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Happy Valley, Oregon, United States
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Hi, I'm Deb. I've been teaching for 25 years. I have a reading endorsement and especially love teaching reading and math. I have experience as a Title 1 teacher and also 4th grade.The majority of my teaching career was teaching kindergarten. I never had any intention of leaving the kinders, as I love that age and the challenges that come with teaching the young ones. However, when given the opportunity to move up with my class to first grade I took the challenge and LOVED it! Then I moved up with them again to 2nd and thought 2nd grade was the best. After that came looping up with my 2nd graders to 3rd and am convinced THIS is the best grade! I love to read, learn, create, and teach. Starting a TPT shop has been one of my goals, so am excited to take on this new challenge and share what I've learned and made over the years.
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Prepositions & Improving Sentences: Snowmen At Night
Students enhance their ability to use correct prepositions with these super cute Snowmen At Night Google slides OR Easel Activity slides! Four different tasks for each preposition has students IDENTIFY the correct preposition (given context & clear picture), SPELL it twice, move words to CREATE A SENTENCE with the preposition, and IMPROVE a new sentence by adding a prepositional phrase. You have access to both Google slides AND Easel slides, so choose what's easiest for you, tasks are t
2nd - 3rd
English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing
CCSS, TEKS
L.1.1i
, L.2.1f
, LA.1.11.C
+2
Skip Counting Mugs Task Cards Print & Digital
This skip count by 2s, 3s, 5s, &10s task card set lays the foundation for multiplication! 3 products included: Printable task cards in color AND b & w, Easel by TPT for self- checking, AND Google slides. Give your students fun, visual support as they practice skip counting marshmallows and candy canes in mugs of cocoa. Skip counting is such an important strategy for solving multiplication facts, and the pay off is worth the effort! In GOOGLE SLIDES: drag the snowflake to correct answer. Op
2nd - 3rd
Basic Operations, Math, Mental Math
CCSS, TEKS, VA SOL
2.NBT.A.2
, MA.1.5.B
, NS.2.2.a
Saying Goodbye: Virtual Slides to Say Farewell
DescriptionThe perfect way to send special wishes to someone who is leaving. There are 14 google slides with art and expressions. Thirteen of the slides have 6 text boxes for friends to sign a personal message. Message boxes are editable, so type right in the box and change font size or box size if you wish (NOT necessary though). Duplicate or delete message boxes depending on number of people signing. Use all or just a few of the slides! Backgrounds are NOT editable. Highlights:14 Google slides
MAIN IDEA VS TOPIC SAMPLER
FREE SAMPLE of the full version! Game focuses on initial skills needed for CCSS RI 3.6 & RI 3.2. I find my students need scaffolding, and benefit by learning "what IS & what IS NOT" a main idea first. Focus is on main idea as a complete thought vs. one word topic (since mine often miss the key concept by just stating one word). Game also reinforces main idea is still main idea EVEN IF you disagree with the concept. I intentionally included main ideas students wouldn't agree with. A young
2nd - 4th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading
CCSS
RI.3.6
Add or Subtract 10 or 100 MAGIC Task Cards Print & Digital
This versatile Task Cards set includes 3 forms: printable, Easel by TPT for self- checking, and Google slides! Focus is CCSS 2.NBT.B.8 - mentally add/subtract 10 or 100 to a given number. In GOOGLE SLIDES: drag wand to correct answer. Optional recording sheet also included. In EASEL FOR TPT: just click on answer. For PRINTABLES: Choose brightly colored cards or b & w. Use these with tons of game ideas! INCLUDES:✽64 printable task cards (32 COLOR & 32 B&W)✽34 Google slides, including re
1st - 3rd
Basic Operations, Math, Mental Math
CCSS, TEKS
2.NBT.B.8
, MA.2.7.B
Catching Bugs: Words with R Controlled Vowels
This high interest game is a FUN way to practice decoding skills! GAME PLAY: Listen to r-vowel sound if needed. Decode word in the box. Click on matching picture. Answer choices are similar, requiring accurate decoding, not just simple guesswork. This also gives you specific error feedback. When student is correct, net (gif) is shown catching bug, then a bug (flying gif) is added to jar. Confirmation picture and word are then displayed. When incorrect, student goes back to try a
1st - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CCSS, TEKS
RF.1.2b
, RF.1.3
, RF.1.3g
+3
Magic Flashlight Blends Easter
A FUN way to practice reading foundational skills with Boom Cards! This high interest game with beginning and ending blends includes 3 different activities. GAME PLAY: Part 1- Click on blend letters in the given word. Part 2- Use magic flashlight to find picture that has specified blend sound. Part 3- Spell the word found with flashlight, then match simple sentences to the pictures with blends. All sentences have 3-5 words with mostly sight words, so manageable for early readers. ©Designed
K - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CCSS, TEKS
RF.1.2b
, RF.1.2c
, RF.1.2d
+3
Easter Egg Beginning Sounds INTERACTIVE Game for Google Slides
This beginning sounds game is played in SLIDESHOW mode in Google slides. Students click on egg/picture with correct beginning sound. Each correct answer makes the egg drop into dye & an earns an item for the scene builder. Click “next” for following task slide. Each incorrect answer links to a slide showing actual beginning sound of object chosen. Click ”next” to go back and retry. As tasks are completed, watch the items for Easter scene accumulate! Last slide scene builder: exit slidesho
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CCSS
RF.K.2d
, RF.1.2c
Beginning Digraphs Catch the Leprechaun & Bonus Scene Builder
This St. Patrick's Day Boom Cards game focuses on beginning digraphs. PLAY: Look at game card. Click on beginning digraph. If correct, gold token moves to that space. If incorrect, the correct answer is revealed. Return and try again. Token can move forward or backward. As in previous BUILDER games, student gets to "build" a scene (leprechaun) in the end as a reward. Includes over 40 movable items, including 4 movable gifs. *Boom Learning and Boom Cards are the trademarks of Boom Lear
1st - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CCSS, TEKS
RF.1.3a
, LA.1.2.B.ii
, LA.1.2.C.ii
I SPY Beginning Sounds INTERACTIVE Game for Google Slides
This beginning sounds game is played in SLIDESHOW mode on Google slides. 3 different game tasks included: I Spy Hearts, Valentine Tree Identify the Sound, and Valentine Tree Find the Letter. Either click the object that begins with a given letter OR click letter that the given picture begins with, depending on the task. Animation in game adds to the fun! *This game can also be downloaded and played in PowerPoint, great for whole group lesson/review.Valentine Interactive Game Includes:✽10
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CCSS
RF.K.2
, RF.K.3a
, L.K.2c
St. Patrick's Day Beginning Sounds INTERACTIVE Game for Google Slides
This beginning sounds game is played in Google SLIDESHOW mode. Click the object that begins with a given letter. Some objects are animated gifs and some are regular clip art. If student answers correctly, student clicks on the gold coin to drop it into his gold pile! Game proceeds to next task slide. Each incorrect answer links to an animated slide that shows correct answer. He then clicks ”next” and goes back to retry. EASY TO PLAY - just click on objects ("Which object begins with b?")
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CCSS
RF.K.2d
, RF.1.2c
, L.K.2c
Literal Or Nonliteral? Valentines Catch the Gif
These fun Boom Cards focus on analyzing a sentence to determine if it's literal or nonliteral. The first 3 slides provide mini lessons and directions. The Play: read the sentence at top of slide. Decide if it's literal or nonliteral. Move the corresponding house up. When correct, a gif is found! Mini lessons, directions and sentences all have audio support so struggling readers can successfully work on the skill. ©Designed to Educate by DEB 2022*Boom Learning and Boom Cards are the t
3rd - 5th
English Language Arts, Reading
CCSS
L.3.5a
Sequence & Simple Sentence Plus Valentine Party Builder
Full of fun Valentine pictures, transition words, and convention helps, this Boom Cards game will have students successfully sequencing pictures and composing simple sentences ( drag & drop words) in no time! Scaffolded for struggling readers, with audio directions, only 4-6 words per sentence, AND one capitalized word & one word with a period after it (so easy to place those words). The last slide is just for fun and includes over 30 movable pictures, including animated gifs, to c
1st - 2nd
English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.2.3
, L.2.1f
, W.3.3c
Valentine Beginning Sounds INTERACTIVE Game for Google Slides
This beginning sounds game is played in Google SLIDESHOW mode. Choose a picture on HOME PAGE (slide 1). Follow the arrow (or direction icons) to a new game section. Either click the object that begins with a given letter OR click letter that the given picture begins with, depending on the task. Some objects are animated gifs and some are regular clip art. Win a reward for each correct answer! Click “ next” to go to next task slide. Each incorrect answer links to a mishap/disaster
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CCSS
RF.K.2
, RF.K.3a
, L.K.2c
vCe Elves Interactive Game
Try out engaging interactive games for Google! This vCe game is played in SLIDESHOW mode in Google slides. Student choice: s tudents click on an elf on the HOME PAGE. Each elf links to a different set of task slides. Task slides show an elf with an object and 2 word choices. If student answers incorrectly, he sees an elf "disaster" & must go back to find correct word. When correct, he moves on in the game. Gifs throughout the game add to the excitement!EASY TO PLAY - just click on the wor
1st - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CCSS
RF.1.3
, RF.1.3c
, RF.2.3b
Preposition Bell Ringers Great for ELL
Help students learn the meanings and proper use of prepositions in this super fun Boom Cards game! Full of gifs, easy to understand pictures, rewards, and repetition, this game will have students learning the vocabulary and helping to create sentences (fill in the blank) in no time! Students earn coins & drop in kettle to help the bear bell ringers. After an error, student is shown picture (with helpful arrow when appropriate), and the correct sentence is modeled. Student practice
2nd - 4th
Grammar
CCSS, TEKS
L.K.1e
, L.1.1i
, L.3.4a
+3
Gingerbread Alphabet Factory Beginning Sounds
This highly interactive beginning sounds Boom Cards game is full of animated gifs! Students will want to play this again and again! Students click object (out of 3 choices) that begins with a given letter (many objects are gifs). AUDIO is provided to identify all picture choices AND to read directions. When a student answers correctly, the object appears inside factory with flashing lights and letters are produced. Game proceeds to next task slide by clicking "next." If student i
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CCSS, TEKS
RF.K.2c
, L.K.2c
, LA.K.2.A.x
+1
Beginning Sounds Holiday INTERACTIVE Games Bundle
Engaging interactive games for Google at a discounted price! These beginning sound games are played in SLIDESHOW mode. Included are Santa's Letter Factory, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and Easter games. Throughout game play, students receive immediate feedback regarding errors & correct answers. EASY TO PLAY - just click on objects ("Which object begins with b?"), beginning letter OR " next" button. Arrows or icons are used for any other needed clicks. In Santa's Letter Factor
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CCSS
RF.K.2d
, RF.1.2c
, L.K.2c
Santa's Alphabet Factory Interactive Game for Google Slides
This beginning sounds game is played in Google SLIDESHOW mode. Click the object beginning with a given letter. Some objects are animated gifs and some are regular clip art. When answer is correct, object appears inside factory, factory letters are produced & Santa & Mrs. Claus dance (spin)! Game proceeds to next task slide. Each incorrect answer links to an animated slide showing correct beginning sound of object selected. Click ”next” and go back to retry. After successfully compl
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CCSS
RF.K.2d
, RF.1.2c
, L.K.2c
Santa's Workshop Addition to 20 Google Slides & Forms COMBO
Hands-on practice for understanding CONCEPT of addition! In the slides, students move addends and/or sums to complete equations. They also move gifts to the assembly line to illustrate equations. Fun GIFS added throughout the slides! Google form has same questions. Many of the Google form questions have several correct answers, and students must check all. They are not told how many correct answers there are, making these higher level tasks. With Google forms you have instant acces
K - 2nd
Basic Operations, Math
CCSS
K.OA.A.1
, 1.OA.C.6
, 1.OA.D.8
+1
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About the store
Experience
Hi, I'm Deb. I've been teaching for 25 years. I have a reading endorsement and especially love teaching reading and math. I have experience as a Title 1 teacher and also 4th grade.The majority of my teaching career was teaching kindergarten. I never had any intention of leaving the kinders, as I love that age and the challenges that come with teaching the young ones. However, when given the opportunity to move up with my class to first grade I took the challenge and LOVED it! Then I moved up with them again to 2nd and thought 2nd grade was the best. After that came looping up with my 2nd graders to 3rd and am convinced THIS is the best grade! I love to read, learn, create, and teach. Starting a TPT shop has been one of my goals, so am excited to take on this new challenge and share what I've learned and made over the years.
Teaching style
My teaching style continues to evolve as I constantly am learning new strategies and research based methods. I am a firm believer in hands on learning. I love to see the joy kids naturally have when they experiment, try new things, fail, try again, and eventually understand a concept or make connections. My students spend a lot of time sharing their learning and understanding with others,.
I have found much success using the "to, with and by" model of teaching, spending the most time on the "with" aspect (guiding) until I see students are ready to practice independently. I have learned over the years that a common mistake we make is sending kids off to work independently before they understand concepts.
Two of my strengths are helping students gain a deeper conceptual understanding in math and helping them develop a growth mindset. This growth mindset directly affects their confidence in their own ability to be a mathematician. When we can get them beyond the fear of failure and look at failure as a learning process, the learning soars!
My own education history
BA in Elementary Education from Warner Pacific in Portland, Oregon
Reading Endorsement K-9
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