Cynthia Vautrot - My Kind of Teaching
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Ellijay, Georgia, United States
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I taught for 30 years in the classroom (pre-k through 4th grades), and now I create resources to help teachers save time while keeping learning fun. My heart is for the new teacher trying to survive, the busy parent who wants to get home on time, and the seasoned teacher looking for less stress in the last stretch. I believe you can be an amazing teacher and still close your door at the end of the day with confidence. My resources are designed to make teaching simple, engaging, and stress-free — so you can go home and enjoy your life outside the classroom, too.
I’m proud to share that my store ranks in the Top 1% of all TpT sellers. That means teachers across the country are finding my resources helpful, practical, and worth coming back for again and again. Thank you for being part of this amazing community!
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Get to Know You Ice Breakers 4 Corners Back to School First Week Fun Activities
This is a great Getting to Know You Four Corners activity to use on the first day of school or anytime during the first week of school! Whether you call it Morning Meeting, Fun Friday, Wacky, Wednesday, Ice Breakers, Brain Break, or something else, it's all about the fun! This fun Find a Friend activity for Google Slides or PowerPoint will help your students find things they have in common and help them to make friends. This activity is great for: Morning Meeting Back to School community
2nd - 5th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing
2nd Grade Morning Tubs Math & Literacy Hands-On Work Bin Year Center Activities
Make mornings calm and stress-free with 2nd Grade Morning Tubs! Includes 250+ hands-on math, literacy, fine motor, and critical thinking activities, black & white versions, labels, and a quick-start guide—everything you need to set up once and use all year. ✔ Includes 10 months of Morning Tubs ✔ Save $35+ with the bundle ✔ Designed for daily, low-prep routinesThese 2nd Grade Morning Work Tubs give your students a calm, structured start to the day with hands-on activities for math, litera
2nd
English Language Arts, Math
Telling Time to the Hour, Half Hour, Quarter Hour, & Five Minutes 2nd Grade Math
Are you looking for fun activities to teach telling time to the hour, half-hour, quarter-hour, and five minutes? This Telling Time Unit includes everything you will need from introducing to mastery for telling time to the hour, half-hour, quarter-hour, and to 5 minutes. This math unit has time activities, games, assessments, crafts, lesson plans, posters and so much more to use in your math centers. This unit is perfect for teaching your 2nd graders to tell time to the nearest 5 minutes. How
1st - 3rd
Math, Measurement, Other (Math)
CCSS
2.MD.C.7
Emergency Sub Lesson Plans No Prep 3rd Grade Fun Theme Activity Packet Math ELA
Looking for fun, themed lesson plans that keep your 3rd graders engaged—even when you're out? This no-prep sub plan bundle includes 5 unique packets that blend rigorous review with playful, student-approved themes. Each set includes: ✔️ Fiction & nonfiction reading passages with comprehension (original written by me) ✔️ Writing prompts ✔️ Grammar & language activities ✔️ Math review aligned to 3rd grade standards ✔️ Bonus printables for early finishers or centers ✔️ Editable sub info
3rd
For All Subjects
3rd Grade Morning Tubs Work Math and Literacy Hands-On Work Bin Year Activities
Whether you call them morning tubs, morning bins, morning work, or bell ringers, these 3rd-grade activities will help your students practice third-grade skills and concepts while setting the tone for the day. Who wouldn’t LOVE to begin the day with some play? Students enjoy playing the math, literacy, fine motor, and critical thinking skills activities so much that they don’t even realize that they are actually practicing needed skills to succeed in school. ***PLEASE NOTE:***The only d
3rd
English Language Arts, Math
Emergency Sub Lesson Plans No Prep 4th Grade Fun Movie Theme Activity Math ELA
Need something engaging and educational to keep your 4th graders learning during summer school? This no-prep fun movie theme packet is perfect for busy teachers who need easy-to-use lessons that still pack in rigorous review with a fun movie theme! Just print and go—no planning required. Whether you're teaching summer school or just need a low-stress way to keep your class on track, this 4th Grade NO PREP Summer School Packet includes standards-aligned activities in math, reading, language, a
4th
For All Subjects
4th Grade Literacy Centers Print and Go Activities Year Long ELA Skills No Prep
Are you looking for literacy center activities specifically created for fourth grade?Fourth Grade Literacy Centers include games, activities, worksheets, and more for All Year. It is is the NO PREP solution for hands-on, engaging, powerful, and fun literacy centers. Save time lesson planning with these monthly centers for your 4th-grade classroom! ✅ **SAVE $$ by purchasing this bundle. It's like getting two months for FREE!Looking for Fourth-Grade No Prep Math Center activities? Click h
4th
English Language Arts
August 2nd Grade Morning Work Tubs Back to School Math & Literacy Hands-On Bins
Set a positive tone for the classroom each morning with these 2nd Grade Morning Work Tub activities. They are the perfect solution for back-to-school morning work during August. These morning bins will save you time, energy, prep work to make your mornings stress-free! This August morning tub unit includes games, activities, and fun learning to practice beginning-of-the-year skills for second grade and review learning from first grade. ✅ Click the preview button to see pictures of the
2nd
English Language Arts, Math
Emergency Sub Lesson Plans Ice Cream Theme | No Prep 3rd Grade Math & Literacy
Need engaging, no-prep lesson plans for your 3rd graders this summer? Whether you're teaching summer school or need easy emergency sub plans, this ice cream theme activity packet is a fun and effective way to keep learning on track. These 3rd grade math and literacy lessons are print-and-go, standards-aligned, and designed to save you time—no prep required. Students stay engaged with skill-based activities that feel like a sweet summer treat! Use this resource for: · Summer school lesson p
3rd
Basic Operations, For All Subjects, Reading
3rd Grade Print and Go Activities, Games, Worksheets - No Prep Literacy Centers
Are you looking for monthly NO PREP literacy centers for third grade? More than 100 easy to prep activities can be used for literacy stations, early finishers, small groups, or whole group practice. Seasonal activities and games for fall, winter, spring, and summer are print and go to save YOU time lesson planning and prepping time each week, so that you can get out the door and home to your family! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I loved these and my students loved these and wanted to do them more and more.
3rd
English Language Arts
Emergency Sub Lesson Plans No Prep 4th Grade Fun Theme Activity Packet Math ELA
Looking for fun, themed lesson plans that keep your 4th graders engaged—even when you're out? This no-prep sub plan bundle includes 5 unique packets that blend rigorous review with playful, student-approved themes. Each set includes:✔️ Fiction & nonfiction reading passages with comprehension (original written by me) ✔️ Writing prompts ✔️ Grammar & language activities ✔️ Math review aligned to 4th grade standards ✔️ Bonus printables for early finishers or centers ✔️ Editable sub info pages and
4th
For All Subjects
Multi-Step Word Problems - Math - 2 Step Word Problems All Operations Worksheets
Do your students struggle to solve multi-step word problems? Teaching students the process of solving these 2- step math problems for all operations has never been easier with this PowerPoint and NO PREP worksheets.*Please note - this unit includes the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division and should be used for students who understand all four math operations.This unit includes a detailed Power Point Presentation and practice problems in both a printable and digit
3rd - 5th
Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
4.OA.A.3
Poetry Writing Unit - Activities, Templates, Anchor Chart Posters Types of Poems
Are you looking for ways to get more poetry writing into your classroom? This poetry unit has everything you need to get your students excited about writing poems. Both print and digital are included. Students will learn about 12 different types of poems as they complete their own student books using the elements of poetry templates.*Click on the preview button to see more pictures and information about this unit.Twelve Types of PoemsAcrostic Autobiographical Cinquain Diamante Couplet
2nd - 4th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Poetry
CCSS
RL.1.10
, RL.2.10
, RL.3.10
+2
Geometry Activities Worksheets and Games | Geometry and Fractions for 2nd Grade
Second Grade Geometry for the Common Core standards covers several concepts. This unit will help you teach your students to 100% mastery of 2D (plane) shapes and 3D shapes (cubes), partitioning shapes, and fractions. In this unit, you will find geometry activities, worksheets, games and so much more! This geometry unit also includes t riangle, square, rectangle, pentagon, rhombus, quadrilateral, hexagon, trapezoid, cubes, edges, vertices, and dividing shapes for fractions.*SAVE 20% by purc
2nd
Geometry, Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
2.G.A.1
, 2.G.A.2
, 2.G.A.3
Spring Following Directions Written and Verbal Listening Comprehension Skills
Looking for a fun, no-prep way to boost your students' listening comprehension and critical thinking skills this spring? This engaging resource offers a variety of activities where students follow both written and verbal directions to complete themed illustrations. These include late spring, Mother's Day, Earth Day, and Easter What’s Included: Multiple spring-themed worksheets with step-by-step directions Two versions for each activity: Written directions for independent work Verbal direc
2nd - 4th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Other (ELA)
Stand Up Sit Down Back to School Getting to Know You Activities Fun Ice Breakers
Are you looking for a fun first day or first week of school activity? These fun Stand Up Sit Down activities will help you and your students get to know each other better and start with a smile! Whether you call it Morning Meeting, Fun Friday, Wacky, Wednesday, Ice Breakers, Brain Break, or something else, it's all about the fun! This is a great Getting to Know You Summer School or Back-to-School activity to use the first day of school or anytime during the first week of school! ✅ Save
2nd - 5th
Classroom Community
2nd Grade Print and Go Activities - Year Long No Prep Literacy Centers
Are you looking for literacy center activities, including games, review, and more, specifically created for 2nd grade for your workstations? Second Grade Literacy Centers for All Year is the NO PREP solution for hands-on, engaging, powerful, and fun literacy centers. Save time lesson planning with these monthly centers for your 2nd-grade classroom! ✅ Looking for Second-Grade No Prep Math Stations? Click here to see them!Each monthly unit includes:Literacy Centers that are print and go.Bo
2nd
English Language Arts, Other (ELA)
2nd Grade Place Value Task Cards, Activities, and Games
Place Value Task Cards for 2nd Grade Common Core cover the four standards of Numbers and Operations in Base Ten. You will receive twenty task cards for each standard for a total of EIGHTY task cards! (WOW) A variety of ways to use the cards with ideas and suggestions are also included. This unit is versatile enough to use over and over throughout the year to review place value with your second-grade students. PLEASE SEE PREVIEW FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.*This product has been updated to in
1st - 3rd
Math, Place Value
CCSS
2.NBT.A.1
, 2.NBT.A.1a
, 2.NBT.A.1b
+3
Collective Nouns PowerPoint and Craftivity
This unit is a Power Point presentation and craftivity that will help your students learn about collective nouns. Use the ppt to introduce your unit or review throughout the year. Students will have fun and enjoy making the craftivity. How to Use:Use this bright and colorful Power Point to share with your students many different collective nouns. After completing the 132 slide PPT, have your students complete the interactive craftivity. You might like:Collective Nouns for the Common Core
2nd - 3rd
English Language Arts, Grammar, Other (ELA)
2nd Grade Money Activities Worksheets and Games Print and Go Common Core Lessons
Money worksheets, money games, and money activities are included in this Second Grade Money for the Common Core unit. This unit will help you teach your students to 100% mastery as the learn how to count and identify coins and money using games, activities, worksheets and more.*SAVE 20% by purchasing in a bundle.Included in this unitI Can Statement PosterEssential Questions PostersVocabulary PostersAssessmentsGuided Lesson Plans with Differentiation to reach ALL of your studentsMoney GamesMon
2nd
Math, Measurement, Other (Math)
CCSS
2.MD.C.8
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About the store
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I taught for 30 years in the classroom (pre-k through 4th grades), and now I create resources to help teachers save time while keeping learning fun. My heart is for the new teacher trying to survive, the busy parent who wants to get home on time, and the seasoned teacher looking for less stress in the last stretch. I believe you can be an amazing teacher and still close your door at the end of the day with confidence. My resources are designed to make teaching simple, engaging, and stress-free — so you can go home and enjoy your life outside the classroom, too.
I’m proud to share that my store ranks in the Top 1% of all TpT sellers. That means teachers across the country are finding my resources helpful, practical, and worth coming back for again and again. Thank you for being part of this amazing community!
Teaching style
Hi, I’m Cynthia! After 30 years in the classroom (teaching everything from pre-K to 4th grade), I now homeschool my grandsons and create resources that save teachers time while keeping learning fun. My mission is simple: help you close your classroom door at the end of the day with confidence, knowing your students are engaged and your plans are ready. Work smarter, not harder — that’s my kind of teaching!
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