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Teaching in Small Town USA

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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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I taught 5th grade for eight years before resigning at the end of the 2015-2016 school year. I resigned to spend more time with my family. I'm currently a part-time assistant in a 3rd grade classroom where I used to teach :)
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Preview of Estimating the Product of a Decimal and a Whole Number

Estimating the Product of a Decimal and a Whole Number

These 24 cards would be great for a game of SCOOT, or for your students to complete as task cards for extra practice with estimating. Since I teach this right around Christmas, there is a Christmas theme to these cards. I hope you and your students benefit from this purchase! :) Answer key included! Special thanks to Revidevi for offering free ornament clip art! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Revidevi Also, to Teacher-Laura for the free chevron background! http://www.teacherspayteac
Preview of Place Value Puzzles - Standard, Expanded, and Word Form

Place Value Puzzles - Standard, Expanded, and Word Form

This product contains 24 different puzzles, for a total of 96 puzzle pieces. These cards are differentiated by color. If you have students who are still grasping the concept of standard, expanded, and word form, I would recommend using puzzles with either blue or pink base-ten blocks. Green and yellow puzzles will have students working with numbers between 1,000 and 10,000. When I created this product, I envisioned teachers using these puzzles during small group instruction, center time, and/o
Preview of NEW Indiana College and Career Ready MATH Standards - 5th grade

NEW Indiana College and Career Ready MATH Standards - 5th grade

Are you looking for a document that has all of the new Indiana Academic standards for 5th grade Math in kid-friendly language? Then this document may be for you! :) Each standard begins with "I can", and includes an example of what the standard looks like. Also, I have included a reflection column for your students to reflect on their understanding of each standard. I plan on using this document for my Data Binders during the 2014-2015 school year. **This is my first TPT creation, so if you see
Preview of Matilda Chapter Discussion Questions

Matilda Chapter Discussion Questions

Are you reading Matilda by Roald Dahl in you classroom? Use this PowerPoint after each chapter as a way to discuss this incredible novel! Want the ppt version to edit the questions? Let me know!
Preview of Veteran's Day Order of Operations Task Cards!

Veteran's Day Order of Operations Task Cards!

Do your students know much about the 5 branches of the US Military? If not, these task cards are a PERFECT way to spark discussions in your classroom and/or with veteran visitors. In this document you will find: - 5 task cards for every branch of our military - an answer key - 5 blank task cards for your own personal questions - a reference tool with examples on the order of operations Problems include parenthesis, multiplication, division (basic and/or mental facts only), addition and
Preview of Classroom Job Descriptions for Student Reference

Classroom Job Descriptions for Student Reference

I recently purchased this awesome resource from Danielle Mastandrea: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Classroom-Jobs-Over-100-job-titles-Black-White-Theme-3-ways-to-display-1278199 I wanted my students to know EXACTLY what I expected from them for each job...which is why the document you are viewing now exists! :) I have 26 students this year. I have enough jobs on here for each student to have a job to complete (multiple times) during a two week period. A job title (based on the do
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About the store

Experience

I taught 5th grade for eight years before resigning at the end of the 2015-2016 school year. I resigned to spend more time with my family. I'm currently a part-time assistant in a 3rd grade classroom where I used to teach :)

Teaching style

What's best for my kiddos :)

My own education history

I graduated from the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne, IN in 2008.

Additional biographical information

I'm married to the man of my dreams, and I'm the mom to 2 dogs and 3 cats :)