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I am currently a Gifted and Talented Coordinator in the Milwaukee Area. I am a freelance art teacher and own a small home decor business as well as my business here on TPT. I have a wide range of experiences! I have taught both general education and special education students in Birth to Three programs, Three to Six programs, Head Start, Four-Year-old Kindergarten, Five-Year-Old Kindergarten, First grade and Fifth Grade. I have additional experience teaching at all elementary grade levels. I am a former teacher supply store manager and a Child Care director. I have had a full career in education!
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ALOHA!! - Activities inspired by Hawaii
Aloha Friends!
Lots of updates for 2016! NEW activities, fonts and graphics!
In this unit your students will :
Explore idioms
Learn about state symbols
Identify the islands
Compound words
Write about their hobbies
Write about what ALOHA means to the students
Brainstorm what they need to take a trip
Scramble words and write sentences
Write about Hawaiian animals
Write about one of the Hawaii Islands
Survey friends favorite Hawaiian foods
Hawaiian license plate / photo frame design.
Ukulele Fact
2nd - 5th
English Language Arts
Camping, Cook-Outs and S'MORE Fun!
LOTS OF NEW UPDATES for 2014 --GRAPHICS & NO PREP activities! As always updates are free so get your new copy!
TAKE A DEEP BREATH & GET READY TO ENJOY THE GREAT OUTDOORS!!! This unit is appropriate for the school year and it would also be a terrific resource for a summer camps, VBS, or summer school programs. Join me in creating CAMP-HAV-SUM-FUN in your own classroom! AHHH! NATURE!
(I provided duplicates of some activities so that you could use the unit to suit your needs and differentiate to
1st - 2nd
English Language Arts, Math, Writing
HOW TO READ WITH FLUENCY {HIGH INTEREST PASSAGES & ACTIVITIES} DISTANCE LEARNING
Fluency passages need to grab the interest of young readers and these do! No prep is involved and these passages are very versatile too!
Use them for RtI, guided reading plans, pack them in book boxes, or send them home for additional practice. Great for homeschoolers too!
Each passage includes a list of challenge words that students will read and a worksheet that will increase word skills and decoding skills.
Some of the topics include, healthy habits, birthday gardening, flies, rain,
1st - 2nd
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
SUMMER SCHOOL MATH -GET READY FOR KINDERGARTEN - {NO PREP} Distance Learning
Summer is here! Some of our little preschool and prekindergarten students need some extra practice before they move onto kindergarten. This no prep pack will help you prepare for summer school or spring time learning quickly. Here is what is included: 3-Color by code- number and numeral match There are two versions one with number words and one with numerals only. 3-Count, cut and match numerals 4-Shape trace and cut common objects and shapes Concentration game with nume
PreK - K
Math, Numbers
PRINTABLES { NO PREP } DIGRAPHS AND BLENDS - DISTANCE LEARNING COMPATIBLE
No time to prep …No problem! Stash these handy printables right into your centers, stations, RtI, Guided Reading plans, or homework. The kids will love them and the printables are predictable and easy to use! Here’s what you are purchasing: Trace-Write-Glue Printables for sh, ch, wh, (2) - l blend sheets, , (2) – r blend sheets, s blend sheet Spin-a- Word Printable (2) s blend sheet, l blend, r blend, mixed practice wh, sh, th, ch, and ph Printables for identifying intial, final and medial s
1st - 2nd
English Language Arts, Reading, Spelling
SUMMER SCHOOL MATH {2ND & 3RD GRADE} - NO PREP DISTANCE LEARNING COMPATIBLE
This no prep math pack of printables will be a supper resource for summer school, end of the year or beginning of the school year enrichment activities. Here are the warm weather themed printables that are included:
2 garden themed array and equation pintables
2 popsicle multiplication pintables
2 garden multiplication pintables
1 beach multiplication pintable
2 addition printables (three digit)
8 Puzzle activities for multiplying by 3 (includes repeated addition, multiplication fact, and arra
2nd - 4th
Math
SUMMER SCHOOL LANGUAGE ARTS {2ND & 3RD GRADE} - NO PREP
Teaching summer school? Planning for summer presents unique challenges because often there is NO planning time!!! Make planning easier so you can spend a little time running your summer errands and preparing for the next year and just maybe sneak in some family time! Here is what is included in the pack:
2- homophones
Sight word spinners
2- adjective fill ins
Adjective and noun
Nouns and verbs
2-Antonyms
2- Prefixes
3 - Suffixes
1- Syllables
Spelling rules for words with ed endings
Bookmarks
P
2nd - 4th
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
SAVING TREES & NATURAL RESOURCES
This pack is a perfect addition to your Seuss, trees, and Earth Day units of study! Included are:
A Lorax bulletin board and art project idea which includes the patterns for the project and writing activity.
Literacy centers - a rhyming word game and a long e and short e center / station with worksheet.
A parent & child homework activity and note to go home to family members.
Short e and long e sorting project
Character study and prediction activities
Parts of a tree labeling activity
K - 2nd
Reading, Science
OVER the RAINBOW with the Wizard of OZ
Follow the yellow brick road to the Wonderful Wizard of Oz! This packet which features cute clip art from Melonheadz is full of whimsical literacy activities and centers. Included are:
Rainbow themed compound word center with reproducible
Yellow brick road contraction game and reproducible featuring Glinda
Flying Monkey reproducible for words ending in –key
Three – Horse of a Different Color idiom reproducibles
Homonym matching cards with three “Which Witch” reproducibles
Three acrostic
1st - 3rd
English Language Arts, Reading, Spelling
MORNING EXERCISES - daily morning work: volume 3 / Distance Learning
Rise and Shine with these educational and fun morning work activities! These activities encourage students strengthen, review and learn new skills. The skills that are included in this pack are: Ending sounds Scrambled sentences to fix addition with dice penmenship time ( on the hour) sight word search and practice more and less rhyming words /oo/ phoneme Bossy e writing prompts Two Bonus Thanksgiving activities Subtraction and color by code ABC order SIGHT WORDS included in this pack are:
K - 2nd
Math, Reading, Writing
OCEAN UNIT - DOWN BY THE BAY {NO PREP & LITERACY / MATH CENTERS COMBO UNIT}
New Updates~ Graphics and ACTIVITIES for 2014!! 96 pages of easy to implement activities!
Teachers can take it easy and get ready for beach, ocean, sea and summer themes with a perfect mix of NO PREP activities and color copy learning centers.
Here’s what you’ll get ~
NO PREP RESOURCES~
Vowel worksheet
Poetry printable
Counting change printable
Beach blanket design and writing activity
Formal and slang printables
Adjective printable
ABC order printable
2 popsicle themed verb ident
1st - 2nd
English Language Arts, Math
SUMMER SCHOOL GAMES & PRINTABLES { NO PREP & LOW PREP LITERACY & MATH CENTERS}
Sometimes I just want easy-to-prepare centers and stations for my students so I can move onto other things! especially when I am teaching SUMMER SCHOOL! The centers have to be fun and really…really help the kids develop skills. I also need several different levels so that students can use the predictable activities. {I don’t want to keep teaching center procedures over and over again!} I also want to easily differentiate for learning needs and THAT’S HOW I ROLL! Here are some of my favorite
K - 2nd
English Language Arts, Math
MORNING EXERCISES - daily morning work: volume 2
Start your school days with a solid routine! These morning work exercises review and teach a variety of skills. Each reproducible is appropriate for morning seatwork or any time that you need students to work independently. Skills in this packet include:
Writing prompts with the theme of “emotions”
Addition using ten frames, cubes, and dice
More and Less
Letter identification
Ending sounds /phoneme
CVC word making
Sentence Scramble / writing activity focusing on sight words
Penmanship (lowerc
K - 2nd
Math, Reading
BEAT THE SUMMER SLIDE {Calendars & Activities ~ 1st Grade into 2nd Grade}
SUMMER ACTIVITIES, SUMMER SCHOOL, SUMMER CALENDARS, SUMMER HOMEWORK
You’ve worked HARD this year! Now help preserve all your efforts and help the kiddos avoid the summer slide with this versatile pack of learning. Here is what is included in this easy to use pack:
A parent note
Two styles of covers
Reading Log
3 activity calendars with corresponding activity printables
There are 12 writing prompts
2 measurement activities
Graphing activities
Fact family practice for sums 10 through 21
Lo
1st - 2nd
English Language Arts, For All Subjects
KEEPING CLEAN IS GOOD HYGIENE {DENTAL HEALTH & WASHING UP}
A healthy class is a happy class so… teach your kiddos that keeping clean is good hygiene! This packet includes:
A handwashing banner to post next to your sinks
Sequencing activities sheets for
1. Toothbrushing
2. Handwashing
3. Bedtime routines
4. Taking a bath
Prompt writing sheets for
1. Toothbrushing
2. Handwashing
3. Bedtime routines
4. Taking a bath
Word bank for handwashing
Word bank for general hygiene
4 Dental Hygiene rule posters
Measuring activity/center with reproducib
K - 2nd
Health, Science, Writing
FUN AT THE COUNTY FAIR
Yee-Haw!! It's time to make our way to the county fair!
This mini unit is perfect for summer school programs, beginning of the year and the end of the year. The following activities are included in this unit:
Midway- ABC order
Midway- r controlled word activity
Ordinal number matching and writing
Antonym and synonym matching and writing
Compound word bumper cars
Charlotte's Web character study
Fun House hexagon building game
Rubber Duck game with writing prompts
1st - 2nd
Reading, Writing
Summer School Preschool and Kindergaten
Summer School is a time for preschoolers and kindergarteners to work on fine motor skills and basic schools too! Here’s what is in this pack:
Reading log
3- counting summer treat theme
4- Number and letter identification – jellyfish theme
Water park color identification
Water park color booklets (boy and girl version)
3- Learning Centers (color and counting)
2- garden numeral writing
Garden and fish counting
Bingo marker or circle sticker number identification water animal themed
Alphabet and p
PreK - K
For All Subjects
CHICKA, CHICKA, BOOM, BOOM & A SAFARI in the JUNGLE
New Graphics and activities for 2014!!~
Time to go on a LEARNING SAFARI with your students!
This fun unit fits well with Bill Martin Jr.'s book, CHICKA, CHICKA, BOOM, BOOM and ZOO units. It is chocked full of centers, no prep printables and classroom décor. Here is what is included~
Palm Trees -matching uppercase and lowercase letter center
Chicka, Chicka, Zoom, Zoom craftivity identify letter names or letter-sounds.
Coconuts and monkeys-Identifying True and False equations for sums of 10
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, For All Subjects
END BLENDS {No Prep Printables!} - DISTANCE LEARNING COMPATIBLE
Give yourself a BIG break with 70 pages of no prep printables! Hands on, engaging and predictable pages for the kiddos to complete independently! Here is what is included the pack! Color end of sounds One printable for each blend: mp, sk, sp, st, nk, nt, ct, nd, ft, pt, lt, lf, rk, rd, rn, rp, rm, rl Say and Color printables: (nt, nd, nk) (lb, lm, lt) (mp, nt, sp) (rf, rn, rd) (rk, sk, st) Cut, Glue and Sort –One or two printables for each blend: sk, 2-st, mp, np, nk, nt, lt, rt 5 printables
1st - 3rd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
READING RESPONSE SHEETS { NO PREP } PRINTABLES
Reading Response sheets are terrific for checking understanding and developing skills. In this pack of NO PREP Printables you’ll get “staple” and some novelty organizers and response sheets too. Here is what is included:
Book Search Students find information from different parts of a book
Series of events (three forms includes 3 and 4 parts of a story)
Cause and effect
Character development
Class banner to make (favourite book)
Books to read before you sleep
Facts for non-fiction
Legen
1st - 2nd
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
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About the store
Experience
I am currently a Gifted and Talented Coordinator in the Milwaukee Area. I am a freelance art teacher and own a small home decor business as well as my business here on TPT. I have a wide range of experiences! I have taught both general education and special education students in Birth to Three programs, Three to Six programs, Head Start, Four-Year-old Kindergarten, Five-Year-Old Kindergarten, First grade and Fifth Grade. I have additional experience teaching at all elementary grade levels. I am a former teacher supply store manager and a Child Care director. I have had a full career in education!
Teaching style
I like to provide high interest, experiential activities for my students. I enjoy creative activities that spark imaginations and provide hands - on learning expereiences. I provide an atmosphere where students can learn to inquire, ask questions, and make discoveries.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Academic Achievement Award Class of 1990 Cardinal Stritch University
Presidential Honor Scholarship
Phi Delta Kappa
Delta Epsilon Sigma
Americorp Fellowship Recipient
My own education history
B.A. Special Education and Early Childhood Education, Cardinal Stritch College
M.A Professional Development & Elementary Education Licensure
Gifted and Talented Teacher and Gifted and Talented Coodinator add on master's licensures from UW- Whitewater
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