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Probability Activities - Fun Review Worksheets, Spinners, Dice, Task Cards

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

These low prep probability activities and worksheets make a great introduction or review. Students will practice probability vocabulary - certain, impossible, possible, likely, unlikely, and equally likely - and apply these words in a variety of

Subjects:

Graphing, Other (Math), Statistics

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Printables, Centers

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Prefix & Suffix Worksheets, Activities - Decoding & Building Multisyllabic Words

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

These no prep word study games and worksheets are a hands on way for students to practice decoding multisyllabic words. The activities focus on multisyllabic words that have prefixes, suffixes, and base words. As students complete the affix

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Phonics

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RF.2.3d, RF.3.3c

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878

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Main Idea & Details Centers - Fun Practice, Sort, Mazes - Printable Games

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This low prep resource contains 3 main idea center activities for you to use in your classroom. These games are an engaging, hands on way to help your students be better able to differentiate between main idea and supporting details - especially in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading

Grades:

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

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Games, Google Apps, Centers

CCSS:

RI.3.2, RI.4.2, RI.5.2

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Cause and Effect Passages, Task Cards, No Prep Worksheets, Activities Bundle

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This cause and effect packet provides a huge assortment of activities to help students come to a thorough understanding of cause and effect. In order for students to truly understand the complex skill of cause and effect, they must experience it in

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

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

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Activities, Printables, Centers

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$7.25

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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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Centers

CCSS:

3.NF.A.1

$3.50

367

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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

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Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RL.3.3, RL.4.3

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$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

891

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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

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Finding the Theme Games and Centers - Theme Sort, Mazes, and Writing Center

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This resource contains 3 low prep theme center activities that help make reviewing theme easier on you and more fun for your students. These games are an engaging, hands on way to help your students be better able to find the theme of a text and to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

CCSS:

RL.4.2, RL.5.2

$3.25

322

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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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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

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$2.00

742

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Character Trait Centers / Games - Fun, Low Prep Practice - Sort, Mazes, More

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This 27 page resource contains 3 character trait centers for you to use in your classroom. These centers / games are an engaging way to help your students think about what characters with certain traits would do, say, and think. The centers

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

CCSS:

RL.3.3, RL.4.3

$3.50

330

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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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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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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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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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Determine Theme - Reading Passages, Activities, Graphic Organizers, Practice

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This no prep resource is scaffolded to help your students develop a thorough understanding of how to determine themes in literature. It helps you teach theme in a variety of different ways and addresses aspects of theme that students find most

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RL.4.2, RL.5.2

$6.50

159

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$No Prep Multiplication Centers: Fun Math Mazes to Practice$

No Prep Multiplication Centers: Fun Math Mazes to Practice Multiples of 2-12

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

These no prep math mazes are a fun way to review or practice multiplication. Students complete the mazes by shading in the multiples of a given number. This resource focuses on multiplication facts 2-12; there are 2 mazes for each.While these

Subjects:

Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Mental Math

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

3.NBT.A.3

$3.50

129

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Valentine's Day Math - Fraction Task Cards for a Math Center or SCOOT

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This low prep resource is a great way to help your students review fraction skills while also celebrating Valentine's Day! This resource contains 20 task cards with fun, Valentine's Day themed fraction questions that make a fun math center or whole

Subjects:

Fractions, Valentine's Day, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$2.00

601

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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