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We have over twenty years of combined elementary teaching experience. Having met as teacher partners, we developed a quick friendship with a shared passion for creating content that reaches beyond the confines of our own classrooms. We have enjoyed generating ideas together and sharing those "tips and tricks" with our colleagues. We are excited to collaborate on the TpT forum!
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Meet the Teacher Stations EDITABLE
This product includes 8 stations to make your "Meet the Teacher" night a success and set the tone for a fabulous year ahead! Within this file, there are 8 premade stations, with the option to EDIT the body of each station, in order to meet your classroom needs! Premade Stations are as Follows: Station 1: Sign In (including a sign in sheet)Station 2: School Supply DropStation 3: Find Your Seat (and introduce yourself to a buddy nearby)Station 4: Let's Chat (including a contact card, transportatio
K - 3rd
Classroom Community, For All Subjects
Also included in: Back to School Growing Bundle
Distance Learning: Fist Bump Sight Words Fry's First 100
Looking for a super fun way for your kiddos to master their sight words? Look no further. This product contains Fry's First 100 Sight Words (in 2 different handwriting choices), 2 "Fist Bump and Read the Word" signs, and 2 COVID-19 friendly "Air Bump and Read the Word" signs to be displayed outside or around your classroom (or your house for at home learning)! Print and cut the provided large sight word cards (6 per page) and use velcro to interchange words, in order to provide students with add
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CCSS
RF.K.3c
Also included in: Distance Learning: Fist Bump and Learn Bundle
Distance Learning: Fist Bump and Learn Bundle
Distance Learning: This resource is an excellent way for your students to continue practicing their sight words, nonsense words, number recognition skills and more from their own home! Even when they're not with you, they can still feel like they are working on the skills you focus on every day in your classroom. Families simply place each learning board around their house and add or change learning cards at their convenience! Kiddos can stay connected by snapping a photo or video of their learn
PreK - 2nd
Math, Reading
CCSS
RF.K.1d
, RF.K.3c
Distance Learning: Fist Bump Sight Words Fry's Second 100
Looking for a super fun way for your kiddos to master their sight words? Look no further. This product contains Fry's Second 100 Sight Words and a "Fist Bump and Read the Word" sign to be displayed outside or around your classroom! Print and cut the provided large sight word cards (6 per page) and use velcro to interchange words, in order to provide students with additional sight word practice. Each time they enter the classroom is a new opportunity to fist bump and read the word displayed! Plea
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CCSS
RF.K.3c
, RF.1.3g
, RF.2.3
Also included in: Distance Learning: Fist Bump and Learn Bundle
Digital/Printable -- IKEA Frame Word List including Spring
This product contains 2 printable versions (print and cursive headers) and 1 digital version of 28 word lists designed to fit perfectly into the Tolsby IKEA frames. Simply print, hole punch the word lists, and add binder rings to create the perfect table tools for your star writers to flip through during your Writing Workshop, journal time, literacy centers, and more! Word lists are as follows: Back to SchoolFall/AutumnApplesPumpkinsHalloweenThanksgivingChristmas List 1Christmas List 2HanukkahKw
K - 4th
Also included in: Writing Bundle: Center Resources
EDITABLE Classroom Labels for Target Adhesive Pockets and More!
Label ALL the things with these adorable EDITABLE classroom supply labels. These labels were designed to fit perfectly inside Target Dollar Spot Adhesive Labels. Includes Group Labels for up to 6 groupsStudent Numbers 1-24Labels for the following supplies: Binder Clips, Flair Pens, Pens, Tape, Hot Glue Sticks, Washi Tape, Post-It Notes, Dry Erase Markers, Colored Pencils, Glue Sticks, Sharp Pencils, Dull Pencils, Baby Wipes, Clorox Wipes, Ziploc Bags, Glue Bottles, Paper Clips, Cardstock, Sharpi
K - 5th
For All Subjects
Also included in: Back to School Growing Bundle
Distance Learning: Lego Build It CVC Bundle
This resource includes 188 CVC Read and Build cards: 56 short a CVC cards from the word families -ab, -ad, -ag, -ak, -al, -am, -an, -ap, -as, -at, -ax, and the r-controlled -ar.28 short e CVC cards from the word families -eb, -ed, -eg, -em, -en, -ep, -es, and -et.40 short i CVC cards from the word families -ib, -id, -ig, -im, -in, -ip, -it, and -ix.32 short o CVC cards from the word families -ob, -od, -og, -op, -ot, and -ox.32 short u CVC cards from the word families -ub, -ud, -ug, -um, -un, -u
PreK - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Math Expectations cards
These Math Expectation cards are designed to reinforce appropriate behavior and best mathematical practice during math workshop, specifically math center time. Check out our Editable Math Workshop Schedule to promote smooth, effortless, and seamless transitions from one rotation to the next during your MATH Workshop time! You might also love these resources for displaying student learning objectives and encouraging goal setting: Kindergarten Math ObjectivesFirst Grade Math ObjectivesMath Practi
K - 5th
Math, Numbers
CCSS
K.CC.A.1
, K.CC.A.2
, K.CC.A.3
+20
Stories & STEAM: A Little Bit of Winter Book Companion
This product guides learners through an Interactive Read Aloud of A Little Bit of Winter by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. The book companion offers dozens of questions for before, during, and after reading that address concepts about print, decoding accuracy, fluency and expression, vocabulary and comprehension. STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) components make new learning hands-on and interdisciplinary, while the Home-School Connection sections allow you to par
K - 3rd
English Language Arts
CCSS, NGSS
RL.K.1
, RL.K.2
, RL.K.3
+25
Also included in: Distance Learning: Stories & STEAM Bundle
Silly Sentences Holiday Growing Bundle
Celebrating the holidays has never been more fun! This product includes word and picture cards to have your students reading and writing silly holiday sentences in a snap. This activity will strengthen your students decoding and word attack skills, reading fluency, and ability to write creatively. Simply choose one card in each pile and read away. Here is an example from our St. Patrick's Day set: Card #1: Nouns and Adjectives (i.e. The cheesy shamrock) Card #2: Verbs (i.e. met a cheerful leprec
K - 3rd
Creative Writing
CCSS
RF.K.3
, RF.K.3c
, RF.1.3
+12
Distance Learning: Roll and Learn BUNDLE
This bundle contains all of the products within our Roll and Learn series! It is the perfect resource whether you are in the classroom or participating in distance learning. For the purpose of distance learning, teachers could use the task cards as a standalone resource to help maintain positive classroom relationships and strengthen your classroom community. Teachers could record themselves rolling their foam pocket cubes or simply choosing a task card to read and have their class discuss toget
K - 3rd
Classroom Community
CCSS
K.CC.A.1
, K.CC.A.2
, K.CC.A.3
+8
Roll and Chat Would You Rather Conversation Cards
Distance Learning: Just because your kiddos are at home doesn't mean the conversation has to end! Keep in contact and maintain that strong and positive classroom community in this fun way. Would You Rather conversation Cards encourage your students to engage in daily conversations with you, their classmates, and their families. You can also extend the conversation by having your kiddos write rationale for their opinion and share it via photo or video with you. Classroom Use: Let these conversat
K - 5th
Speaking & Listening
Also included in: Distance Learning: Roll and Learn BUNDLE
Balloons Over Broadway: Book Companion with STEAM Activities
This product contains a 5-Day Interactive Read Aloud guide to build learner's previewing and predicting skills, content vocabulary, and comprehension strategies (including retelling, making judgments, identifying and discussing author's purpose, character and plot development, and more). Shared reading activities are including, along with opportunities to build concepts about print through poetry. Pair this comprehensive file with Melissa Sweet's text, "Balloons Over Broadway" to celebrate and
K - 3rd
English Language Arts
CCSS, NGSS
2.MD.A.1
, 2.MD.A.4
, 2.MD.C.8
+44
Also included in: Distance Learning: Stories & STEAM Bundle
Distance Learning: Spring Silly Sentences Literacy Center
Writing spring sentences has never been more fun! This product includes 84 word and picture cards to have your students reading and writing silly spring sentences in a snap. This activity will strengthen your students decoding and word attack skills, reading fluency, and ability to write creatively. Simply choose one pink, purple, and blue card, and read away. Pink Card: Nouns and Adjectives (i.e. The smiley bunnies) Purple Card: Verbs (i.e. juggled Easter eggs) Blue Card: Nouns (i.e. in the rai
K - 3rd
Creative Writing
CCSS
RF.K.3
, RF.K.3c
, RF.1.3
+8
Also included in: Distance Learning: Silly Sentences Literacy Centers Bundle
Distance Learning: Fist Bump and Read CVC Words
Looking for a super fun way for your kiddos to practice reading CVC words? Look no further. This product contains 174 CVC word cards, 2 "Fist Bump and Read the Word" signs, and 2 "Air Bump and Read the Word" signs to be displayed outside or around your classroom (or your house for at home learning)! Print and cut the provided large CVC word cards (6 per page) and use velcro to interchange words, in order to provide students with additional CVC word reading practice. Each time children enter the
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CCSS
RF.K.3c
Also included in: Distance Learning: Fist Bump and Learn Bundle
12 Days of Christmas Kindness
Light up the world with kindness this holiday season with a 12 days of Christmas Kindness challenge! This product includes: "Light Up The World With Kindness" letters to be printed on colored cardstock to create a door display or bulletin board"Light Up The World With Kindness" Christmas themed letters12 kindness prompts to use with your class to promote kindness 12 kindness prompts with Christmas borders to be added into foam pocket cubes- Each day a new child can roll the pocket cube to deter
PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Kindness Bundle: Stories and Challenges
Distance Learning: Silly Sentences Literacy Centers Bundle
Writing sentences has never been more fun! This product currently includes 350 word and picture cards to have your students reading and writing silly sentences in a snap. This activity will strengthen your students decoding and word attack skills, reading fluency, and ability to write creatively. Currently this bundle contains the following resources: Silly Sentences Literacy Center (perfect for any time of year)Winter Silly Sentences Literacy CenterSpring Silly Sentences Literacy CenterSummer S
K - 3rd
Creative Writing
CCSS
RF.K.3
, RF.K.3c
, RF.1.3
+14
Distance Learning: Roll and Chat Social Stories
These social story conversation cards can be used as part of your morning meeting, a teacher-led center, a lunch bunch discussion group, a written response center, and so forth. These cards elicit dialogue that hones in on important social skills, such as being a friend, tattling, following directions, sharing, taking turns, conflict resolution, and much more. Perhaps the best part? These social story cards fit PERFECTLY inside Target dollar spot foam dice! Simply roll and chat with your kiddos
PreK - 4th
Classroom Community, School Counseling
CCSS
CCRA.SL.1
Also included in: Distance Learning: Roll and Learn BUNDLE
Fist Bump Letters and Sounds FREEBIE
In honor of the 100th product added to our store, enjoy this FIST BUMPIN' FREEBIE! All you have to do is display the Fist Bump signs outside your classroom door or around your classroom to reinforce basic alphabet knowledge! This product contains 26 uppercase and lowercase letter cards, 2 "Fist Bump and Read the Word" signs, 2 "Air Bump and Read the Word" signs, 2 "Fist Bump and Say the Sound" signs, and 2 "Air Bump and Say the Sound" signs to be displayed outside or around your classroom (or y
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CCSS
RF.K.1d
, RF.K.2
Also included in: Distance Learning: Fist Bump and Learn Bundle
Distance Learning - Lego Build It: Short a CVC Cards
This resource includes 56 short a CVC cards for some lego building fun! Students can read and build each word. The following word families are included: -ab, -ad, -ag, -ak, -al, -am, -an, -ap, -as, -at, -ax, and the r-controlled -ar. We appreciate your purchase so much and hope you enjoy using it as much as we enjoyed creating it and using it ourselves! Let’s not lose touch: you’re invited to connect with us at www.menumamasteaching.com. Subscribe to our blog for the latest news, updates, and
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CCSS
RF.K.2d
, RF.K.3
, RF.K.3a
+2
Also included in: Distance Learning: Lego Build It CVC Bundle
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About the store
Experience
We have over twenty years of combined elementary teaching experience. Having met as teacher partners, we developed a quick friendship with a shared passion for creating content that reaches beyond the confines of our own classrooms. We have enjoyed generating ideas together and sharing those "tips and tricks" with our colleagues. We are excited to collaborate on the TpT forum!
Teaching style
Our store is based entirely on menus! Each menu has options, and this means that our learners are continuously empowered through choice! They develop ownership over which menu items they choose, so each activity suits their own level of interest.
While our learners get to "Click and Chews" their options, the menus are up to us as their teachers as an avenue for differentiation! The menus allow us to set parameters for student options, ensuring that all activities are standards-based and address our learners’ individual levels of readiness and ability. This also requires that students show accountability for finishing their whole “meal” in a structured approach.
Whether the children are choosing holiday centers, a math technology activity, or a new skill or strategy for reading, our "Click and Chews" provides each student with an opportunity to explore new learning in both a fun and focused approach!
Awards & shining teacher moments
From speaking at the national level to publishing teacher research in academic journals, perhaps our greatest honor is having a daily opportunity to connect with children and their families as we watch them grow and learn under our care!
My own education history
Among the two of us, we hold: two B.A.s in English, a B.A. in Psychology, two M.A.s in Reading and Language Arts, and an Ed.S. in Educational Leadership. We also hold two certifications in Elementary Education (Grades K-6), a certification in English Education (Grades 7-12), and a certification in Supervision/Administration. We are proud alumnae of the University of Saint Joseph in Connecticut, as well as Central Connecticut State University and University of Connecticut respectively.
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