Floating Through First
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Carmel, Indiana, United States
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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 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
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
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
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
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
Informational Text Feature Primary Pack
This is the perfect addition to your Nonfiction/Informational Text unit! This pack includes the following resources:
-15 informational text feature posters
-text feature matching game
-text feature matching page
-text feature flip book complete with pictures and definitions
-30 unique BOOM (bingo) boards that are ready to print and play
K - 3rd
Informational Text
Common Core Aligned Math Activities: Graphing Board Game
Common Core Graphing Board Game is a game that will help students use data from bar graphs, column graphs, and pictographs to answer questions.
This file includes:
-A Game board
-12 Different graphs (bar graphs, pictographs, pie charts, tally charts)
-48 Total questions about graphs
-An Answer key
-3 Cut and paste pictograph activities
This correlates to CC 1.MD.4: using data to answer questions.
1st - 3rd
Math
Counting Money Task Cards
This file contains money counting task cards for American currency. This was created for use in a first grade classroom, so this covers coins adding up to $1.00. I use this in my class as part of a math center. For each amount there is a card that asks students to create that amount using school coins and a card that shows the coins and asks for the amount. I double side the cards to allow students to check their own work. This file also includes a coin sorting mat and a recording sheet.
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K - 4th
Math
Also included in:Â Counting Money Bundle
Story Starters for Primary Writers
This is a digital file of 32 writing prompts to be used with a primary level class. These prompts are all general and can be used at any point in the year. I use these prompts in my first grade classroom, but they could easily be used in a second or third grade class.
I use this in my own classroom for:
-morning journals
-writing task cards during literacy centers
-ideas for struggling writers
1st - 3rd
Creative Writing, Short Stories
Five Finger Retell Glove
My class loves sharing about their books using five finger retells, and they especially love using these gloves to do it! Use this file to make your own story hand gloves. All you need to do is print the pictures, laminate, and glue or Velcro them to an inexpensive knit glove.
This has become a great resource for my class, and I've noticed a huge difference in the quality of their retells since using this great visual and kinesthetic reminder! My class even likes to use these to help them in
PreK - 3rd
Literature, Reading, Reading Strategies
Alphabetical Ordering Cards and Matching Recording Sheets
This is a file of nine sets of themed alphabetical ordering cards and matching recording sheets. Each ordering set has a different colored background to help you stay organized! The animal A-Z set is a perfect starting place due to its use of first letter ordering only, but most sets include some second letter ordering (example: butterfly and bee). These ordering sets work great in literacy centers, and the recording sheets are helpful to keep track of student work.
This file includes:
-A-Z
K - 3rd
English Language Arts
Dolch Third Grade Sight Words Pre-Made Word Wall
This file includes cards for all of the words on the Dolch Third Grade sight word list. Great to use for flash cards or as a word wall!
Two options to print:
-All black text
-Black consonants with vowels in red and Y in purple.
Ready to print, laminate, cut, and hang!
K - 3rd
English Language Arts
Write Your Name! Poster
Remind your students to put their names on their papers with this cute rhyme!
I've included five different background choices so you're able to find one that matches your classroom decor!
PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
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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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