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Abby Alley

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Guided Reading Guide and Resource Packet

By Abby Alley

This packet is a great resource for teachers new to guided reading or teachers who are experience with guided reading. Here's a look at what's included: - 5 different lesson plan templates for the different developmental stages in reading - blank

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Graphic Organizers, Centers

$5.50

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Energy, Force, and Motion

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This is a month-long science unit on energy, force, and motion. The unit is very hands-on, including over 15 activities and 1 writing assignment. There are also many literature connections and use of technology. The month is broken down like

Subjects:

Science

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson

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African American History Unit

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Hi Teachers, This is a 3 week unit I use with my classroom that highlights important African Americans in the areas of science, politics/ civil rights, music/ literature. In this unit, I have included: - lesson plans - writing templates - read

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Writing, Martin Luther King Day

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

$4.00

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Cross-Curricular Biography Unit

By Abby Alley

This is a cross-curricular unit that teaches students about biographies as a genre, how to write a biography about a classmate and about a famous American, and along the way students will learn about famous Americans. This is perfect for February,

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Social Studies - History, Presidents' Day

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers

$3.50

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Number Search

By Abby Alley

This 26 page pack includes: 20 different math work stations (10 for each level) for a math game that is very much like Boggle. Each game has a different target number and I have included blank game boards for each level as well as recording sheets.

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations, Mental Math

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Games, Centers

$4.00

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Winter Fluency Phrases

By Abby Alley

This packet gives you 80 fluency phrase cards to use with your students during guided reading or at a literacy station. (I used the Dolch words to create the phrases.) These are perfect for those first and second graders (or even third graders) who

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Flash Cards, Centers

$2.50

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Safari Book

By Abby Alley

After going on safari in Tanzania, I used my photographs to put together a book. The book is in the same pattern as Eric Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See. It would be a fun read aloud to go with a unit on Africa/ African animals. The

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Other (Science), Informational Text

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables

$2.50

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Number Sense Routines

By Abby Alley

After reading Jessica Shumway's Number Sense Routines, I wanted to create some visual routines for my classroom - both for whole class and small groups. I made 3 sets of ten frames with increasing difficulty and 2 sets of quick images (one easier

Subjects:

Math, Numbers, Mental Math

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities

$3.00

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Valentines Packet

By Abby Alley

Here are a few activities to do around valentines day. Included are: contractions concentration game that can be used as a literacy station, candy heart math activity, and two valentines templates for teachers to give to students. Hope you enjoy!!

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Math, Valentine's Day

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

$3.00

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What's the Matter?

By Abby Alley

This unit includes 4 activities and investigations to do with your students on solids, liquids, and gases. The packet will last about one or two weeks depending on how much time you have for science each day. I have also included two unit

Subjects:

Science

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Assessment, Laboratory

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$Number Sense Math Work Stations$

Number Sense Math Work Stations

By Abby Alley

In this pack you will receive 5 number sense work stations (aligned to CCSS) - perfect for math workshop. The games are called: Difference Top-It, Number Sandwiches, I Wish I Had, What's Missing?, and Fill 'Em Up. These will work well for 1st and

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations, Numbers

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Centers

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Valentine's Day Poem

By Abby Alley

This is a great poem to use with your kids around Valentine's Day! There are lots of great sight words and phonics chunks to talk about and it is great fluency practice!

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables

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Addition Strategy Posters

By Abby Alley

Included in this product are 9 addition strategy posters. You can download the preview to see them before purchasing. These posters are great to compliment any math program/ curriculum you are using in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade. I suggest that you

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Posters

$2.00

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100th Day Packet

By Abby Alley

In this 100th Day Packet you will find: - 4 Math Stations - 1 deck of cards (can be used before/ after 100th day) - 100th Day Journal (2 versions) - includes a writing prompt - Science Connection - 1 additional writing prompt - 2 Literacy

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Math, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Centers

$6.00

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Weather Mini-Unit

By Abby Alley

This is a packet of activities I put together to supplement my unit on weather. Thanks to Hope King, I have some amazing ideas for my core unit, but I wanted a weather journal with math and writing integration to do with it. In this packet, you will

Subjects:

Graphing, Science, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

$2.00

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$Winter Themed Literacy and Math Activities$

Winter Themed Literacy and Math Activities

By Abby Alley

This fun unit has an antonym literacy station, a Tacky the Penguin creative writing activity with a planning template and a writing paper template, snowflake fact families, and snowman place value. These activities can be used as literacy/ math work

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Math, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Centers

$4.50

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Initial Blends Sorting Activity

By Abby Alley

Do your students need practice with initial blends? I know mine do :) I put together this packet for a couple of my guided reading groups to practice hearing blends and stretching out words. This will work perfectly as an activity to do during

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Centers

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Winter Writing Packet

By Abby Alley

This packet is perfect to use during the winter months to teach writing strategies during writer's workshop or for a work on writing center. In this packet you will find 8 different writing activities, including planning templates and writing paper.

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Graphic Organizers

$2.75

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Finding the Missing Number

By Abby Alley

This is a very easy math work station for students to build number sense and understand place value by finding number patterns and filling in missing numbers. Included are 60 strips at varied levels of difficulty that allow students to practice

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations, Place Value

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

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These Words Keep Popping Up: 2nd Grade Sight Words

By Abby Alley

These sight word cards are perfect for a classroom word wall, flash cards, or can be used as a center (making words that match the word card, POP, word sorts by syllables/ sounds/ part of speech, and with 2 copies you can play Go Fish. I made these

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy

Grades:

2^nd

Types:

Flash Cards, Word Walls, Bulletin Board Ideas

$2.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have taught for 6 years - 2 years in first grade, 3 years in 2nd grade, and 1 in a 1st/2nd split.

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I am a National Board Certified Teacher - 2011

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I got my undergraduate degree from Northwestern University in 2005. I graduated with a BS in Human Development and Psychological Services. I then got my masters degree in Elementary Education from Northwestern in 2007. Currently, I am getting my masters in reading from National Louis University - and finish in March!

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