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The Teaching Texan

Tales of Caffeine Drinkin', Paint Slingin', Glitter Lovin' Teacher

TPT Seller Challenge Week 3: Create Your Masterpiece!

It's week 3 of the #TPTSellerChallenge!  This week is all about creating a masterpiece! Let me tell you what, I've created just that!  This labor of love has taken me several months to complete.  But guess what?!  It is finally FINISHED!  It's also the sibling of my best ... read more

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  • Don't you just love a comfy teacher t-shirt? These are perfect for teaching on casual dress days and pair perfectly with jeans or colored pants. I love that Texas featured on this one!
  • Make a simple DIY paper plate addition game to help your child practice their addition and even subtraction skills
  • Looking for new math and reading centers? Check out several easy and cheap DIY ideas for creating engaging activities for Kindergarten and First Grade using supplies from Dollar Tree!
  • Have leftover plastic Easter eggs? Turn them into FUN and engaging math activities for your Kindergarten classroom. There's DIY activities plus FREE recording sheets. Practice addition, subtraction, tally marks, base ten, number order, one-to-one correspondence, and MORE using bright and colorful eggs!
  • Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational: DIY Checkers (with Addition and Subtraction)
  • Looking for ways to freshen up calendar math? Or maybe even ways to incorporate it during distance learning? This digital resource is amazing for keeping everything you need for calendar math all in one place. Beyond monthly calendars, activities include days in school tracker (base 10 / place value), ten frames, number of the day, hundreds chart, weather graph, daily feelings check in and more!
  • Create a literacy center wonderland with winter reading activities! These frosty literacy center games are perfect for centers in Kindergarten and some First Grade classrooms. Rhyming, syllables, sight words, medial vowel sounds, and beginning sounds are all included!
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The Teaching Texan

3 hours ago

The Teaching Texan

I have heard from so many of you both during this school year as well as before the pandemic that one of the most challenging pieces of teaching K-2 is helping your students succeed in literacy.

If you're getting ready to ask where you should even begin, I'm here to help you with that...you've spent enough time figuring things out this year!

The best place to start is with rhyming and alliteration. These are important when building phonemic awareness, and building up a successful reader!

Here are some tips you can use to help you build these skills in your classroom!

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The Teaching Texan

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The Teaching Texan

Isn't this the best reminder? Sometimes it can seem like we're going nowhere, but we just need to remember that even the slightest bit of growth is STILL growth! ... See MoreSee Less

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2 days ago

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The true joys of education 😍 ... See MoreSee Less

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