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No Prep Emergency Sub Plans - Substitute Activities 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade Teachers

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

These no prep emergency sub plans make sick days much less stressful because the activities can be used over and over again; easily use these substitute plans to create 3 day of emergency sub plans (or more)! There are 2 sets of substitute plans -

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Literature, For All Subjects

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

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Worksheets, Activities, Printables

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$6.25

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Two Step Word Problem Worksheets - Multi Step Word Problems, All Operations

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This no prep resource is a fun way to get your students the two step word problem practice they need. Students will review two step word problems through hands on practice and "Mix and Match" activities - a unique twist that will keep your students

Subjects:

Math, Word Problems, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

3.OA.D.8, 4.OA.A.3

$4.75

417

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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

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Activities, Printables, Google Apps

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

$20.00

$12.00

389

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Thank You Letter Template / Note / Cards - No Prep Thank You Writing Activity

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Have your students use this thank you letter to template to create a thank you card for Valentine's Day or for any other reason! Help your students write a thoughtful thank you letter / card with this no prep activity and template. Students are

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Life Skills, Character Education, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities, Printables, Lesson

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (16.14 MB)

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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

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English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

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3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

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Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$44.00

$28.00

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Fun Fraction Review & Practice - Fraction Coloring Sheets / Art Activities

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Fractions are more fun when you get to practice them through art and drawing. These no prep activities are a great way to engage your artistic students while doing some fraction review! Use these printables for math centers, independent practice,

Subjects:

Math, Fractions, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Activities, Centers

CCSS:

3.NF.A.1

$3.50

367

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End of Year Autograph Book - Student Autograph Pages - Yearbook Signing Pages

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This end of year autograph book includes sentence starters for students to fill in about their peers. Instead of just getting signatures from other students, theses autograph pages encourages students to compliment and share favorite memories.

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End of Year, Classroom Community

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities, Printables

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (5.12 MB)

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Compare Fractions with Unlike Denominators, Compare & Order Fractions Worksheets

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Comparing and ordering fractions - especially fractions with unlike denominators - can be a complicated skill for many students. Building a solid understanding of the fraction 1/2 can help students learn to use 1/2 as a benchmark and make this

Subjects:

Math, Fractions, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

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

$4.25

291

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Fractions on a Number Line Activities - Fraction Worksheets, Games, Centers

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This mostly no prep resource is scaffolded to help students develop a thorough understanding of fractions on a number line. It includes worksheets, activities, task cards, centers, and more that cover this skill in a variety of ways to help make

Subjects:

Math, Fractions, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

3.NF.A.2, 4.NF.A.1, 4.NF.A.2

$6.00

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Character Traits Task Cards to Build Vocabulary - Requires Citing Evidence

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

These character traits task cards are a fun way for students to practice identifying character traits and citing evidence. Each task card contains a short reading passage. Students read the task card and then use the clues to make an inference

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Task Cards

CCSS:

RL.3.3

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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

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Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

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

$12.00

$8.25

486

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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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Cause and Effect Task Cards - Use for Cause and Effect Scoot

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Use this low prep resource to help your students practice cause and effect within shorter texts in a fun way. Students will read This product contains 24 cause and effect task cards. Students must read a short paragraph, and then determine the

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Test Preparation

Grades:

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

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Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$2.00

742

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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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Building Character Trait Vocabulary - Sorts, Fun Activities, Worksheets

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

When teaching character traits, often one of the most difficult skills for students to grasp is the vocabulary associated with character traits. This mostly no prep resource is designed to help students improve their understanding of the vocabulary

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.3.3, RL.4.3

$4.50

303

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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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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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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

Digital Download PDF (4.69 MB)

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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

$2.00

803

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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

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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