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I hold a Masters of Science in Elementary Education, Certification in K-12 STEM, Performance Enhancement Specialist degree and Sports Medicine Degree. I have been an Elementary School Teacher for 20+ years. I have taught in the Kindergarten classroom for 18 years utlizing my expertise in STEM.
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Preview of Story Ropes: Retelling and Comprehension Rope and Worksheet

Story Ropes: Retelling and Comprehension Rope and Worksheet

Story Retelling Ropes-A fun and interactive way to practice retelling the elements of a story! Great for whole group read-alouds, partner reading, read to someone during daily 5 or literacy centers or independent reading! Practice retelling a story with this cute Story Retelling Rope. Simply, cut out the “Story Parts” Circles and attach to a string, yarn, or rope. Use your Story Rope to retell your favorite story! Included is also worksheets to draw or write the parts of the story. Enjoy!
Preview of Money Printables and Games: Fun With Money Packet

Money Printables and Games: Fun With Money Packet

Money Printables and Games: Fun With Money Packet Many children need reinforcement with money identification and counting money. I hope that this packet can help your children with just that! Included in this packet are printables and games to make learning, reviewing, and practicing money concepts fun and engaging! In this packet: (see preview for all items) Money Printables: 1. Money Match Pages: Kids will match the coin to its value. 2. I Spy Pages: Students will identify the front an
Preview of Sight Words Kindergarten Trace, Color, Cut and Glue

Sight Words Kindergarten Trace, Color, Cut and Glue

Sight Word practice for Kindergarten! "Trace, Color, Cut and Glue Kindergarten Sight Words" is 37 PAGES of fun for your students to practice, review, read, color, and identify the correct spelling of their sight words. Also they can practice cutting and gluing skills. Use as end of the year Kindergarten review or beginning of the year review for your first graders! The Pack includes 37 pages sight words: a, I, to, the, go, my, he, like, come, this, here, me, you, look, for, do, where, what, on
Preview of Winter Snowman CVC Word Building Activity and Pocket Chart Game

Winter Snowman CVC Word Building Activity and Pocket Chart Game

Great CVC word building and word blending practice! Use these cute snowman to practice word building with your little learners this winter season! Either use as a great craftivity or laminate the snowmen in color to create a center/pocket chart activity! 1. Students can choose a snowman hat with a picture. Have the students cut out their hat and snowman head(and color them) or use in a laminated version for a center. 2. Give your students the corresponding beginning sound sheet of letters/
Preview of Thanksgiving Sort: Past and Present

Thanksgiving Sort: Past and Present

Thanksgiving Sort: Past and Present Use this fun sorting activity to review to compare Thanksgiving today and long ago! Included are large headers and pictures to laminate and use as a whole group or pocket chart activity. Or, use the small printable and small pictures to have as an individual activity or assessment. Enjoy! Elizabeth This product is protected by copyright laws. Reproducing is prohibited. The primary purchaser has permission to reproduce these pages for their own classroo
Preview of Editable Digital & Print Back to School Transportation Tags (Bus, Van, Pickup)

Editable Digital & Print Back to School Transportation Tags (Bus, Van, Pickup)

Back to School Transportation Tags and Organizational Student List Sheets!Use these cute tags for your incoming Pre-K or Kindergarteners. PRINT AND WRITE or ADD TO YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE TO EDIT DIGITALLY!The google drive link is located on the product page 4!These badges help your nervous kiddos get home safely and the right way! When someone sees a little one wearing this they immediately make sure they are on the appropriate mode of transportation. This is immensely helpful to bus drivers, tea
Preview of Job Cards for Classroom Job Chart BUNDLE:  64 Kids, Owl, and Bee Theme Included!

Job Cards for Classroom Job Chart BUNDLE: 64 Kids, Owl, and Bee Theme Included!

Job Cards for you Classroom Job Chart! This is a bundle of all my different Job Card Themes! Grab these job cards to promote responsibility in a cute way in your classroom! I have included 3 different themes-Kids, Owls, and Bees! Below I listed the what is included in each each theme... Bee Theme Cards 1. Job Cards: Caboose, Door Holder, Meteorologist, Flag Holder, Line Leader, Lunch Counter, Pencil Monitor, Table Cleaner, Lunch Box Monitor, Hall Monitor, Spe
Preview of Lunch Choice Clip Chart

Lunch Choice Clip Chart

Lunch Choice Clip Chart **Revised: Now 40 Food and Drink Cards! :) Attach these Lunch Choice Cards to a cute ribbon and hang in your room! Place velcro in the middle of the cards to change the different choices for the day! Then the student will add their clip with their name on it. An EASY way to choose lunch and take lunch count everyday! Enjoy! Elizabeth The primary purchaser has permission to reproduce these pages for their own classroom use. If you would like to purchase a set for y
Preview of Writing Sentences Picture Cards

Writing Sentences Picture Cards

My kids LOVE making and reading sentences! The WHO, WHAT, WHEN pictures help beginning writers and readers with constructing sentences with their sight word being learned! You can use these picture cards many different ways. Here are a few ideas… 1. Put the Who, What, and Where cards into different containers. Have a child choose one card from each container. The child then makes up a sentence, sometimes silly, from the cards. HELPFUL with sentence order! 2. Put the cards into the writin
Preview of Letters Pattern Blocks

Letters Pattern Blocks

Letters Pattern Block Letters! Just print on cardstock,laminate and cut! Use these pattern block letters individually or put together to practice a variety of skills: Letter Recognition Name Building Building spelling words Word Building Practicing High Frequency Words I have had a lot of success with these for intervention groups! Also, use in your Daily 5 Word Work/Literacy Centers or individual work bins! I created the pattern block templates to fit standard pattern blocks in your class
Preview of Bumble Buddies™ LNF, NWF, PSF, WF Group and Partner Practice (Acadience Ready)

Bumble Buddies™ LNF, NWF, PSF, WF Group and Partner Practice (Acadience Ready)

Bumble Buddies™ is a engaging program that helps with Whole Group & Student Pages Partner practice in the areas of: Letter Naming Fluency (Whole Group Slides and Partner Sheets Practice)Nonsense Word Fluency (Whole Group Slides and Partner Sheets Practice)Phoneme Segmentation (Whole Group Slides)Memory/Sight Word Fluency  (Whole Group Slides)Whole Group Bumble Buddies™ Use this Google Slides Interactive Presentation to quickly review and practice LNF, NWF, PSF, and WF.  Simply display the Goo
Preview of Spelling Word Contract:  Distance or Print Ready Homework or Class Activities

Spelling Word Contract: Distance or Print Ready Homework or Class Activities

Now available with a distance learning digital version! This product has been updated to be printed for classroom use or assigned digitally to your students!These Spelling Contracts can be tailored to your kid's needs! Simply write in how many activities you want them to practice in what area (writing, reading, skills). Then allow them to choose their activities. The independence will keep them engaged :) This packet can be utilized many different ways... Spelling Homework Spelling Morning W
Preview of Pattern Necklaces: Halloween Theme

Pattern Necklaces: Halloween Theme

Pattern Necklaces (Halloween Themed) Practice patterning in a fun way and engaging way while enjoying the spooky season! I included enough different kinds of pattern pictures to created many different kinds of patterns (i.e. AB, ABC, AABB...) How do you create a pattern necklace? 1.Decide what kind of pattern you want to make (AB, ABC, AABB…) 2.Cut out the patterns you want to use. Color the patterns if you chose the black and white patterns. 3.Fold the pattern on the middle line, over a pi
Preview of Number Recognition: Mouse in the House Pocket Chart Game

Number Recognition: Mouse in the House Pocket Chart Game

Number Recognition Game! This is a great pocket chart or floor game for little learners. Have students or guide students to arrange the houses in numerical order. Then a partner or teacher hides the mouse behind one of the houses. Students take turns guessing which house he is under by stating the number then lifting the corresponding house! Check out my updated Mouse in the House here! Enjoy! Elizabeth The primary purchaser has permission to reproduce these pages for their own classroom use
Preview of Kindergarten & Pre-K Portfolios

Kindergarten & Pre-K Portfolios

74 PAGES TO CUSTOMIZE YOUR KIDDOS PORTFOLIOS! Please check download the preview to see examples of what you get portfolio pack! Use these printables to personalize your students Pre-K or Kindergarten year! Put the pages into a binder at the beginning of the year and each month have your kids draw themselves, write their name and draw and write about a monthly prompt. Great and easy way to track a child's progress! Also included, to assess children each term and to monitor their progress, ar
Preview of Math Daily Warm-up for Intervention and Skills Review: Acadience Approved!

Math Daily Warm-up for Intervention and Skills Review: Acadience Approved!

ROUTINE and REVIEW is crucial to skills practice!*This is a google slides 'make a copy' Slideshow!*This NO PREP Math Daily Review is set up for you to use each day to practice skills that you want your students to master through a Google Slideshow easy peasy presentation format to display! ____________________________________________________(Present to Apple TV, Projector or Smartboard)_________________________________________________Each day is as easy as 1,2,3... 1. Open the google slides li
Preview of Beginning Sounds Mystery Words: Set 1

Beginning Sounds Mystery Words: Set 1

Beginning Sounds Mystery Words! Your children will have a blast practicing beginning sounds while uncovering mystery words. Simply print, laminate and cut into cards so your children can use dry erase markers or crayons to write on and wipe off beginning sounds to uncover a mystery word. How can I use the cards? Use these cards during Daily 5/Literacy Center Work on Writing or Word Work or in your children's independent workboxes! Or...print this packet 2 or 4 to a page to create a workshee
Preview of Science Matter Unit:Solids, Liquids, and Gases

Science Matter Unit:Solids, Liquids, and Gases

Primary Science Unit for your little scientist(s)! This 54 page unit includes 10 different Matter experiments, interactive posters, and writing response webs and pages to introduce Solids, Liquids, and Gases to your beginning scientists! Get your kiddos engaged and have fun teaching science with the following activites: 1. 2 Interactive maps/posters to review information and add new ideas learned. 2. Seven (7) Writing Response Pages to record and explain data and what has been learned. Gre
Preview of Sight Word Coloring Kindergarten: Spring Theme

Sight Word Coloring Kindergarten: Spring Theme

Sight Word Coloring is a great activity to review sight word reading and identification as well as Color Word identification. These great Spring-themed worksheets can be used for end of Kindergarten theme review, end of Kindergarten year review, or beginning of first grade review! The worksheets follow the Harcourt Storytown Progression and include all of the Kindergarten Sight Words! Enjoy! Elizabeth Graphics by Scrappin Doodles The primary purchaser has permission to reproduce these page
Preview of Kindergarten Short Vowels CVC Picture Sorts Medial Short Vowel Sound Practice!

Kindergarten Short Vowels CVC Picture Sorts Medial Short Vowel Sound Practice!

Sort Vowel Picture Sorts! This is a great way to review medial short vowel sounds with your kiddos! This 23 page packet includes the following picture sorts: Short a and short e: ten, mad, bed, jam, ham, hen Short a and short i: bit, sad, dig, tag, pig, ram Short a and short o: dog, cap, fan, fox, bat, frog Short a and short u: sun, pan, rug, hat, map, bug Short e and short i: pin, bed, kit, pen, nest, mitt Short e and short o: log, ten, frog, dog, vest, hen Short e and short u: sun, nest, ju
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Experience

I hold a Masters of Science in Elementary Education, Certification in K-12 STEM, Performance Enhancement Specialist degree and Sports Medicine Degree. I have been an Elementary School Teacher for 20+ years. I have taught in the Kindergarten classroom for 18 years utlizing my expertise in STEM.

Teaching style

As a Teacher, I strive to enhance learning opportunities for my children by providing an ENERGETIC environment where the child's natural love for learning is encouraged, where each child is challenged daily, and each child continues to academically and emotionally grow. I strive to create a strong sense of character by creating a caring and respectful environment.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Awarded "Distinguished Teacher".

My own education history

Integrated STEM K-12 Certification (CalU) Masters of Science in Elementary Education (Duquesne University) Bachelors in Sports Medicine(Duquesne University)