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I have taught kindergarten for 16 years. I have also taught education majors how to teach reading and writing to pre-k through 3rd graders, at the University of Nevada Reno for 5 years. I was an English Language Development Teacher/Coach in an Elementary School where I worked with kindergarten and first grade classess and I was a learning facilitator (coach) for 2 years.
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Preview of Editable Personalized Bookmarks:  Christmas Gifts for Students

Editable Personalized Bookmarks: Christmas Gifts for Students

These bookmarks are a great gift for teachers to give to their students for Christmas Presents and they go great along with a good book. My students absolutely LOVE them. They are editable, so you will just type your student's names onto them, to personalize them. You can change the font to any font that you like on your computer. If you have kiddos with longer names, you can change the size of the font, or the spacing between the letters to ensure they all fit in the space provided. In ord
Preview of English/Spanish Vocabulary Picture Cards BUNDLE

English/Spanish Vocabulary Picture Cards BUNDLE

This BUNDLE includes the following Sets of English/Spanish Picture Vocabulary Cards. They each include a picture with the English Word and the Spanish word and are great for teaching vocabulary to New Comers, or students with limited English. They are also great for teaching Spanish words to Spanish Language Learners. If you do not need all of these sets you can purchase them individually by clicking on the links below. Animals English/Spanish Picture Vocabulary CardsColors, Shapes, & Numbe
Preview of Spelling Practice Printable Worksheets:CVC, CVCe, CVVC, CCVC Patterns

Spelling Practice Printable Worksheets:CVC, CVCe, CVVC, CCVC Patterns

These printables are great for your kiddos to practice spelling with CVC, CVCe, CVVC, & CCVC spelling patterns including digraphs and blends. This set includes the following practice pages: Spelling CVC Words Spelling CVC Words Spelling Short a CVC Words Spelling Short e CVC Words Spelling Short i CVC Words Spelling Short o CVC Words Spelling Short u CVC Words Spelling CVCe Words Spelling CVVC Words Spelling Long a Words Spelling Long e Words Spelling Long i Words Spelling Long o Words Spelli
Preview of Good Choices & Sad Choices Behavior Picture Sort

Good Choices & Sad Choices Behavior Picture Sort

This activity is a great way to teach or reinforce appropriate, and inappropriate behaviors, and it provides an opportunity to talk about why these behaviors are expected. How they keep everyone safe & happy and helps them learn, which is perfect for their Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and helps with Classroom Management. Just print, cut cards apart, and laminate them to make them more durable. This set includes the following picture cards for sorting: Good Choices - Be kind, Clean up, Ha
Preview of 50 Personal Narrative Writing Prompts and Papers

50 Personal Narrative Writing Prompts and Papers

This set includes 50 different writing papers. 49 with personal narrative prompts where your kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade students can write about events they have experienced and 1 page where the title is left blank, so you or your kiddos can write your own title. Each page has 3 boxes at the top so they can sketch a picture of what happens first, next, and last before writing their sentences. You might also be interested in the following writing prompts and papers: 50 Creative Fict
Preview of 100 Days Smarter Emergent Reader

100 Days Smarter Emergent Reader

This emergent reader is perfect for your kiddos to read on the 100th day of school. It is all about the fun activities that a class does on the 100th day of school. For more school related or beginning of the year related emergent readers, activities, printables, assessments, homework, and classroom management items, just click on the links below: Emergent Reader: I Like to go to School Emergent Reader: School Rules Emergent Reader: Time for School How to Treat Our Books: Read Aloud Colo
Preview of The Important Thing About My Mom: A Mother's Day Poem Written By Your Students

The Important Thing About My Mom: A Mother's Day Poem Written By Your Students

For mother’s day, before having your kiddos write their mom's their poems, read aloud The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown. Then have your kiddos write their own poem called The Important Thing About My Mom by completing the sentence stems included here. Then they will draw and color a picture of them with their moms on the cover page. Then fold a 12 X 18 piece of construction paper in half and glue the cover onto the outside, and the poem to the inside. These poems are personalized Mot
Preview of The Things a Plant Needs to Live Sort

The Things a Plant Needs to Live Sort

This sort is a great way for students to practice their knowledge of the things a plant needs to live. It's also a great way to assess this knowledge. Students will cut out the pictures and sort them under the appropriate column. You might also be interested in the following plant activities and emergent readers: < a title="Emergent Reader:The Life Cycle of a Plant" href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Emergent-Reader-The-Life-Cycle-of-a-Plant-2183153" > Emergent R
Preview of 50 Creative Fictional Narrative Writing Prompts and Papers

50 Creative Fictional Narrative Writing Prompts and Papers

This set includes 51 different writing papers. 50 with fictional narrative prompts where students can get creative when writing a story in sequential order and 1 where the title is left blank, so you or your kiddos can write your own title. You may also be interested in the the following writing papers: 50 Opinion Writing Prompts and Papers Bundle for Primary Grades50 Personal Narrative Writing Prompts and Papers Bundle for Primary GradesPrimary Lined Stationary with Cute BordersExpository (Non
Preview of If I was a King, Queen, Prince, & Princess Writing  Freebie

If I was a King, Queen, Prince, & Princess Writing Freebie

This Freebie includes for pieces of creative writing stationary that would go perfect with your Core Knowledge Kings and Queens unit, any royalty unit, or just for fun. The pages read as follows: If I was a king I would... If I was a queen I would... If I was a prince I would... If I was a princess I would... For more Kings, Queens, Princesses, or Princes (royalty) themed games, activities, emergent readers, and printables, just click on the links below: Emergent Reader: Royalty Emergent R
Preview of 2D & 3D Shapes Bingo with Real Life Objects

2D & 3D Shapes Bingo with Real Life Objects

This fun and engaging 2D and 3D shape game includes 25 Bingo cards, so it can be played in a center or whole class. The objects on the cards are real life objects that are shaped like the following shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, hexagon, rhombus, cube, sphere, cone, and cylinder. The calling cards are shapes or attributes of shapes. For example, you can tell kids to cover a shape that has 4 corners, or a shape that has 6 faces. You can also just call “sphere” or “rectangle”.
Preview of CVVC Word Building Puzzles

CVVC Word Building Puzzles

This is a super fun and engaging way for your kiddos to practice spelling/building CVVC words. You will print, cut apart, and laminate (optional) the letters and pictures. Your kiddos will pick a picture and then segment the sounds they hear in the word to build it and put the puzzle together. When they are finished building all of the words, they can read them to a peer, and/or write them on their recording sheets. For more word family emergent readers, games, activities, and printables,
Preview of End of Year Awards (Teacher & Student Voted)

End of Year Awards (Teacher & Student Voted)

This set includes 74 awards and 1 class voting sheet. There are actually 49 different awards; however, most offer two versions, typically one that would be more appealing to a girl, and one that would be more appealing to a boy. I teach kindergarten. On the last day of school, parents are invited and we have a small awards ceremony in my classroom. I make sure that each student gets at least one award. Many of these awards I decide. Some, are voted on by students. I have included the vo
Preview of Writing Prompts and Stationary BUNDLE for primary grades

Writing Prompts and Stationary BUNDLE for primary grades

This writing BUNDLE includes the following writing stationary with prompts, anchor charts, etc.: Primary Lined Stationary with Cute Borders50 Opinion Writing Prompts and Papers Bundle 50 Personal Narrative Prompts & Papers Bundle50 Creative Fictional Narrative Prompts and PapersExpository (Non-Fiction) Writing PapersWriter's Workshop & The Writing Process Anchor Charts or PostersEditing ChecklistLetter Writing TemplatesSmall Books for Student AuthorsSummer Stationary or Journal PapersFall Statio
Preview of Prepositions (Position Words) English/Spanish Picture Vocabulary Cards

Prepositions (Position Words) English/Spanish Picture Vocabulary Cards

These Preposition (position words) English/Spanish Vocabulary Picture Cards are great for teaching English preposition words to English Language Learners or for teaching Spanish preposition words to Spanish Language Learners. This set includes 16 preposition cards. You might also be interested in the following English/Spanish Vocabulary sets. All of these sets are can be purchased in this BUNDLE as well. Animals English/Spanish Picture Vocabulary CardsColors, Shapes, & Numbers English/Spani
Preview of Things in School English/Spanish Picture Vocabulary Cards

Things in School English/Spanish Picture Vocabulary Cards

These Things at School English/Spanish Vocabulary Picture Cards are great for teaching the names of school supplies and other things found in school to English Language Learners or for teaching Spanish schools supplies food to Spanish Language Learners. This set includes 24 vocabulary cards. You might also be interested in the following English/Spanish Vocabulary sets. All of these sets are can be purchased in this BUNDLE as well. Animals English/Spanish Picture Vocabulary CardsColors, Shap
Preview of The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin Poster & Labeling Activity

The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin Poster & Labeling Activity

This includes a poster of the life cycle of a pumpkin in color & in black line with labels & without. It also includes one for student's to label. For more Halloween themed products, click on the links below: All About Bats Emergent Reader Boo Bump - A Halloween Themed Number Recognition, Counting, Subitizing & Game Candy Corn Compose & Decompose or Number Match Counting Halloween: Math & Emergent Reader 5 Little Pumpkins Little Reader Emergent Reader: Here is Halloween Emergent Reader: Trick
Preview of Writer's Workshop & The Writing Process Anchor Chart Posters

Writer's Workshop & The Writing Process Anchor Chart Posters

These Writer’s Workshop Anchor Charts (Posters) and Writing Process Posters are great to use while teaching the writing process or for reminding students of the steps they must complete during the writing process. They can be blown up into a poster size to hang in your room, and/or can be put in each of your students writing folders. This set includes 4 different posters; each come in color, as well as. Black & white. Each poster shows an example of what each stage looks like. The poster’s
Preview of 100th Day Snack or Trail Mix Sorting Mats

100th Day Snack or Trail Mix Sorting Mats

These mats are very helpful when your kiddos sort out their 100th-day trail mix snack. Each mat has a slight variation of items for their trail mix, so you can use the one with the items you will use. If you end up using something that is not on this mat, just let me know and I will modify it for you. You might also be interested in my 100th day of school emergent reader. For this and more, please visit my store at Learning-Should-Be-Fun
Preview of Halloween Themed Kindergarten  Math Bundle

Halloween Themed Kindergarten Math Bundle

This great bundle pack includes the following Halloween themed games and activities: Boo BumpCandy Corn Compose and Decompose Count the Room or Number Match Concentration GameHalloween and Thanksgiving Finish the Pattern Printables Measuring HalloweenMonster Squeeze: A Comparing Numbers Game (<, >, =)Halloween Math: Pumpkin 5 Frames & 10 FramesEmergent Reader: Pumpkin, Pumpkin, What Shape Do You See?Counting Halloween ReaderYou might also be interested in the following Halloween Bundles: H
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Experience

I have taught kindergarten for 16 years. I have also taught education majors how to teach reading and writing to pre-k through 3rd graders, at the University of Nevada Reno for 5 years. I was an English Language Development Teacher/Coach in an Elementary School where I worked with kindergarten and first grade classess and I was a learning facilitator (coach) for 2 years.

My own education history

I have a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a master's degree in literacy studies.