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My adventures in the education world have brought me to exciting positions both in and out of the classroom. I have taught primary grade students in inner-city public schools for many years. I've additionally written multiple testing passages for the ELA primary grade division of Houghton Mifflin's assessment studio. After getting a Masters in Elementary Education, I spent two years teaching special education with students from kindergarten through 5th grade. I believe that this experience was fundamental for my growth and success as a teacher. It taught me to differentiate instruction, prioritize getting to know each individual child, and to get creative (even on the spot!) in order to help every student reach his or her full potential. I have taught 1st grade and Kindergarten for many years and absolutely love the age group. I hope you and your students enjoy my products! Happy Learning :)
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Y as a Vowel-Sorting and Matching Literacy Center Game
Gone Fishin' for Y as a vowel words!
Reinforce the concept of Y acting as a vowel with this great literacy center!
Students will love sorting 'word-fish' cards and matching them to 'long i' and 'long e' fisher-kids!
This game also features student recording sheets along with editable word-fish cards for additional practice and support.
Product Includes
*Sorting mats (with fisher-kids)
*45 'word-fish' with Y words that sound like long i or long e
*Student recording sheets
*10 editable word-f
K - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CCSS
RF.K.3
, RF.1.3
Classroom Management- Reinforce Expectations with Self-Check Posters
Set Expectations and Prepare for Transitions
This set of self-check behavior and preparation posters allows students to prepare for various transitions throughout the school day, while using kid-friendly language with visuals to demonstrate and reinforce expectations.
11 classroom posters reminding students how to prepare for and behave during the following school day routines:
*Desk work- individual, seated work
*Classroom discussions
*Centers- group work in rotating stations
*Carpet time- w
PreK - 5th
War Card Game with Dollars and Cents! Counting Coins Math Center Activity
1, 2, 3, 4, I declare a pink piggy bank war!
This game has always been a huge hit with my students, and I know yours will love it, too!
Like the classic "war" card game, two players lay out their top card simultaneously and the player with the larger number gets to keep both cards. The objective is to collect all the cards in the deck this way. The fun twist here? Students learn to identify and add coins (and dollars) as they determine which 'piggy bank card' has the greater amount of money i
K - 3rd
Math, Other (Math)
Learning Letters C and F- Minibooks, picture-sorts, coloring, sight words
ABCswithMissD!
We love learning letters! It is so much fun to sing the alphabet and learn our letters in order, and we are enjoying a bunch of fun and exciting games that help us do just that! At the same time, we are making sure to give extra attention to the super significant consonants that will pop up in so many CVC words.
No matter which particular phonics program your school has chosen to use, the mini-books in this "Learning Letters Series" allow you to mix-and-match letters based on
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
St. Patrick's Day Scoot Game! Place Value, Telling Time, Measuring,Money+ More
Scootin' around St. Patrick's Day~Learning is fun when we're learning through play!
Fundamental math skills....in motion!
This Common Core-aligned activity is perfect for Math Centers, or for some whole-group fun when you just gotta get movin'!
Let's get up and move while practicing:
*Place value
*Counting Money
*Skip counting
*Telling time
*Measuring
*Counting Base-Ten blocks...and more!
You'll get:
*SCOOT directions
*32 unique math task cards
*Student Recording Sheet for assessment and acc
1st - 4th
Math
CCSS
2.MD.A.3
, 1.NBT.A.1
, 1.NBT.B.2
Trolls-themed Literacy Centers- Sight Word and Word Family Games and Worksheets
Looking for some new and exciting literacy centers? You got 'em!
This resource has you covered with 5 no-prep centers that reinforce fundamental reading skills in an interactive and engaging way!
Your primary grade kiddos will love rotating through these troll-themed worksheets, games and activities as they practice short vowel word families and their Dolch Primer Sight Words!
Celebrate magic, trolls, and fun at Literacy time! Break up your class into 5 groups, and give each student the oppor
K - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Reading
Create and Interpret a Bar Graph
Use this fun freebie as a whole group lesson, individual math work, homework or as an activity for centers.
Perfect to display 'shape picture' on smart board/white board while students fill in the worksheets individually and use the large picture for reference. Can also be printed out for each student.
Students use included colorful picture (showing various quantities of different shapes) and follow the prompts to record their findings in a bar graph.
Includes brief explanation of what it me
K - 3rd
Graphing, Math, Numbers
CCSS
1.MD.C.4
, 2.MD.D.10
, 3.MD.B.3
Math Center Freebie- 3D Shape Mystery Patterns to Reinforce Geometry Skills
Teach 3d shape properties through this fun and FREE math center!
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Base-Ten Puzzles-Math Center.
Roll and Write-Creative Writing with a Math Game Twist.
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K - 3rd
Geometry, Math
Alphabet Matching Game-Upper and Lowercase Letters Activity
Alphabet Matching Game
Letter identification is a fundamental step in the development of early literacy skills. Teach and review upper and lowercase letters through this jammin' matching game!
Students will match lowercase letter strawberries to jars of uppercase letter "jam."
This game also features worksheets that will to reinforce the game's lesson through tracing, matching and cutting and pasting with letters and pictures.
Product Includes
*26 uppercase letter jars (on 'picnic table' ma
PreK - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CCSS
RF.K.1
, RF.K.1d
, RF.1.1
Building Classroom Community and Bar Graphs! Math Packet-No Prep
Make new friends...while making bar graphs, a great back to school activity!
This 28- page packet gets students up out of their seats, interacting with one another while learning fundamental math skills.
NO PREP
Each 'favorites category' comes with its own pre-made bar graph template and labels.
Each of these graphs is followed by an "interpret the data" sheet that guides students in evaluating the data they've collected.
Students learn all about one another while simultaneously learning ho
1st - 5th
Graphing, Math
Spring Break Writing Project! Story Elements Lesson+Pre-writing guide
~No Prep~
Welcome students back to school with this writing super pack! They all want to share stories about their break- so give them the opportunity to do just that...with graphic organizers and a lesson on story elements!
Packet Includes:
*Teacher directions and ideas for differentiating instruction and utilizing the product in various ways to meet student need
*Ready-to-use presentation that teaches the meaning of various story elements and guides students through the pre-writing process
*
1st - 4th
English Language Arts, Writing
Blends Galore! Phonics Lesson, Posters, Presentation, Worksheets, Games, More!
No prep full phonics presentation (and supplementary worksheets/activities) teaching the concept of BLENDSHIP.
When you consider the emphasis we put on vowels and their significance in words, it is not hard to understand why students struggle with both reading AND spelling words that have consonant blends.
For this reason, I made up the idea of "blendship" to teach my students about blends through kid-friendly, engaging rhymes!
"Blends are friends, stuck like glue! They never, ever, EVER let
K - 3rd
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Skip Counting by 2's 5's and 10's-Easter Math Scoot Game with 32 Taskcards
Skip, Skip, Skip, to my lou!
Let's Skip-count by 2's, 5's, and 10's as we SCOOT around the room and learn math in motion!
Easy-peasy prep in just 2 steps:
1. Print
2. Cut
this play-to-learn math center is good to go!!
You'll receive:
*32 skip-counting task cards to play with the whole class!
*Student recording sheet
*Teacher answer guide for quick grading
Students will scoot around the room solving Easter-themed task cards and recording the answers on their recording sheets. You'll be able
1st - 3rd
Math
Welcome Letters to New Students and Parents
Send your new students and their families a warm welcome this summer!
Send out this friendly, rhyming three-page packet featuring:
*A letter addressed to the new student, welcoming them to your classroom and sharing your excitement about the upcoming year
*A letter welcoming parents to this classroom community, and encouraging them to be active participants in their child's education. Expresses how you value their knowledge and welcome their collaboration
*Asks parents if they'd like to prov
PreK - 4th
For All Subjects
The Essential Phonics Packet *NO PREP* CVC, Word families, Rhyming
This *NO-PREP* Phonics Packet has you covered with 100 pages of phonics fun!!
Many eager new readers want to fast track their reading, diving right into words, yet struggling to make sense of the letters. While this enthusiasm is natural (and great!) it is essential for early readers to learn the grapheme-phoneme relationship first, and build upon this foundation. The next step is working with short vowels! Forming and reading CVC words is thrilling for a new reader, and discovering 'word famil
K - 3rd
ELA Test Prep, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CVC short A word families decodable and pre-primer sight words with activities
Let's get ready to read!
Teach 2 word families (am/at) and 5 Pre-Primer Dolch sight words (am, can, I, not, play) with this great reading resource!
Product features:
*12-page BW decodable reader made up of short a CVC words and high frequency sight words. While this developmentally appropriate story will be accessible and rewarding for your young reader, it isn't your average 'cat sat on mat' decodable!
*While acquiring fundamental phonics skills, students get to read a meaningful and engaging
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Short Stories
Pre-Writing and Story Elements Posters- Freebie
Enjoy this free packet of classroom writing posters covering story elements and the pre-writing process! Utilize this product as a presentation to teach students about story elements and hang up the cute and colorful classroom posters!
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Spring fun has just begun!
St. Patrick's Day Mega Math Scoot.
Spring Sight Words-"I have, Who has".
My Spring Break Story.
Gone Fishin'-Y as a Vowel Game.
End of Year Mega Memory B
K - 3rd
Writing
Clear Expectations for Effective Classroom Management- Raising Hands
Effective classroom management is developed through setting clear expectations!
Utilize this colorful, engaging (and rhyming) presentation to clearly define your expectations for sharing comments and asking questions in your classroom.
"When I have a question or something to share, my voice goes down and my hand goes in the air"
This product includes a no-prep lesson and 3 printable classroom posters that encourage your new students to:
*Respect and share classroom time
*Practice patience a
PreK - 4th
Phonics in Action! S-blend Verb Charades Game
Phonics in Action!
This phonics activity engages both the mind and body as students learn s-blend word patterns through movement and play!
How to play:
Students take turns being the 'actor', drawing a card from the deck of s-blend words and acting out the verb at hand ("stir", for example). When someone in the 'audience' correctly guesses the word, the actor writes the s-blend on the board or on an anchor chart. Then, the whole group practices reading the word aloud, verbally spelling out it
1st - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
3 Superhero Math Activities-Matching Numerals, Names, Tracing, Ten Frames More
Super Kids doing SUPER Math!
Get to know numbers 1 through 20 in a super fun and engaging way!
Your PreK, Kindergarten and First-Grade students will have a blast with this math activity superset.
This 3-in-1 (entirely superhero-themed) resource will reinforce these fundamental math skills:
*Matching numerals to their 'word names'
*Matching numerals to quantities
*Learning to count with ten-frames
*Learning to count with arrays
*Using "finger-count" graphics to match finger-represented numbers
PreK - 2nd
Math, Numbers
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About the store
Experience
My adventures in the education world have brought me to exciting positions both in and out of the classroom. I have taught primary grade students in inner-city public schools for many years. I've additionally written multiple testing passages for the ELA primary grade division of Houghton Mifflin's assessment studio. After getting a Masters in Elementary Education, I spent two years teaching special education with students from kindergarten through 5th grade. I believe that this experience was fundamental for my growth and success as a teacher. It taught me to differentiate instruction, prioritize getting to know each individual child, and to get creative (even on the spot!) in order to help every student reach his or her full potential. I have taught 1st grade and Kindergarten for many years and absolutely love the age group. I hope you and your students enjoy my products! Happy Learning :)
Teaching style
Creative, engaging, differentiated lessons. Learning through the arts, hands on activities, peer interactions and group discussion. I believe learning should be exciting, meaningful and memorable.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Graduated with distinction from DePaul University's School of Education.
Member of the Golden Key International Honor Society and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.
My own education history
Masters in Elementary Education.
Additional biographical information
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