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$Missing Addend Word Problems: Add and Subtract Task Cards,$

Missing Addend Word Problems: Add and Subtract...

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Numberless Word Problems: Addition and...

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$Math Logic Puzzles BUNDLE: 1st & 2nd Grade Algebraic Think$

Math Logic Puzzles BUNDLE: 1st & 2nd Grade Algebraic Thinking & Math Enrichment

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

Algebraic thinking is a skill that begins EARLY. Use these addition and subtraction within 20 math puzzlers to challenge your students. Get them talking about numbers, reason abstractly and quantitatively, and build mental math skills.So often it

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Gifted and Talented

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1^st, 2^nd

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Activities, GATE, Interactive Notebooks

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Prefix, Root Word, & Suffix Puzzle Bundle {100 Morphology Puzzles for Word Work)

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

Morphology or the study of words and word structure is critical for our older readers. Exploring the structure and formation of words, this discounted bundle includes the study of affixes - prefixes, suffixes, and roots. By understanding how words

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Printables, Centers

CCSS:

L.4.4b, L.5.4b, L.6.4b

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$1st Grade Math Centers - 28 Centers, Labels, & Visual Dire$

1st Grade Math Centers - 28 Centers, Labels, & Visual Directions: Add & Subtract

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

Math centers and math games are a perfect way to review and practice spiral-review math skills - addition, subtraction, place value, mental math skills. In this resource you will find 28 ready-to-print math centers, coordinating labels for your math

Subjects:

Math, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

1.MD.A.1, 1.MD.A.2, 1.MD.C.4, 1.NBT.A.1, 1.NBT.B.3, 1.NBT.C.5, 1.OA.A.1, 1.OA.B.3, 1.OA.C.6

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Editable Newsletter Templates for Parent and Family Communication (PPT, Slides)

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

Routinely changing the appearance of newsletters keeps families engaged and keeps them reading about our classrooms. It is so frustrating to spend the time creating a newsletter only to have families not read it! In this resource, you’ll find 40+

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For All Subject Areas, Back to School, For All Subjects

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

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Printables, For Parents

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Classroom Expectations and Belief Subway Art: We Believe Bulletin Board Display

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

These belief statements can change an entire classroom culture. Rather than introducing or creating ‘class rules’, these basic tenants are ideals my class holds about our classroom, our work together, and the world. Short, sweet, and easy to

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Printables, Posters, Clip Art

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$Math Logic Puzzles Set 1: 1st & 2nd Grade Algebraic Thinki$

Math Logic Puzzles Set 1: 1st & 2nd Grade Algebraic Thinking & Math Enrichment

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

Finding just-right resources for all of our learners is a full time job, especially for my highest group of mathematicians. These are the friends that are working a grade-level (or two) above 1st grade and the ones who sometimes struggle to show

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

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Activities, GATE, Interactive Notebooks

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$120s Chart Center: Number Sense to 120 Differentiated Pock$

120s Chart Center: Number Sense to 120 Differentiated Pocket Chart Math Center

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

The 120’s chart is a great tool for practicing place value, expanded form, and addition facts. Additionally, when students place numbers on the 120’s chart, they are learning to notice patterns between numbers. As students become faster in

Subjects:

Math, Numbers, Place Value

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

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Activities, Centers

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$1st Grade Number Talks Bundle: Building Number Sense and M$

1st Grade Number Talks Bundle: Building Number Sense and Mental Math Task Cards

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

Number Talks can be built into your daily schedule as short, daily exercises aimed at building number sense. Number sense is the ability to understand numbers and quantities, to use numbers flexibly, and to perform calculations mentally. According

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations, Mental Math

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Task Cards, Lesson

$43.00

$35.00

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$Making 10: Adding to 10 Lesson and Games for Building Ment$

Making 10: Adding to 10 Lesson and Games for Building Mental Math & Number Sense

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

10 becomes such an important benchmark for students, especially as we head into addition and subtraction. Becoming fluent in 10 is a fantastic tool for mental math, and when students begin adding larger numbers (especially in other grades), having

Subjects:

Math, Mental Math, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$5.50

1,134

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Word Work Centers & Visual Directions: Phonics Centers for Reading Classrooms

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

Word Work is a critical part of reading rotations and reading small groups. Students need repeated practice and exposure to high-frequency words and phonics patterns. The activities in this resource will keep students practicing while keeping the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Back to School, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RF.K.3, RF.1.3, RF.2.3

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Greek and Latin Roots, Affixes of the Week: Daily Morphology Root Word Practice

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

Morphology and building vocabulary are important parts of our intermediate classrooms. RI.4 and RL.4 are all about determining the meaning of unknown words and phrases. Deep knowledge of a variety of Greek and Latin Roots helps provide students the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

CCSS:

L.4.4b, L.5.4b, L.6.5b

$8.00

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$Math Centers {2nd Grade} 28 Add & Subtract Centers, Labels$

Math Centers {2nd Grade} 28 Add & Subtract Centers, Labels, Visual Directions

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

**To see sample centers, please click on the PREVIEW button above.See this resource in action in my classroom here and here.**Math centers are a perfect way to review and practice spiral-review math skills. In this resource you will find 28

Subjects:

Math, Back to School

Grades:

2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$15.00

2,143

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Narrator's Perspective and 1st, 2nd, 3rd Person Point of View Guided Notes

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

Point of view and perspective is more than pronouns (I, me, they, you) and numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd person). The true intent of our standards surrounding point of view and perspective is to consider how a narrator’s perspective impacts what a reader

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RL.4.6, RL.5.6

$6.50

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Introductory Writing Lessons for K-2: Writing Scaffolds, Organizers, & Rubrics

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

Writers workshop - the subject that drives fear into the hearts of teachers and is so often ignored/forgotten because “We do a lot of writing in reading.” Nothing can replace explicit writing instruction, mentor texts, time spent writing, and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Back to School

Grades:

1^st

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Teacher Manuals, Activities, Lesson

$6.50

2,108

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Homework Choice Boards (EDITABLE): Play/Experience HW for Kinder & 1st Grade

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

As teachers, we know how hard our students work each day. We also know that fine-motor, gross-motor, and social-emotional skills are just as important as academic skills…especially with our young learners. These critically important skills are often

Subjects:

Life Skills, Critical Thinking, Back to School

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

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Activities, Homework, Printables

$7.25

1,800

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Paragraph Writing & Structure Puzzles: 1st & 2nd Grade Paragraph Writing Outline

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

Learning to structure writing is a critical skill for 1st and 2nd grade writers. These paragraph puzzles were created has a hands-on way to help students internalize how writers organize their ideas in different contexts. Working in teams, my

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables, Google Apps

CCSS:

W.1.1, W.1.2, W.2.1, W.2.2

$5.50

875

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Main Idea in a Bag: Hands-On Practice with 10 Social Studies & Science Card Sets

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

Main ideas and supporting details are HARD concepts, especially if you are stuck reading a long, boring article.] So, when introducing main idea to my ‘BIG’ 5th graders it had to be interactive. In this hands-on resource, students work in pairs to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, U.S. History

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Posters

CCSS:

RI.5.2

$6.00

1,869

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$Missing Addend Word Problems: Add and Subtract Task Cards,$

Missing Addend Word Problems: Add and Subtract Task Cards, Math Journal Prompts

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

Students need a variety of experiences with word problems to master these text-rich questions. Missing addend word problems differ from transition “Find the sum/difference” word problems as 1 part and the whole are known. Students are then asked to

Subjects:

Math, Word Problems, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

1.OA.A.1

$4.75

673

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Main Idea and Supporting Details Comprehension Passages: Animals & Habitats

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

Introduce and practice main idea, details, and topics through non-fiction animal/habitat passages. The 14 passages range from 100-120 words and are intended for primary grade classrooms. The digital version of this resource is also included.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Posters, Google Apps

CCSS:

RI.1.2, RI.2.2, RI.3.2

$7.00

2,347

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Number Bonds Task Cards: Make 10 to Add, Make 10 to Subtract, Doubles Plus 1 & 2

By Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

Making 10 to Add and Subtract, as well as, Doubles Plus 1 and 2 are a few of the many important addition strategies students learn in first grade. These strategies give students an easy starting place when tasked with solving an addition/subtraction

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables, Task Cards

$17.00

$12.75

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Hi, friends! I am Catherine Reed, and I am just beginning my journey in education. My first year I taught 5th grade ELA in a 1:1 classroom. Then, I explored 1st grade in my dream district for two years, have taught K/1 and 1/2 combination classes, was a literacy consultant for 3 years, and now work at Green River Regional Education Cooperative as a Professional Learning Specialist.

MY TEACHING STYLE

With 30 iPads and 30 kiddos in each of my classes, technology and hands-on learning rule! Everyday I teach 3 classes of reading, 1 class of writing, and 1 class of Reading Intervention.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Yet to be added

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I grew up in the public school system and attended a lovely private, liberal arts school in Kentucky. While in college, I had the opportunity to live abroad (London) where I earned a double major in Elementary Education and Government!

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I am from Providence, Rhode Island but have grown up in the wonderful bluegrass state of Kentucky! I am a proud foster Mom, love beautiful old barns, and spend much of my time hanging out with my cat, Staples.

GRADES

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

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Basic Operations, Geometry, Numbers, Science, Earth Sciences, Environment, Social Studies, Government, U.S. History, Physical Education, Health, ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Life Skills, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Word Problems, Library Skills, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, Place Value, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, For Administrators, End of Year, Phonics