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McLaren Marvels

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Second Grade Common Core Writing Curriculum for Distant Learning

By McLaren Marvels

Common Core Writing Curriculum. How would you love to NEVER plan a day of writing again?! This bundle includes lesson plans for every day of the school year (December is a little different because I know most people already have holiday

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, Writing

Grades:

2^nd

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Assessment, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

W.2.1, W.2.2, W.2.3, W.2.5, W.2.6, W.2.7, W.2.8

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Staying on topic (Center or Lesson)

By McLaren Marvels

One thing my kids seem to struggle with when writing is staying on topic. They think if they mention one thing about a cat in their paper, they can then go on to write three sentences about their pet cat! We created these little ‘on topic’ cards

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Handouts, Printables, Lesson

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Folktales, Fairy Tales, and Fables: Elements

By McLaren Marvels

I created these pages to help my students learn about folktales, fairy tales, and fables. Students needed a way to see the elements and understand the differences. I wanted them to be able to pick up a book and know whether it was a fairy tale,

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Balanced Literacy, Other (ELA), Literature

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Printables, Graphic Organizers

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Adjectives, Nouns, and Verbs: Making Sentences

By McLaren Marvels

Students often have trouble making sentences and knowing what a sentence is. This activity helps them understand these parts of speech and how to make a sentence. I've included animal, school, and fairy tale sentences. I left the last one blank

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Printables, Posters, Centers

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Comprehension Practice for Distant Learning

By McLaren Marvels

In this file you will find over 150 different cloze passages for your kids to practice. You can use them for a monthly literacy center, morning work, early finishers, or for extra practice. I use these with my entire class and it really helps them

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Worksheets, Printables, Centers

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Book Club Response and Poster Packet

By McLaren Marvels

This book club was designed to help your students stay on task in their reading groups and work on some Common Core standards for second grade at the same time! This packet includes the following: -Poster on Book Club Rules -4 posters on what a 4

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Centers

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Comprehension Center: MAZE center

By McLaren Marvels

These are little practice cards that can be used for a center. My kids love these because they can be done independently and they can check their own answers. It is good practice for reading comprehension and the MAZE for AIMS web! There are 20

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

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Grandparents Day Palooza

By McLaren Marvels

This unit is filled with lots of writing, songs, poems, and projects that make great gifts for Grandparents' Day. This includes: *My Grandparent and Me books for your students to make for each of their grandparents including a questionnaire for

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

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Phonics: Consonant digraphs and trigraphs

By McLaren Marvels

I've created these flashcards as an addition to any phonics program. I have some students who struggle with the different consonant digraphs and trigraphs. These flashcards can be used for interventions, as a phonics center for extra practice, or

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Spelling, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Flash Cards, Printables, Centers

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Insect Fact Files

By McLaren Marvels

This includes my favorite project of the year... Students learn lots about various insects while researching and creating a folder full of insect fact cards. You will need a variety of non-fiction insect books. It goes well with the Common Core

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Science

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

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Practicing the Beanie Baby Reading Strategies

By McLaren Marvels

I LOVE the Beanie Baby reading strategies. I needed something that gave my students more practice with each strategy after I initially taught it. I've also used these as interventions with the students who needed extra practice with them. This

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Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

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Printables, For Parents

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Hink Pink Riddles

By McLaren Marvels

My kids LOVE hink pinks! They are funny word riddles that rhyme. Hink Pinks are a silly way to help students learn about synonyms, word families, and riddles. This is also a great way to introduce a thesaurus and teach them how to use it.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Grammar

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Activities, Printables

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Final Stable Syllable Center Game

By McLaren Marvels

Final Stable Syllables (FSS)! My kids have trouble remembering that these syllables ALWAYS make the same sound. To help them practice, we created a game that can be played as a small group or in a center. The point of this game is for kids to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Printables, Games, Centers

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Parallel, Perpendicular, and Intersecting Lines

By McLaren Marvels

These printables are for introducing parallel, perpendicular, and intersecting lines. There are two pages for each type of line. The first page for each line gives a kid-friendly definition of the line, examples, and a mini-assessment to see if

Subjects:

Math, Geometry

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Printables, Lesson, Centers

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Class Cookbook

By McLaren Marvels

We are reading Hedgehog Bakes a Cake this week. We thought it would be neat to make a class cookbook for our writing activity. If you would like to edit the cover page for your cookbook, we have made the preview file a Word document. You can

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Other (ELA)

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Projects, Printables

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November Cloze Practice

By McLaren Marvels

*1/2 price for 2 weeks!* This product contains 20 different CLOZE reading passages, themed around October. There are many different ways to use these passages. I use them with my intervention group and also as a literacy center. I glue the card

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Thanksgiving

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Worksheets, Printables, Centers

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First Grade Common Core Writing Curriculum

By McLaren Marvels

Lots to look at in the preview! This writing curriculum is for the first half of the year. Every month is aligned to the Common Core Standards. This curriculum was made to engage, inspire, and produce great writing that your students will love!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

W.1.1, W.1.2, W.1.3, W.1.6, W.1.7, W.1.8

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$Math Center: Ordering 3 Digit Numbers$

Math Center: Ordering 3 Digit Numbers

By McLaren Marvels

One thing my second graders seem to struggle with every year is ordering three digit numbers. We’ve created a game that will help them order the numbers and solve a puzzle. If they put the numbers in correct order, the squares will spell out a

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations, Place Value

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Activities, Printables, Centers

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$Second Grade Common Core Daily Math Practice for Distant Learning$

Second Grade Common Core Daily Math Practice for Distant Learning

By McLaren Marvels

HALF PRICE FOR ONE WEEK ONLY!!!! Thanks for following!!! In Math, I feel repetition, reflection, and thinking about their own thinking is extremely important. I think they need a constant spiral of the concepts we want them to master. I LOVE my

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations, Mental Math

Grades:

2^nd

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

2.MD.A.1, 2.MD.A.2, 2.MD.A.3, 2.MD.A.4, 2.MD.B.5, 2.MD.B.6, 2.MD.C.7, 2.MD.C.8, 2.MD.D.9, 2.MD.D.10, 2.NBT.A.1...

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Opposite: Book and Assessment Activity

By McLaren Marvels

This is a book of opposites that I wrote for my kids. It rhymes and shows pictures of the opposites. I made them into half pages so it could be a minibook. At the end of the book there is an activity page where the students have to connect the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Other (ELA)

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Printables, Lesson

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Shelli: This will be my 9th year teaching. My first year was crazy, but I was so excited to be teaching! I started out doing Title One for part of the day, and 7th and 8th grade Language Arts for the rest of the day. Mid-year they split the first grade class and I switched from Title to 1st, and still did Jr. High as well! After that crazy year I am very excited to say that I have been living out my dreams in 1st grade! I have also been on the RTI leadership committee for the last six years. Brittany: This will be my sixth year in second grade. I absolutely LOVE it! I think kids are amazing at this age. They are so willing and eager to learn.

MY TEACHING STYLE

We believe in meeting the needs of the whole child in a hands-on classroom with integrated curriculum. Our goal is to create an environment that makes our kiddos excited to come to school every day.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

We feel awarded every time we see that light bulb go off! We are lucky enough to teach at an age where we see non-readers become voracious readers.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

We both have a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Shelli and I feel very blessed by TPT and are very excited to be a part of it.

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Basic Operations, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Order of Operations, Science, Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Other (Science), Social Studies, Ancient History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Other (Specialty), Other (ELA), Religion, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Word Problems, Study Skills, General Science, Physical Science, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Tools for Common Core, Informational Text, Phonics, Close Reading