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The Trusty Teacher

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Poems for students

By The Trusty Teacher

This document includes 27 different and unique poems to suite all kinds of students! Fill in their name on the blank line and use their correct pronouns to adapt it completely to each of your own students. Hand-write it on a card, on a pretty

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Poetry, Classroom Community

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Songs, Reflective Journals for Teachers, Scripts

$15.00

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Primary- Elementary Plays Bundle

By The Trusty Teacher

This bundle includes scripts to all three of my original plays written for first-fourth grade students. 1. The Gingerbread Family2. The Kids Who Cried Wolf3. Little House in the Big Woods: Fall to Winter Pioneer Life

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Arts & Music, Drama

Grades:

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

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Scripts

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.SL.2, CCRA.SL.6, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.3...

$37.00

$22.00

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The Gingerbread Family: a play for early elementary students!

By The Trusty Teacher

This 15 minute play based off of the classic tale of The Gingerbread Man is ideal for kindergarten, first, and second grade students, and can be adapted to fit your specific class and student needs. This play was originally written for 50 students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Oral Communication

Grades:

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

Types:

Scripts

CCSS:

CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.SL.2, CCRA.SL.6, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.3...

$12.00

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watercolor hand-painted classroom decor bundle

By The Trusty Teacher

This bundle includes all of the decoration necessities of operating a structured elementary classroom using Waldorf-based pedagogical approaches to learning! A watercolor alphabet, watercolor number line, shapes, calendar, weather, helpers,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters, Lesson

$30.00

$20.00

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Little House in the Big Woods: Fall to Winter Pioneer Life

By The Trusty Teacher

This play is based strictly on Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House in the Big Woods stories, but has been adapted to fit the needs of an elementary class performance to teach about farming and pioneer life. The play is about 30 minutes long when

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Arts & Music, Drama

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Songs, Scripts

$15.00

Digital Download PDF (0.12 MB)

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The Kids Who Cried Wolf: a play for elementary students

By The Trusty Teacher

This play is about 10 minutes long and perfect for a first or second grade class, or combined classes. This tells a spin-off story of The Boy who Cried Wolf, but instead is about 3 mischievous kids! 3 songs are included, although sheet music is not

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Arts & Music, Drama

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Songs, Scripts

CCSS:

L.2.1, L.2.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.SL.6

$10.00

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Cursive watercolor alphabet a-x

By The Trusty Teacher

This product includes cursive letters A-X, with both capital and lowercase versions together on each page, and on handwriting lines. This is a hand-made product, so your students can see a realistic and humanized version of what their own cursive

Subjects:

Writing, Handwriting

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (7.21 MB)

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Master Multipliers / Destined Dividers fast facts bundle!

By The Trusty Teacher

These gamified math tools, information, and lesson plan provides you with everything you need to make your elementary learners masters of multiplication and division! Includes number wheels visuals, times table equation labels, multiplication 0-12

Subjects:

Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Flash Cards, Games

CCSS:

3.OA.A.1, 3.OA.A.2, 3.OA.A.4, 3.OA.B.5, 3.OA.B.6, 3.OA.C.7, 3.OA.D.9

$5.50

$5.00

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Watercolor shapes (hand-drawn and painted)

By The Trusty Teacher

These hand-made watercolor shape posters will be perfect for any classroom math center. Laminate the pages and post them on your wall to remind primary students of the basic shapes. Each shape includes numbered sides, and a picture within the shape

Subjects:

Geometry

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters, Lesson

CCSS:

K.G.A.2

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (2.88 MB)

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Watercolor Fairytale Alphabet

By The Trusty Teacher

This product is a dynamic 2-in-1! Use the pages to laminate and hang as your alphabet or as wall decorations; and/or use them to tell a story and draw a picture to introduce your starting readers and writers to the letters of the alphabet through

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Arts & Music, Handwriting

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Posters, Lesson

CCSS:

RF.K.1b, RF.K.1d, SL.K.5, L.K.1a

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (8.98 MB)

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Watercolor Story Number Line 0-12

By The Trusty Teacher

These hand-made watercolor number pictures are perfect for any early-childhood or primary grades classroom introducing numbers 0-12. The pictures can be used as examples and hung as the foundation for a number line and can be used as lessons to tell

Subjects:

Math, Numbers, Arts & Music

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 3^rd, 8^th

Types:

Posters, Lesson

CCSS:

K.CC.A.1, K.CC.A.2, K.CC.A.3, K.CC.B.4, K.CC.B.4a, K.CC.C.7

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (6.68 MB)

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ELA virtual learning choice board

By The Trusty Teacher

This ELA choice board includes links to videos, booklets, activities, as well as 8 different ELA learning activities in multiple subject areas, and a detailed lesson plan corresponding to an activity. This will keep your learners busy!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Earth Day

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Homework, Lesson

$3.00

Digital Download DOCX (0.21 MB)

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Math virtual learning choice board

By The Trusty Teacher

This math choice board offers 8 different mathematics learning activities that encompass multiple subject areas! It also includes a detailed lesson plan for one of the more challenging activities. This is a great resource for summer, kindergarten

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, Basic Operations

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Homework, Independent Work Packet

$3.00

Digital Download DOCX (0.86 MB)

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Watercolor hand-painted schedule cards

By The Trusty Teacher

These are hand-painted schedule cards to post on your wall, board, or near your weekly schedule. Includes arrival, community time, main lesson, snack, recess, world language, math skills, lunch, ELA skills, special, dismissal.

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (0.35 MB)

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hand-painted watercolor classroom helpers (third grade)

By The Trusty Teacher

This resource is a hand-painted watercolor list of 13 different jobs utilized most appropriately in a second or third grade classroom. Students take turns having a job and then switch jobs each month. This was posted on my board with student names

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (0.28 MB)

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Watercolor hand-painted Weather and Temperature

By The Trusty Teacher

This weather station / wall decor includes a "weather" header with hand-painted pictures of sun, partly cloudy, cloudy, rainy, stormy, and snowy weather. There is also a detailed color-coded hand-painted thermometer with labels and degrees. Use a

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (0.97 MB)

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Multiplication Times Tables Number Wheels

By The Trusty Teacher

These miniature number wheels show the pattern that is created to visually represent multiplication times tables 0-12. Use these wheels to draw with your students and help them better understand the patterns in skip counting and multiplication!

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations, Numbers

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

CCSS:

2.NBT.A.2, 3.OA.C.7, 3.OA.D.9

$2.00

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The Four Seasons Birthday Tree Poster

By The Trusty Teacher

This poster of a hand-painted tree depicts one tree in all four seasons of the year. Use this to laminate and hang on your classroom wall to display student birthdays, as well as to help students differentiate between seasons and birthdays in each

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (0.37 MB)

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Watercolor hand-painted Calendar

By The Trusty Teacher

This is a simple watercolor hand-painted calendar to place into a hanging calendar display, hang on the wall, or stick to a board. Includes the days of the week and numbers 1-31.

Subjects:

Classroom Community

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (1.23 MB)

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Multiplication flash cards, all times tables fast facts 0-12

By The Trusty Teacher

Includes color-coded flash cards of every multiplication times table from 0-12 (13 cards for each set).

Subjects:

Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Flash Cards, Homework

CCSS:

3.OA.A.1, 3.OA.B.5, 3.OA.C.7, 3.OA.D.9

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (2.95 MB)

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MY TEACHING STYLE

"A caring commander" - I like to run the classroom like a well oiled machine, but also leave room for teachable moments. We have fun, but focus on always trying our best, and learning from our mistakes. I teach in a public charter school that utilizes Waldorf pedagogy to guide our curriculum.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

The Pennsylvania State University - elementary and early childhood education, PreK-4, class of 2020. Masters in Curriculum and Teaching, 2024.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I love spending time with my husband and two puppies, singing and playing my flute, painting, running, and being outside!

GRADES

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Geometry, Numbers, Science, Earth Sciences, Environment, Arts & Music, Drama, Classroom Management, Writing, Oral Communication, Holidays/Seasonal, Poetry, Spring, Earth Day, Handwriting, Classroom Community