Breaking Down the Basics
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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
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*
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
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
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 4}
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*
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*
Preprimer Fluency Sentences Flashcards {No Prep!}
One of the challenges of teaching sight words is avoiding “Robot Reading”. This resource contains sentences using the Dolch Preprimer words divided into 4 groups. Each group has 10 words. As soon as students master the first group, they are ready to start reading sentences. These fluency flashcards are ideal for partner work, small group time, independent work. Once the sentences are mastered, the cards can be sent home for additional practice or moved to a guided practice station to be reviewe
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, Reading
Addition {Targeted Skill Practice}
This HUGE resource is designed to help you strategically and efficiently target a wide range of addition skills. Each of the 20 units (over 400 total pages!) is structured, visually uncluttered, and specifically designed to help minimize prep time and maximize teaching time. This is exactly what you need for IEP goals, RTI, enrichment, and so much more! Each of the 20 units includes: An answer key I pretest15 different worksheets2 quizzes1 post-testSkills targeted: Addition with Numbers 0-
K - 3rd
Arithmetic, Basic Operations
Reading Comprehension Task Cards - Level 3
Strong reading comprehension is built one line at a time. These task cards are perfect for centers, independent work stations, or small group instruction to help your students practice finding the word that “makes sense”!
This product contains 40 “Fill in the missing word” task cards involving words based on Fry’s Third 100 words.
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K - 4th
Balanced Literacy, Reading
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Task Cards - BUNDLE
Directional Terms Task Cards
Understanding directional terms is a critical skill for every student! This resource provides your students with the opportunity to practice matching sentences with pictures. There are 2 sets. The first set uses images that are illustrated and visually simpler. The second set uses actual photos and may be a good option for older learners. This resource contains: Set 1: 20 cards with sentence options based on simple illustrations.Set 1 addresses these directional terms: on, under, behind, next to
PreK - 2nd
Grammar, Reading, Vocabulary
Describing Task Cards
Describing skills are critical to a student’s success across basically ALL content areas. Also, learning to accurately describe items - and identify things that don’t describe an item - are important daily living skills! This resource contains 2 parts and 60 Total task cards:PART 1 contains 30 task cards focused on identifying a word that describes a given item. PART 2 contains 30 task cards focused on identifying a word that does not describe a given item. There are labels for each part that
1st - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Reading
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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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