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130 Smartboard Mega Bundle

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This file contains 130 Smartboard Activities to review and improve primary skills. Some examples are graphs, adding and subtracting, positional words, money, dolch words, Down By the Bay, Making Sentences Great, Making Words, Nonsense Word

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, Science

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Interactive Notebooks, Lesson

$75.00

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Smartboard Animal Family Characteristics

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This plan contains 42 slides covering mammals, birds, reptiles and insects. amphibians and fish. It explains the characteristics of each animal group and gives example of each trait. It also includes an animal sort at the end to assess

Subjects:

Science, Environment, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson, Centers

$3.25

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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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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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Writing Center Writing Prompts

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Included in this packet are 20 writing center prompt cards. Laminate and put on a ring for durability and keeping cards from being misplaced. The packet also contains 4 templates for students to use when writing their stories. This is good

Subjects:

Spelling, Vocabulary, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Printables, Lesson, Centers

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Smartboard Sentence Builder

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Students read the highlighted word from the sentence and click on the button for the correct part of speech. If they are correct the button will send them to the next page. If incorrect they will hear a sound and will try again.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

$4.00

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Noun Proper Nouns Anchor Charts

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

2 Anchor charts to demonstrate the difference between common and proper nouns. Graphics by Thistle Girl Designs

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Posters, Lesson

$1.25

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Letter/Sound Recognition Mega Bundle

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Kids love to Dab-a-Dot with BINGO daubers. This Dab-A-Dot set contains two reproducible worksheet pages for each letter of the alphabet. One worksheet is in color and the matching worksheet is in black and white to save ink. Students use the

Subjects:

Reading, Phonics

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RF.K.1d, RF.K.2d, RF.K.3a

$8.00

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Story Wands Comprehension

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Story Wands What better way to get children excited about reading...than with story wands that kids will love to use! The wands feature simple questions that explore plot, character, setting and more. Just pass them out during whole group or small

Subjects:

Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$2.00

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Calendar Number Bundle All Year Long Classroom Decor

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This calendar number bundle contains 11 sets of calendar numbers to use throughout the year. Here is a list of the themes: August - September Apples October Halloween November Thanksgiving December Christmas January Snowmen February Valentine’s

Subjects:

Math, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Lesson

$4.00

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Parts of a Flower

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

In this lesson students will be introduced to the parts of a flower and their functions. Included is a flower diagram to label each of the parts and a cloze sentences to fill in the parts of a flower's functions.

Subjects:

Other (Science), General Science

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Assessment, Lesson

$3.00

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September Pocket Chart Words

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

These are word wall words students might use with an apple 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 changed

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Lesson, Centers

$2.00

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Word Sort Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This activity could be used as a center or small group lesson for sorting nouns, verbs and adjectives. There are 12 apples for each group. Students may also just sort two groups of words if adjectives have not yet been presented.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

L.2.1, L.3.1

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Smartboard Prefix Introduction

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Introduction of prefixes and their meanings. pre, mis, un, re, en, im.

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

$2.25

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Elements of a Story and Predicting

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

I use these cards with the whole class and in small groups to help with predicting. In whole group print enough cards so each child will have one card. In small group students can have 2 cards. I begin reading a story. When students with the title

Subjects:

Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$1.50

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$Math Coverup$

Math Coverup

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Each player will have a set of numbered squares 1-12. The first player rolls the dice, adds the two numbers together or chooses 2 numbers that equal that number, and covers the number or numbers. The next player does the same. If a player has the

Subjects:

Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

CCSS:

1.OA.C.5, 1.OA.C.6, 2.OA.B.2

$2.25

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October Theme Classroom Packet

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Includes: October Calendar Numbers, extra cards and header Desk Nameplates Reward Punch Cards Incentive Sticker Charts 20 Pocket Chart October Words Pencil Slides Tic Tac Toe Game

Subjects:

Reading, Math, Autumn

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables, Lesson

$3.25

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Pirate Theme Writing Activity Smartboard

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

This is an interactive writing activity for the entire class or for a writing center. Students move the graphics to where they want in the fishbowl. They then write a story about the picture they created. Click on the sun to open the attached

Subjects:

Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

CCSS:

W.1.3, W.2.3, W.3.3

$2.25

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August- September Calendar Numbers Apple Theme Classroom Decor

By Kestner's Kreations Primary Pickins

Apple theme for your August and September calendars. Extra squares are added in case you lose some.All Year Long Calendar Numbers Bundle

Subjects:

Math, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Lesson

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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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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