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Quotation Marks and Dialogue Mini Unit

By Miss DeCarbo

I created this dialogue and quotation mark resource after I noticed many of my first graders were trying to use dialogue in their narrative writing. This 80 page unit is packed with engaging, hands-on activities to help your students master

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RL.1.6, RL.2.6, L.1.1j, L.1.2b

$6.00

1,425

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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

1,945

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Sentence Level Writing Bundle - Complete Sentences Writing Practice

By Miss DeCarbo

Do you feel like you’re wasting time trying to get your students to understand how to write in complete sentences? You have tried so many strategies but your students struggle to write complete sentences. Easily and explicitly teach writing with

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Special Education, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Google Apps, Centers

CCSS:

W.K.5, W.K.6, W.1.5, W.1.6, W.1.8, W.2.5, W.2.6

$20.00

$18.00

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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

$8.50

231

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Story Puzzles: Writing Center

By Miss DeCarbo

An open-ended, creative writing center that will keep writers engaged for days and days on end! This writing center contains a variety of color and ink-friendly "setting" and "character" puzzle cards. Students use the setting and character cards

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$4.50

415

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Poetry Party Poetry Unit

By Miss DeCarbo

Poetry Unit -This poetry unit is packed with poem posters, planning templates, and thinking pages- as well as final copy templates for your poetry writing unit! After introducing the type of poem and poster, your students will engage in a planning

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

$6.50

1,515

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Writing Rings Writing Center

By Miss DeCarbo

This engaging, open-ended writing center will keep your students busy and focused for days and days on end! This versatile writing center focuses on informational writing and opinion writing. The student-friendly writing templates guide students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$4.50

570

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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

380

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Lined Letter Formation Cards for Structured Literacy Lessons

By Miss DeCarbo

Looking for simple, no-fluff letter formation cards for your structured literacy lessons? I created these letter formation cards to use during my Orton-Gillingham, handwriting lessons, and small group reading lessons. These simple, no-fluff cards

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Special Education, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$5.00

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End of Year Writing Activities Pack

By Miss DeCarbo

This fun writing activities pack is filled with 15 engaging and creative writing activities for your students with an end-of-the-year theme! You can use these activities separately or combine them into an end of year writing pack for your students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, End of Year

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$4.00

370

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Writing Wheels for Work on Writing Fall Edition

By Miss DeCarbo

These interactive, fall writing spinners are the perfect addition to your writing center and work on writing time! Set up is easy and only requires the *ink friendly* printables, a pencil, and a paper clip! The writing wheels help struggling

Subjects:

Writing, Back to School, Autumn

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$4.50

156

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How To Writing Unit for Kids

By Miss DeCarbo

Want to add some FUN to your expository writing lessons? This jam-packed KID-FRIENDLY 37 page unit is filled with hands-on learning activities and writing lessons to turn your little writers into "how-to" experts! Your students will engage in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

$5.00

455

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An Elf For Santa Persuasive Writing Mini Pack

By Miss DeCarbo

Looking for a creative and fun idea for persuasive writing this holiday season? This mini writing pack contains everything you need for your students to persuade Santa to hire them as an elf for the North Pole. This mini-pack contains 5 days of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

$4.00

200

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Halloween Ghost Craftivity For Kids!

By Miss DeCarbo

Are your little ghosts and goblins ready for Halloween?! These adorable little writing ghosts will add fun to your classroom, hallway, or bulletin board! Use this mini-pack to inspire your writers as they create stories, respond to prompts,

Subjects:

Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, Halloween

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

$3.00

145

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Expanding Sentences Sentence-Level Writing Activities

By Miss DeCarbo

This sentence-level writing resource and center was designed reinforce, reteach, and/or practice expanding simple sentences by adding details that answer questions, such as who, what, where, when, why, and how. Use this resource after students have

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Special Education, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Google Apps, Centers

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (1.97 MB)

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Earth Day Writing Pack

By Miss DeCarbo

Celebrate Earth Day with this adorable writing pack and mini unit! Included in this pack are vocabulary posters, informational writing, opinion writing, explanatory writing, bubble maps, brainstorming and planning pages, differentiated writing

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Earth Day

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$5.00

104

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Subject Predicate Sentence-Level Writing Resource

By Miss DeCarbo

This sentence-level writing resource and center was designed to reinforce, reteach, and/or practice the concept of subject and predicate with beginning writers. Use this writing resource after students have learned about subject and predicate, or to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Special Education, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Google Apps, Centers

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (4.91 MB)

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Combining Sentences Sentence-Level Writing Resource

By Miss DeCarbo

This sentence-level writing resource and center was designed to reinforce, reteach, and/or practice combining two sentences into one sentence using conjunctions. Use this resource after students have learned about how to use conjunctions to combine

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Special Education, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Google Apps, Centers

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (2.10 MB)

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May At Home Learning Menus for Distance Learning

By Miss DeCarbo

These May at-home learning menus keep students learning at home and engaged in content! The menus are easy to follow, promote collaboration between students and parents, and do not require any prep work! Students complete a box from the learning

Subjects:

Reading, Math, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Google Apps

CCSS:

1.MD.A.1, 1.NBT.A.1, 1.NBT.B.2, 1.NBT.B.3, 1.NBT.C.4, 1.NBT.C.5, 2.NBT.A.1, 1.OA.A.1, 1.OA.A.2, 2.OA.A.1, 2.OA.B.2...

$4.00

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Year Long First Grade At-Home Learning Menus BUNDLE - Reading, Math, Writing

By Miss DeCarbo

This bundle contains NINE monthly at-home learning menu packs to keep students learning at home and engaged in content! These learning menus can also be used as your emergency remote or virtual sub plans, if needed! They would be great to have on

Subjects:

Reading, Math, Writing

Grades:

1^st, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Google Apps, Independent Work Packet

$36.00

Bundle

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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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GRADES

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