get to have every classmate sign it. Just thinking about beach balls makes me excited for summer so I'm sure they will enjoy it! Then, next year, they will make a first and second grade memories book.

    chereemeans@gmail.com

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  30. Oh shoot! My earlier comments disappeared (blogger issues). I follow you my blog friend!

    Mrs. Wills Kindergarten

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  31. We will make a memory book. I'm thinking about publishing it on Lulu. I have not done that before, but I'm gonna give it a go!

    Mrs. Wills Kindergarten

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  32. I am now following your blog, great ideas for next year when I move to kindy!

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  33. My favoire thing to do on the last day is write letters to the next up and coming class.

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  34. Love your blog!! Where did you get your cute chalkboard graphic at the top right of your blog? Also what is your main font called?

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