I have been teaching for 19 years all at the primary level. I spent 10 years teaching kindergarten and for 6 years I taught 1st grade-with one year in between in 2nd grade! The past 2 years I have spent at the building level as an Instructional Coach in a K-4 school!
Vocabulary plays an important part in your student’s ability to learn to read. With comprehension being the ultimate goal of reading, vocabulary instruction is a pillar that can not be underestimated! Monthly Vocabulary Headbands is a game that will have your student's practicing those must needed vocabulary skills all while having FUN! ****This resource is EDITABLE! You can add in words for each month that your class may specifically need!****Monthly Vocabulary Headbands is a game that can be p
Look no further for the social emotional resource that will encompass ways to transform your classroom and improve how social emotional learning is taught and developed! SEL education is an important part of any 21st century education. As a primary teacher it is important that you are cultivating ways to integrate SEL daily! Would you like a tool that will help you foster discussions and make connections whole class, with small groups, individually AND do so in a way that primary children can
Lucky Charm is a fun and interactive word work literacy game that can be played as a center or used as a small group instruction activity! This game is a great way for your students to practice phonics skills in an engaging way and is a great literacy game to play around St. Patrick's Day! Each student needs a playing mat and some lucky charm pieces! You as the teacher choose the set of cards that you want your students to practice and add those to their game set. Students take turns flipping
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Kids learn through play and Read It Make It is an activity that incorporates both playing/creating AND phonics skill practice, the best of both literacy worlds!TO PLAY: Each player needs a Make It mat. For Example: If it’s November you can make a turkey with feathers and if its March you can make a cloud and a rainbow! You can play any mat at any time of year also. Some mats you may want to give your students pom pom’s or stickers to play with if you want them to build
PreK - 3rd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Jingle all the way! It’s the time of year when holiday activities can help keep your students excitement for the season at a high but also let their learning continue!Build A Reindeer is an interactive and fun craftivity where your student’s will build their reindeer based off of cost. They will practice working with coins. Identifying coins and adding up totals. Start by having your students choose which head they want and also give them a pair of legs. They then choose the body parts and acc
Fill Your Plate is a fun and interactive word work literacy game that can be played as a center or used as a small group instruction activity! This game is a great way for your students to practice phonics skills in an engaging way and is a great literacy game to play around Thanksgiving time! Each student needs a playing mat and some food pieces! You as the teacher choose the set of cards that you want your students to practice and add those to their game set. Students take turns flipping ove
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Spiderweb is a fun and interactive word work literacy game that can be played as a center or used as a small group instruction activity! This game is a great way for your students to practice phonics skills in an engaging way! Each student needs a playing mat and some spider's! You as the teacher choose the set of cards that you want your students to practice and add those to their game set. Students take turns flipping over a card and reading it. If they read the word correctly they get to p
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Jar of Hearts is a fun and interactive word work literacy game that can be played as a center or used as a small group instruction activity! This game is a great way for your students to practice phonics skills in an engaging way and is a great literacy game to play around Valentine's Day! Each student needs a playing mat and some heart pieces! You as the teacher choose the set of cards that you want your students to practice and add those to their game set. Students take turns flipping over a
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Do you like to use engaging and fun ways to achieve the behaviors that you want in your classroom? If so RAINBOW DASH is for you! Race 4 rainbow's to the finish to reveal the hidden prize underneath the sun. There are boards with 4, 5, or 6 square behavior spots for behaviors you want your class to improve as well as spots at the end to add in mystery rewards! Add magnet tape to the back of rainbow's and sun's for easy display on your magnet board/whiteboard. Product is EDITABLE so you can cha
Do you like to use engaging and fun ways to achieve the behaviors that you want in your classroom? If so LEPRECHAUN RACE is for you! Race 4 leprechaun's to the finish to reveal the hidden prize underneath the pot-o-gold. There are boards with 4, 5, or 6 square behavior spots for behaviors you want your class to improve as well as spots at the end to add in mystery rewards! Add magnet tape to the back of leprechaun's and pots-o-gold for easy display on your magnet board/whiteboard. Product is E
If you are looking to add to the fun of the last weeks of school leading up to your winter break then you need a Santa Cam! Or if you are simply trying to keep everyone under control and you're willing to pull out all of the stops....then you need a Santa Cam too! Print and hang up wherever you have a camera (or anything that looks like a camera) and use to your advantage!
PreK - 8th
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Experience
I have been teaching for 19 years all at the primary level. I spent 10 years teaching kindergarten and for 6 years I taught 1st grade-with one year in between in 2nd grade! The past 2 years I have spent at the building level as an Instructional Coach in a K-4 school!
Teaching style
Set the stage to engage! That is me in a nutshell. I love doing classroom transformations as well as incorporating my students interests and loves into their education. I am a big proponent of STEM/STEAM education and having a Maker Space in the classroom. 21st century teaching is my goal!
Awards & shining teacher moments
Yet to be added.
My own education history
I am a graduate of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Go Bobcats!
Additional biographical information
I am a wife and a mother of two sweet little boys. I love iced tea, DIY, and any show on BRAVO!
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