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Menifee, California, United States
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I am a Reading Recovery specialist from Australia. I have 24 years of teaching experience in the primary grades. I love teaching kindergarten!
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Preview of Beginning Place Value Unit

Beginning Place Value Unit

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Created specially for kindergarten and first grade teachers. A complete unit of work to teach Place Value. Unit includes all attachments. Nothing for you to do except make copies. Unit starts with lots of hands-on experience making numbers 11-19 using linking cubes. All the lessons were designed for a small group. Tried and tested in a real classroom. Check Preview file. Unit includes set of 12 worksheets, small reproducible number book, ten frame manipulatives for making numbers, instructi
Preview of Ten Frame Cards & Numbers 0-10 Cards

Ten Frame Cards & Numbers 0-10 Cards

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Ten frame cards help children develop number sense. Children need to see quantities when they work with numbers. When children have mental images for numbers, they have more flexible strategies to apply to computation. You need to copy, cut and laminate cards. If making multiple sets, you may consider copying each set on different colored card stock. The download file includes a large set of flashcards for the teacher to review with the whole class. These cards can be used for a number of ma
Preview of Playing cards for young kids.

Playing cards for young kids.

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Set of ten playing cards, numbered 1 to 10, designed especially for young children. Cards are all diamonds. You will need to copy the set onto different color cardstock to produce more than one suit. I would suggest lighter colors. These playing cards make it easier for young children to identify the different suits. Great for all kinds of card games which help children learn basic number facts, order numbers to 10, etc. These cards can be used by students in kindergarten, first, second and thi
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About the store

Experience

I am a Reading Recovery specialist from Australia. I have 24 years of teaching experience in the primary grades. I love teaching kindergarten!

Teaching style

Hands-on approach. Real understanding of concepts. Constructivist approach to learning. Developmental and age appropriate. I have developed a successful reading and integrated writing program for kindergarten students, which allows for one-on-one instruction/mediation to sustain developmental reading and writing skills.

Awards & shining teacher moments

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My own education history

Bachelor of Arts degree. Diploma of Education. Masters Degree in Education

Additional biographical information

Teacher certification La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Reading Recovery Certification at Keon Park Primary, Melbourne. Kindergarten teacher, Lake Elsinore Unified, California.