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Sentence Building 1 - Writing Sight Word Sentences Worksheet Practice for 1st

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Sentence building + writing with sight word sentences! This is a comprehensive set of 80+ worksheets with hands-on activities to practice writing complete simple sentences. Students cut and arrange words to build each simple sentence, then write,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

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Worksheets, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.W.5, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2

$6.95

3,119

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Art Lessons & Art History | Art Lesson Plans for Elementary | Famous Artists

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Your elementary students are going to be so excited to study history, culture, geography and literacy when they have the opportunity to view it through the lens of Art and Art History. These amazing Art History lessons provide a unique and

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Art History, Visual Arts

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

Types:

Printables, Lesson, Centers

$54.00

$39.50

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Art Around The World Lessons: 18 Easy Art & Craft Activities + Writing for Kids

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Art Lessons From Around the World: Are you looking for easy arts & crafts activities for kids that focus on different countries and cultures? Art Around the WORLD is a collection of 18 art lessons focusing on 6 countries/continents specifically

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Visual Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Scripts, Lesson

CCSS:

W.1.1, W.1.2, W.1.3, W.1.5

$39.00

$29.50

465

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Secret Sentences 1 : Sentence Writing Practice Worksheets Kindergarten and 1st

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Secret Sentences 1: Sentence Writing Practice Worksheets for Kindergarten and 1st Grade. This is SET 1 of the Secret Sentences Sentence Writing bundle, a fun activity that guides students to create, read, write and self-edit complete, simple

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Vocabulary, Writing

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

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Printables, Task Cards, Centers

$7.50

$3.45

707

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Sentence Building Minibundle 1 - Writing Sentences Worksheet Practice 1st Grade

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Sentence building + writing with sight word sentences! This mini bundle features 3 complete sets of 80+ no prep worksheets for easy daily practice in writing complete, simple sentences. Practice capitalization, punctuation, sight words,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Grammar

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Lesson, Centers

$20.85

$18.50

1,077

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Sentence Building Bundle - Writing Sentences Practice Worksheets for 1st

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

This comprehensive Sentence Writing Bundle includes 6 sets of no prep worksheets for daily practice of writing proper sentences! Each set has 80+ worksheets with hands-on activities focusing on complete simple sentences with sight words, number

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Grammar, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Workbooks, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.W.5, CCRA.L.2, CCRA.L.4

$41.70

$36.00

440

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Differentiated Story Writing Prompts Templates Set 1 - from Writing Bundle 1

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Story writing can be daunting for emergent readers. This differentiated resources is specifically designed to scaffold emergent short story writing by including "finish the story" writing prompts. It is also designed to be flexible enough to

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

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Printables, Lesson, Centers

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699

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Art History + Famous Artists 2: Easy Art & Craft Activities + Writing for Kids

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Art History & 30 Famous Artists: Looking for easy arts & crafts activities for elementary kids that focus on art history and famous artists? This is Set 2 of Art History for Elementary Students! There are art projects, activities and lessons

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Art History, Visual Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Scripts, Lesson

CCSS:

W.1.5, W.1.8

$45.00

$36.00

329

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Phonics Games Short Vowel & Long Vowels + Sight Words | FULL YEAR Phonics Games

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Your Phonics and Sight Word practice is going to be so much more fun and engaging when you use these Phonics & Sight Word Games to teach and practice long & short vowel skills and more. With 7 resources and 58 interactive games boards your

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Spelling, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Games, Centers

$29.75

$24.75

540

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Christmas Around The World: Easy Art & Craft Activities + Writing for Kids

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

This resource is a no-prep way to study Christmas around the world! It includes 13 fun literacy activities and a step-by-step art project for EACH of the 9 countries represented. It includes all the art and literacy you will need for December as you

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Visual Arts, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

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Printables, Scripts, Lesson

$27.00

$14.75

461

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Secret Sentences Bundle: Sentence Writing Practice Worksheets Kindergarten 1st

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Secret Sentences Bundle: Sentence Writing Practice Worksheets for Kindergarten and 1st Grade. This bundle includes all 4 top-selling sets of Secret Sentences, a fun activity that guides students to create, read, write and self-edit complete, simple

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Writing, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Centers

$38.75

$28.75

354

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Writing Workshop ENTIRE YEAR BUNDLE (9 Top Writing Program Resources)

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

This is a bundle of 9 top resources to implement rigorous, interactive writing instruction in your classroom. It is also perfect to support and reinforce the writing program you already have set up! This comprehensive collection of activities will

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Lesson, Centers

$63.40

$31.70

276

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Color Coded Sentence Making Cards Kit

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Here's another complete sentence writing program that has been updated to include over 100 sentence-building cards that are perfect for literacy centers, small group work, or printables for daily morning work. This can be used over and over with

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Centers

$4.50

$3.95

330

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STEM Challenges & Growth Mindset | Fairy Tales STEM Activities Bundle 1

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Combine STEM Challenges with Growth Mindset and Fairy Tales and you’ve got the perfect set up for brainstorming, team building, collaboration and problem-solving. This bundle of 8 STEM & Growth Mindset resources utilizes 8 Fairy Tales to create

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Writing, Engineering

Grades:

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

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Activities, Printables, Lesson

$39.60

$32.50

540

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Directed Drawing With Differentiated Writing Prompts | Art Literacy First Grade

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

My students love to draw, so we use step-by-step directed drawing activities as a vehicle to inspire our writing! Just choose the topic, and then choose between 10 differentiated writing templates so students have a "just right" writing job.Step by

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Task Cards, Centers

$22.00

$18.00

363

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Sentence Building 3 - Practice Writing Parts of Speech Sentences Worksheets

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Sentence building + writing with parts of speech - and it's editable! This is a comprehensive set of 100 worksheets with hands-on activities to practice writing complete simple sentences with a focus on parts of speech. Students cut and arrange

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Grammar, Spelling

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.W.5, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2

$6.95

326

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STEM Challenges Full Year Bundle (16 Sets with Growth Mindset Partner Plays)

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

This huge set is unique in that it combines 16 complete sets of both STEM and Growth Mindset lessons, explored together with Fairy Tales.When coordinating STEM building challenges for grades 1-5, I prefer to integrate growth mindset components to

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Science, Engineering

Grades:

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

Types:

Workbooks, Lesson, Centers

$79.20

$55.00

405

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Phonics Word Search Full Year Bundle | Literacy Activities First Grade

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Students LOVE word searches, so they are always eager to get their hands on these writing pages. Students begin by doing a phonics word search, but along the way the are also practicing letter patterns, phonics rules, printing, decoding and writing

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Writing, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Lesson, Centers

$23.15

$18.50

125

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Phonics Bundle 1 Literacy Activities + Games for 1st Grade Reading + Writing

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

This is the Bundle 1 of our top-selling Simple Phonics Centers series! This Phonics bundle is packed with year-long activities for literacy centers, worksheets and other printables, sight words lists and games. Perfect for kindergarten and 1st

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Writing, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables, Lesson, Centers

$46.20

$24.50

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Roll Draw Write BUNDLE - Math Art + Writing Games for 1st Grade Kindergarten

By Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Kids in kindergarten and first grade will love math and writing with these fun directed drawing dice games! This no-prep, comprehensive collection combines math, directed drawing and writing in a huge collection of printable games and activities,

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Basic Operations, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Centers

CCSS:

K.CC.A.2, K.CC.A.3, K.OA.A.5, 1.OA.C.6, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2

$45.00

$36.00

182

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I've been teaching primary for over 25 years in both inner city and small rural schools. I specialize in early reading intervention, phonological awareness strategies, visual art and art history, interactive learning, educational technology, and creating teacher graphics.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I have taught many split grade classrooms, and I have found the most success when implementing integrated subject areas, differentiated lessons, and hands-on learning strategies (such as STEM).

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Early Literacy Intervention Specialist, Phonological Awareness Certificate, Art History D.S.A., Technology in Education (T.L.I.T.E)

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

B.A. (Education, Art, Literacy), Visual Arts Diploma, TLITE (Technology and Education), Teacher Mentoring Program, Early Literacy Intervention Specialist, Phonological Awareness Certificate, Art History D.S.A., Technology in Education (T.L.I.T.E)

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I'm the mom of two awesome boys and one super husband! As a teacher of multi-age classes for over 25 years, I am passionate about differentiation strategies, social emotional development, curriculum development, hands on learning and engaging young learners. : )

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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, Order of Operations, Other (Math), Science, Anatomy, Astronomy, Biology, Other (Science), Social Studies, U.S. History, World History, Arts & Music, Art History, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Music, Music Composition, Instrumental Music, Special Education, Drama, Health, Geography, Life Skills, Religion, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, School Counseling, Character Education, Word Problems, General Science, Problem Solving, Cooking, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Products For TpT Sellers, Tools for Common Core, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Handwriting, Vocational Education, End of Year, Engineering, Phonics, Close Reading, African History, Classroom Community