This summer, I've been VERY busy making over my entire store! Today, I'm sharing highlights of products I've updated, and also giving details about my 4,000 follower giveaway!

I was motivated to make over my whole store for a number of reasons:

• To make worksheets more printer-friendly (so less ink!)
• To align all of my lessons with the NCCAS standards
• To convert some of the SMART notebook files to PDF's, so more people can access them (although I just learned that you can open up SMART notebook files without having the software by opening them up at express.smarttech.com!)
• To add some files and activities to some of the sets (in other words, to make the sets even more helpful!)

If you've bought any set from me that included worksheets, included standards, or included SMART notebook files, you may have revisions you can re-upload for free! Here is a video tutorial I made last year to show you how to check for revisions (as well as a few other tips about navigating on TpT!)

One of my most time-consuming revisions was of all of my "I Can" sets. Because the NCCAS standards came out, I had to re-do the checklist within each set to be aligned with the new standards. I also added several standards to each grade-level set so that all of the standards were represented. (And I also added a new border, to make it prettier!) Check out my bundled set by clicking on the picture below:

Another one of my favorite revisions was to "Songs and Activities to Teach Re." For this set, I added slideshows for "Hot Cross Buns" and "Let us chase the squirrel," made some of the worksheets more printer-friendly and added borders, and aligned the presentation lesson to NCCAS. Check it out by clicking the picture below:

I know no one is ready to think about Christmas right now, but I'm pretty excited about the revisions to my "Christmas around the world" set! I updated several of the YouTube links to connect to performances more representative of each culture. I also changed the fonts and design a bit. Here is the set:

Make sure to check out the "my purchases" tab on TpT, to see if any of the products you've purchased have been revised. Many sellers continually improve their work, so you may find some other revisions you weren't expecting to see!

To celebrate my huge store makeover as well as reaching 4,000 followers on TpT, I am teaming up with some music friends to offer a giveaway! Each prize will contain a bundle of back-to-school goodies as well as a credit to my store. The goodies are listed below; you can click each link to see each of the products (and follow each store while you're there!)

"Beat Strips" 

from Amy Abbott

"Off to the races {August-December planning}"

from Lindsay Jervis

"EGBDF Stories" 

from David Row at Make Moments Matter

"Music Listening Worksheet Bundle" 

from Cori Bloom

"Music Worksheets: Treble/ Bass, Line/ Space, High/ Low" 

from Music with Sara Bibee

"What's cooking in music" bulletin board 

from Tracy King/ The Bulletin Board Lady

"Classroom Instrument Flipbook"

from Jena Hudson at Sew Much Music

"Back to School Write the Room {Bundled Set}"

from Karla at C Major Learning

The prizes will be:

1st place: The bundle of BTS goodies and a $50 credit to my store

2nd place: The bundle of BTS goodies and a $25 credit to my store

3rd place: The bundle of BTS goodies and a $15 credit to my store

You get one entry for each of the following:

• Following me on TpT
• Visiting my Facebook page
• Subscribing to my YouTube channel
• Following me on Pinterest
• Visiting "my purchases," and downloading any revised products you see!

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I'll leave the giveaway open until Thursday at 3 p.m., and then will announce the winners shortly thereafter. Good luck!