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Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

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Summarizing Activities & Worksheets Practice / Lessons - Reading Passages, More

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This summarizing bundle has everything you need to help your students be successful with this difficult skill! It combines 2 resources for summarizing practice - Summarizing Nonfiction and Summarizing Fiction. These no prep lessons and activities

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.4.2, RI.4.2

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$8.75

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Ice Breaker Questions & Writing / Daily Morning Meeting Slides / Digital & Print

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This low prep resource has 264 ice breaker questions that you can use for back to school, after break, or all year long as a "get to know you" activity, conversation starters, or as writing prompts. All of the questions are available on Google

Subjects:

Writing, Oral Communication, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Google Apps

CCSS:

SL.2.1a, SL.3.1b, SL.4.1b, SL.5.1b

$20.00

$12.00

389

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Nonfiction Text Features Activities Bundle - Centers, Posters, Reading Passages

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This nonfiction text feature resource encourages students not only to identify text features found in nonfiction text, but to explain the purpose of the informational text features and how they help the reader. There are posters, charts, worksheets,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.3.5, RI.3.7, RI.4.7

$13.75

$8.50

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Reading Comprehension Activities - Scaffolded Worksheets, Practice & Review

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This low prep reading skills bundle is a collection of my best selling reading comprehension resources. It addresses main idea, comparing and contrasting, point of view, text features, cause and effect, and character traits. There are no prep

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

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Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$44.00

$28.00

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Character Traits Activities Bundle - Passages, Games, Task Cards, and More!

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This huge bundle has everything you need to introduce, teach, and review character traits to your upper elementary students. There are reading passages, no prep activities, worksheets, cut and paste activities, task cards, graphic organizers,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RL.3.3, RL.4.3

$19.50

$12.75

570

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Finding the Main Idea & Supporting Details Lessons Bundle - Worksheets, Games

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This is a bundle of my 3 best selling main idea resources so you can save time planning lessons while still making sure your students understand this difficult skill. Using this resource will help your students have a firm grasp on how to find the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RL.3.2, RI.3.2, RI.4.2

$14.00

$10.00

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Teaching Theme Activities Bundle - Identifying Theme Worksheets, Games, Practice

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This resource includes 4 low prep determining theme resources to make teaching theme easier on you and more understandable for your students. There are worksheets, reading passages, games, centers, cut and paste activities, lists of common themes,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.4.2, RL.5.2

$15.00

$10.50

343

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Rounding Whole Numbers Activities, Worksheets - Rounding to the Nearest 10 & 100

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Help your students build the place value skills necessary to be successful at rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100. These mostly no prep scaffolded rounding activities start from very basic and become increasingly more difficult, making it

Subjects:

Math, Place Value, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

3.NBT.A.1, 4.NBT.A.3

$12.00

$8.25

486

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End of Year ELA - No Prep Activities, Reflections, Letter Writing 3rd, 4th Grade

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This low prep resource has everything you need to make the end of the year less stressful for you while keeping your students learning, engaged, and excited about the next school year. It contains 8 of my most popular activities for the last days

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Summer, End of Year

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

$18.75

$10.50

340

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Making Inferences Task Card & Activities Bundle - Short Stories for Inferencing

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This low prep resource bundles 4 of my inferencing task resources, giving you a total of 64 task cards and 10 cut and paste activities to help your students practice their inferencing skills. The task cards and activities each contain short fiction

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Task Cards

$9.00

$5.25

518

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Fractions Unit - Worksheets, Activities for Equivalent, On a Number Line, More

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This huge fractions bundle contains 7 of my fraction resources, covering everything from understanding 1/2, to using 1/2 as a benchmark fraction, to fractions on a number line, to equivalent fractions, to comparing and ordering fractions, and more.

Subjects:

Math, Fractions, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$27.75

$18.75

273

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Point of View Activities Bundle, Author's Perspective, Reading Passages and More

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Teaching students about point of view is more important than ever. Students need to learn that they can disagree with an author or character, how to consider thoughts and actions from a different perspective, and how an author's own biases might

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.3.6, RI.3.6

$12.00

$8.00

488

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Natural Disasters / Severe Weather Reading Passages, Worksheets, Activities

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This no prep natural disasters / severe weather resource gives students a chance to learn about tornadoes, volcanoes, hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and earthquakes while also practicing different reading comprehension skills. Save 25% when you buy

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$12.00

$9.00

205

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Compare and Contrast Activities Unit - Comparing Informational Texts and Stories

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Teach comparing and contrasting in both fiction and nonfiction in a variety of fun ways. This compare and contrast unit combines my Comparing and Contrasting Stories Resource with my Comparing and Contrasting Nonfiction resource (almost 100 pages

Subjects:

Literature, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.3.9, RI.3.9

$12.00

$8.40

496

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Main Idea, Summarizing, Finding Theme Bundle for Reading Comprehension Practice

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Use this reading comprehension bundle with its scaffolded activities to help your students build a solid understanding of main idea and details, summarizing, and finding the theme. The resources break down these difficult skills into step by step

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.3.2, RL.4.2, RL.5.2, RI.3.2, RI.4.2, RI.5.2

$25.00

$16.00

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Reading Skills Task Card Bundle - Character Traits, Text Features, and More

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This low prep reading task card bundle includes all of my literacy task card resources, for a total of 268 task cards. These are great to have on hand and reuse year, after year! Use the task cards as a reading center, for independent practice, as

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Task Cards

$22.00

$14.50

261

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Asking and Answering Questions - Teaching Students to Ask Questions About A Text

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This low prep resource will help your students learn how to ask questions about a fiction or nonfiction text they have read. The more students practice asking their own questions about a text, the easier it will be for them to answer those

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

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

$6.50

$5.00

248

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Compare and Contrast Unit & Nonfiction Review Bundle - With Informational Texts

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This resource has everything you need to teach your students how to compare and contrast nonfiction texts - and how to write compare and contrast nonfiction essays! It includes no prep and low prep resources that make teaching this skill easier on

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$11.75

$8.75

162

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$3rd Grade Daily Daily Math Practice for All Year - Warm-Up$

3rd Grade Daily Daily Math Practice for All Year - Warm-Up, Spiral Review

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This no prep 3rd grade daily math practice is ideal for morning work or daily math review. It includes 180 days (4 quarters) worth of warm-ups, enough for all year. Throughout the year, skills students have already practiced show up again for a

Subjects:

Word Problems, Back to School, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

3.MD.C.5, 3.MD.C.6, 3.MD.C.7, 3.MD.C.7a, 3.MD.C.7b, 3.NBT.A.1, 3.NBT.A.2, 3.OA.A.3, 3.OA.A.4, 3.OA.C.7, 3.OA.D.9...

$26.00

$18.00

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Comparing Fractions Using Benchmark Fractions - Using 1/2 as a Benchmark

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This mostly no prep resource will help students learn how to use 1/2 as a benchmark fraction when comparing and ordering fractions. Understanding how to do this will help students more easily complete more difficult fraction skills. In this

Subjects:

Fractions, Math Test Prep, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Centers

CCSS:

3.NF.A.3, 4.NF.A.2

$7.00

$6.00

143

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching for 6 years. Most of this time was spent in 3rd grade, but I have also worked with Kindergarten, 2nd grade, and 4th grade.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Many of my products are geared toward struggling students who need additional scaffolding in order to be successful. I love building confidence and ability in students who don't have it!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I have a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education, and am currently working on my Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction, with an emphasis on ELL learners.

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GRADES

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Astronomy, Environment, Social Studies, Government, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Canadian History, Geography, Other (ELA), Life Skills, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Professional Development, Statistics, Character Education, Word Problems, General Science, Library Skills, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Test Preparation, End of Year, Phonics, Classroom Community