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Teach Within Your Means Habit Tracker

By Teach Within Your Means

Use the Teach Within Your Means habit tracker to work towards your work/life balance goals. Use the blank tracker to work towards anything!

Subjects:

Education, Back to School

Grades:

Staff

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers

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Halloween Write the Room

By Teach Within Your Means

Get your kids up and moving during Halloween week! They will love searching the room for Halloween words and writing them down. You can choose to use all the words, just the short words, or just the longer words. Kids can trace the words, write them

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities

$2.00

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Alphabet BUNDLE for Kindergarten | Cute Animals Galore!

By Teach Within Your Means

This bundle includes letter posters, name tags, letter-sound charts, and a letters and sounds intervention, all in a fun but uncluttered cute animals theme. Kids will learn letters and sounds more easily when all of their tools for reference are

Subjects:

Reading, Phonics

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Printables

CCSS:

RF.K.1d, RF.K.2, RF.K.3b

$13.50

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Letters and Sounds Intervention | Individualized | Cute Animals Version!

By Teach Within Your Means

Letter of the Week? Kindergartners are expected to be reading at the end of the year now; we can't wait until 26 weeks have gone by to expose them to all of the letters. Instead, this intervention builds on what knowledge kids already have and lets

Subjects:

Reading, Phonics

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Assessment, Printables

CCSS:

RF.K.1d, RF.K.2, RF.K.3b, L.K.1a

$2.80

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Letter Sound Posters 8.5 x 11 | Plus FREE Bonus!

By Teach Within Your Means

These posters are a great reference tool for young learners working on letters and sounds! The super cute animals are engaging, and the size of the letters makes them easy to read. As a special FREE bonus I am including chalkboard letter posters

Subjects:

Reading, Back to School, Phonics

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Printables, Posters

CCSS:

RF.K.1d, RF.K.2, RF.K.2d

$2.50

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Letter Sound Chart / Sound Spelling Chart | Cute Animals Version!

By Teach Within Your Means

This letter sound chart is useful for teaching kids letters and sounds, and it is a helpful tool for beginning writers. Look for other matching products: personal word walls, letter posters, and more!

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Phonics

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables

CCSS:

RF.K.1d, RF.K.2d, RF.K.2e, RF.K.3, RF.K.3a, RF.K.3b

$1.00

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Simple Name Tags / Name Plates for PreK, K, and 1st

By Teach Within Your Means

I could never find name tags for my students that didn't have a bunch of extra stuff cluttering them up, so I made my own. These have ONLY:an alphabet strip with picturesspace for students' namesa number line to 20There are two versions: one with

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Back to School, Occupational Therapy

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Printables

CCSS:

K.CC.A.3, K.CC.B.4a, K.CC.B.4c, RF.K.2d, RF.K.3, L.K.1a, L.K.2a

$2.50

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Counting Intervention: Learn to Count to 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 120

By Teach Within Your Means

For students needing more practice learning the counting sequence, here is a quick daily (or almost daily!) intervention you or another adult or older student can use to see lots of progress quickly.Students use dabbers, markers, or stamps on a

Subjects:

Math

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables

CCSS:

K.CC.A.1, K.CC.A.2, K.CC.B.4a, 1.NBT.A.1, 2.NBT.A.2

$3.00

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Visual Schedule Cards | Two Sizes | Rainbow Text and All-Black Text

By Teach Within Your Means

Here are the schedule cards I have used in my kindergarten and first grade classrooms for years! Even non-readers quickly catch on to what the pictures mean. I print mine on cardstock, laminate, and put magnet tape on the back so I can stick them to

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables

$3.50

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$Treasure Under the Sea: Math/Reading Project$

Treasure Under the Sea: Math/Reading Project

By Teach Within Your Means

Kids will work hard to earn jewels in this super fun math/reading project! They will read a story about two kids in search of treasure, and along the way they will solve story problems including addition and subtraction of one and two-digit numbers.

Subjects:

Reading, Math

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Projects, Printables

CCSS:

2.NBT.B.5, 2.OA.A.1, 2.OA.B.2, RF.2.3, RF.2.3d, RF.2.4, RF.2.4c

$2.00

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All About Pumpkins | DIFFERENTIATED Kindergarten Research | FREE!

By Teach Within Your Means

This research project is designed to meet the varied needs of Kindergarten writers in the fall. Each child will end up making a book all about pumpkins. You could also make a class book, giving each student just one page and then binding them

Subjects:

Reading, Science, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Research, Activities

CCSS:

RI.1.2, W.K.2, W.1.2, L.K.1a, L.K.1b, L.K.1c, L.K.1f, L.K.2, L.K.2a, L.K.2b, L.K.2c...

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All About Apples | DIFFERENTIATED Kindergarten Research

By Teach Within Your Means

This packet is designed to meet the varied needs of Kindergarten writers early in the year. I usually do this unit about six weeks into the year. Each child will end up making a book all about apples. You could also make a class book, giving each

Subjects:

Writing, Autumn, Informational Text

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Research, Activities, Printables

$2.70

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Kindergarten Sight Words | National Geographic Cengage/Reach for Reading

By Teach Within Your Means

Here's a pack that will help you organize, display, and assess sight words all year. It will also help your kindergartners practice reading sight words as well as use sight words in their writing. A bonus is that kids can also get extra name and

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Flash Cards, Word Walls

$3.00

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Graphic Organizers for K-2 by The Teach-O-Saurus

By Teach Within Your Means

Included in this file are different graphic organizers for the following purposes:Describe and ExplainOrganize InformationCompare/ContrastSequenceShow Cause and EffectAssert and Support OpinionsThe organizers are minimalistic in design to help young

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies - History

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Worksheets, Graphic Organizers, Centers

CCSS:

RL.K.3, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL.2.9, RI.K.2, RI.1.2, RI.1.3, RI.2.3, W.K.1...

$2.00

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Letter Sound Chart / Alphabet Chart

By Teach Within Your Means

Use this whimsical chart to help your young readers and writers with letters and sounds. Look for coordinating products such as nametags, personal word walls, letter posters, and more!

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Writing

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$1.00

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The Bravest Knight: Math/Reading Project for First Graders

By Teach Within Your Means

This is an 8-part project for first and second graders. Each child takes on the persona of a knight who needs to save three fairies from a dragon. Along the way each child must solve number stories and earn jewels. There are 19 number stories in

Subjects:

Reading, Basic Operations, Word Problems

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Projects

CCSS:

1.OA.A.1, 1.OA.A.2, 1.OA.B.4, 1.OA.C.5, 1.OA.C.6, 1.OA.D.8, RF.1.3, RF.1.3a, RF.1.3b, RF.1.3c, RF.1.3f...

$2.00

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Minion Pixel Picture (Mystery Picture)

By Teach Within Your Means

This math project allows high-achieving second graders to practice expanded form, missing addends, addition and subtraction within 200, and coin combinations while also learning about repeated addition, the concepts of multiplication and simple

Subjects:

Basic Operations

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Projects, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

2.NBT.A.1, 2.NBT.A.3, 2.NBT.B.5, 2.NBT.B.7, 2.NBT.B.8, 3.NBT.A.2, 3.NBT.A.3, 2.OA.B.2, 2.OA.C.4, 3.OA.A.4, 3.OA.B.5...

$2.00

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Terrific Tallies

By Teach Within Your Means

Tally mark practice for kinders and firsties!File includes:2 posters (one color and one black and white)A tally mark coloring page6 counting tallies worksheets3 writing tallies worksheetsTally mark memory game

Subjects:

Numbers

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

CCSS:

1.NBT.A.1, 2.NBT.A.2, K.OA.A.1

$1.50

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$Surprise Party: A Math Project for 3rd and 4th Graders$

Surprise Party: A Math Project for 3rd and 4th Graders

By Teach Within Your Means

Surprise Party is a math project you can use later in the year for third graders and throughout the year as review for fourth graders. Kids work over multiple days to plan a party for a friend, and they do math all along the way!Among the skills

Subjects:

Math

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Projects, Printables

CCSS:

3.MD.A.1, 3.MD.A.2, 3.MD.B.4, 4.MD.A.2, 3.NBT.A.2, 4.NBT.B.4, 4.NBT.B.6, 3.OA.A.1, 3.OA.A.2, 3.OA.A.3, 3.OA.C.7...

$2.50

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President Biography Research and Writing Project Kindergarten, First, Second

By Teach Within Your Means

This file contains everything you need, including links to tried and true research sources, to teach your young writers how to research a president and write a biography.

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Government, U.S. History

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Research, Projects, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.7, CCRA.W.8

$2.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I teach kindergarten in a public elementary school in Colorado. I've also taught grades 1, 2, and 3.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I differentiate everything to meet the varied developmental levels of the Kindergartners in my classroom. I am all about play-based learning AND striving for excellence!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Nominee, Teacher of the Year, Poudre School DIstrict, 2019

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

From the University of Northern Colorado I earned an MA in Reading in 2013 and an Elementary Education Certificate in 2009. From Colorado State University I earned an MFA in Creative Writing in 2004, and from George Mason University a BA in English in 1999.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Some of my favorite authors of books for children are Anthony Browne, Mélanie Watt, and Kate Di Camillo.