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I taught kindergarten, first, and third grade throughout my seven years of teaching, and now am a full time stay at home mom, and a part time TPT creator. I have a Masters degree in Education, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Early Childhood Education from Clemson University. I've been specially trained in Elementary Literacy and in the use of assessment data to drive instruction. My products stem from a love of teaching, creativity, and sharing things I love with others! I hope you will find my shop and its resources helpful as you teach! XO Emily
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Preview of WORD PUZZLES Brain Teaser BUNDLE! REBUS Puzzles, Hink Pinks, Word Plexers

WORD PUZZLES Brain Teaser BUNDLE! REBUS Puzzles, Hink Pinks, Word Plexers

This brain teaser pack includes ALL of my rebus word puzzles and hink pink puzzles.It includes: 13 pages of Rebus puzzles (111 puzzles to solve in all!) 9 Hink Pink pages (75 puzzles to solve in all) **ANSWER keys included. PRINT AND GO! That is OVER 185 puzzles total! Plus a "make your own" version of each puzzle type! My students BEG for these puzzles! They would be great to utilize for early finishers, work for after testing, EOY test prep for vocabulary building in a FUN and engaging wa
Preview of WORD PUZZLES: Brain Teasers! REBUS Word PUZZLES and Hink Pinks, Word Plexers

WORD PUZZLES: Brain Teasers! REBUS Word PUZZLES and Hink Pinks, Word Plexers

WORD PUZZLES - Brain teasers, rebus puzzles and Hink Pinks! This packet includes two different types of word puzzles and brain teasers for students! These brain teasers will help expand your students' vocabulary and change the way they think about words! My hope is that through these activities your students will become excited about finding out new words and ways to "play" with words! This packet includes: - 2 pages of word puzzles - answer keys to word puzzles - 2 pages of Hinky Pinks (ano
Preview of Addition and Subtraction Math Games 2nd Grade Partner, Small, and Whole Group

Addition and Subtraction Math Games 2nd Grade Partner, Small, and Whole Group

Addition and Subtraction Math Games 2nd Grade Partner, Small Group, and Whole Group GamesThis pack includes 24 different math games that focus on addition and subtraction with and without regrouping. For many of the games, there are varied levels for many of the activities to fit your diverse class of learners, or to be used at different points in the year! What's Included?Addition Roll, Solve, and Color (2) Subtraction Roll, Solve, and Color (2) Double Digit Addition Find the Addends Subtracti
Preview of BRAIN TEASERS BUNDLE - FULL YEAR Pack, Riddles, Rebus Puzzles, AND Hink Pinks

BRAIN TEASERS BUNDLE - FULL YEAR Pack, Riddles, Rebus Puzzles, AND Hink Pinks

BRAIN TEASERS - FULL YEAR Pack, Riddles, Rebus Puzzles, AND Hink PinksYour students will LOVE solving these daily riddles! OVER 260 total puzzles to solve! Think bell-ringers, morning work, brain breaks, time-filler, partner activities, scoots, the options are endless with this task card pack! So, what is included?132 Riddle cards (with answer keys) 108 Rebus Puzzle cards (with answer keys) 26 Hink Pink cards (with answer keys) What other teachers are saying about these products:"My students lo
Preview of BRAIN TEASERS - FULL YEAR Pack of Daily RIDDLE CARDS

BRAIN TEASERS - FULL YEAR Pack of Daily RIDDLE CARDS

BACK TO SCHOOL BRAIN TEASERS - FULL YEAR Pack of Daily RIDDLE CARDS This full year pack of daily riddle cards will keep your students guessing all school year long! These are designed in task card form. I love to use these as a morning bell-ringer to get their minds thinking, or as brain breaks! Could also be used as a scoot, or small group activity with a few at a time! 132 total riddle cards included with answers! Are you following me? ALL items are 50% off for the first 24 hours AND FLASH
Preview of Christmas ELA 3rd Grade Pack NO PREP

Christmas ELA 3rd Grade Pack NO PREP

Christmas ELA 3rd Grade PackThis pack will help you make it through the days before holiday break, while keeping your students engaged, learning, and interested! This pack is made by ME, a third grade teacher, and was created with the needs of my third graders in mind. The main concepts hit on in this pack are: nouns, verbs, adjectives, proper vs. common nouns, text detective passages with who, what, where, when, why questions, sentence editing, character compare and contrast, setting compare an
Preview of BRAIN TEASERS: WORD PUZZLES - Rebus Puzzles, Word Plexers

BRAIN TEASERS: WORD PUZZLES - Rebus Puzzles, Word Plexers

WORD PUZZLES - Brain teasers, rebus puzzles, critical thinking challenges, EOY activity, vocabulary builder Word Puzzles (WUZZLES): This resource is perfect for enrichment, ice breaker, morning work - to get their brains thinking, or to give to students who finish their work early. Not only do these puzzles provide practice with problem solving and critical thinking, they are also SO MUCH FUN! My students BEG for this activity! This pack includes 3 worksheets of word puzzles that will keep your
Preview of MONEY Activities, Centers, and Games - Teaching Money in First Grade - NO PREP

MONEY Activities, Centers, and Games - Teaching Money in First Grade - NO PREP

MONEY Activities, Centers, and Games - Teaching Money in First Grade - NO PREP This pack is designed for introducing coins to first graders! After completing this pack, students should be able to identify a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter by its color and size. Students will also learn the value of each coin and will count coins. This pack is designed to work alongside your current curriculum and provide extra practice. These PRINT and GO worksheets are great for homework, morning work, or ea
Preview of FALL themed Text EVIDENCE Detectives 2nd - 3rd Grade CLOSE Reading

FALL themed Text EVIDENCE Detectives 2nd - 3rd Grade CLOSE Reading

FALL themed Text EVIDENCE Detectives 2nd - 3rd Grade CLOSE Reading This reading passages pack is designed for grades second or third. All reading passages are fall-themed and will be useful to you from the first week of school until Thanksgiving. With each reading passage, students are asked to go back to the passage to highlight or color the answer to each question. This encourages students to PROVE their answers. WHO, WHAT, WHY, WHERE, and WHEN questions are asked. My students LOVE these beca
Preview of THIRD Grade Science Reading Passages with Questions -  TEXT EVIDENCE DETECTIVES

THIRD Grade Science Reading Passages with Questions - TEXT EVIDENCE DETECTIVES

THIRD Grade Science Reading Passages with questions - ALL year pack - TEXT EVIDENCE DETECTIVESThis pack reinforces science concepts while also requiring students to practice the reading skill of proving your answers. Each passage pertains to a third grade science standard and comes with 5 questions that will encourage your students to think critically about the science topic. Topics included:Back to School passage (it's a great practice to show them how the Text Detectives works!) MatterSolids
Preview of FULL YEAR PACK of Text EVIDENCE Detectives 2nd - 3rd Grade CLOSE Reading

FULL YEAR PACK of Text EVIDENCE Detectives 2nd - 3rd Grade CLOSE Reading

This reading passages pack is designed for grades second or third. All reading passages are season-themed and will be useful to you all year long! This pack includes my fall, winter, and spring packs. With each reading passage, students are asked to go back to the passage to highlight or color the answer to each question. This encourages students to PROVE their answers. WHO, WHAT, WHY, WHERE, and WHEN questions are asked. My students LOVE these because they are such a change up from your typical
Preview of Second Grade and Third Grade Math AT HOME Games JUST ADD DICE Distance Learning

Second Grade and Third Grade Math AT HOME Games JUST ADD DICE Distance Learning

Second Grade and Third Grade Math AT HOME Games JUST ADD DICE Distance Learning This second and third grade math dice games pack focuses on: addition and subtraction to 50 and 100 with regrouping, reading, writing, and drawing fractions, telling time to the hour, half hour, quarter past, and quarter to. This pack is GREAT for classroom use AND to send home with students for parents to reinforce concepts at home. This pack is PRINT AND GO, NO PREP, just add dice! 19 games available! Check out t
Preview of BLANK Writing Pages with Lines - Writing Templates for ANY Writing

BLANK Writing Pages with Lines - Writing Templates for ANY Writing

BLANK Writing Pages with Lines - Writing Templates for ANY Writing24 different templates for ANY writing assignment. All writing sheets have lines, each style of writing paper comes with 4 variation pages. Variations:- Title and author lines - Title line - All lines - Picture with lines Check out the preview for an example! Are you following me? ALL items are 50% off for the first 24 hours AND FLASH 24 HR FREEBIES once a month! It pays to follow me! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/St
Preview of Reading Response Strategy Logs 3rd-4th grade WEEKLY format, YEAR LONG

Reading Response Strategy Logs 3rd-4th grade WEEKLY format, YEAR LONG

Reading logs, Reading Strategy Response logs for 3rd-4th grade, reading assessment, weekly logs This reading log response packet includes 18 different reading logs that have five entries each, one for each day of the week. There over 80 reading response questions, that can be reused all year long! The logs are intended to work for any fiction or nonfiction book and are based on 3rd and 4th grade reading standards. Strategies included in the packet: Text to Self connectionsText to Text connect
Preview of WORD PUZZLES: EXTRA CHALLENGING for Older Grades Rebus Puzzles Word Plexers

WORD PUZZLES: EXTRA CHALLENGING for Older Grades Rebus Puzzles Word Plexers

These word puzzles are extra challenging for high students and/or students of upper grades! These rebus puzzles, sometimes called word plexers are great to use for early finishers, beginning of the year activities, end of the year activities, individual or partner work! 9 puzzles per page with 3 pages total included in this pack. A separate sheet for answers for each puzzle page. I hope your students fall in love with these challenging puzzles as much as mine have! Are you following me? ALL it
Preview of Multiplication and Division PARTNER Games - NO Prep, Distance Learning Pack

Multiplication and Division PARTNER Games - NO Prep, Distance Learning Pack

Multiplication and Division PARTNER Games - NO Prep, Print and GO This product includes 42 Multiplication and Division Partner Games! Majority of the games are differentiated to fit your diverse classroom of learners. What is included? Multiplication Tic Tac Toe (2 pages) Partner Product Sort (even and odd) Spin a Product (facts 0-12) Spin a Multiplication Equation (1 page for each fact group: 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's, 9's, 10's, 11's, 12's) Spin a Division Problem (1 page for each fac
Preview of Text Detectives GROWING Bundle - ALL Text Evidence Reading Passages

Text Detectives GROWING Bundle - ALL Text Evidence Reading Passages

This is a GROWING bundle of all of my text evidence reading passages! Do your students struggle with going back in the passage to find answers to questions? Do you want your students to prove where they are getting their answers? This pack will encourage your students to go back into the passage for their answers in a fun and engaging way! My students always get excited when I tell them we are going to do a text detective activity! OVER 85 Fiction & Nonfiction passages included! This pack incl
Preview of WINTER Themed Text Detectives 2nd - 3rd Grade CLOSE Reading

WINTER Themed Text Detectives 2nd - 3rd Grade CLOSE Reading

WINTER themed Text EVIDENCE Detectives 2nd - 3rd Grade CLOSE Reading This reading passages pack is designed for grades second or third. All reading passages are winter-themed and will be useful to you all winter long! With each reading passage, students are asked to go back to the passage to highlight or color the answer to each question. This encourages students to PROVE their answers. WHO, WHAT, WHY, WHERE, and WHEN questions are asked. My students LOVE these because they are such a change up
Preview of Yellowstone National Park Reading Passages with Questions Text Detectives

Yellowstone National Park Reading Passages with Questions Text Detectives

This reading passages pack is designed for grades third through fifth. All reading passages are about animals, sites, or important information about Yellowstone National Park. With each reading passage, students are asked to go back to the passage to highlight or color the answer to each question. This encourages students to PROVE their answers. WHAT, WHY, WHERE, and WHEN questions are asked. My students LOVE these because they are such a change up from your typical reading passages with questio
Preview of Veteran's Day Reading Passage with Varied Levels First Grade

Veteran's Day Reading Passage with Varied Levels First Grade

This pack includes one Veteran's Day reading passage written in three varied levels! All levels have identical questions. This passage encourages students to read the passage twice, and then go back in the passage to color in their answers. This practice encourages students to prove their answers by using the text. Your students will have fun reading and choosing their answers! *Black and White & Color crayon options are both available in the pack. Are you following me? ALL items are 50% of
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I taught kindergarten, first, and third grade throughout my seven years of teaching, and now am a full time stay at home mom, and a part time TPT creator. I have a Masters degree in Education, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Early Childhood Education from Clemson University. I've been specially trained in Elementary Literacy and in the use of assessment data to drive instruction. My products stem from a love of teaching, creativity, and sharing things I love with others! I hope you will find my shop and its resources helpful as you teach! XO Emily

Teaching style

I would describe my teaching style as structured with an emphasis on exploration. I have always wanted my students to know my expectations upfront, and for them to know thinking outside of the box and critically is high on my expectation list! I'm always pleased to see how my students surprise me with what they come up with!