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Leslie Varghese

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Free Crack the Code: Back to School Jokes

By Leslie Varghese

Share some laughs with your class while practicing and reviewing simple math skills with these Crack the Code Back to School Jokes. Perfect for Back to School!These are 6 school themed jokes in which students have to solve a math computation and use

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Back to School

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

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First Day of School Signs

By Leslie Varghese

***4 different designs for each grade level!***The perfect addition to your student's first day of school photos! With 4 Simply print, pop in a frame, hang with washi tape, or simply have your student's hold the sign and snap a memory for your

Subjects:

Back to School, End of Year

Grades:

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

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Printables, Posters

$3.00

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Reading Marathon

By Leslie Varghese

What is a Reading Marathon?A reading marathon is an extended period of Independent Reading time over the course of several days with 8 “checkpoints” to monitor comprehension and/or review each day. They are a great way to engage readers at times in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, End of Year

Grades:

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

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Activities, Printables

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Biography Banners

By Leslie Varghese

**Perfect for Back to School**Get to know your students better with this fun acrostic and interest inventory craftivity. Simply print out the letters needed for student names. They decorate the letter on the front, fill out the back, cut out the

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English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Back to School

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

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Projects, Activities, Printables

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The First Day{s} The Big Kid Way

By Leslie Varghese

13 BACK TO SCHOOL activities designed with upper elementary students in mind! Set the tone of your school year through high engagement competitions, games, surveys, and activities. All require virtually little to NO PREP...because we all know how

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Back to School

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

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Activities, Printables, Games

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$Free Winter Word Problems$

Free Winter Word Problems

By Leslie Varghese

This Freebie is a mixture of math word problem skills with a winter holiday twist. There are 5 word problems perfect for use with Singapore's Model Drawing technique, or however you teach word problems in your classroom. The mix of skills included

Subjects:

Word Problems, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Printables

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Digital Download PDF (2.05 MB)

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First Day of School Signs

By Leslie Varghese

The perfect addition to your student's first day of school photos!Choose from 5 different designs for students entering Pre-K through 8th grade. Simply print one poster for each student in your class and allow them to color their poster and you've

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Back to School

Grades:

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

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Printables, Posters

$2.00

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Free Secret Santa Riddles

By Leslie Varghese

10 "punny" holiday jokes for students to solve using letters plotted on a coordinate grid using ordered pairs.

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Math, Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities, Printables

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Digital Download PDF (0.45 MB)

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$Free Thanksgiving Word Problems$

Free Thanksgiving Word Problems

By Leslie Varghese

This Freebie is a mixture of math word problem skills with a Thanksgiving twist. There are 5 word problems perfect for use with Singapore's Model Drawing technique, or however you teach word problems in your classroom. The mix of skills included

Subjects:

Word Problems, Thanksgiving

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities, Assessment, Printables

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Digital Download PDF (2.23 MB)

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Free: Graphic Organizers for Thanksgiving Books and Read-Alouds

By Leslie Varghese

The days before a holiday can be CRAZY, to say the least. Wanting rich learning, but not having as much time to plan in the days leading up to Thanksgiving these 10 graphic organizers are the perfect addition to your classroom. We all have our

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Reading, Thanksgiving, Autumn

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

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Thanksgiving Turkey Riddles

By Leslie Varghese

Using the letters placed on the coordinate grid, students use ordered pairs to locate the letters to answer "punny" Thanksgiving turkey themed riddles. There is also a space for students to create their own joke or riddle and create the ordered

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Math, Graphing, Thanksgiving

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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End of Year Book Review Keepsake

By Leslie Varghese

What is an End of the Year Book Review Keepsake?As a fun end of the year activity with your class, each student gets to choose their favorite book you have read together as a class this year. Each day, select one or two students to choose a book for

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English Language Arts, End of Year, Classroom Community

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

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FREE Winter Wonders: Multiplication Brain Teasers

By Leslie Varghese

FREE! Multiplication Brain Teasers! Students use their knowledge of multiplication and division to solve 8 brain teasers. Balance scales are set up with winter themed items and values with enough information to solve missing values.

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Math, Problem Solving, Winter

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities, GATE, Printables

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Digital Download PDF (2.36 MB)

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Free Halloween Themed Reading Graphic Organizers

By Leslie Varghese

Add a little fun to October responses with these 4 free graphic organizers. Perfect for book reports, pumpkin book reports, Halloween books, or a way to sneak in a little holiday flair! This free download contains the following 4 graphic organizers

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Autumn, Halloween

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Not Grade Specific

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Activities, Printables, Graphic Organizers

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Digital Download PDF (4.66 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I've been blessed to have spent 19 years in the same district in Oklahoma! I've taught 5th grade self-contained, 5th grade math and science, 3rd graders, and am now an instructional coach

MY TEACHING STYLE

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HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Broken Arrow Public Schools Teacher of the Year, Rising Star Teacher for the State of Oklahoma

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from Oral Roberts University M.Ed. in Instructional Leadership from Northeastern State University

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Environment, Social Studies, U.S. History, Math Test Prep, Geography, Other (ELA), For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, School Counseling, Word Problems, Problem Solving, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, Place Value, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Handwriting, End of Year, Phonics, Classroom Community