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Text Evidence Fall Reading Passages - Fluency, Comprehension, Writing

By Miss DeCarbo

These fall reading passages for comprehension and fluency will get your students to USE the text and prove their answers! NOW DIGITAL, TOO! You will find a link to add the interactive Google Slides to your Google Drive on page 6 of the file.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Back to School, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.1.1, RL.2.1, RL.3.1, RI.1.1, RI.2.1, RI.3.1

$8.50

3,879

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Narrative Writing Practice

By Miss DeCarbo

Narrative Writing Practice - Just Print! This writing pack contains no prep story picture prompts to guide your little writers as they independently practice narrative writing! Pictures for the beginning, middle, and end are included. Temporal, or

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Back to School

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Independent Work Packet

$5.50

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Sub Plan Pack My Teacher Is Missing

By Miss DeCarbo

Included in this sub plan pack are over 15 activities to keep students engaged while you are away for the day. It includes a variety of reading, writing, word work, and math activities that are EASY to prepare. Pencils, crayons, and scissors are the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (Specialty), Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$5.50

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Sight Word Spinners

By Miss DeCarbo

Sight word identification is so important! Sight Word Spinners offer a fun alternative to sight word flash cards as students spin their way through 500 high frequency words. Students need to be able to recognize sight words quickly, which requires a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Back to School

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$6.00

860

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Indoor Recess Games and Morning Bin Games

By Miss DeCarbo

This pack of indoor recess games includes thirteen independent games and partner games that have been specially designed for easy, prep-free fun and critical thinking!When can these games be played?I designed these games with indoor recess in mind,

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

$5.00

408

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PAPERLESS September Daily Dendrite Challenge

By Miss DeCarbo

The September Daily Dendrite Challenge is a paperless, digital resource that includes a variety of brain-teasers, logical thinking questions, problem-solving challenges, riddles, and critical thinking activities for primary learners. There is a

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Back to School

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$5.00

268

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Handwriting Practice For Beginning Readers

By Miss DeCarbo

Let's read and write! This is the perfect handwriting pack for beginning readers! Your students will practice handwriting skills as well as decoding skills as they trace, read, and draw! Each letter of the alphabet contains two pages. The first

Subjects:

Reading, Back to School, Handwriting

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Independent Work Packet

$5.00

685

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Word Work Wheels with Digital and Printable Spinners

By Miss DeCarbo

Word Work Wheels are a fun way to spice up your word work centers- without the prep! Word Work Wheels can be used with ANY word list such as sight words, spelling lists, phonics or word family patterns, or vocabulary words! They require little to no

Subjects:

Spelling, Back to School, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Centers

$5.00

989

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No Prep Writing Helpers

By Miss DeCarbo

I created this year-long bundle of 48 writing helpers in order to ease the stress teachers feel as they prepare writing centers for the classroom. As a full-time teacher myself, I find that some of my students have a difficult time getting started

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

W.1.1, W.1.2, W.1.3, W.1.8, W.2.1, W.2.2, W.2.3, W.2.5, W.2.8, W.3.10

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Fluency Spinners Short Vowel Edition

By Miss DeCarbo

It's time to put a fun SPIN on reading fluency and word work! Your students will love these engaging and interactive reading passages! This unique learning pack covers 35 common short vowel word families. This pack is *perfect* for beginning readers

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Back to School, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$5.50

532

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Ready to Write! Writing Pack: Test Prep and Practice for Common Core Writing

By Miss DeCarbo

This pack has everything you need to get your Common Core writers into tip-top shape for writing assessments! It can be used throughout the whole year! The pack focuses on three kinds of writing: narrative writing, opinion writing, and informational

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Printables

CCSS:

W.1.1, W.1.2, W.1.3, W.2.1, W.2.2, W.2.3, W.3.1, W.3.2, W.3.3

$6.50

381

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BONUS Daily Dendrite Challenge - Critical Thinking

By Miss DeCarbo

This BONUS Daily Dendrite Challenge is a paperless, digital resource that includes a variety of 25 brain-teasers, logical thinking questions, problem-solving challenges, riddles, and critical thinking activities for primary learners. This bonus pack

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Back to School

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$5.00

Digital Download ZIP (28.10 MB)

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The Friendship Fairy Character and Kindness Unit With Craftivity

By Miss DeCarbo

The Friendship Fairy is on the lookout for kind, caring friends in our classrooms! This is a fun and motivating way to encourage and teach kind friendship behaviors to your students. Included in this 31 page download are endless tools for you to

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Character Education, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Printables

$5.00

100

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$A Year of Story Problems for Math With Addition and Subtra$

A Year of Story Problems for Math With Addition and Subtraction Regrouping

By Miss DeCarbo

This 87 page story problem pack includes 5 story problems for each month of the year, starting in August and ending in July. Each month contains 2 addition problems and 2 subtraction problems that require regrouping practice, and 1 multiplication

Subjects:

Math, Word Problems, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$6.50

143

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September Read and Infer Back to School Mix Up

By Miss DeCarbo

It's time for back to school at Kind Elementary School, but there's been a big MIX-UP! None of the lunch boxes are labeled with the students' names! Uh oh! Mrs. Hill has to figure out which lunch box belongs to each student. Help Mrs. Hill by

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Back to School

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$5.00

125

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$Apple Unit$

Apple Unit

By Miss DeCarbo

This jam-packed apple unit contains everything you need for fall fun with your students! This unit is filled with literacy and math activities, word work activities, hands-on experiences, and science experiments that will have your students engaged

Subjects:

Science, Back to School, Autumn

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Printables, Lesson

$6.50

355

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Phonics Practice Warm-Ups Bundle

By Miss DeCarbo

Need print-and-go phonics pages for extra review practice? This bundle contains both of my Phonics Warm-Up packs: Word Family Warm Ups and Long Vowel Warm Ups! You'll get over 70 phonics printables that each feature a phonics pattern for students to

Subjects:

Reading, Back to School, Phonics

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RF.1.3, RF.1.3a, RF.1.3b, RF.1.3c, RF.1.4, RF.1.4a, RF.1.4b, RF.2.3, RF.2.3a, RF.2.3b, RF.2.4...

$11.00

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$A Year of Story Problems for Math! {Without Regrouping}$

A Year of Story Problems for Math! {Without Regrouping}

By Miss DeCarbo

Story problems in math can be tricky for young students! The following 87 page packet contains five story problems for *each month of the year,* starting in August and ending in July. Each month comes with a cover page for your kids. Each story

Subjects:

Math, Word Problems, Back to School

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$6.50

114

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Alphabet and Number Poster Bundle

By Miss DeCarbo

Alphabet Posters and Number Posters - Bright and Pretty! Add these Bright and Pretty alphabet and number posters to your classroom to add color and cuteness to your walls! With each pack included in the bundle, TWO versions of the posters are

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Back to School, Early Intervention

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$6.00

$5.40

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Christina DeCarbo-Wagers is an elementary teacher from Northeast Ohio. Christina has experience in instructional consulting, literacy coaching, and professional development services.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Christina is passionate about helping students reach their greatest potential as readers and writers. Her engaging resources are based on developmentally-appropriate research and are founded in the importance of critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills for young learners.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Over the course of her career, she has presented literacy workshops and professional development sessions for Staff Development of Educators, ASCD, and state and local educational conferences. Christina has also provided extensive services and trainings for school districts and educational service centers across the state of Ohio.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Miss DeCarbo holds a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, a Master’s degree in Elementary Literacy, and a specialized K-12 reading endorsement.

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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, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Basic Operations, Geometry, Numbers, Science, Basic Principles, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Physics, Social Studies, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Special Education, ESL-EFL-ELL, Other (Specialty), ELA Test Prep, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Character Education, Word Problems, General Science, Physical Science, Problem Solving, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Speech Therapy, Winter, Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Tools for Common Core, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Handwriting, Test Preparation, Early Intervention, End of Year, Engineering, Phonics, Classroom Community