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Password Game Template Power Point

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This is a great review game for vocabulary words. All you have to do is enter in your words. You choose students to guess and let your class or individual students give clues and guess the word. It is easy to create a new game and the students

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For All Subject Areas

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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$3.50

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Baby Animals and their Mothers Matching Game

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This game can be played with younger students matching pictures of animal mothers and their babies. Older students can match animal mothers and babies with their names. It can also be used as a memory game. This is great for differentiating

Subjects:

Science, General Science, Spring

Grades:

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

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Activities, Printables, Games

$4.00

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Animal Habitat Sorting Activity

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This activity contains 8 different categories for animal habitats:FarmForest PondSwampOceanJungleDesertPolarIt also contains 8 labeled pictures of animals for each habitat. All 8 habitats can be used together or as few as 2 can be used to

Subjects:

Science, Environment, General Science

Grades:

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

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Activities, Printables

$6.00

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Classroom Helpers Jobs Icons

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This is the easiest way I have found to do classroom jobs. I was doing a lot of tidying up and organizing each day and thought that my 1st graders could do most of these things with a little training. I gave every child in my class a job. This

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Life Skills, Classroom Management, Problem Solving

Grades:

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

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Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

$3.00

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Common Core Answering a Question in a Complete Sentence

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

One of the Language Arts educational standards is that students know how to answer questions in complete sentences, using the words in the question itself as a cue to formulating the answer. This worksheet will give students practice with this

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Writing

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2^nd, 3^rd

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Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

$1.25

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First Day Jitters Activity Packet

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

The first days of school are always scary for the kids and the teachers. These activities may make those first days easier. Craftivity: Students write about how they feel on the first day of school. They can then choose a face that looks like them

Subjects:

Math, Literature, Back to School

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

$3.50

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Smartboard Food Pyramid Healthy Eating

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Students will learn about the food pyramid and how to use it to help them eat healthier. They will fill in a food pyramid placing foods in the correct group. Students can also plan a healthy meal.

Subjects:

Health

Grades:

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

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$2.25

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Smartboard Adding Using a Number Line

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This Smartboard activity uses an adorable frog to help students learn to use a number line for addition. You will need Notebook software for the Smartboard to use this download. 12 slides. Check out my Baby Animals and their Mothers Matching Game!

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Math, Basic Operations

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$2.25

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Smartboard Writing a Super Sentence

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Using a Super Sentence Organizer, students learn how to take their boring sentences and make them Super Sentences. Through step-by-step guided lessons, students brainstorm adjectives, nouns, verbs, and where and when phrases, and use them to expand

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$2.25

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Smartboard Sign- in Attendance 10 Themes

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This notebook 10 file is used with the interactive Smartboard. These very colorful files contain 10 different sign-in themes that allow your students (grades K-6) to independently show you that they are here at school today. This is a great way for

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For All Subject Areas

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

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

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Stretching a Sentence Smartboard Going From Good to Great Sentences

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This is a Smartboard activity. I have used this method to help my students go from writing simple sentences to visual sentences. It works in second grade and can work in upper grades. Kids love the way their writing improves when they start using

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

CCSS:

L.2.1f, L.3.1i

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Smartboard Sorts Seasons Community Helpers

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Smartboard sorts One is for the seasons winter and summer and the other is for community helpers. Each is self checking and can be reset in a different order. You must have Notebook software to use these activities. Please make sure you do before

Subjects:

Science, Social Studies - History

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$2.25

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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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$Popcorn Pop Game Sight Words Math Facts Like BANG$

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

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Activities, Games

$2.50

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Smartboard 21 Lunch Count Activities

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This notebook file is used with the interactive Smartboard. These very colorful files contain 21 different lunch count themes that allow your students (grades K-6) to independently show you what they choose for lunch. This is a great way for your

Subjects:

Classroom Management

Grades:

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

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$15.00

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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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November Pocket Chart Words Word Wall

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

These are word wall words students might use with a November theme. These can be used with a pocket chart activity or in a writing center. As with all my items I have used the Thistle Girl Design clip art. They are copyrighted and can not be

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Writing, Thanksgiving

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Word Walls

$1.50

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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

$2.50

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Counting Money < $1.00 Smartboard Activity Grades K-3 Common Core

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This activity will help children count money and check answers quickly. Children gain practice in counting by tens and switching to counting by fives and ones. Cute graphics are copyrighted and should not be resold or changed.

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

CCSS:

2.MD.C.8

$3.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

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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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, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Biology, Environment, Other (Science), Social Studies, Arts & Music, Graphic Arts, Other (Art), Special Education, ESL-EFL-ELL, Health, Other (Specialty), Math Test Prep, Other (ELA), Life Skills, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Word Problems, General Science, Problem Solving, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Products For TpT Sellers, For All Subjects, End of Year, Phonics, Close Reading, Classroom Community