Breaking Down the Basics
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Montgomery, Alabama, United States
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Teaching is not a solo adventure! We need each other and have so much to learn from each other. Since I opened my TPT store in 2017, my mission has been to share the kinds of organizational and instructional resources that have worked for me and I hope they can help you too!
Since August 2012, I have taught learners at the middle school and high school level. The majority of my career has been in a self-contained special education classroom for students with severe disabilities.
Before I became a teacher, I spent a year as a paraprofessional in a preschool classroom for kids with autism. While I had always been drawn to this field, that year cemented my desire to pursue this professionally.
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Main Idea Task Cards with Real Pictures {Set 1}
This product contains: • 40 task cards to practice identifying the main idea of a picture • Bag labels for each set For more practice with finding the main idea, check out: Main Idea Task Cards with Real Pictures {Set 2}Main Idea Task Cards with Real Pictures {Set 3}Main Idea Task Cards with Real Pictures {Set 4}I hope you enjoy this product! Please leave me feedback! For more resources and ideas on breaking down the basics for your students, follow me on… BreakingDownTheBasics.wordpress.comBr
K - 4th
Reading, Reading Strategies
Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards with Real Pictures *BUNDLE*
The Boxcar Children {A Complete Novel Study Unit}
This is a HUGE resource with everything you and your students will need to enjoy EVERY CHAPTER of this classic children's book! I LOVE doing novel studies with my students! And what’s better than a great novel study? A novel study unit that is easy to use and ready to go!FOR EACH CHAPTER, YOU GET:• 3-5 Vocabulary word cards • 1 Vocabulary worksheet (targeting the definition and then applied use of each word) • 1 Cause and Effect worksheet • 1 Summarizing worksheet (with word bank) • 1 Mult
1st - 4th
Balanced Literacy, Literature, Reading Strategies
Functional Literacy Mini-Units BUNDLE
***JUST UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE RECIPES MINI-UNIT!*** Knowing how to read and understand functional and informational texts is a critical part of building independence in our students! This bundle contains these 5 incredible resources! Functional Literacy Mini-Unit: SchedulesFunctional literacy Mini-Unit: CalendarsFunctional Literacy Mini-Unit: FlyersFunctional Literacy Mini-Unit: MenusFunctional Literacy Mini-Unit: Recipes*************************************************************************
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Balanced Literacy
Main Idea Task Cards with Real Pictures {Set 2}
Teaching students how to find the main idea can be a real challenge! One of the best ways is to give your students lots of practice and opportunities to start discriminating between details and the main idea. Also, using real pictures is a great way to make sure your materials are appropriate for your age group and grade! This resource includes: 40 Main idea featuring real photos and 3 answer choicesAn answer keyFor more practice, check out: Main Idea Task Cards with Real Pictures {Set 1}Main
K - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Literature, Reading Strategies
Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards with Real Pictures *BUNDLE*
Notebook Paper {Plain AND Graphic Organizer Templates}
Some students need A LOT of visual support. Even directions as simple as “draw a chart with two columns” might need to be modeled. So what do you do???? I made this resource because I needed to be able to show my entire class exactly what I meant when I told them to write things on their paper. And the results were awesome! They were happier and so was I! This resource contains a total of 16 templates. Each template has a “front of the page” and “back of the page” version! Blank Notebook pape
Not Specific
Literature, Reading Strategies, Writing
Main Idea Task Cards with Real Pictures *BUNDLE*
If you're teaching your learners how to find the main idea, starting with real pictures is absolutely the way to go! This bundle includes 160 total task cards! Prep them once and use them again and again and again! All of the pictures are different and can be implemented the same way - so, less mental load for you! This bundle is basically buying 3 and getting another one for free! #TeacherMath These are ideal for: morning workearly finisher workstations and centerstask boxesTEACHH station
K - 3rd
Informational Text, Reading Strategies
Place Value Task Cards - Ones, Tens, and Hundreds
Looking for a way for your students to practice place value? Look no further! These task cards can be used several ways to fit into your number sense instruction.
Download contains:
- 20 place value task cards targeting the ones and tens places only
- 20 place value task cards targeting the ones, tens, and hundreds places
- 2 forms of a worksheet so you can have a written component if you desire
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PreK - 12th
Numbers, Place Value
Functional Literacy Mini-Unit: Flyers
Flyers communicate a lot of information! Knowing how to read and extract the necessary information is critical as students learn to be increasingly independent. Explicit instruction with lots of opportunities to practice may be just the thing your kids need! This resource contains 11 different kinds of flyers for different kinds of activities your students may encounter. Each of the 11 flyers has these corresponding activities: a set of task cards (in color or black and white)a short answer
Not Specific
Balanced Literacy
Also included in: Functional Literacy Mini-Units BUNDLE
Functional Literacy Mini-Unit: Schedules
Schedules make the world go 'round...but can your students actually read one? Do they understand it? Explicit instruction with lots of opportunities to practice may be just the thing your kids need to master this critical life skill! This section contains 4 different kinds of schedules, 160 task cards, 14 written response worksheets, and 13 true/false worksheets! 1. Early Childhood Class schedule 28 multiple choice task cards28 written response task cards4 written response worksheets3 T
Not Specific
Balanced Literacy, Informational Text
Also included in: Functional Literacy Mini-Units BUNDLE
Magic Tree House Book 5: Night of the Ninjas {No Prep Novel Study}
Jack and Annie are off to Japan to save Morgan! This novel study is a fun and effective way to teach several literacy skills simultaneously and includes everything you need to differentiate instruction for your learners. This HUGE, ready-to-use novel study is a great way to teach several literacy skills simultaneously. With over 170 pages, you will engage students with a wide variety of abilities! Whether your students read the novel on their own or you read it aloud, engaging with Night o
1st - 4th
Novel Studies, Reading
Counting LIKE Coins Clip Cards - Cent Sign Only
These clip cards will give your students practice with critical coin counting skills! Use these for independent practice, in small groups, or during direct and small group instruction. 160 Total clip cards! This is a huge resource that can be used in any part of your instruction. Task cards are an awesome way to target and fine tune specific skills for your students. These cards can laminated and used with a dry erase marker, a wet erase markers, clothes pin, paper clip, or the included wo
1st - 3rd
Basic Operations
Also included in: Counting LIKE Coins Clip Cards - BUNDLE
Magic Tree House Book 6: Afternoon on the Amazon {No Prep Novel Study}
Jack and Annie are off to the rainforest in their quest to save Morgan! This novel study is a fun and effective way to teach several literacy skills simultaneously and includes everything you need to differentiate instruction for your learners. This HUGE, ready-to-use novel study is a great way to teach several literacy skills simultaneously. With over 170 pages, you will engage students with a wide variety of abilities! Whether your students read the novel independently or you read it alou
1st - 4th
Novel Studies, Reading
Counting Unlike Coin Clip Cards - Cent Sign and Dollar Sign
Do your students need help counting unlike coins? Counting money is a pivotal skill and one that all students need! This product contains task cards for a WIDE variety of coin combinations to help you target specific skills that your students need and can be used as independent practice, guided practice, or during direct instruction! This product contains a grand total of 200 task cards! All task cards present answer choices using the DOLLAR SIGN ($) OR the CENT SIGN. - 20 task cards target
K - 3rd
Applied Math
Also included in: Counting Unlike Coins Clip Cards BUNDLE
Counting LIKE Coins Clip Cards - BUNDLE
If your students are practicing coin counting skills, you need this! Starting with like coins is a great way to expand on basic skills such as skip counting and 1:1 correspondence. Also, counting money is a critical skill that each and every student needs! This product contains: 480 Total clip cards! (Yes, you read that right!!) This is a HUGE resource that can be used in any part of your instruction. Task cards are an awesome way to target and fine tune specific skills for your students.
K - 3rd
Functional Literacy Mini-Unit: Recipes
Recipes are an important of living an independent life! Knowing how to read and follow directions on a recipe can go a long way towards building a student's independence. It might even spark an interest in cooking! This resource contains 10 different recipes for different kinds of foods your students make want to make at some point. These are real recipes so making them as a class would be a great extension activity. The recipes vary in difficulty so you will be sure to reach several dif
Not Specific
Balanced Literacy
Also included in: Functional Literacy Mini-Units BUNDLE
Functional Literacy Mini-Unit: Menus
Menus are a hugely important source of information! And being able to navigate a menu is a significant step towards becoming independent. This mini-unit gives your students opportunities to practice reading and understanding information presented on a variety of menus. This resource contains 4 different menus with a total of 48 task cards and 24 worksheets with easy-to-use answer key! 1. An Italian Ice menu 12 task cards3 short answer question worksheets 3 true/ false worksheets 2. A Deli
Not Specific
Informational Text
Also included in: Functional Literacy Mini-Units BUNDLE
Reading Comprehension Task Cards with Real Pictures
These task cards encourage students to apply information from a picture to information presented in a text in order to answer questions. While this relationship between visual support and text comes naturally to some, other students need to be explicitly taught this skill. These task cards are ideal for instruction in a small group, one-on-one, or an independent work setting. This product contains a total of 30 Task Cards. Each card has a picture, a related passage, and a question with mul
1st - 3rd
Balanced Literacy
Counting Unlike Coins Clip Cards BUNDLE
If your students need help counting unlike coins, look no further! This bundle contains a grand total of 600 clip cards! This download is a zip file containing three different products. In one product, answers are presented using the cent sign only. In the next, using the dollar sign only. In the third product, the cent sign and dollar sign are used throughout so that students can work toward generalizing their money skills. When you buy this product, you will get: - 60 task cards targetin
K - 3rd
Applied Math
Reading Comprehension - Sentence Task Cards
Use these task cards in a small group, one-on-one, or independent work setting to give your students the practice they need to build this critical skill! This product contains 2 parts.PART 1: Single Sentence task cards• Contains 40 task cards divided into 4 groups of 10. • Groups 1 and 2 are approximately 1st grade reading level.* • Groups 3 and 4 are approximately 2nd – 3rd grade level PART 2: Multiple Sentence Task Cards.• Contains 40 task cards divided into 4 groups of 10. • Groups 1 and 2
K - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Reading
Main Idea Task Cards with Real Pictures {Set 3}
Teaching students how to find the main idea can be very challenging! One of the best ways to help your students is to give them lots of practice with discriminating between the main idea and other related statements. Also, using real pictures is a great way to make sure your materials are appropriate for your age group and grade! This resource contains 40 task cards featuring a picture and 3 answer choicesbag labels pictures representing a wide variety of people and activitiesFor more help with
K - 3rd
Informational Text, Reading Strategies
Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards with Real Pictures *BUNDLE*
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About the store
Experience
Teaching is not a solo adventure! We need each other and have so much to learn from each other. Since I opened my TPT store in 2017, my mission has been to share the kinds of organizational and instructional resources that have worked for me and I hope they can help you too!
Since August 2012, I have taught learners at the middle school and high school level. The majority of my career has been in a self-contained special education classroom for students with severe disabilities.
Before I became a teacher, I spent a year as a paraprofessional in a preschool classroom for kids with autism. While I had always been drawn to this field, that year cemented my desire to pursue this professionally.
Teaching style
I believe in teaching functional academics. Not only do I want my students to learn basic skills, I want them to be able to take those skills and apply them in their lives as they go forward. My sincerest wish is for my learners to be as independent as possible.
Awards & shining teacher moments
May 2011 - Received a fellowship to study autism and behavioral disorders as a part of my Master's degree.
May 2017 - Received "the Extra Mile" award from Montgomery County Public Schools
December 2020 - Teacher of the Year, Pike Road High School
January 2021 - Teacher of the Year, Secondary level - Pike Road Schools
My own education history
May 2016 - Graduated from University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's degree in Theatre with a concentration in Production Stage Management
December 2012 - Graduated from Auburn University with a Master's degree in Collaborative Education with an emphasis in autism and behavioral disorders
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