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Richmond, Kentucky, United States
About the store
I LOVE my job!!! I have been teaching professionally since 1991! (Before that, I worked camps and after-school programs!) I've spent 15 years teaching PK - 3rd grade, Reading Recovery, ELL, and Math Recovery. I was an assistant principal for 5 years, but missed teaching. I currently serve as a district resource teacher, so I get to work with kids AND teachers!! I am so lucky!!
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Preview of Fluency to 10 & Math Symbols (180 different cards)

Fluency to 10 & Math Symbols (180 different cards)

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Download these flash cards to use in your math centers and fluency games or to help students quickly name visual patterns to support mental math. These cards also fit perfectly in our pocket dice (sold separately) when printed in full size. Just choose the cards you want your students to practice and you have new game option each time. Try the FREEBIE (fluency to 5) to see what they look like! Just print on Cardstock or heavy paper and slide into a 4" pocket die. OR... print the cards an
Preview of Kindergarten numeracy - 25 different spinners

Kindergarten numeracy - 25 different spinners

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Change any center or game you already have just by changing the spinner the kids use! Download these spinner faces for a wide variety of spinners to use in all your Kindergarten math centers and fluency games! These can be printed, laminated and attach a spinner to each... OR look for our magnetic trays and magnet spinners at www.countingspots.com These spinners fit perfectly in our magnetic trays. Just choose a spinner face, attach the magnet spinner and you have new game option each time.
Preview of Kindergarten Fluency to 5 (100+ different cards)

Kindergarten Fluency to 5 (100+ different cards)

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COUNTING SPOTS
Download these dice faces for a wide variety of dice to use in all your Kindergarten math centers and fluency games! These dice cards fit perfectly in our pocket dice. Just choose the dice faces you want your students to practice and you have new game option each time. Try the FREEBIE to see what they look like! Just print on Cardstock or heavy paper and slide into a 4" pocket dice. OR... print the cards and use as playing cards, matching games, use your imagination!! CCS Cluster: Operatio
Preview of Kindergarten Mental Math - Fluency to Five Cards and Questions

Kindergarten Mental Math - Fluency to Five Cards and Questions

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Counting Spots - Kindergarten Fluency to Five Kindergarteners need to have computational fluency to 5... what does that REALLY look like?? Are they fluent because they can complete a worksheet??? No, absolutely not! Fluency means MENTAL MATH and flexibility in solving problems. These questions move the child from needing to see and count dots/objects (concrete learning), to being able to quickly identify the number they see and tell about the combination. This stage develops the mental v
Preview of K-2 and intervention Bundle - Differentiation spinners

K-2 and intervention Bundle - Differentiation spinners

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THIS IS A ZIPPED FILE. Differentiation! Classroom and intervention teachers will LOVE these spinners for small group or Workstations. Change any center or game you already have just by changing the spinner the kids use! Download these spinner faces for a wide variety of spinners to use in all your small group lessons and workstation centers and fluency games! These can be printed, laminated and attach a spinner to each... OR look for our magnetic trays and magnet spinners at www.countingspots
Preview of First grade Fluency to 10 (170+ different cards)

First grade Fluency to 10 (170+ different cards)

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Download these Flash cards for use in all your math workstation centers, fluency games and for those "Five minute Filler" times! Grab these cards and flash to your students. They can answer with their finger patterns. Questions from simply identifying the number or patterns to showing "how many more...". The possibilities are endless! Print the cards and use as playing cards, matching games, use your imagination!! OR... These cards also fit perfectly into our pocket dice sold separately.
Preview of Excuse Me! Number game 1 to 5

Excuse Me! Number game 1 to 5

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Excuse Me, Please!! is a fun way to help children internalize different formats of the numbers 1-5. These activities are based on Math Recovery, AVMR and Singapore Math strategies. Included are 4 different game boards, each of which can be played using the "finger pattern spinner". Students spin and then cover the matching spot on their game board. The great thing about this game is that it's different every time!! You can make copies of the gameboard and spinner, and several groups (or the
Preview of 1st grade numeracy - 40 different spinners

1st grade numeracy - 40 different spinners

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COUNTING SPOTS
Change any center or game you already have just by changing the spinner the kids use! Download these spinner faces for a wide variety of spinners to use in all your 1st grade math centers and fluency games! These can be printed, laminated and attach a spinner to each... OR look for our magnetic trays and magnet spinners at www.countingspots.com These spinners fit perfectly in our magnetic trays. Just choose a spinner face, attach the magnet spinner and you have new game option each time. C
Preview of FREEBIE! Dice Faces 0 to 5

FREEBIE! Dice Faces 0 to 5

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Download these dice faces for a wide variety of dice to use in all your Kindergarten math centers and fluency games! These dice cards fit perfectly in our pocket dice. Just choose the dice faces you want your students to practice and you have new game option each time. CCS Cluster: Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Understand addition as putting together/adding to and understand subtraction as taking apart/taking from. CCS K.OA.A.5-Fluency standard to 5 AVMR structuring levels 0 and 1
Preview of FREEBIE! Spinners 0-3

FREEBIE! Spinners 0-3

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COUNTING SPOTS
Download these spinner faces for a wide variety of spinners to use in all your Kindergarten math centers and fluency games! These spinners fit perfectly in our magnetic trays. Just choose a spinner face, attach the magnet spinner and you have new game option each time. CCS Cluster: Operations & Algebraic Thinking: Understand addition as putting together/adding to and understand subtraction as taking apart/taking from. CCS K.OA.A.5-Fluency standard to 5 AVMR structuring levels 0 and 1 Conte
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About the store

Experience

I LOVE my job!!! I have been teaching professionally since 1991! (Before that, I worked camps and after-school programs!) I've spent 15 years teaching PK - 3rd grade, Reading Recovery, ELL, and Math Recovery. I was an assistant principal for 5 years, but missed teaching. I currently serve as a district resource teacher, so I get to work with kids AND teachers!! I am so lucky!!

Teaching style

I am a true constructivist teacher!! I think Vygotsky was a genius. I strive to teach students and teachers at their ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development) so they push themselves to learn!!

Awards & shining teacher moments

National Board Certified Teacher (Early Childhood - ages 3 to 8 years, primary), Math Intervention teacher, Math Recovery certified, Add+Vantage MathRecovery Teacher and Champion, SNAP Teacher and Facilitator, Reading Specialist, Reading Recovery certified, LLI trained, grant writer

My own education history

BA from the University of KY in Elementary Education MA from the University of KY in Reading NBCT for Early Childhood, Ages 3 to 8

Additional biographical information

I live in Lexington, KY with my wonderful husband of over 21 years, Bob, as well as my daughter, son and our 2 dogs, Chewey & Lily.