Amanda Limbert

This interactive PowerPoint explores the sense of touch. Vocabulary words such as rough, smooth, hard, and soft are used with real life photos to make these concepts easier to make connections to. Also listed on this site is the free lesson plan companion to this PowerPoint titled, Five Senses: Sense of Touch lesson plan.

Looking for an easy and fun way to celebrate the holidays while meeting the ELA common core standards? This is it! This is a complete, 5 day fiction unit on The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. This 16-page document is ideal for grades 3-5. Additionally, these sequential lesson plans are easy to follow and each one includes Independent Practice ideas and tips on supporting ELL, low-level, and gifted students. The lessons are engaging for the students and easy for the teacher to facilitat

These six pages are filled with extensive notes for passing the required Nevada School Law Exam in the state of Nevada for a teaching license. The notes are broken up into different chapters and are written in a user-friendly way where the facts are presented without a lot of additional wording to confuse the reader. If you have the Nevada School Law test coming up, this study guide is a lifesaver!

This free lesson plan works with the Five Senses PowerPoint: The Sense of Touch also listed on this site. This is an excellent lesson containing sections such as objectives, standards, extension activities, vocabulary, and step by step instructions. Includes higher-order thinking skills and ways to support ELL, GT, and low-level learners.

As you know, parent/teacher communication is important. One of the ways I keep parents informed is by sending home letters explaining various parts of our curriculum. These are three seperate letters I created for the parents of my students to increase understanding of various literary components. Specifically, the letters explain: - Tips for Reading at Home with your Child - Environmental Print - Word Wall/High Frequency Words

This 3-Day unit on dental health and hygiene is an excellent resource for teaching students how to take care of their teeth in a fun and engaging way. This cross-curricular unit (literacy, health, and science) incorporates a read aloud from Dr. Seuss' The Tooth Book, hands-on activities, and extension ideas. Included in this unit is a song which would be great for putting on chart paper as a Shared Reading activity. Step-by-step instructions are listed as well as a materials list. The 3 days

This is an excellent hands-on lesson plan to teach the concept of sorting. This lesson plan is to be used with the Margarette Reid book, The Button Box.

This book, titled "My 100th day of school", is a wonderful activity to use for the 100 days of school celebration. It is a cross-curricular project combining math and literacy. This can be used over the course of a week as a guided writing activity for younger grades (Pre-K - 1st). Additionally, it can be used as an independent writing activity for older grades (2nd-3rd). The book is simple to copy and present to your class. Each page contains a writing prompt related to the number 100, fol

This is a two-day lesson plan to introduce maps. The standards, objectives, materials, accommodations, and procedures are listed in an easy to follow format. Included in the lesson plan are related vocabulary words and pictures that can be used in a pocket chart.

Spring is here! This is a 21-paged, spring-themed, original collection of math and literacy activities that I have enjoyed doing with my students. Each activity is reproducible and targeted to the Pre-K through 1st grade standards. Included in the math section of this packet are 5 seperate activities that would be perfect for whole group instruction, small groups, individual practice, or math centers. The targeted skills in the math section are spatial relationships, problem solving, number

The Calendar is something we do daily in my classroom, and this lesson plan was developed to make the most out of this time. Specifically, the following skills are targeted: Number Sense and Counting, Observing, Communicating, Graphing, and Patterns. This easy-to-follow lesson plan includes standards, materials necessary, objective, extension activities, and more. The use of songs and student interaction is encouraged in the lesson and the needs of all students (gifted, lower level, etc...) a

This lesson plan is a great addition to a thematic unit on penguins, or can be used as an introduction on penguins. This cross-curricular (science, literacy, art) lesson can be stretched out over a couple of days. Included in this lesson is a penguin song which would be great on chart paper and read as Shared Reading in a whole group. Also included in this lesson are vocabulary words and realistic pictures to print out, laminate and use in pocket charts or bulletin boards. Step-by-step instr

This easy-to-follow, step-by-step lesson plan is the perfect math activity to do with your students during the Valentine's Day holiday. This 3-page lesson plan has all the information needed including standards, extension ideas, higher-level thinking skills, and ways to reach your ELL students. Attached to the lesson plans are the two activity sheets required to complete this activity. In this simple to administer, hands-on activity, students will choose a handful of candy hearts from a box of

This is a collection of St. Patrick's day themed math activities focusing on patterns, addition, graphing, and number sequencing. There are four seperate reproducible activities that are ready to hand out to your students with abosolutely no prep work needed. These would be perfect for a math center, small group, independent morning work, or math minutes. The Irish themed worksheets are an easy way to incorporate social studies and a St. Patrick's day thematic unit into your math lessons.

This printable, and reusable, story can be used in a variety of ways. This familiar rhyme would be great to use in a pocket chart during literacy centers to increase fluency and build reading strategies. These images are identical to the One, Two buckle my shoe Power Point also created by me and listed on this site. I usually use this as an extension activity to the power point, but it could be used independently (especially if students are familiar with story).

This reproducible book is the perfect addition to your MLK curriculum. It can either be done in one day, or it can be broken up into two days. The cover page is an original drawing (done by myself- Amanda Limbert) of Martin Luther King, Jr. which students can color or decorate however they wish. I print out the cover page on normal (cheap) copy paper and have my students use watercolors to paint MLK's iconic image. The results are beautiful! The next page is a writing prompt which briefly r

This powerpoint was designed to engage students as they read the familiar rhyme, "One, two, buckle my shoe." Research states students who are familiar with nursery rhymes have an advantage with literacy. This power point is effective as a shared reading in a whole group, or individually or in small groups. Also created by me, and listed on this site, are the identical images and words used in this power point for a pocket chart. The pocket chart activity makes an excellent literacy extension

This easy-to-prepare, easy-to-explain, and easy-to-play "game" is a big hit in my Kindergarten classroom. This activity helps students to isolate and identify sounds in words, specifically the following digraphs and blends: OW, AKE, AT, AN, ARK, and OO Directions: Print out and laminate (optional) the following pictures. Put the pictures into the correct sound group. You may do this as a whole group game, or is also great for independent or partner work as a center.

This is a great literacy game to use either in a whole group setting, small group activity, or can even be played independently in a literacy center. Perfect for a fall or Halloween thematic unit. This fun and easy-to-play game contains 12 word wall words (high frequency words) inside pumpkin calling cards to engage students and promote a high-interest activity. Included are also 5 different pumpkin game boards- each with different word wall words. Because the game boards are each different,

This activity was originally created for use in my ABC center during literacy centers. However, it can also be used as a whole group game or for use in small groups. To play the game, students must create the word of the picture (ex: fish) by placing the correct letters on the spaces provided. Any kind of letter blocks, tiles, etc... can be used to make the words. These sheets can be used "as is", or each picture can be cut and laminated for extended use.