Rhodes2Kinder
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Prosper, Texas, United States
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I have taught for 34 years in SC, GA, WI, and TX. My how time flies! I have taught kindergarten, first, third, and even second, if you count summer school! I have a master's degree in early childhood special education, which helps me to better meet the ever changing needs of today's learner. I even had the awesome opportunity of being a virtual K-1 teacher for 2 years in WI. In fact, I was one of the very first virtual kindergarten teachers in the country! I have been so blessed throughout the years, and I feel like teaching is truly my calling in life!
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Wiggle's Apple Book (Positional Words) FREEBIE!
Wiggle's Apple Book is a little reproducible reader that helps to practice and reinforce positional words. After introducing positional words such as over, under, beside, between, etc., give students a copy of the book along with several "worms," which are really small pieces of cut-up pipe cleaners. After students bend the pipe cleaners to resemble worms, have them tape them onto each page in the appropriate spot. How simple is that? Thanks for downloading this FREE item from my TPT store.
PreK - K
Balanced Literacy, Reading, Vocabulary
Fall Writing Stations
This collection of fall writing stations is ready to go! Just print the word mats on colored card stock, laminate them for durability, and run off the recording sheets. There are 12 weeks of writing stations, from writing and stamping your name to writing sentences about apples and pumpkins to listing things you're thankful for! Just put your supplies and materials in a writing station, and your little ones can get to work right away, and INDEPENDENTLY! All you need to provide are the writin
PreK - 1st
Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Writing
Pocketful of Poetry
This is a year long poetry journal that you can use with your pre-k, kinder, or first graders. It contains poems for every week of the school year! You can adapt as necessary to work on rhyming words, syllabication, reading fluency, and more! Copy and bind the entire journal to use all year, or copy the poems as you need them throughout the year--the choice is yours!
PreK - 1st
Balanced Literacy, Poetry, Reading
Read and Write the Room A-Z
Read and Write the Room A-Z is a fun and easy station to use in your literacy stations each week. I have created recording sheets for the letters A-Z for your kindergarten or first grade students to use as they search for words that begin with each letter of the alphabet, either in environmental print around the room, or in dictionaries, books, or other media. This station is more fun when students are provided with fun pointers and glasses as they search the room for words. These recording s
PreK - 1st
Balanced Literacy
Alphabet Readers A-M
I have created Alphabet Readers for the letters A through M. Inside each mini book are pages to practice writing capital and lower case letters and easily decodable pages your students can read. These pages include simple, predictable text and basic sight words. These books are an excellent addition to your literacy stations, as they can be done independently. Students may take them home in guided reading folders to practice at home, or they may be kept at school in browsing bags, boxes, or
PreK - 1st
Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Reading
Winter Writing Stations
This collection of winter writing stations is ready to go! Just print the word mats in color on card stock, laminate them for durability, and run off the recording sheets. There are 14 weeks of writing stations, from gingerbread descriptive sentences to letters to Santa to new year's resolutions, just to name a few. Just put your supplies and materials in a writing station, and your little ones can get to work right away, and INDEPENDENTLY! All you need to provide are the writing utensils!
PreK - 1st
Vocabulary, Writing
Alphabet Readers N-Z By Lynne Rhodes
I have created Alphabet Readers for the letters N through Z. Inside each mini book are pages to practice writing capital and lower case letters and easily decodable pages your students can read. These pages include simple, predictable text and basic sight words. These books are an excellent addition to your literacy workstations, as they can be done independently. Students may take them home in guided reading folders to practice at home, or they may be kept at school in browsing bags, boxes, or
K - 1st
Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing
Reader's Response Journal FREEBIE
Here is a super simple way to incorporate Reader's Response Journals into your Reader's Workshop block. Just print the cover and pages, and cut the books in half and staple together. There are several different types of response sheets for your little readers to use, including: beginning/middle/end, problem/solution, story elements, and more! Your students will really grow and improve with the use of a Reader's Response Journal. I know because mine did!
K - 2nd
Literature, Reading, Writing
Analogy Task Cards
These analogy task cards are a great way to provide differentiation in your K/1/2 classroom! Just print on cardstock, cut, laminate, and they are ready to go. You can use them as a daily learning activity or put them in a station as an extra activity for those early finishers and gifted students.
PreK - 1st
Math
Pumpkin Pumpkin Sight Word Reader
This cute and fun little sight word reader is an innovation of the book Pumpkin Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington. It allows the students to practice reading and writing the sight words "I" and "saw", and it also helps them to sequence the story and see the life cycle of the pumpkin. So many skills taught just by using this one little book! It's a great little activity for fall, or as a culmination to a field trip to the pumpkin patch. Perfect for Pre-K, Kinder and Firsties!
PreK - 1st
Reading, Science, Writing
Nursery Rhyme Big Book
This is a super cute Nursery Rhyme Big Book for you and your students to create. I would recommend doing it at the beginning of the year so that your students can read it and refer to it for the entire year. Nursery Rhymes are becoming a thing of the past, but they are truly so important because they provide stepping stones in young children’s lives as they learn to recall, read, and memorize new material. Plus, this big book is sure to be a well-loved keepsake for many years to come!
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Poetry, Reading
Spring Writing Stations
This collection of spring writing stations is ready to go! Just print the word mats on colored card stock, laminate them for durability, and run off the recording sheets. There are 16 weeks of writing stations, from making rhymes with your name to farm animals to insects, to Mother's Day, and ending with summer plans! Just put your supplies and materials in a writing station, and your little ones can get to work right away, and INDEPENDENTLY! All you need to provide are the writing utensils! I h
PreK - 1st
Creative Writing, Writing
Winter Math Cover-Up Games
I have created a set of 12 fabulously cute, seriously fun, and extremely easy to make winter cover-up games/workmats for you to use during your math station time. Just print on cardstock, laminate, and they are ready to go! These stations may easily be done independently, leaving you valuable time to work at your teacher table. Additionally, there are multiple ways for you to use them with your students, which provide for differentiation among your little learners. There are enough for 12 weeks
PreK - 1st
Basic Operations, Math, Numbers
Journal Covers and Writing Papers
This is a collection of super cute journal covers for your little writers for each month of the school year, along with a variety of handwriting papers. You may choose the type of papers that best suit your young authors, and you may even choose to advance to a different type of writing paper each month, or you may use the different types of papers to differentiate the various needs of your young learners. The journal covers are super cute, user friendly, and come with an explanation of how I
PreK - 2nd
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing
Spring Math Cover-Up Games
I have created a set of 12 fabulously cute, seriously fun, and extremely easy to make spring cover-up games/workmats for you to use during your math station time. Just print on cardstock, laminate, and they are ready to go! These stations may easily be done independently, leaving you valuable time to work at your teacher table. Additionally, there are multiple ways for you to use them with your students, which provide for differentiation among your little learners. There are enough for 12 weeks
PreK - 1st
Basic Operations, Math, Numbers
A Book A Week~Fall Edition
Are you ready to get your students reading and writing, starting with the first week of school? This jam-packed resource is just the thing to help you get started! There are 16 books to help you and your class make a class book each and every week for the entire fall season (and then some), and they will absolutely LOVE it, because they will be the authors and creators of these darling books! And, you can add them to your class library, and they will love reading these books over and over, ch
PreK - 1st
Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, English Language Arts
CCSS
W.K.1
, W.K.2
, W.K.3
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Summer Fun Activity Book
Keep your kindergarten/first grade students busy this summer with a cute, fun, and challenging activity book. They can do one or two activities each day to engage, enrich, challenge, and help them to retain what they learned throughout the school year. Among the topics covered are problem solving, writing, penmanship, word chunks, reading, and physical activity, just to name a few!
K - 1st
Math, Reading, Writing
Winter Lacing Cards
I have created laciang cards for the winter season. If you liked my fall lacing cards, you will love the winter ones too! They make a super easy workstation because your little darlings can do them independently, and they are a great way to practice fine motor skills as well as patterning. Included are the following lacing cards: gingerbread, reindeer, stocking, elf, snowman, mitten, Washington, Lincoln, bear, valentine, groundhog, 100th day, leprechaun, and kite. If there is a lacing card
PreK - 1st
Balanced Literacy
Frolicking Frosty Positional Words Reader
I created this cute little reader as a way to practice positional words such as beside, next to, between, in, on, etc. It's so easy to use--just copy the pages of the book, cut in half, and staple the pages together. Then, copy several pages of the cute little snowmen and have the students glue them onto the correct location or position on each page. It's a fun way to assess whether or not your students have grasped the concept of positional words, and it's a great little reader too. I hope
PreK - K
Balanced Literacy, Math, Vocabulary
Spring Lacing Cards
I have created some super cute spring lacing cards that will enhance your students' fine motor skills. Lacing cards provide a fun and easily managed workstation, and students enjoy learning to sew! Just run the cards off on cardstock and have a parent volunteer cut them out and punch the holes for you. Provide some yarn, and they are ready to go! Students color the cards, then lace them in a pattern, and you can display them in your classroom or send them home. Super easy and fun to do, your stu
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA)
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About the store
Experience
I have taught for 34 years in SC, GA, WI, and TX. My how time flies! I have taught kindergarten, first, third, and even second, if you count summer school! I have a master's degree in early childhood special education, which helps me to better meet the ever changing needs of today's learner. I even had the awesome opportunity of being a virtual K-1 teacher for 2 years in WI. In fact, I was one of the very first virtual kindergarten teachers in the country! I have been so blessed throughout the years, and I feel like teaching is truly my calling in life!
Teaching style
I believe that every child can learn! It is my job to teach with passion and COMPASSION. I believe that to reach a child's mind, you must first capture his heart! I run a fairly structured classroom, because I have learned through my experiences that this is what young children need and want--even though they may not admit it! I always focus on the positive, and strive to help each and every child reach his full potential, no matter what that may be.
Awards & shining teacher moments
*Teacher of the Year and Top 10 district finalist in Greenville, SC
*Team Leader for 10+ years in GA and TX
*Presenter at Frog Street Press Summer Splash national educational conference
*Writer of multiple grants in SC, GA, and TX
*Author of several lessons in college textbooks
My own education history
*The College of Charleston (SC)--undergrad
*The University of Alabama (AL)--undergrad
*Furman University (SC)--Master's Degree
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