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Letter Reversals & Confusion

By Teaching Curious Kids

When students are beginning to read and write it can be confusing– especially for letters that look a lot alike! Although our brains are wired to recognize faces and objects, they are NOT wired to recognize letters. So, how do we best teach this?

Subjects:

Writing, Handwriting

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

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Sound Sorts: Voiced & Unvoiced Cognates

By Teaching Curious Kids

Do you have students working on distinguishing between voiced or unvoiced sounds? This is a simple, reusable activity for working on discriminating between cognates in speech therapy or with classroom intervention! This skill is imperative when

Subjects:

Other (ELA), Speech Therapy, Phonics

Grades:

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

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Activities, Centers

$4.00

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Divisibility Rules Anchor Charts

By Teaching Curious Kids

Divisibility rules are practical tools that facilitate mental calculations, simplify mathematical operations, and contribute to a broader understanding of number sense. Whether in everyday life or more specialized fields, knowing these rules is a

Subjects:

Math, Arithmetic, Fractions

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Handouts, Printables

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Fractions Addition & Subtraction

By Teaching Curious Kids

Whether you're a student striving to master fraction operations or an educator seeking a robust teaching tool, this is your go-to resource for mastering the art of adding and subtracting fractions with both common and unlike denominators. Unlock the

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Fractions

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Printables

$4.00

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Amphibian Close Reading Passages

By Teaching Curious Kids

Explore the fascinating world of amphibians with our educational resource, featuring close reading passages that provide an in-depth understanding of this incredible class of creatures. Dive into engaging content that covers the life cycles, unique

Subjects:

Science, Biology, Close Reading

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Worksheets, Unit Plans, Printables

$5.00

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Digraph & Trigraph Puzzles

By Teaching Curious Kids

Use these phonics puzzles to support students to segment sounds, build phonemic awareness, match letter sounds, and attach it all to meaning. Great for centers, small group work, or to send home for student practice. All you need to do is print

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Phonics

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

$2.50

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Sentence Construction Center- Level 1

By Teaching Curious Kids

While constructing simple sentences, students will practice syntax, decoding, fluency, letter formation, writing conventions, print concept awareness, and comprehension. This activity empowers students to independently practice a multitude of

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar

Grades:

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

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Activities, Printables, Centers

$2.00

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Magic Word Squares SOR aligned Phonics Center

By Teaching Curious Kids

“Magic Squares” are for students to practice building words by manipulating grapheme/phonemes in a fun way! Each square is built around a vowel sound. Let your students be detectives linking letters together, decoding them and deciding this they are

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Phonics

Grades:

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

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Activities, Homework, Centers

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Word Chains

By Teaching Curious Kids

Word Chains are an activity that can be performed as a whole or small group, where students practice multiple skills that will help them read and spell. Word chaining activities, such as these, hone students’ phonemic awareness and their

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Spelling, Phonics

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$3.25

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Reading Strategies Goal Setting Student Bookmarks

By Teaching Curious Kids

Give a visual, differentiated reinforcement of reading skills with these student bookmarks to utilize when conferring with students about their reading. Inspired from my work with the book Reading Conferences by Jennifer Serravallo (2019) and

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Printables

$3.50

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100s Day Printable Early Readers

By Teaching Curious Kids

Two printable early reader books about the 100th day of school are included. You can use both in the same classroom to differentiate for students with different reading abilities. Book Descriptions:The first story follows a repetitive pattern

Subjects:

Reading, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables

$2.50

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Orthographic Mapping: Long Vowel, Silent e Pattern

By Teaching Curious Kids

Are your students struggling to sound spell when writing or decode words when reading? Practice those skills whole group with this orthographic mapping activity. Build vocabulary, practice phonemic awareness segmenting, sequencing, and blending, and

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Phonics

Grades:

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

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Orthographic Mapping: CVC words & 1 Syllable Digraphs

By Teaching Curious Kids

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Spelling, Reading Strategies, Phonics

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

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Conjunctions

By Teaching Curious Kids

“Conjunction junction, what’s your function?” The Schoolhouse Rock song may have been the first time many of us teachers heard about conjunctions growing up. A lot has changed, but we still use conjunctions in writing! This resource will help

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$2.50

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Division Morning Work

By Teaching Curious Kids

Do your students need practice with division number sense and fact fluency? This no prep, morning work bundle supports students to practice a division fact in 5 different ways each day. The 3 forms of division problem formats are also integrated.

Subjects:

Applied Math, Basic Operations

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

$4.00

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Beginning Sound Picture Sorts

By Teaching Curious Kids

Scaffold Pre-K-1st grade students when sorting by initial sound. This resource supports beginning readers by only sorting by 2, dissimilar sounds to help students who may struggle hearing similar sounds. The sorts become more advanced with different

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Phonics

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables

$3.00

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Weather Watchers Bundle

By Teaching Curious Kids

When you purchase these Weather Watcher resources as a bundle, save 20% off from if you buy them individually!Weather Watchers ResourcesSupplement experiments and science learning about the topic of weather with this resource. Worksheet Topics:

Subjects:

Grammar, Earth Sciences, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities, Assessment, Printables

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Weather Watchers Assessment

By Teaching Curious Kids

Use this assessment to see what your students know about weather! As a pre-test you can gauge what they need to learn, while as a post-test you can see what the students have learned throughout a weather unit. Comparing both will give you the growth

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Assessment, Printables

$2.00

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Weather Watchers

By Teaching Curious Kids

Supplement experiments and science learning about the topic of weather with this resource. This is also part of the larger Weather Watchers Bundle! Worksheet Topics: Weather & Activity matching Clothing for WeatherWeather toolsThermometer

Subjects:

Grammar, Earth Sciences, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$3.00

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Weather Watchers Investigations

By Teaching Curious Kids

Investigate all about weather with this Weather Watchers Investigation experiment set. Great for students who are beginning to explore the world around them and connect their observations with scientific learning. Each experiment is created with

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

$4.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

13 years of education experience teaching in urban, suburban, and rural school district as a teacher, interventionist, reading specialist, and literacy coach. I've worn many hats in my career!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I love to use literacy in all ways in my classroom and as I work with wonderful teachers as a Literacy Coach. I support my students with what they need, with love, and high expectations.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Trained in Jan Richardson's Guided Reading, Conscious Discipline, CAFE strategies, Lucy Calkins Reader's & Writer's Workshop, and Thinking Maps.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I received my certification as a Reading Specialist as I finished my Masters in K-12 Literacy from the University of Michigan. I received my undergraduate degree from Central Michigan University with concentrations in math, language arts, and elementary school certifications. I also am a professional development junkie and love to learn about the newest in literacy research! I read many professional books too. Recently, I've been working with Reading Conferences by Jennifer Seravallo and am starting The Next Steps Forward in Running Records by Jan Richardson et al.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I love teaching early elementary students reading and writing. Lately for my TPT store, I have been expanding into math and middle school content as well!

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Staff, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Order of Operations, Other (Math), Science, Basic Principles, Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Other (Science), Social Studies, Civics, Government, Native Americans, U.S. History, World Languages, Spanish, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, ESL-EFL-ELL, Geography, Other (Social Studies), Other (ELA), For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Statistics, Economics , Word Problems, General Science, Physical Science, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Speech Therapy, Winter, Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, Place Value, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Handwriting, For Administrators, End of Year, Phonics, Close Reading