Mrs V's ABCs
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Cary, Illinois, United States
About the store
I taught special education in the public school setting for 6 years before deciding to stay home with my new baby boy. It was a difficult decision to make since I have such a passion for teaching and genuinely loved my job, but ultimately I knew in my heart I needed to stay home with my son while he's young. I haven't completely been able to give up teaching as I now am subbing at my old school once in a while and love to put on my teacher hat and create fun and engaging activities for him! While in the classroom, I taught in several different special education positions ranging from resource room to self contained with students pre-k through 5th grade with a variety of special needs including autism, intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, and medically fragile. I loved each and every one of my positions and learned so much from each role and every single student!
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Reading Fluency Graphs- Progress Monitoring
Students' charting their own products is a research-based practice and helps build accountability and pride in students. These graphs can be used with progress monitoring programs such as DIBELS or AIMsweb, or for your own personal progress monitoring. This is also a versatile product, not only can it be used to measure words per minute (wpm), but you could also use it for documenting sight word fluency or mastery. I usually talk with my students when we first start the graphs and help them fig
1st - 5th
Informational Text, Literature, Reading
Celery Experiment Booklet
This Celery Experiment Booklet is just what you need to go along with your hands on science experiment and discovery! This booklet allows your students to document their observations by coloring what they see and notice of the celery's color changes over the course of 5 days. *Great for young students in the early elementary years or pre-K, home schoolers, and students with special needs! *Perfect for a science unit on what plants need to survive! This experiment shows how plants absorb water.
PreK - 2nd
Earth Sciences, Science
NK School Font based on Zaner-Bloser
NK School Font for Personal and Commercial Use!
Download contains one ttf font and Terms of Use Agreement.
This is a fun, handwritten font perfect for teachers! Great for worksheets, mini books, activities, etc. Based on Zaner-Bloser Handwriting Style!
To install the font, most users will need to unzip the file, double click on the font file and click 'install'.
PreK - 6th
Dress for the Weather Presentation and Worksheet
This product is designed to teach early learners how to dress appropriately for the weather.
This is a great addition to a preschool weather theme or to use with students with special needs to teach independence!
★Make sure to check out my other Weather Product → Dress for the Weather Mini Book and Worksheet
INCLUDES:
→ one 6 page PDF file (the presentation) of one visual question per page
→ one worksheet with all 6 presentation questions on one page
note--this is NOT an interactive smartboa
PreK - 2nd
Science
Also included in: Dress for the Weather BUNDLE
Self Portrait and Name Writing Activity
Great activity for back to school!**INCLUDES** →Beginning and end of the year sheets with no grade level specified →Beginning and end of the year sheets for Kindergarten →Beginning and end of the year sheets for First Grade →Beginning and end of the year sheets for Second Grade UPDATE 8/5/19 -- →Monthly sheets -one for each month of the whole year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See how much y
K - 2nd
Writing
Reading Fluency Graphs *2* - Progress Monitoring
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NEW! Higher wpm graphs plus new BLANK graphs to add your own numbers!!
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Students' charting their own products is a research-based practice and helps build accountability and pride in students. These graphs can be used with progress monitoring programs such as DIBELS or AIMsweb, or for your own personal progress monitoring.
This is also a versatile product, not only can it be us
2nd - 5th
Informational Text, Literature, Reading
Dress for the Weather Mini Book and Worksheet
This product is designed to teach early learners how to dress appropriately for the weather.
This is a great addition to a preschool weather theme or to use with students with special needs to teach independence!
INCLUDES:
→ one 10 page minibook (2 pages per printed page)
→ one bonus worksheet
~~~~~~~~~IF YOU LIKE THIS PRODUCT~~~~~~~~~
make sure to check out my Dress for the Weather Presentation
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts
Also included in: Dress for the Weather BUNDLE
Homework and Reading Logs *PDF and GOOGLE SLIDES* Editable to Add Text
Homework and Reading Log templates in 10 different versions. Pick the version that best meets your needs! This log is available in an easy ready to print PDF format as well as a link to a Google Slides version that is editable to add text! The logs are weekly and have spots for days Monday through Friday. Each log has room for you to write (or type- on the google slides version) in specific homework assignments, dates, and names. Some also include room at the bottom for you to write/type a not
1st - 4th
For All Subjects, Reading
Valentine's Day Color Book - Emergent Reader
This emergent reader text is great for beginning readers! It focuses on predictable text using sight words.
Great for use during literacy centers OR math centers because it focuses on those color words!
Sight Words:
★look
★the
★little
★here
★is
★a
→TWO VERSIONS←
•one with the sight words: look, at, the, little
•one with the sight words: here, is, a, little
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, Reading
Dress for the Weather BUNDLE
All THREE weather products bundled for one great deal! Each product on its own is $2 each, get all three for just $5! *Perfect to go with a young learner's weather theme! *Great for teaching functional skills to students with special needs! Included:Powerpoint presentation single question format activityWorksheet based off powerpoint presentation activityDress for the Weather Mini Book Worksheet (color what you wear when it's hot out in red, etc.)Word Wall Cards (12 words with pictures) -2 versi
PreK - 3rd
Other (ELA), Science, Writing
Monster Colors Halloween Emergent Reader
This easy reader uses predictable and repetitive text with sight words from the Dolch List (focusing on "this" and "is"). It also focuses on colors! This is a great activity for guided reading groups, independent work in reading OR math, or even a fun take home activity around Halloween! The bonus worksheet could be a great independent activity depending on your student's skill level, a small group activity in math, or a take home extension worksheet! Included in PDF:★2 Emergent Reader Versions:
PreK - 2nd
Other (Math), Reading
Also included in: Halloween Early Literacy BUNDLE
Candy Cane Mini Book Emergent Reader FREEBIE
A freebie just in time for the holidays!
*This mini book focuses on the sight word 'see'. At only 6 half pages, this mini book is perfect for morning work, an addition to centers, or small group work.
*Great for students also working on colors!
*Reinforces ABAB patterns like on a candy cane!
*Perfect for early elementary, homeschooling, pre-k, and special education!
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts
Our Snowy Day Class Book
A perfect companion to The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats! After reading the The Snowy Day, we made our own class book about what we each like to do on a snowy day! Perfect activity after winter break! Great as a whole class activity or to use in centers!
*2 different Cover Page options (one in color, one black and white)
*2 different wording options (one with a blank line to fill in name, one that uses 'I')
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, Writing
IEP at a Glance Sheet - 5 versions available!
This IEP at a Glance sheet is a great way to give general education teachers the most important parts of a student's IEP. To Use: Pick the sheet that best meets your needs (some are very basic, others are more detailed, depending on how much you want or need to put on it- also lined and unlined versions). Fill out one sheet per child using their IEP as a guide. You can print out the sheets and fill them out by hand, or you can use the powerpoint version to add in text boxes to the blank areas
PreK - 5th
For All Subjects
Sight Word Word Wall Words- Fry's 1st 100 High Frequency Words and Checklist
**Includes all of Fry's 1st 100 High Frequency Words (4 word cards per page) as well as a two different formats of checklists
These words can be used for your word wall, as a border in your classroom, or even as flash cards!
Use the checklists to keep track of how many words your students have mastered. Use the checklist as a one time assessment, or as an ongoing assessment.
K - 3rd
English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary
Things That Bug Me Social Skills Activity
A social skills activity designed to promote self awareness of triggers and what behaviors could bother others. Use these sheets to spark discussion and conversation with your students about some of these things and what they can do to not let these bug them.
**Includes: 1 page for 'Things That Others Do That Bug Me' and 1 page for 'Things I Do That Might Bug Others' in cute bug themed paper
Depending on students' age and/or preferences, pages are open to allow creativity- students can draw o
1st - 4th
For All Subjects, Writing
Halloween Writing Picture Prompts
These cute Halloween Writing Picture Prompts can be used for little learners, beginning writers, or special education students. Three differentiated levels for each picture prompt! They go from a sentence already printed on, short sentence starters, to just blank lines. These open ended prompts are great to get students thinking creatively and expressing it in writing! You can let them color beforehand too, and then they can write about what color the object pictured is. These are a fun and
PreK - 3rd
English Language Arts, Writing
Also included in: Halloween Early Literacy BUNDLE
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Who Am I [at the zoo] Easy Reader Interactive Book
Who Am I?
at the zoo
An Easy Reader Interactive Book
This a fun book to practice beginning reading skills as well as problem solving skills!
→ A great language-based activity.
→ Perfect for early childhood or special education! Goes great with a zoo theme or before a zoo field trip.
→ Great for literacy centers or independent activities.
Students will enjoy figuring out the riddle and placing the correct animal on the page.
★ Easy to follow directions included! Just print, cut, laminate,
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, Literature
Extra Clothes Notes
Extra Clothes Notes!*Great for daycare, preschool, kindergarten, special education *Easy to use! Just quickly check the box when a child runs out of something *TWO VERSIONS! One with just clothing/diapering items, and one with snack added -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE let me know if there's anything you would like to see added on the list, I am happ
PreK - 1st
Reading Level Graphs
UPDATED 09/18 ---- > NOW INCLUDING: ★DRA Reading Levels UPDATED 07/18---- > NOW INCLUDING: ★F & P Levels A-F graphs ★All graphs in August-May as well as Sept-June Progress Monitoring Graphs for students to goal set and track their reading progress. Graphs at 2nd grade reading level ranges. **Includes: Graphs in Fountas and Pinnell Reading Levels (2nd gr. range), Rigby Reading Levels (2nd gr. range) and blank levels. Each graph comes in two different border styles. {{I would be more t
K - 6th
Informational Text, Literature, Reading
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About the store
Experience
I taught special education in the public school setting for 6 years before deciding to stay home with my new baby boy. It was a difficult decision to make since I have such a passion for teaching and genuinely loved my job, but ultimately I knew in my heart I needed to stay home with my son while he's young. I haven't completely been able to give up teaching as I now am subbing at my old school once in a while and love to put on my teacher hat and create fun and engaging activities for him! While in the classroom, I taught in several different special education positions ranging from resource room to self contained with students pre-k through 5th grade with a variety of special needs including autism, intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, and medically fragile. I loved each and every one of my positions and learned so much from each role and every single student!
Teaching style
"The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery" -Mark Van Doren
I believe a teacher's job is to help the student uncover the learning for themselves- even our littlest learners! Teachers are the facilitators. Children are innately curious and they learn best through discovery and play. I always strive to make my lessons engaging and student centered!
Awards & shining teacher moments
Proud teacher moments every day- some big, some small!
My own education history
BS in Special Education, Elementary Education, and Early Childhood.
Additional biographical information
In my [limited] free time now with a baby and a puppy (what were we thinking?!), you can find me with my nose stuck in a book!
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