Mind Over Method
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Rhode Island, United States
About the store
Hi, I’m Alysa — the creator behind Mind Over Method (formerly Teachin’ with Flair). I’ve spent years designing thoughtful, classroom-tested resources across grades K–12, with a strong focus on ELA and math instruction. Lately, I’ve been diving deep into RACES writing support for grades 6–12, helping students build confidence, structure, and depth in their written responses. Whether you’re looking for high-quality prompts, differentiated practice, or clear writing scaffolds, I’ve got you covered. My goal is simple: to create resources that challenge thinking, support growth, and make teaching just a little easier.
Thanks for stopping by, I’m so glad you’re here!
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3.OA.A3 Interactive Game Slides FREEBIE
What will I receive?With this product, you will receive 15 interactive game slides to support the third-grade standard 3.OA.A3 (Multiplication and Division Word Problems). Students will "play" this interactive game to find the missing keys to Sally's ice cream shop. In order to "win" the game, students must answer all of the word problems correctly. This Google Slides game self-corrects for independent play! When they reach the end of the slides, they will receive a certificate of completion
3rd
Math
CCSS
3.OA.A.3
Grade 1 Digital Comprehension Week 1 FREEBIE
What do you get?With this product, you will receive access to 1 digital passage adapted from Dibels Fluency to practice comprehension. Each day students will be prompted to reread the passage and answer a question based on the text. Answers will be picked by choosing the correct picture. All passages range from 100-120 words and are written for 1st grade.When you purchase this resource, you'll receive:• 1 Digital passage (1 passage for each week) written for 1st grade. • All tools for the month
1st - 2nd
Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies
Grade 6 Digital Fluency Month 1 FREEBIE
What do you get?With this product, you will receive 4 digital fluency passages adapted from Dibels Fluency to practice increasing speed for 5 days (1 optional). Students will have a digital timer on each slide as well as a goal-setting area. If students are confused, I have created a screencastify video to model an example of Day 1 with them. All passages range from 141-162 words and are written for 6th grade.When you purchase this resource, you'll receive:• 4 Digital fluency passages (1 passag
6th - 8th
Reading, Reading Strategies
Also included in: Grade 6 Digital Fluency Bundle Months 1-5
Grade 5 Digital Fluency Month 1 FREEBIE
What do you get?With this product, you will receive 4 digital fluency passages adapted from Dibels Fluency to practice increasing speed for 5 days (1 optional). Students will have a digital timer on each slide as well as a goal-setting area. If students are confused, I have created a screencastify video to model an example of Day 1 with them. All passages range from 122-162 words and are written for 5th grade.When you purchase this resource, you'll receive:• 4 Digital fluency passages (1 passag
5th - 7th
Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.5.4
, RF.5.4a
, RF.5.4c
Also included in: Grade 5 Digital Fluency Bundle Months 1-5
Grade 4 Digital Fluency Month 1 FREEBIE
What do you get?With this product, you will receive 4 digital fluency passages adapted from Dibels Fluency to practice increasing speed for 5 days (1 optional). Students will have a digital timer on each slide as well as a goal-setting area. If students are confused, I have created a screencastify video to model an example of Day 1 with them. All passages range from 112-160 words and are written for 4th grade.When you purchase this resource, you'll receive:• 4 Digital fluency passages (1 passa
4th - 6th
Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
, RF.4.4c
Also included in: Grade 4 Digital Fluency Bundle Months 1-5
Grade 2 Digital Fluency Month 1 FREEBIE
What do you get?With this product, you will receive 4 digital fluency passages adapted from Dibels Fluency to practice increasing speed for 5 days (1 optional). Students will have a digital timer on each slide as well as a goal-setting area. If students are confused, I have created a screencastify video to model an example of Day 1 with them. All passages range from 90-150 words and are written for 2nd grade.When you purchase this resource, you'll receive:• 4 Digital fluency passages (1 passage
2nd - 4th
Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.2.4
, RF.2.4a
, RF.2.4b
+1
Also included in: Grade 2 Digital Fluency Bundle Months 1-5
Grade 1 Digital Fluency Month 1 FREEBIE
What do you get?With this product, you will receive 4 digital fluency passages adapted from Dibels Fluency to practice increasing speed for 5 days (1 optional). Students will have a digital timer on each slide as well as a goal-setting area. If students are confused, I have created a screencastify video to model an example of Day 1 with them. All passages range from 70-110 words and are written for 1st grade.When you purchase this resource, you'll receive:• 4 Digital fluency passages (1 passage
1st - 3rd
Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.1.4
, RF.1.4a
, RF.1.4b
+1
Also included in: Grade 1 Digital Fluency Bundle Months 1-5
4.OA.A1 Google Form Freebie
What do you get?With this product, you will receive access to the Google Form aligned to assess the fourth grade standard 4.OA.A1 (Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.). There are a total of 20 self-graded questions worth 5 points each. Upon opening this file you will be directed to make a copy and then can easily share or assign it to your students through Google Classroom or email. When you purchase this resource, you'll receive:• Immediate access to the Google Forms™
4th
Math, Math Test Prep
CCSS
4.OA.A.1
Also included in: Grade 4 Operations & Algebraic Thinking Google Form Bundle
3.OA.A1 Google Form FREEBIE
What do you get?With this product, you will receive access to the Google Form aligned to assess the third grade standard 3.OA.A1 (Multiplication). There are a total of 11 self-graded questions. Upon opening this file you will be directed to make a copy and then can easily share or assign it to your students through Google Classroom or email. When you purchase this resource, you'll receive:• Immediate access to the Google Forms™ file • 10 questions aligned to the standard for your students to com
3rd
Math, Math Test Prep
CCSS
3.OA.A.1
Also included in: Operations & Algebraic Thinking Google Form Bundle
Digital Phonics Freebie Level K Unit 1
What's included?With this product, you will receive 5 digital practice slides to support the Level K Unit 1 Fundations program. This is a FREEBIE so it is only week 1 of this unit. When you purchase this resource, you'll receive:• Easy accessibility of the Google Slides™ file to your Google Drive • 5 slides for your students to complete (1 for each lesson taught in the unit for week 1) What skills are addressed• Identify unit sounds (b, f) • identify unit letters with different fonts (b, t, f)
Kindergarten
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading Strategies
Digital Phonics Freebie Level 1 Unit 1
What's included?With this product, you will receive 15 digital practice slides to support the Level 1 Unit 1 Fundations program. Be sure to check out my other units as well as my paper-based matching products! When you purchase this resource, you'll receive:• Easy accessibility of the Google Slides™ file to your Google Drive • 15 practice slides for your students to complete What skills are addressed• Identify alphabet sounds and match those to pictures with the same sound How can I use this in
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.1.2
Also included in: Digital Phonics Bundle Level 1 Units 1-14
Digital Grade 3 Morning Work Preview
What do you get? With this product you will receive 5 interactive digital morning work slides to support a third grade classroom. Each slide will be labeled Week 1 with the following Day so you can use it during your convenience. When you purchase this resource, you'll receive: • Instructions for opening, sharing, and using this Google Slides™ file • 5 interactive morning work slides for your students to complete What standards are addressed? Because this is designed for the first week of third
2nd - 4th
Grammar, Math, Vocabulary
Grade 3 FREEBIE Digital Fluency Month 1
What do you get? With this product, you will receive 4 digital fluency passages to practice increasing speed for 5 days (1 optional). Students will have a digital timer on each slide as well as a goal-setting area. If students are confused, I have created a screencastify to model Day 1 with them. All passages range from 100-106 words making this ideal for 3rd grade. However, grades 2-5 would find this useful. When you purchase this resource, you'll receive: • Instructions for opening, sharing, a
2nd - 5th
Reading
CCSS
RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
, RF.3.4b
+1
Also included in: Grade 3 Digital Fluency Bundle Months 1-6
3.OA.A1 Google Classroom Multiplication FREEBIE
What do you get? With this product you will receive 15 interactive digital practice slides to support the third grade standard 3.OA.A1 (Multiplication). Not only will you receive the 15 slides, you will also get the answer key for each one. When you purchase this resource, you'll receive: • Instructions for opening, sharing, and using this Google Slides™ file • 15 interactive slides for your students to complete • 15 answer key slides for quick self assessment How can I use this in my classroom
2nd - 4th
Math
CCSS
3.OA.A.1
Also included in: Google Classroom 3.OA Bundle
Level 1 Unit 2 Interactive Boards
What do you get?With this product, you will receive 10 interactive digital practice slides to supplement the Fundations curriculum for Level 1 Unit 2. Each slide will be set up like the Fundations magnetic board. Students will be asked to build current unit words. Because this is a Google Slides product, you will have ease of customizing it to add, reduce, and change the words listed. *These align perfectly to my Foundations Unit 2 Practice Pages. When you purchase this resource, you'll recei
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Spelling
Differentiated Digital or Paper Based 3-5 Martin
Included are 3 differentiated passages. You will find the Lexile level at the bottom of the page with the corresponding grade level. You can print out the pages and give themto your students paper-based, or you can use this product through google slides. With each passage, you will find questions that relate to the passage. With the digital copy, you are able to edit and change the questions!
2nd - 6th
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading
FREE! Google Classroom- Pre Primer Sight Word Practice
What do you receive? In the file you will have access to the 41 Pre Primer Dolch Sight Words. They will be displayed for students to practice their understanding of these words in sentences. They will be asked to read the sentence and pick the correct sight word for that sentence. There are a total of 41 sentences. Is this product only for online use? You can use this product electronically or print it out for hard copy use. How can I use this product in my classroom? You can use this product f
PreK - 3rd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading Strategies
FREE! Google Classroom: Addition within 1,000
What do you get?With this product, you will receive 32 practice problems to support Addition within 1,000. When you purchase this resource, you'll receive:• Instructions for opening, sharing, and using this Google Slides™ file • 32 practice problems for your students to complete How can I use this in my classroom?This product could be best used for: • Centers • Enrichment • Support/Reteaching • Homework • Formative Assessment *Please keep in mind that this is a digital resource intended for Goog
2nd - 5th
Basic Operations, Math, Numbers
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About the store
Experience
Hi, I’m Alysa — the creator behind Mind Over Method (formerly Teachin’ with Flair). I’ve spent years designing thoughtful, classroom-tested resources across grades K–12, with a strong focus on ELA and math instruction. Lately, I’ve been diving deep into RACES writing support for grades 6–12, helping students build confidence, structure, and depth in their written responses. Whether you’re looking for high-quality prompts, differentiated practice, or clear writing scaffolds, I’ve got you covered. My goal is simple: to create resources that challenge thinking, support growth, and make teaching just a little easier.
Thanks for stopping by, I’m so glad you’re here!
Teaching style
My classroom approach is always student-centered. I believe that every learner brings unique strengths, needs, and perspectives to the table, and it's my job to meet them where they are. Whether I’m differentiating instruction, scaffolding complex skills, or building in moments for choice and reflection, my goal is to create an environment where all students feel supported, challenged, and seen. I design my resources with that same mindset: flexible, accessible, and built to help students grow with confidence.
My own education history
Bachelor’s Degree – Elementary Education (Grades 1–6)
Special Education Certification – Grades K–8
Master’s Degree – TESOL (PK–12)
Computer Science Certification – Grades K–8
Dyslexia Certification – Specialized training in structured literacy and intervention strategies
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