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61 Language Arts Smartboard Activities

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This contains 61 Smartboard Activities to review and improve primary language arts skills. It would take you hours to create these activities. I have done all the work for you.These files can be easily adjusted to fit your needs. You may also use

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard

$50.00

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Robert Munsch Kiss Me, I'm Perfect

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This is a unit for the fabulous Robert Munsch book, Kiss Me, I'm Perfect. Great for a reading center or a guided reading group. Packet contains: Character Traits worksheet Story Map Activity Building a Story Vocabulary Activity Comprehension

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.2.7, RF.2.4a, RF.2.4c, W.2.8, CCRA.R.4

$2.50

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Literacy Center Management Schedule Cards

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

These cards can be used with any balanced literacy program. You can use these cards to schedule students literacy station activities. Included are 4 teacher cards, Ipad station, listening station, writing station, word work station, computer

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Centers

$2.50

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Read Across America Reward Punch Cards Red and White Hats

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Motivate Students To Achieve Specific Goals With These Colorful Punch Cards These cards feature 10 spaces you can punch out when students accomplish a preset goal, such as reading books or demonstrating a positive behavior When all 10 have been

Subjects:

Reading, Math, Graphic Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment

$1.50

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$Popcorn Pop Game Sight Words Math Facts Like BANG$

Popcorn Pop Game Sight Words Math Facts Like BANG

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

1 . Print the template on heavy cardstock. 2 . Use scissors or a matte knife to cut out each template. These can be laminated if you like. Fold along the lines. Use a glue stick along the long flaps on each template. Glue the long flap on the

Subjects:

Reading, Math, Phonics

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games

$2.50

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Reading Street Second Grade Daily Fix Its Smartboard

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This file contains daily fix-its for second grade. It also contains the daily fix-its in Word format attached to the smartboard files so that students can follow along at their seats. The Word files do not include the graphics.

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Spelling

Grades:

2^nd

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Printables

$5.00

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Reward Punch Cards Camo Kids Military Soldier

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Motivate Students To Achieve Specific Goals With These Colorful Punch Cards These cards feature 10 spaces you can punch out when students accomplish a preset goal. When all 10 have been punched out, students can return the card to you for a reward.

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary

Grades:

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

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$1.50

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Smartboard HFW Koosh Ball Game

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Students use a koosh ball or another soft object to hit the dots. The dots are linked to a high frequency word. The slide is also linked back to the dots. Words can be changed to fit the students level. Cute camping graphics.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$3.00

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Non-Fiction Text Feature Posters

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This packet contains a set of 12 anchor charts for the text features of non-fiction. The anchor charts are included in 3 formats,Large 8 1/2 X 11 charts, small copies of the same charts with 6 to a page for small group and in Smart notebook format

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Printables, Lesson

$2.25

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125 Primary Resources, Activities and Centers Mega Bundle

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

125 Primary Activities and Centers This file contains pocket chart activities, centers, reward punch cards, calendar, matching, memory etc. see the list below for a partial list. Alphabetical Order Apple Pocket Chart Words Word Wall

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Math

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables

$100.00

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Positional Words Anchor Charts and Mini Book

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This packet includes 9 anchor chart for the positional words over, under, behind, in front of, in between, on, next to, left and right. The mini book contains a positional sentence and a picture of the cactus. Students cut out a picture of the

Subjects:

Reading

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Printables

CCSS:

K.G.A.1

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Fairy Tale Mini Unit Activities

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

I love fairy tales and try to do a little with them each year. It seems that kids don't know about fairy tales and nursery rhymes like they did when I was young. This mini unit contains the characteristics of a fairy tale, an acrostic, book report,

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Math

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Lesson

$4.00

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Smartboard Center Management

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This management chart is set up to have five groups of four students each. My groups are heterogeneous, so one student from each of my guided reading groups makes up my center groups. Students go through three center rotations and a guided reading

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Centers

$2.50

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Nonsense Words You're Out!

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

I play this game as a class. The students click on select and read the nonsense word. If they have trouble with it I help them because they need the practice. If they land on an out space they are out of the game. Last person left is the winner.

Subjects:

Reading, Other (ELA)

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Games, Activboard Activities

$1.50

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Smartboard Snowman Positional Words

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Students move the snowman on each slide to the position directed in the sentence.

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$2.25

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Elements of a Story Posters

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Included in these Posters are Characters, Setting, Plot. Problem, and Solution.

Subjects:

Reading

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

CCSS:

CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3

$3.00

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26 Different Name Plates Desk Name Tags

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This is a set of 26 nameplates for student desks. They are all different themes using Thistle Girl Design graphics. There is enough variety to be able to change name tags every week. I've done the work and you take the credit for how cute they

Subjects:

Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

$4.00

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Smartboard Activity Summarizing Made Easy Common Core

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This is a Smartboard activity I use with my primary grades. I have found it to be an easy way to help them summarize the stories we read and the stories I read to them. It also contains an activity that you can use with the icons in the Smartboard

Subjects:

Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$3.25

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Pocket Chart Word Wall Words Bundle

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

These are word wall words students might use with themes throughout the year. These can be used with a pocket chart activity or in a writing center. Themes Apples September October Halloween Thanksgiving November Christmas Winter

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Word Walls

CCSS:

W.K.3, W.1.3, W.2.3, W.3.3

$9.50

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Making Words 4 Blocks Model Smartboard Activities

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Activity Instructions: This activity is to show student how to manipulate the letters to form smaller words. Tell the students that they will be using the given letter tiles to form 2,3,4, and 5 letter words. They may only use the letter once for

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$2.25

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This is my 36th year of teaching. I am teaching third grade this year. I try to stay up to date on technology for my classroom. The items I sell have been tested with my students before they are listed.

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HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Educator of the Year for LaSalle County 1989.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

High School LaSalle-Peru Twp High School 1969 IL Valley Community College 1971 Bachelors of Ed Northern IL University 1973 Masters of Education IL State University 1983

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I am married to my husband Randy. We have 2 children. Rachel is an ER Trauma nurse and my son is serving in the Air Force in Kuwait.

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