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Houston, Texas, United States
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I have a Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction and have taught elementary and middle school students primarily in an ESL setting. My experience spans both public and charter school settings. I also have specialized in tutoring all testing grades (3-8) for our state math testing. I have also spent over twenty-five years of teaching and mentoring PK-12 students in a variety of non-classroom settings. My passion is guided small group-differentiated learning, incorporating the workshop model in all of my teachings. I also bring as much creativity and higher order thinking into everything that I do. I have also had a background in sales and marketing and participate in a variety of musical endeavors.
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Preview of Kindergarten Math Morning Work Number of The Week Number Sense 1-30 PK Bundle

Kindergarten Math Morning Work Number of The Week Number Sense 1-30 PK Bundle

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These NO PREP, PRINTABLE Number Of The Week Worksheets and Number Sense Activities are perfect for the pre-K or kindergarten classroom. They are a fun way to practice early numeracy skills. Engage your young students with a unique number of the week experience. The 1-30 unit gives you many opportunities to practice numbers for a whole week. Students will quickly learn the consistent pattern on these number sense worksheets as they develop strong number sense skills all year long. They are p
Preview of First Grade Math Understanding Place Value Activities Numbers Worksheets 1.NBT.2

First Grade Math Understanding Place Value Activities Numbers Worksheets 1.NBT.2

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Place value activities and number sense practice makes teaching the first-grade place value standards fun and engaging. It is also a great way to supplement your math routines, integrate valuable daily number sense practice and reinforce number relationships! The no-prep First Grade Math Understanding Place Value worksheets help your students master these important foundational math skills. ☝The No Prep printable worksheets and ready-to-use digital activities give you lots of options when assig
Preview of Number of the Day Activities Math Spiral Review Place Value Practice Secon Grade

Number of the Day Activities Math Spiral Review Place Value Practice Secon Grade

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These NO PREP, printable or DIGITAL Number Of The Day Worksheets and Number Sense Activities are perfect for the second-grade classroom. Thanksgiving, Halloween, and Holliday included! Engage your second-grade students with these perfect Halloween and year-round morning work activities with a very unique number of day experience to start the day or your math block.  Students will quickly learn the consistent pattern on these number sense worksheets as they develop strong number sense skills
Preview of First Grade Math Place Value Practice Back to School Number of the Day

First Grade Math Place Value Practice Back to School Number of the Day

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Mrs Balius
Engage your first-grade math students with these Back to School Math Activities to use as Morning Work or Place Value Review Practice. They are NO PREP, PRINTABLE, and DIGITAL Number Of The Day Worksheets and Number Sense Activities. These Number Of The Day Worksheets and Number Sense Activities are perfect for morning work, homework, math centers, distance, hybrid, or homeschool learning.  Engage your first-grade students with these fun and challenging math morning work activities to start
Preview of Second Grade Math Place Value Practice Number of the Day

Second Grade Math Place Value Practice Number of the Day

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Mrs Balius
Engage your second-grade math students with these Back to School Math Activities to use as Morning Work or Place Value Review Practice. They are NO PREP, PRINTABLE, and DIGITAL Number Of The Day Worksheets and Number Sense Activities. These Number Of The Day Worksheets and Number Sense Activities are perfect for morning work, homework, math centers, distance, hybrid, or homeschool learning.  Engage your second-grade students with these perfect math morning work activities to start the day o
Preview of First Grade Math Worksheet Practice Counting Patterns Number Lines NBT1

First Grade Math Worksheet Practice Counting Patterns Number Lines NBT1

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Engage your students with these fun First Grade Math Number Sense Activities with Counting and Number Line Worksheets and digital activities and help them master these important foundational skills. Place value activities and number sense practice makes teaching the first-grade place value standards fun and engaging. It is also a great way to supplement your math routines, integrate valuable daily number sense practice and reinforce number relationships! The no-prep First Grade Math Countin
Preview of Place Value Practice in Second Grade Math Using Number of the Day Back to School

Place Value Practice in Second Grade Math Using Number of the Day Back to School

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Mrs Balius
Engage your second-grade students with these NO PREP, PRINTABLE or DIGITAL Number Of The Day Worksheets, and Number Sense Activities. These Number Of The Day Worksheets and Number Sense Activities are perfect for morning work, homework, math centers, distance or hybrid learning, or homeschool.  These are perfect math morning work activities to start the day or your math block.  Students will quickly learn the consistent pattern on these number sense worksheets as they develop strong number se
Preview of 4th Grade Math Test Prep STAAR TEKS Spiral Review Task Cards Activities

4th Grade Math Test Prep STAAR TEKS Spiral Review Task Cards Activities

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Mrs Balius
Looking for a fun and engaging way to review with your 4th grade students before the end of the year math test? These fourth grade math task cards are just the thing. With 20 sets of TEKS aligned task cards in this bundle, your students will get the practice necessary to prepare them for the STAAR, PARC, or any other state math test this year. The task cards are easy to print and fun to use as a whole class, in small groups, or as part of math centers.  This math task card bundle also includes a
Preview of Pre K & Kindergarten Number Sense Number of Week Math Practice Worksheets

Pre K & Kindergarten Number Sense Number of Week Math Practice Worksheets

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Mrs Balius
These NO PREP, PRINTABLE Number Of The Week Worksheets and Number Sense Activities are perfect for the pre-K or kindergarten classroom. They are a fun way to practice early numeracy skills. Engage your young students with a unique number of the week experience. The 1-5 unit gives you many opportunities to practice numbers for a whole week. Students will quickly learn the consistent pattern on these number sense worksheets as they develop strong number sense skills all year long. They are p
Preview of Summer Math End of Year Packet Math Review for First Grade

Summer Math End of Year Packet Math Review for First Grade

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Help your first graders avoid the summer slide this year. Send them home with fun and engaging first grade summer math activities. This first grade end of year math review packet is sure to be a resource parents and students love! This engaging NO PREP First Grade Math Review packet includes 40 days of spiral math practice that only takes a few minutes to complete every day. Just a few minutes a day and your students will keep those important math standards fresh. Because the First Grade Summer
Preview of 4th Grade Math STAAR Test Prep Review Texas State Math TEKS MEGA BUNDLE April

4th Grade Math STAAR Test Prep Review Texas State Math TEKS MEGA BUNDLE April

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Looking for a fun and engaging way to review with your 4th grade students at the end of the year math test? This 4th Grade Math Review Test Prep MEGA BUNDLE has everything you need! State test prep can be easy and fun with engaging 4th grade math review activities they will love! The resources in this bundle are aligned to the Texas 4th grade math TEKS but also to the CCSS. Perfect for preparing for the STAAR or other state test. No matter what state math test your students take you can be c
Preview of First Grade Math Activities Add and Subtract Properties of Operations Worksheets

First Grade Math Activities Add and Subtract Properties of Operations Worksheets

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Engage your students with these fun First Grade Math Number Sense Activities with Properties of Operations Worksheets and digital activities and help them master these important foundational skills. These First Grade Math Number Sense Activities and Properties of Operations Worksheets are perfect for morning work, homework, math centers, distance or hybrid learning, or homeschool. The No Prep printable worksheets and ready-to-use digital activities give you lots of options when assigning to y
Preview of 1st Grade Math Word Problem Solving 1.OA.1 - Addition & Subtraction within 20

1st Grade Math Word Problem Solving 1.OA.1 - Addition & Subtraction within 20

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Mrs Balius
How do you teach problem-solving in your classroom?  This 1st-grade math problem-solving resource gives your students a lot of practice with ALL ELEVEN types of addition and subtraction word problems. This resource covers CCSS 1.OA.1 and is fully adaptable to different styles of learning. Mega Math Practice is now DIGITAL for use with Google Slides™. First-grade math students need daily problem-solving practice and continued exposure to addition and subtraction word problems to achieve maste
Preview of Counting and Number Lines Activities First Grade Math Number Sense Worksheet 0A5

Counting and Number Lines Activities First Grade Math Number Sense Worksheet 0A5

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Engage your students with these fun First Grade Math Number Sense Activities with Counting and Number Lines Worksheets and digital activities and help them master these important foundational skills. These First Grade Math Number Sense Activities and Counting and Number Lines Worksheets are perfect for morning work, homework, math centers, distance or hybrid learning, or homeschool. The No Prep printable worksheets and ready-to-use digital activities give you lots of options when assigning to
Preview of Telling Time Worksheets Anchor Charts Counting Money Activities Coin Counting

Telling Time Worksheets Anchor Charts Counting Money Activities Coin Counting

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Counting Money and Telling Time makes teaching the first-grade measurement standards fun and engaging. These 50+ NO-Prep, Print and Go activities provide lots of practice counting pennies, nickels, and dimes and telling time to the hour and the half-hour. These fun pages are easily differentiated and include what you need to teach the measurement standards of time and money from conceptual understanding to abstract use of the skills. **Telling Time Worksheets & Anchor Charts **Counting Money
Preview of Christmas First Grade Math Place Value Practice Number of the Day Number Sense

Christmas First Grade Math Place Value Practice Number of the Day Number Sense

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Mrs Balius
Engage your first-grade students with these NO PREP, PRINTABLE Number Of The Day Worksheets with DIGITAL, and Number Sense Activities. These Number Of The Day Worksheets and Number Sense Activities are perfect for morning work, homework, math centers, distance, hybrid, or homeschool learning.  ⭐ This Number of the Day Unit now contains a self-checking Easel Activity that may be used for formative assessments throughout the month. ⭐ ☝ These are perfect math morning work activities to start
Preview of First Grade Math Addition Subtraction Strategies Activities Numbers Worksheets

First Grade Math Addition Subtraction Strategies Activities Numbers Worksheets

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Mrs Balius
Engage your students with these fun First Grade Math Number Sense Activities with Addition and Subtraction Strategies Worksheets and digital activities and help them master these important foundational skills. These first-grade math number sense activities and addition and subtraction strategies worksheets are perfect for morning work, homework, math centers, distance or hybrid learning, or homeschool. The No Prep printable worksheets and ready-to-use digital activities give you lots of optio
Preview of Halloween First Grade Bundle Math Place Value Practice Number of the Day

Halloween First Grade Bundle Math Place Value Practice Number of the Day

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Mrs Balius
Engage your first-grade students with these Halloween October NO PREP, printable Number Of The Day Worksheets, and Number Sense Activities. Engage your first-grade students with these engaging math morning work activities to start the day or your math block.  Students will quickly learn the consistent pattern of these number sense worksheets as they develop strong number sense skills all month long. Simply print and copy the No Prep Number of the Day worksheets for a quick and easy math activi
Preview of 4th Grade Math Test Prep Assessments Quizzes Daily Review TEKS Texas CC

4th Grade Math Test Prep Assessments Quizzes Daily Review TEKS Texas CC

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Get your 4th-grade math students ready for end-of-the-year testing with this 4th Grade Math Test Prep Bundle including TEKS-aligned quizzes for all of the Readiness Standards that may also be used for review of the Common Core State Standards as well as other tests that require a rigorous review. State test prep can be easy and fun for your students with these engaging quizzes. Each of the one-page math daily quizzes includes five rigorous questions to be used for STAAR practice and are aligned
Preview of Christmas Math Worksheets Place Value Activities 2nd grade

Christmas Math Worksheets Place Value Activities 2nd grade

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Mrs Balius
Engage your second-grade students with these NO PREP, Print and Go & DIGITAL Number Of The Day Worksheets with DIGITAL, and Number Sense Activities. These Number Of The Day Worksheets and Number Sense Activities are perfect for morning work, homework, math centers, distance, hybrid, or homeschool learning.  ⭐ This Number of the Day Unit now contains a self-checking Easel Activity that may be used for formative assessments throughout the month. ⭐ ☝ These are perfect math morning work activities
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About the store

Experience

I have a Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction and have taught elementary and middle school students primarily in an ESL setting. My experience spans both public and charter school settings. I also have specialized in tutoring all testing grades (3-8) for our state math testing. I have also spent over twenty-five years of teaching and mentoring PK-12 students in a variety of non-classroom settings. My passion is guided small group-differentiated learning, incorporating the workshop model in all of my teachings. I also bring as much creativity and higher order thinking into everything that I do. I have also had a background in sales and marketing and participate in a variety of musical endeavors.

Teaching style

I have used the guided math/workshop model in my classroom for over ten years. My classroom is small group/differentiated in all areas. I also specialize in RTI tracking materials.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Honor: Mother to Katie

My own education history

MEd in Curriculum and Instruction-Math Emphasis; BA in Philosophy from St Olaf College; Texas Teaching Certificate.

Additional biographical information

Married with a fourteen-year-old daughter in eighth grade. Masters in Curriculum and Instruction with a Math specialty.