Chalk and Apples
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Clarksville, Tennessee, United States
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Hey, y’all! I’m Kristen, and I’m here to help you engage students with innovative and rigorous learning experiences without sacrificing your personal & family time. I know what it’s like to want to create engaging curriculum, but not have enough time in your day. I truly believe it’s possible to engage students with innovative and rigorous learning experiences without sacrificing your personal & family time. This is why I create ready to go lessons and activities rooted in best practices plus organizational tools to help you keep it all together.
I’m passionate about teaching upper elementary students and helping their teachers be the best you can be. I have ten years of teaching experience, almost exclusively in fourth and fifth grades. I absolutely love teaching “big kids,” and I feel so blessed to have spent most of my teaching career with my favorite people.
In 2012, I was in a new city, out on maternity leave, and I wanted a creative outlet and a place to share my teaching ideas, tips, and activities with other teachers like me. Teachers who wanted to collaborate and grow as educators. I started blogging and sharing teaching resources in my curriculum shop on TeachersPayTeachers that summer, and it has been a growing passion of mine ever since.
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Vocabulary Activities & Word Work Templates for Any List: Word Work for Big Kids
Struggling to find challenging vocabulary practice for your upper elementary students? These paperless vocabulary activities are the perfect upper elementary word work for any list of words. Students will love choosing a new vocabulary activity each day to practice their vocabulary words. With these no-prep vocabulary activities, just print, laminate, and place in your Word Work center for easy student instructions. Students then complete the vocabulary activities or create their own vocabula
2nd - 6th
English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Vocabulary
5th Grade Greek and Latin Roots Vocabulary Activities & Words PRINT & DIGITAL
Make teaching and learning vocabulary fun with this 5th grade vocabulary BUNDLE! This BUNDLE contains fifth grade vocabulary word lists based on Greek & Latin roots at the 5th grade level with activities, assessments, games, and student dictionaries that will keep your students engaged throughout. You and your students will LOVE using this 5th grade vocabulary program! You will find 36 weeks of Greek and Latin Roots fifth grade lessons and resources. Plus, all of these fifth grade vocabular
5th
English Language Arts, Vocabulary
CCSS
L.5.4
, L.5.4b
3rd Grade Greek and Latin Roots Vocabulary Activities & Words - PRINT & DIGITAL
Vocabulary Roots, Jr. is a year-long vocabulary program for 3rd grade - now with PRINT and GOOGLE DRIVE versions included!Students will learn common morphemes (root words, prefixes, and suffixes) and practice using them to decode unfamiliar words. Everything you need to teach vocabulary for one quarter (nine weeks) is included in each unit. Download the preview for a free week from Unit 1 and to see all of the morphemes included for the entire year. This bundle includes:Vocabulary Roots, Jr. - U
3rd
English Language Arts, Vocabulary
Vocabulary Graphic Organizers - Upper Elementary Print & Go Word Work Activities
Spice up your word work with these vocabulary graphic organizers created especially for upper elementary students. These vocabulary activities work with any word list and are perfect for your word work center, independent work, or vocabulary homework. This Word Work pack includes 15 vocabulary graphic organizers for upper elementary students: Picture DictionarySuper SentencesFour SquareMake a ConnectionSeven Words... and more! *Please note that these are companion worksheets created by teacher
2nd - 6th
Other (ELA), Vocabulary
CCSS
L.3.4
, L.3.6
, L.4.4
+5
Vocabulary Games & Vocabulary Activities for Group & Partner Word Work Centers
Your students will love playing these partner & whole group vocabulary games, and you’ll love that you can use them with any vocabulary words! These vocabulary activities add some fun to your vocabulary instruction and provide engaging vocabulary practice that helps students learn their words. These fun, engaging vocabulary activities will have your upper elementary students loving the word work center! Challenging enough for the intermediate grades, but simple enough for students to play in
2nd - 6th
Vocabulary
CCSS
L.3.4
, L.3.6
, L.4.4
+5
Digital Vocabulary Activities & Vocabulary Graphic Organizers Word Work Centers
Looking for digital vocabulary activities and graphic organizers to use with Google Drive? Students get to practice vocabulary words in a variety of ways with these digital graphic organizers and activities. These Google Slides vocabulary activities can be used with any vocabulary words, across all content areas. Challenging enough to keep older students engaged, but simple enough to do independently, these digital vocabulary activities are perfect for upper elementary literacy centers, wo
2nd - 6th
Other (ELA), Reading, Vocabulary
CCSS
L.3.4
, L.3.6
, L.4.4
+5
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Hey, y’all! I’m Kristen, and I’m here to help you engage students with innovative and rigorous learning experiences without sacrificing your personal & family time. I know what it’s like to want to create engaging curriculum, but not have enough time in your day. I truly believe it’s possible to engage students with innovative and rigorous learning experiences without sacrificing your personal & family time. This is why I create ready to go lessons and activities rooted in best practices plus organizational tools to help you keep it all together.
I’m passionate about teaching upper elementary students and helping their teachers be the best you can be. I have ten years of teaching experience, almost exclusively in fourth and fifth grades. I absolutely love teaching “big kids,” and I feel so blessed to have spent most of my teaching career with my favorite people.
In 2012, I was in a new city, out on maternity leave, and I wanted a creative outlet and a place to share my teaching ideas, tips, and activities with other teachers like me. Teachers who wanted to collaborate and grow as educators. I started blogging and sharing teaching resources in my curriculum shop on TeachersPayTeachers that summer, and it has been a growing passion of mine ever since.
Teaching style
I’m passionate about teaching upper elementary students and helping their teachers be the best you can be. I have ten years of teaching experience, mostly in fourth and fifth grades. I absolutely love teaching “big kids,” and I feel so blessed to have spent most of my teaching career with my favorite people.
My philosophy is that school should be fun for both the students and the teacher. I love incorporating technology and hands-on activities to keep students engaged and excited about learning!
Awards & shining teacher moments
Teaching is filled with so many wonderful moments, but there is one that stands out as the first time I felt that "yes! this is why I do this job!" feeling. It was my third year, and I was teaching 5th grade. I was heading down the stairs to go home after the last parent conference of the day.
The boy I'd had the last conference with came running up the stairs. He had the biggest smile on his face, and gave me a big hug as he said, "I've never had a good parent conference before." It simultaneously broke my heart and made me so grateful for the opportunity we all have as teachers to be the person who believes in that child no one else believed in and make a difference in their life.
My own education history
• Trevecca Nazarene University - B.S. in Child Development & Learning
• American College of Education - Curriculum & Instruction: Digital Learning & Teaching
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