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Squiggle Drawing Stories, Fun Creative Writing Activity Center 3rd, 4th Grade

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Engage your students during writing by having them create squiggle stories / squiggle drawings! Have your 3rd or 4th grade students draw an image that integrates the squiggle provided, and then write a short story inspired by the image. This no

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Visual Arts, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$3.00

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Making Inferences Task Cards - Inferring Feelings and Emotions

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Use this low prep activity to help your students improve their inferencing skills while also building compassion and empathy for others. These 20 task cards contain short fiction texts with clues about how a character is feeling. Students must use

Subjects:

Reading, Critical Thinking, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$2.00

596

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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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Text Features Task Cards - Text Features in Nonfiction - Can Use for SCOOT

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

These 24 text features task cards are designed to encourage students not just to identify text features found in informational text, but to explain the purpose of the text features and think about how they help readers understand text better. Each

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Tools for Common Core, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Task Cards

CCSS:

RI.3.5

$2.00

561

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Fun Phonics Review - Phonics Word Sort Alternative Short and Long Vowel Practice

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This no prep resource includes 10 fun phonics mazes to help your students practice and review specific short vowel and long vowel sounds. These phonics word sort mazes make a great alternative to the typical word sort. Students color in words with

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Spelling

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RF.2.3a

$2.00

219

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Traditional Literature Activities Unit (Folklore) - Passages, Games, Worksheets

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This traditional literature unit / folklore unit covers fairy tales, fables, myths, legends, and tall tales. Students look at the patterns and characteristics of these different types of traditional literature and distinguish between them.

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

RL.4.9

$5.00

162

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Nonfiction Text Structures Worksheets, Activities, Passages (Informational Text)

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Scaffold your nonfiction text structure instruction with these worksheets, activities, and short and long reading passages. This resource covers the following text structures: sequence / chronologicalcompare and contrastproblem and solutioncause

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.3.8, RI.4.5

$8.00

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Point of View Task Cards - Distinguish Point of View from Character's / Author's

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

These 24 point of view task cards are designed to help students thinking about what a character or an author's point of view is, and whether they agree or disagree with that point of view. Each task cards contains a short reading passage. There

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Task Cards

CCSS:

RL.3.6, RI.3.6

$2.00

602

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Interview a Friend, Classmate, Student, Partner - Questions Included

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This no prep interview a friend activity makes a great back to school ice breaker or a team builder for any time during the school year. Students will think about what they want to know about their classmate and what questions they could ask before

Subjects:

Oral Communication, Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$2.50

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Back to School Ice Breakers - Get to Know You Questions - Writing Prompts

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

These back to school ice breaker questions and writing prompts are an easy way to help your students get to know each other so you can build a positive classroom environment the first day of school! There are 24 fun ice breaker questions that you

Subjects:

Writing, Oral Communication, Back to School

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

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803

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Aesop's Fables with Comprehension Questions, Passages, & No Prep Activities

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This no prep resource includes 12 of Aesop's fables with reading comprehension questions, worksheets, and activities. The comprehension activities require students to determine morals / central message of the fables and analyze their importance,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RL.3.2, RL.4.9

$3.25

203

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Opinion Writing Template - Scaffolded Essay, Paragraph Frames

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This opinion writing resource provides scaffolding so even your struggling students can successfully write a short essay explaining an opinion and providing reasons and examples on a topic of their choice. Differentiated rough drafts and a teacher

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

W.2.1, W.3.1, W.4.1, W.3.1a, W.3.1b, W.3.1c, W.3.1d, W.4.1a, W.4.1b, W.4.1c, W.4.1d

$3.25

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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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Fun Even and Odd Sort - No Prep Even and Odd Numbers Worksheets

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Have your students practice differentiating between even and odd numbers with these no prep math mazes! Students complete the mazes by shading in either even numbers or odd numbers. These even and odd worksheets include:4 even and odd math mazes 1

Subjects:

Arithmetic, Mental Math, Place Value

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

$2.00

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Figurative Language Posters / Anchor Chart / Cheat Sheet for Student Reference

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

These figurative language posters and cheat sheet / student reference sheet provide a student-friendly definition, an example, and a visual of 6 different types of figurative language. You can also use these posters to build a figurative language

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

CCSS:

RL.3.4, RL.5.4

$2.00

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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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Winter Snowman Descriptive Writing Activity - Fun, No Prep Lesson & Worksheets

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This no prep winter writing activity has students secretly create their own snowman and write a matching description of their snowman. Then, all of the students' snowmen are placed on display while students read their descriptions. If they use

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$3.00

160

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After Spring Break Classroom Procedures, Expectations, Routines Review - No Prep

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Have students review classroom procedures, expectations, and routines in a fun and different way, while integrating reading and writing practice! Use this as a back to school behavior activity after you have already introduced procedures and

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Writing, Back to School

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$2.00

187

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Earthquakes Reading Comprehension - Passage, Questions, Worksheets

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This no prep resource will help your students learn what causes earthquakes, how well earthquakes can be predicted, and how to safe stay during an earthquake.Students will read a 2 page reading comprehension passage on earthquakes, answer questions,

Subjects:

Reading, Environment, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$2.00

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Fun Christmas Reading Activities – Christmas ELA and Reading Comprehension

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Use popular Christmas songs to review various reading skills! This is a fun, no prep way to integrate Christmas and music into your ela lessons. This works great as a Christmas review, morning work, centers, a Christmas ELA packet, and more.

Subjects:

Reading, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$3.25

193

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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!

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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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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