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Fun Probability Activities Intro - Vocabulary,...

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No Prep End of Year ELA Activities - Fun End of Year Packet, Literacy, Writing

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This resource contains 17 no prep printables to help students celebrate the end of the year while also practicing some literacy skills. Just print and go! These activities can be used in a variety of ways, depending on your needs - as end of year

Subjects:

Writing, Summer, End of Year

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$3.25

2,598

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Main Idea & Supporting Details Activities - Central Idea - Passages, Worksheets

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Teaching main idea and supporting details can be frustrating for teachers and difficult for students to understand. This resource is scaffolded to help all of your students - even your struggling students - better understand main idea and key

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.2.2, RI.3.2, RI.4.2

$7.50

5,978

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No Prep Emergency Sub Plans - Substitute Activities for 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grade

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

These no prep emergency sub plans make sick days much less stressful because the plans can be used over and over again. There are 2 sets of sub plans - 1 that can be used with any fiction book, and one that can be used with any nonfiction book.

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Literature, For All Subjects

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$9.00

$6.25

1,369

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Nonfiction Text Features Activities Bundle - Centers, Posters, Reading Passages

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This nonfiction text feature resource encourages students not only to identify text features found in nonfiction text, but to explain the purpose of the informational text features and how they help the reader. Save over 25% when you buy the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.3.5, RI.3.7, RI.4.7

$13.75

$8.50

1,969

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Summarizing Activities Unit / Lessons - Reading Passages & More, Digital & Print

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This summarizing bundle has everything you need to help your students be successful with this difficult skill! It combines 2 resources for summarizing practice - Summarizing Nonfiction and Summarizing Fiction. These no prep lessons and activities

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.4.2, RI.4.2

$11.50

$9.00

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Summarizing Nonfiction - Passages and Activities to Summarize Informational Text

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This no prep resource contains nonfiction reading passages and activities to help students build a better understanding of what makes a good summary when summarizing informational text. The activities build on each other to help you scaffold and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Google Apps

CCSS:

RI.4.2

$5.75

1,486

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No Prep Character Traits Activities - Character Trait Passages and Worksheets

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This character trait resource contains no prep reading and writing activities to help you teach character traits. Students practice identifying character traits within both shorter and longer texts. There are activities / graphic organizers to go

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.3.3, RL.3.4

$5.75

1,498

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Equivalent Fractions Centers and Activities - Print & Digital Version

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Help make teaching equivalent fractions easier and more understandable for your students with this low prep unit, now available as Google Slides / Google Classroom for distance learning.This unit starts with a basic introduction to equivalent

Subjects:

Math, Fractions, Math Test Prep

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

3.NF.A.3a, 3.NF.A.3b, 4.NF.A.1, 4.NF.A.2

$6.75

1,992

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Main Idea & Details Centers - Nonfiction Main Idea Games - Printable & Digital

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This low prep resource contains 3 main idea center activities for you to use in your classroom. These games are an engaging, hands on way to help your students be better able to differentiate between main idea and supporting details - especially in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Games, Google Apps, Centers

CCSS:

RI.3.2, RI.4.2, RI.5.2

$4.00

1,944

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Compare and Contrast Essay - Compare and Contrast Writing - Scaffolded Template

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This compare and contrast essay writing resource provides scaffolding so even your struggling students can successfully write a short paper comparing and contrasting a topic of their choice. Differentiated rough drafts and a teacher model make

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

W.3.2, W.3.4, W.3.5, W.4.2, W.4.4, W.4.5

$3.75

818

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Multisyllabic Words Lists - 2, 3, 4, and 5 Syllable Decodable Word Lists

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Use these multisyllabic word lists to help you as you teach your students to decode 2, 3, 4, and 5 syllable words. Or, use these word lists to help your students practice their multisyllabic word decoding skills / to practice different phonics

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Phonics

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

RF.3.3, RF.3.3c, RF.4.3

$3.25

254

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Parts of Speech Activities and Centers - Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This low prep resource helps introduce students to nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs, and then allows them to practice and review their understanding of these parts of speech through activities, centers, a cut and paste sort, a scavenger hunt,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

L.3.1a

$5.25

345

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Fun Probability Activities Intro - Vocabulary, Spinners, Dice, Coins, Task Cards

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This low prep resource is a great introduction to probability. It introduces probability vocabulary - certain, impossible, possible, likely, unlikely, and equally likely - and gives students a chance to apply these words in a variety of situations

Subjects:

Graphing, Other (Math), Statistics

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Centers

$5.00

1,162

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Black History Month Project - Research, Essay, Report Writing Template

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

For black history month, have students research a famous African American person and use that research to create an essay, map, and timeline. This no prep resource is scaffolded to help all of your students be successful with report writing. A

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays, Black History Month

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Research, Projects, Google Apps

CCSS:

W.3.5, W.3.7

$4.00

906

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Compare and Contrast Nonfiction Text - Compare and Contrast Passages

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This resource makes it easy for you to teach comparing and contrasting in nonfiction texts / informational texts so that your students develop a thorough understanding. Students will have the opportunity to compare two topics in the same text, as

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.3.9

$6.00

1,504

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Reading Skills Bundle - Differentiated Comprehension Practice & Review

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This low prep reading skills bundle is a collection of my best selling reading comprehension resources. It addresses main idea, comparing and contrasting, point of view, text features, cause and effect, and character traits. Save over 35% when you

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$45.00

$29.00

887

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Summarizing Fiction Text / Stories - Reading Passages & Practice Pages, Digital

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This no prep resource includes fiction reading passages and activities to help students build a better understanding of what makes a good summary and to help them better summarize stories. The activities build on each other to help you scaffold and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.4.2

$5.75

776

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Two Step Word Problem Practice - Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This no prep resource is a fun way to get your students the two step word problem practice they need. Students will review two step word problems through hands on practice and "Mix and Match" activities - a unique twist that will keep your students

Subjects:

Math, Word Problems, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

3.OA.D.8, 4.OA.A.3

$4.75

369

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Finding the Main Idea and Details Lessons Bundle - Worksheets, Games, More

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This is a bundle of my 3 best selling main idea resources so you can save time planning lessons while still making sure your students understand this difficult skill. Using this resource will help your students have a firm grasp on how to find the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RL.3.2, RI.3.2, RI.4.2

$14.25

$10.50

868

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Character Traits Activities Bundle - Passages, Games, Task Cards, and More!

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

6 of my character traits resources bundled together to help your students develop a thorough understanding of character traits. This resource has reading passages and graphic organizers, cut and paste activities, task cards, cut and paste

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RL.3.3, RL.4.3

$19.50

$13.00

550

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching for 6 years. Most of this time was spent in 3rd grade, but I have also worked with Kindergarten, 2nd grade, and 4th grade.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Many of my products are geared toward struggling students who need additional scaffolding in order to be successful. I love building confidence and ability in students who don't have it!

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I have a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education, and am currently working on my Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction, with an emphasis on ELL learners.

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Astronomy, Environment, Social Studies - History, Government, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Canadian History, Geography, Life Skills, Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Literature, Classroom Management, Professional Development, Statistics, Character Education, Word Problems, General Science, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Test Preparation, End of Year, Phonics, Classroom Community

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