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Monica Yuskaitis (MY) taught school for 28 years mainly in the upper elementary grades but had the opportunity over the years of teaching every single grade level K-10 with the exception of first grade. In addition, she was a school administrator for 7 years serving as both vice principal and principal. She returned to the classroom as she was happiest there where she knew she could make the greatest difference in the lives of students.
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Preview of 1st Grade Addition Facts Boom Card Bundle - 6 Decks - 120 Cards

1st Grade Addition Facts Boom Card Bundle - 6 Decks - 120 Cards

Perfect for Google Classroom. It covers all the strategies necessary to add successfully through 20. These strategies cover the following: zero pattern, counting on 1, 2, 3, Adding 9 & 10, adding doubles, adding doubles + 1, Adding in-between doubles, and making a ten. These boom cards match perfectly with the 1st Grade Addition Facts powerpoint lesson series that teaches these strategies in much more detail. The links to these lessons are listed at the bottom. Here is a list of what is in
Preview of 1st Grade Subtraction Facts Boom Card Bundle - 120 cards

1st Grade Subtraction Facts Boom Card Bundle - 120 cards

Perfect for Google Classroom. It covers all the strategies necessary to subtract successfully through 20. These strategies cover the following: zero patterns, counting back 1, 2, 3, counting up 1, 2, 3, relating to the doubles pattern, relating to the ten combinations, 9 strategy, counting up to 10. These boom cards match perfectly with the 1st Grade Subtraction Facts powerpoint lesson series that teaches these strategies in much more detail. The links to these lessons are listed at the bott
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Experience

Monica Yuskaitis (MY) taught school for 28 years mainly in the upper elementary grades but had the opportunity over the years of teaching every single grade level K-10 with the exception of first grade. In addition, she was a school administrator for 7 years serving as both vice principal and principal. She returned to the classroom as she was happiest there where she knew she could make the greatest difference in the lives of students.

Teaching style

Monica became highly interested in developing effective math lessons in her own class and then extending that knowledge as a math coach for 4 years in Ceres Unified School District (2 years with Math Matters and 2 years with CSIN Math). She loved developing lessons on powerpoint and became known as the “powerpoint queen” to her colleagues as she willing shared them with those she worked with. Today people all over the United States and world use her presentations.

Awards & shining teacher moments

She was Teacher of the Year at Hydahl Elementary, and helped new teachers improve their teaching effectiveness as a BITSA mentor for 4 years.

My own education history

Monica graduated from BYU with a major in elementary education and later got her M.S. degree in education from California State University, Stanislaus.

Additional biographical information

In her personal life, she plays organ for church service, teaches a Sunday School class and has been a volunteer for the Family History Center on Dale Road in Modesto, California for over 10 years. She also serves as a volunteer in the Oakland LDS Temple. She loves to paint, cook, work on genealogy, and garden. She is married to Robert Yuskaitis and has two daughters who are married and 6 grandchildren that are the light of her life.