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I am a National Board Certified teacher with seventeen years of classroom experience at the elementary level. I have earned recognition in the field for my roles as a curriculum designer, educational consultant, and national conference presenter. As the founder of The Clutter-Free Classroom Blog, I love sharing my expertise in instruction, classroom organization, and management. I recently left the school setting to further pursue my passion for creating curriculum resources and use my knowledge and expertise to coach elementary teachers on a global level.
Ranked on Teachers Pay Teachers as one of the most successful educational resource creators of all time, I have the honor of knowing that my lessons and activities are being used by millions of students in classrooms all around the world. That is a responsibility I take very seriously.
My husband and I are currently homeschooling our son and twin daughters. Our family divides our time between Boston, Massachusetts and the Sarasota, Florida area.
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DAY 20 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | CLASSMATE INTERVIEW ACTIVITY
ABOUT TODAY'S FREEBIEToday's FREEBIE is a back to school activity. Get all of our Back to School Activities for just $9.99 for a limited time! Learn more about preparing for back to school! HOW TO GET MORE FREE TEACHING RESOURCESAs a thank you for all that you do for your students, we're bringing back another summer series of back to school freebies. Every weekday starting in July and throughout the month of August, we will send a free printable resource for elementary classroom teachers str
1st - 5th
Writing
DAY 19 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | 3-2-1 SUMMARY FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
ABOUT TODAY'S FREEBIEToday's FREEBIE is a 3-2-1 Summary Activity. Get our math quick check assessments for your grade level on sale for a limited time! 1st Grade Math Quick Check Assessments2nd Grade Math Quick Check Assessments3rd Grade Math Quick Check Assessments4th Grade Math Quick Check Assessments5th Grade Math Quick Check AssessmentsLearn more about using formative assessments in math! HOW TO GET MORE FREE TEACHING RESOURCESAs a thank you for all that you do for your students, we're br
1st - 5th
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DAY 18 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BOOK COMPANION
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1st - 5th
Reading, Reading Strategies
DAY 17 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | COLOR BY CODE ACTIVITY
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1st - 5th
Grammar, Reading
DAY 16 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT RESOURCE
ABOUT TODAY'S FREEBIEToday's FREEBIE is a Classroom Management Resource! Get all of our Classroom Management Resources on sale for a limited time! Learn more about classroom management! HOW TO GET MORE FREE TEACHING RESOURCESAs a thank you for all that you do for your students, we're bringing back another summer series of back to school freebies. Every weekday starting in July and throughout the month of August, we will send a free printable resource for elementary classroom teachers straigh
1st - 5th
Classroom Community
DAY 15 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | ACROSTIC POEM ACTIVITY
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1st - 5th
Writing
DAY 14 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | AUGUST WORD PROBLEMS
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1st - 5th
Math
DAY 13 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | SUMMER WRITING BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT
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1st - 5th
Writing
DAY 12 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | WOULD YOU RATHER ACTIVITIES
ABOUT TODAY'S FREEBIEToday's FREEBIE is a set of would you rather activities. Get all of our Would You Rather Activities on sale for a limited time! Learn more about our would you rather activities! HOW TO GET MORE FREE TEACHING RESOURCESAs a thank you for all that you do for your students, we're bringing back another summer series of back to school freebies. Every weekday starting in July and throughout the month of August, we will send a free printable resource for elementary classroom tea
1st - 5th
Creative Writing, Writing
DAY 11 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | ELEMENTARY TEACHER ORGANIZATION TOOL
ABOUT TODAY'S FREEBIEToday's FREEBIE is a Teacher Organization Tool to help you keep your classroom neat and tidy all year long. Get all of our Classroom Organization Tools on sale for a limited time! Learn more about how to organize your classroom! HOW TO GET MORE FREE TEACHING RESOURCESAs a thank you for all that you do for your students, we're bringing back another summer series of back to school freebies. Every weekday starting in July and throughout the month of August, we will send a f
1st - 5th
Classroom Community
DAY 10 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | SELFIE PORTRAIT ACTIVITY
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1st - 5th
Writing
DAY 9 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | MATH SPIRAL REVIEW ACTIVITIES
ABOUT TODAY'S FREEBIEToday's FREEBIE is a set of math spiral review activities. Get all of our spiral review math activities on SALE now! 1st Grade Spiral Review Math Activities2nd Grade Spiral Review Math Activities3rd Grade Spiral Review Math Activities4th Grade Spiral Review Math Activities5th Grade Spiral Review Math ActivitiesLearn more about spiral review math! HOW TO GET MORE FREE TEACHING RESOURCESAs a thank you for all that you do for your students, we're bringing back another summer
1st - 5th
Math, Math Test Prep
DAY 8 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY UNIT
ABOUT TODAY'S FREEBIEToday's FREEBIE is a Reading Comprehension Strategy Unit. Get all of our Reading Comprehension Strategy Units on sale for a limited time! Learn more about teaching reading comprehension strategies! HOW TO GET MORE FREE TEACHING RESOURCESAs a thank you for all that you do for your students, we're bringing back another summer series of back to school freebies. Every weekday starting in July and throughout the month of August, we will send a free printable resource for elem
2nd - 5th
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
DAY 7 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | COMPARE/CONTRAST LAST YEAR & THIS YEAR ACTIVITY
ABOUT TODAY'S FREEBIEToday's FREEBIE is a back to school activity. Get all of our Back to School Activities for just $9.99 for a limited time! Learn more about preparing for back to school! HOW TO GET MORE FREE TEACHING RESOURCESAs a thank you for all that you do for your students, we're bringing back another summer series of back to school freebies. Every weekday starting in July and throughout the month of August, we will send a free printable resource for elementary classroom teachers str
1st - 5th
Writing
DAY 6 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS CHART
ABOUT TODAY'S FREEBIEToday's FREEBIE is a Classroom Expectations Chart! Get our related Classroom Procedures and Routines resource on sale for a limited time! Learn more about setting up procedures and routines in your classroom! HOW TO GET MORE FREE TEACHING RESOURCESAs a thank you for all that you do for your students, we're bringing back another summer series of back to school freebies. Every weekday starting in July and throughout the month of August, we will send a free printable resou
1st - 5th
Classroom Community
DAY 5 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | SCHOOL YEAR GOALS ACTIVITY
ABOUT TODAY'S FREEBIEToday's FREEBIE is a back to school activity. Get all of our Back to School Activities for just $9.99 for a limited time! Learn more about preparing for back to school! HOW TO GET MORE FREE TEACHING RESOURCESAs a thank you for all that you do for your students, we're bringing back another summer series of back to school freebies. Every weekday starting in July and throughout the month of August, we will send a free printable resource for elementary classroom teachers str
1st - 5th
Writing
DAY 4 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | MATH ASSESSMENTS
ABOUT TODAY'S FREEBIEToday's FREEBIE is... a set of math benchmark assessments. Get our math assessments on sale for a limited time! 1st Grade Math Assessments2nd Grade Math Assessments3rd Grade Math Assessments4th Grade Math Assessments5th Grade Math AssessmentsLearn more about implementing math assessments! HOW TO GET MORE FREE TEACHING RESOURCESAs a thank you for all that you do for your students, we're bringing back another summer series of back to school freebies. Every weekday starting i
1st - 5th
Math, Math Test Prep, Other (Math)
DAY 3 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | PARAGRAPH OF THE WEEK ACTIVITIES
ABOUT TODAY'S FREEBIEToday's FREEBIE is a set of Paragraph of the Week Activities. Paragraph of the Week is a proven, step-by-step, scaffolded system. It makes teaching kids how to improve sentence structure and write a paragraph easy by guiding them through the writing process from the brainstorm page to the final copy. Today's FREEBIE is a sample of what it looks like. Get all of our Paragraph of the Week Activities on sale for a limited time! Learn more about teaching paragraph writing! HO
1st - 5th
Classroom Community, Writing
DAY 2 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | STUDENT BIRTHDAY ACTIVITY PACKET
ABOUT TODAY'S FREEBIEToday's FREEBIE is a Student Birthday Activity Packet! These birthday activities are great for celebrating students' birthdays in the classroom or to send home with each student on their birthday as a fun packet. It's filled with fun and engaging activities students love! Get all of our activity packets on sale for a limited time! Learn more about our seasonal activity packets! HOW TO GET MORE FREE TEACHING RESOURCESAs a thank you for all that you do for your students, we
1st - 5th
Classroom Community, Writing
DAY 1 | BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIE | AMAZING WORK BULLETIN BOARD SIGNS
ABOUT TODAY'S FREEBIEToday's FREEBIE is a set of Student Work Coming Soon Bulletin Board Signs. Your classroom doesn’t need to be fully decorated at the beginning of the school year nor does it need posters or reference charts displayed. It’s actually better if you don’t have reference tools posted at the start of the school year because students are far more likely to use them when they are part of the process of creating them and putting them up. These bulletin board signs will help you make
K - 5th
Classroom Community
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About the store
Experience
I am a National Board Certified teacher with seventeen years of classroom experience at the elementary level. I have earned recognition in the field for my roles as a curriculum designer, educational consultant, and national conference presenter. As the founder of The Clutter-Free Classroom Blog, I love sharing my expertise in instruction, classroom organization, and management. I recently left the school setting to further pursue my passion for creating curriculum resources and use my knowledge and expertise to coach elementary teachers on a global level.
Ranked on Teachers Pay Teachers as one of the most successful educational resource creators of all time, I have the honor of knowing that my lessons and activities are being used by millions of students in classrooms all around the world. That is a responsibility I take very seriously.
My husband and I are currently homeschooling our son and twin daughters. Our family divides our time between Boston, Massachusetts and the Sarasota, Florida area.
Teaching style
I always thought the greatest compliment was when a substitute teacher would leave me a note reading, "The room runs itself." To me that meant the classroom was well-organized and I had instilled such consistent procedures and routines that the students knew exactly what to do at all times of the day.
I truly feel students should be given choices in how and what they learn. I strive to help make busy teachers' lives easier so they have more time to dedicate to making learning fun and making each of their students feel special.
Awards & shining teacher moments
-National Board Certified Teacher {Early Childhood Generalist};
-Kappa Delta Pi National Honor Society for Education Inductee;
-First Year Teacher of the Year - Seminole County Florida;
-Teacher of the Year - Seminole County Florida
My own education history
-Bridgewater University;
-University of Central Florida;
-Bachelor of Science Elementary Education - Cum Laude;
-M.Ed Educational Technology - Cum Laude;
-M.Ed Curriculum & Instruction - Summa Cum Laude
-Trained in: STUDYING SKILLFUL TEACHING:Promoting Motivation, Learning, and Achievement
-Google Classroom Certified
Additional biographical information
-Presenter for SDE (Classroom Organization, Effective Classroom Management, Guided Math Instruction and S.T.E.M Education)
-Presenter - Teachers Pay Teachers National Conference
-Keynote Speaker - TpT Regional Conference
-Presenter - TpT Regional Conference
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