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Main Idea & Supporting Details Activities - Central Idea - Passages, Worksheets

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Teaching main idea and supporting details / key details can be frustrating for teachers and difficult for students to understand. This resource is scaffolded to help all of your students - even your struggling students - better understand main idea

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.2.2, RI.3.2, RI.4.2

$7.00

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No Prep Emergency Sub Plans - Substitute Activities 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade Teachers

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

These no prep emergency sub plans make sick days much less stressful because the activities can be used over and over again; easily use these substitute plans to create 3 day of emergency sub plans (or more)! There are 2 sets of substitute plans -

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Literature, For All Subjects

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$9.00

$6.25

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End of Year Activities - Fun End of School Year Packet - No Prep ELA Worksheets

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This fun end of year packet contains 17 no prep printables to help students celebrate the end of the year while also practicing some literacy skills. Just print and go! These activities can be used in a variety of ways, depending on your needs -

Subjects:

Writing, Summer, End of Year

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$3.25

2,678

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Summarizing Nonfiction & Informational Text - Teaching How to Write Summaries

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This no prep resource contains nonfiction reading passages and activities to help students build a better understanding of what makes a good summary when summarizing informational text. The activities build on each other to help you scaffold and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Google Apps

CCSS:

RI.4.2

$5.75

1,551

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Equivalent Fractions Activities, Worksheets & Review , Games, Coloring, Practice

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Help make teaching equivalent fractions easier and more understandable for your students with these low prep activities and worksheets. This unit starts with a basic introduction to equivalent fractions, and then is scaffolded with visuals to help

Subjects:

Math, Fractions, Math Test Prep

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

3.NF.A.3a, 3.NF.A.3b, 4.NF.A.1, 4.NF.A.2

$6.75

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Summarizing Activities & Worksheets Practice / Lessons - Reading Passages, More

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This summarizing bundle has everything you need to help your students be successful with this difficult skill! It combines 2 resources for summarizing practice - Summarizing Nonfiction and Summarizing Fiction. These no prep lessons and activities

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.4.2, RI.4.2

$11.50

$8.75

1,733

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Two Step Word Problem Worksheets - Multi Step Word Problems, All Operations

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This no prep resource is a fun way to get your students the two step word problem practice they need. Students will review two step word problems through hands on practice and "Mix and Match" activities - a unique twist that will keep your students

Subjects:

Math, Word Problems, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

3.OA.D.8, 4.OA.A.3

$4.75

410

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Probability Activities - Fun Review Worksheets, Spinners, Dice, Task Cards

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

These low prep probability activities and worksheets make a great introduction or review. Students will practice probability vocabulary - certain, impossible, possible, likely, unlikely, and equally likely - and apply these words in a variety of

Subjects:

Graphing, Other (Math), Statistics

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Centers

$5.25

1,174

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Compare & Contrast Essay - Compare & Contrast Writing - Template / Organizer

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This compare and contrast essay writing resource provides scaffolding so even your struggling students can successfully write a short paper comparing and contrasting a topic of their choice. Differentiated rough drafts and a teacher model make

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

W.3.2, W.3.4, W.3.5, W.4.2, W.4.4, W.4.5

$3.75

855

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Multisyllabic Words Lists - 2, 3, 4, & 5 Syllable Decodable Words, Syllable Type

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Use these multisyllabic word lists to help you as you teach your students to decode 2, 3, 4, and 5 syllable words. Or, use these word lists to help your students practice their multisyllabic word decoding skills / to practice different phonics

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Phonics

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

RF.3.3, RF.3.3c, RF.4.3

$3.25

332

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Prefix & Suffix Worksheets, Activities - Decoding & Building Multisyllabic Words

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

These no prep word study games and worksheets are a hands on way for students to practice decoding multisyllabic words. The activities focus on multisyllabic words that have prefixes, suffixes, and base words. As students complete the affix

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Phonics

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RF.2.3d, RF.3.3c

$4.50

878

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No Prep Character Traits Activities - Character Trait Passages and Worksheets

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This character trait resource contains no prep reading and writing activities to help you teach character traits. Students practice identifying character traits within both shorter and longer texts. There are activities / graphic organizers to go

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.3.3, RL.3.4

$6.00

1,554

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Main Idea & Details Centers - Fun Practice, Sort, Mazes - Printable Games

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This low prep resource contains 3 main idea center activities for you to use in your classroom. These games are an engaging, hands on way to help your students be better able to differentiate between main idea and supporting details - especially in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Games, Google Apps, Centers

CCSS:

RI.3.2, RI.4.2, RI.5.2

$4.00

1,981

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Nonfiction Text Features Activities Bundle - Centers, Posters, Reading Passages

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This nonfiction text feature resource encourages students not only to identify text features found in nonfiction text, but to explain the purpose of the informational text features and how they help the reader. There are posters, charts, worksheets,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.3.5, RI.3.7, RI.4.7

$13.75

$8.50

1,997

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Compare & Contrast Nonfiction Text - Activities, Passages, Worksheets, 2 Texts

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This resource makes it easy for you to teach comparing and contrasting in nonfiction texts / informational texts so that your students develop a thorough understanding. Students will have the opportunity to compare two topics in the same text, as

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.3.9

$6.00

1,523

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Ice Breaker Questions & Writing / Daily Morning Meeting Slides / Digital & Print

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This low prep resource has 264 ice breaker questions that you can use for back to school, after break, or all year long as a "get to know you" activity, conversation starters, or as writing prompts. All of the questions are available on Google

Subjects:

Writing, Oral Communication, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Google Apps

CCSS:

SL.2.1a, SL.3.1b, SL.4.1b, SL.5.1b

$20.00

$12.00

388

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Cause and Effect Passages, Task Cards, No Prep Worksheets, Activities Bundle

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This cause and effect packet provides a huge assortment of activities to help students come to a thorough understanding of cause and effect. In order for students to truly understand the complex skill of cause and effect, they must experience it in

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$9.25

$7.25

1,485

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Character Traits Lists: A List of Positive, Neutral, Negative Traits & Synonyms

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

These character traits lists can be used to help expand your students' character trait vocabulary. You can use them in a display or bulletin board, to help you create a word wall, to have students include them in their reading notebooks, writing

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Printables

$1.50

452

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Parts of Speech Lists - Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs for Student Reference

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

These parts of speech lists include a one page list for each part of speech - noun, adjective, verb, and adverb. Use these lists to help students better understand the differences between the parts of speech, or as a student reference sheet. The

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Printables

$2.00

265

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Figurative Language in Poetry - Worksheets, Practice, Activities with Poems

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This figurative language resource contains 24 no prep worksheets to help your students practice reading, understanding, and writing figurative language in poetry - poems included! This resource covers the following types of figurative language

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Poetry

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.5.4

$5.00

594

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching for 6 years. Most of this time was spent in 3rd grade, but I have also worked with Kindergarten, 2nd grade, and 4th grade.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Many of my products are geared toward struggling students who need additional scaffolding in order to be successful. I love building confidence and ability in students who don't have it!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I have a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education, and am currently working on my Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction, with an emphasis on ELL learners.

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GRADES

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Astronomy, Environment, Social Studies, Government, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Canadian History, Geography, Other (ELA), Life Skills, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Professional Development, Statistics, Character Education, Word Problems, General Science, Library Skills, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Test Preparation, End of Year, Phonics, Classroom Community