Floating Through First
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Carmel, Indiana, United States
About the store
I have had a whirlwind of experience! I student taught in 4th and then got hired at the same school to teach 3rd! I then moved to 1st grade for the next year. First grade captured my heart! I love the growth made during first grade, and it is so exciting to serve as a guide in this important point in a student's learning. After four years in first, I was ready for a new challenge and moved to kindergarten! It may be my favorite spot yet!
Because of this diversity in experience, you'll notice my store has products geared toward 3rd grade learners as well as K-1!
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WTW Phonics Comprehension and Fluency Passages--Within Word Pattern Spellers
Check out the bundle for Alphabetic Spellers and Within Word Pattern Spellers here!
Do you use Words Their Way in your classroom? This packet is a great resource to give your students extra practice with their Words Their Way sorts! These phonics passages are created to use the words for each sort to help students learn to read and identify the phonics rules from each unit. There are two comprehension questions at the end of the passage as well! I have my students highlight all the words th
1st - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
WTW Comprehension/Fluency Passages for Alphabetic and Pattern Spellers BUNDLE
This BUNDLE includes both of my best-selling comprehension and fluency passages for WTW Within Words Pattern Spellers and WTW Alphabetic Spellers. If you already have these individual products, do not purchase this bundle! These phonics passages are created to use the words for each sort to help students learn to read and identify the phonics rules from each unit. There are two comprehension questions at the end of the passage as well! I have my students highlight all the words that follo
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Spelling
Words Their Way Phonics Comprehension and Fluency Passages--Alphabetic Spellers
Check out the bundle for Alphabetic Spellers and Within Word Pattern Spellers here!
Do you use Words Their Way in your classroom? This packet is a great resource to give your students extra practice with their Words Their Way sorts! These phonics passages are created to use the words for each sort to help students learn to read and identify the phonics rules from each unit. There are two comprehension questions at the end of the passage as well! I have my students highlight all the words th
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Spelling
WTW Fluency Passages for Syllables and Affixes and Derivational Relations BUNDLE
This BUNDLE includes both of my best-selling comprehension and fluency passages for WTW Syllables and Affixes Spellers and WTW Derivational Relations Spellers. If you already have these individual products, do not purchase this bundle! These phonics passages are created to use the words for each sort to help students learn to read and identify the phonics rules from each unit. There are two comprehension questions at the end of the passage as well! I have my students highlight all the words
2nd - 6th
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling
WTW Phonics and Comprehension Passages--Syllables and Affixes Spellers
Do you use Words Their Way in your classroom? This packet is a great resource to give your students extra practice with their Words Their Way sorts! These phonics passages are created to use the words for each sort to help students learn to read and identify the phonics rules from each unit. There are two comprehension questions at the end of the passage as well! I have my students highlight all the words that follow each week’s rule, and we use these passages as fluency practice too. This
1st - 4th
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Spelling
Also included in:Â WTW Fluency Passages for Within Words and Syllables and Affixes BUNDLE
WTW Fluency Passages for Within Words and Syllables and Affixes BUNDLE
This BUNDLE includes both of my best-selling comprehension and fluency passages for WTW Within Words Pattern Spellers and WTW Syllables and Affixes Spellers. If you already have these individual products, do not purchase this bundle! These phonics passages are created to use the words for each sort to help students learn to read and identify the phonics rules from each unit. There are two comprehension questions at the end of the passage as well! I have my students highlight all the words th
2nd - 4th
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Greater Than, Less Than Work Mat and Game
This freebie is a Greater Than, Less Than Work Mat and Game!
This file includes
-Work Mat with alligator symbols
-Number tiles (0-100 as well as select numbers up to 1,000) to use as manipulatives
-Hundreds Chart
-Recording Sheet
Enjoy this fun game, and please follow Floating Through First for more products and freebies!
K - 3rd
Math
WTW Phonics and Comprehension Passages--Derivational Relations Spellers
Do you use Words Their Way in your classroom? This packet is a great resource to give your students extra practice with their Words Their Way sorts! These phonics passages are created to use the words for each sort to help students learn to read and identify the phonics rules from each unit. There are two comprehension questions at the end of the passage as well! I have my students highlight all the words that follow each week’s rule, and we use these passages as fluency practice too. This
3rd - 6th
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling
Candyland Cards for Words Their Way--Alphabetic Spellers
Check out the bundle for Alphabetic Spellers and Within Word Pattern Spellers Candyland cards here!
This file is full of cards to play Candyland that match each sort in Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Letter Name--Alphabetic Spellers! There are six different sets in this file and over 700 cards! I use this as a Word Work center with my 1st grade class, and it's a huge hit. Just add a Candyland board, and you're good to go!
Want more Words Their Way resources? Check out my sort and color
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Spelling
Also included in:Â Candyland Cards for WTW--Alphabetic Spellers and Pattern Spellers BUNDLE
Base Ten Block Matching Game and "I Have Who Has"
This is a set of two games to help students identify the numbers represented with Base 10 Blocks. I've used both of these games in math group, and it's given my firsties some valuable practice!
This is a zip file including:
- "I Have, Who Has" to practice identifying the number represented with Base 10 Blocks. This includes 28 cards using numbers between 0-99.
- Base 10 Block matching game. This includes Base 10 representations of numbers from 0-100 and the standard form numbers to match i
K - 3rd
Math
Words Their Way Sort and Color Pages: Letter Names--Alphabetic Spellers
Check out the bundle for Alphabetic Spellers and Within Word Pattern Spellers sort and color packs here! Do you use Words Their Way in your classroom? This packet is a great resource to give your students extra practice with their Words Their Way sorts! These sort and color pages ask students to look at each word and "color by rule", which is another fun way of sorting and dissecting each new word. This can be used as a literacy center or even leveled homework! This file includes 50 differen
K - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, Spelling
Thematic Personal Word Wall
These personal thematic word walls are a great tool to assist your primary writers! These pages can be used together or alone to help students use and spell words while working on writing. These have proven to be helpful in encouraging students to use words they might normally shy away from, and it’s also encouraged students to use their resources rather than chase me down to spell something for them! I put all the cards on a ring for use in my writing center, but you could easily post the in
K - 3rd
Creative Writing, Writing, Writing-Essays
Candyland Cards for WTW--Alphabetic Spellers and Pattern Spellers BUNDLE
This BUNDLE includes both of my Candyland card for WTW Within Words Pattern Spellers and WTW Alphabetic Spellers. If you already have these individual products, do not purchase this bundle! This file is full of cards to play Candyland that match each sort in Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Letter Name--Alphabetic Spellers AND Within Word Pattern Spellers! There are fifteen different sets in this file and over 1600 cards! I use this as a Word Work center with my 1st grade class, and it's
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Spelling
Elapsed Time Story Problem Board Game and Matching
This file is for two separate games to practice elapsed time. These activities are great for math centers!
This file includes:
-An elapsed time board game with time to the nearest five minutes. This includes 24 different story problems and an answer key for students to check their work.
-An elapsed time board game with time to the nearest quarter hour. This game is identical to the other board game, but offers other numbers to provide differentiation for students who are working on time to t
3rd - 5th
Math
Story Problem Board Game in Multiple Operations
This board game is a great way to practice story problems! This is a wonderful math center activity, or even a take home activity for students who need a little extra practice. Each page of word problems has a different focus and is labeled so you can print only the skills your class has learned. This also helps differentiate the activity for math groups! This file includes: -1 Game Board -42 Word Problems -12 Bonus Cards (lose a turn, go ahead spaces, etc.) -Answer Key -Game Instructions The
3rd - 5th
Basic Operations, Math
Silent E Flip Book and Make-A-Word Slides
This file includes four separate flip books to make long a, long i, long o, and long u words using silent e.
It also includes eight make-a-word slides to turn CVC words (both real and nonsense) into CVCe words!
Enjoy this freebie, and please follow Floating Through First for more great products!
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Candyland Cards for Word Their Way Within Word Pattern Spellers
Check out the bundle for Alphabetic Spellers and Within Word Pattern Spellers Candyland cards here!
This file is full of cards to play Candyland that match each sort in Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Within Word Pattern Spellers! There are six different sets in this file and over 900 cards! I use this as a Word Work center with my 1st grade class, and it's a huge hit. Just add a Candyland board, and you're good to go!
Want more Words Their Way resources? Check out my sort and color pack
1st - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Spelling
Also included in:Â Candyland Cards for WTW--Alphabetic Spellers and Pattern Spellers BUNDLE
Words Their Way Sort and Color Page Pack
This file includes 100 different sort and color pages that are tailored to each Word Their Way sort in Word Sorts for Letter Name: Alphabetic Spellers and Word Sorts for Within Word Pattern Spellers. Please note that the pictures do not correspond with the words, rather each page is "themed" with a variety of pictures that go together. This encourages students to use their word work knowledge to read the words rather than rely on picture cues. This pack combines Letter Names--Alphabetic Spelle
K - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Words Their Way Sort and Color Pages: Within Word Pattern Spellers
Check out the bundle for Alphabetic Spellers and Within Word Pattern Spellers sort and color packs here!
Do you use Words Their Way in your classroom? This packet is a great resource to give your students extra practice with their Words Their Way sorts! These sort and color pages ask students to look at each word and "color by rule", which is another fun way of sorting and dissecting each new word. This can be used as a literacy center or even leveled homework!
This file includes 50 different
1st - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Addition and Subtraction Matching Puzzles
This file contains break apart puzzles to practice addition and subtraction fluency. Simply print, laminate, and cut to create a great small group or center tool for students to practice addition and subtraction fluency from 0-12. This packet has a puppies and kittens theme, and the pictures allow students to match the illustration to the appropriate number sentence.
This packet contains:
-33 addition puzzles with facts from 0-12
-48 subtraction puzzles with facts from 0-12
K - 2nd
Basic Operations
CCSS
K.OA.A.5
, 1.OA.C.5
, 1.OA.C.6
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About the store
Experience
I have had a whirlwind of experience! I student taught in 4th and then got hired at the same school to teach 3rd! I then moved to 1st grade for the next year. First grade captured my heart! I love the growth made during first grade, and it is so exciting to serve as a guide in this important point in a student's learning. After four years in first, I was ready for a new challenge and moved to kindergarten! It may be my favorite spot yet!
Because of this diversity in experience, you'll notice my store has products geared toward 3rd grade learners as well as K-1!
Teaching style
I do my best to keep things hands on and exciting! I do both guided math and guided reading, so we are constantly using centers to learn new material as well as spiral our curriculum.
Awards & shining teacher moments
None...yet!
My own education history
I am a graduate of Indiana University. I had the opportunity to complete their Cultural Immersion Program, and was able to spend half of my student teaching in Oxfordshire, England!
Of course, the best teacher has been time. I have learned so much in my six years of teaching from my students, my colleagues, and from reflecting on myself. I can't wait to see what the next thirty years teach me!
Additional biographical information
I loved school as a child. I loved learning. I loved becoming a confident reader. I loved having my curiosity stoked.
This is my aim for my students. I want to help create eager, confident learners. Every day I try to show my class that learning is exciting and that learning can take you anywhere you want to go!
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