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Help from Heather

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DUSON, Louisiana, United States
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I am in my 12th year of teaching though my background is somewhat unique. I taught 1st grade for 2 years at Church Point Elementary and then kindergarten for 3 years at Carencro Heights Elementary. At that time I was fortunate enough to be able to choose to stay at home with my daughter. I then worked part-time doing medical transcription and raising my two daughters for 10 years. I taught kindergarten for 4 years and served as a district ELA Coach, helping other ELA teachers across the district, for 2 years. I chose to return to the classroom for the 19-20 school year at Duson Elementary and I teach 2nd grade ELA. The 20-21 school year will be my 8th year back in education in Louisiana.
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Preview of AR Incentive Charts

AR Incentive Charts

AR incentive charts can be used with small stickers to encourage students to read. There are 4 designs, each designated with a 9 weeks period as that is how our system works; however, it is EDITABLE so you can change that part if you prefer! Enjoy!
Preview of Leader of the Week Display-Hollywood Style

Leader of the Week Display-Hollywood Style

My school chooses a Leader of the Week from each classroom weekly. This fully editable Microsoft Word document allows you to display that student's name weekly in the classroom. Free font used is Janda Curlygirl. Complements Hollywood-themed classroom very well! Enjoy!
Preview of CLASSROOM PASSES

CLASSROOM PASSES

This fully editable Microsoft Word document has passes for Boys and Girls Bathroom, Hall Pass, Office Pass, and Nurse Pass. All fonts used are downloadable and free. They include KG Fall for You, Budmo Jiggler, and Hollywood Starfire. They are made to hang from ribbon on a replica of a clapboard which can be purchased from any novelty store. *NOTE: Although the font does not look correct in the preview once you have downloaded the above-mentioned fonts and open in Microsoft Word the fonts w
Preview of WBT Classroom Rules Poster-Hollywood Themed

WBT Classroom Rules Poster-Hollywood Themed

Class posters to display Whole Brain Teaching classroom rules, including The Big Rule for kindergarten, to complement your Hollywood-Themed Classroom.
Preview of Beginning Sounds Roll and Write EDITABLE

Beginning Sounds Roll and Write EDITABLE

Great literacy center! Students roll the die and go to the corresponding box on their paper. They think of or find in the room a word that begins with that letter and write it on a line. Students continue the process until all boxes are filled or time is up. I have made this page editable so you can periodically change the letters in the boxes. You could also change it to ending sounds or words with certain vowels in them. The document is a page and a half; I choose to copy on both sides of
Preview of Powerpoint for Recognition of Letters and Sounds Practice

Powerpoint for Recognition of Letters and Sounds Practice

Use this Powerpoint whole group for recognition practice of uppercase and lowercase letters and sounds or for individual assessment of same.
Preview of Numerals 0 to 10 Powerpoint

Numerals 0 to 10 Powerpoint

Use Powerpoint on Smartboard for whole group numeral recognition practice or as assessment on laptop or desktop computer. Using a Powerpoint for assessment makes it easier on the assessor to make notes and keep track of correct responses.
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About the store

Experience

I am in my 12th year of teaching though my background is somewhat unique. I taught 1st grade for 2 years at Church Point Elementary and then kindergarten for 3 years at Carencro Heights Elementary. At that time I was fortunate enough to be able to choose to stay at home with my daughter. I then worked part-time doing medical transcription and raising my two daughters for 10 years. I taught kindergarten for 4 years and served as a district ELA Coach, helping other ELA teachers across the district, for 2 years. I chose to return to the classroom for the 19-20 school year at Duson Elementary and I teach 2nd grade ELA. The 20-21 school year will be my 8th year back in education in Louisiana.

Teaching style

My teaching style varies often and typically depends on each group of students I have. Overall I try to balance hands-on activities with activity sheet type of work as the demand for students to be able to complete seat work independently continues to grow. I also try to employ many kinesthetic learning opportunities. We are blessed to be a 1:1 school and each student has a Chromebook to work on so I am working to create new products to use with this technology as well.

Awards & shining teacher moments

While on hiatus from teaching I was honored as an APEL Volunteer of the Year award through the Louisiana State Department of Education.

My own education history

I graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (then known as University of Southern Louisiana) in 1999 with a Bachelor's of Arts in Education and am certified to teach grades K to 4. Prior to returning to the classroom I completed 2 additional educational courses through University of Phoenix to update my teacher certification after being out of the classroom for 10 years.