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Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

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School Nurse's Day Appreciation Thank You Gift - Featuring an Eye Exam Chart

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Nurse's Day Appreciation Gift!!Showing your school nurses some gratitude on Nurse's Day is easy with this cute Nurse's Day craftivity! Your school nurse will love that it resembles an eye exam chart and he or she will love reading the messages from

Subjects:

Specialty, Health, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, School Nurse Documents

$1.75

Digital Download PDF (0.56 MB)

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What's the Main Idea? - Introducing Beginning Main Idea

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Introducing Beginning Main Idea!!Introduce and teach your students the basics of understanding main idea and critical thinking skills with these task cards. These 56 task cards are provided in two levels; level one uses pictures to help your

Subjects:

Reading, Special Education, Reading Strategies

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

RI.K.2, RI.K.3, RI.1.2, RI.1.3

$4.00

235

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Life Skills - Touch Dot Money Mats Bundle {All 3 Levels}

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

This bundle includes my Touch Dot Money Mats for Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3. You save $2.50 by purchasing the bundle!Each set includes 12 mats!Level 1 includes touch dot coins and offers student choices at the bottom of each mat. Each mat

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Math, Special Education, Life Skills

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

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$14.50

$11.60

271

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Life Cycle Sequencing Mats®

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Life Cycle Sequencing Mats for sequencing 5-step tasks!These Life Cycle Sequencing Mats are a fun way to learn about life cycles and they target numerous skills. Plus, you'll love the organization...no more missing or little pieces to keep track

Subjects:

Science, Physical Science, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$5.50

167

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Ten Frame Addition & Subtraction

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Do your students need to use pictures or counters to add and subtract? Do they need practice with ten frames? Then this activity pack is just what you need! With these worksheets your students can use the ten frames on each page to help them add and

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations, Numbers

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

K.OA.A.1, K.OA.A.2, 1.OA.A.1

$5.00

101

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Sequencing Mats® for Teaching Sequencing Skills {SET 2}

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Sequencing Mats for sequencing 4-5 step tasks!These Sequencing Mats are a fun way to practice sequencing 4 and 5-step tasks and they target numerous skills. Plus, you'll love the organization...no more missing or little pieces to keep track of!There

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$5.50

181

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Digital Touch Dot Coin Counting {BOOM Cards & Interactive PDF Included}

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Two versions included....a Boom Deck and an interactive PDF! For a preview of the Boom Deck, click on the green "preview" button.This download includes 50 coin counting tasks for each set! These coins include touch dots which is an effective way to

Subjects:

Math, Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

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

Types:

Internet Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$4.50

Digital Download ZIP (1.40 MB)

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Elephant & Pig Classroom Rules Posters

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Who doesn't love Elephant & Pig!!This is a set of full page classroom rules posters featuring elephant and pig! It includes the following seven rules and posters.Be kind and respectful.Respect other's property.Be a good listener.Raise your

Subjects:

Life Skills, Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$3.50

Digital Download PDF (1.02 MB)

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Cool, Not Cool? {Visual Behavior Posters, Discussion Cards, & Task Cards}

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

COOL OR NOT COOL?Do you use the "Cool vs. Not Cool?" strategy in your classroom? It's a language that kids can easily relate to at ANY age and is so simple, yet highly effective for teaching appropriate (cool) behaviors. This set includes visual

Subjects:

Special Education, Classroom Management, Character Education

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Posters

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (3.12 MB)

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What is the Problem? {Problem Solving Cards}

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

This is a set of 36 problem solving cards with REAL LIFE photos!!Problem solving is an essential skill for our children and it gets them thinking critically and engages them in discussion. Most of the cards focus on life skills and character traits.

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Social Emotional Learning

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Flash Cards, Task Cards

$3.50

Digital Download PDF (2.46 MB)

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First Grade Fluency Reading Probes - Harcourt Trophies Reading Series

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Phonetic-Based Decodable Fluency Reading Probes for First Grade!This set includes 92 short reading passages for First Grade to build fluency and phonics skills. All passages have a phonics focus and cover short and long vowels, digraphs, blends,

Subjects:

Reading, Short Stories, Phonics

Grades:

1^st, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Centers

$10.00

Digital Download PDF (0.91 MB)

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I Have, Who Has? for LIFE SKILLS {3 Game Sets}

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

“I have, who has?” for LIFE SKILLS is here!! “I have, who has?” is a fun and engaging game that students love to play, so I am super excited to incorporate this game into my Life Skills curriculum. Better yet, these games target communication,

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Oral Communication

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

$4.50

Digital Download PDF (2.04 MB)

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Daily Phonics Fluency Drills - Progress from sounds to words to sentences

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Daily Fluency Drills!I like to refer to these as Phonics Frames and I love using them in my classroom. Students progress from reading sounds to words to sentences. Not only do these drills take just a couple of minutes each day, you will see

Subjects:

Reading, Special Education, Phonics

Grades:

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

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Activities, Printables, Centers

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (0.80 MB)

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Special Education Teacher IEP & Meeting Communication Forms - Spanish Included

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Take the stress out of scheduling meetings and make them a breeze with these simple to use and ready to go special education meeting communication forms. Includes both English and Spanish versions!Includes the following four forms:"Can we schedule a

Subjects:

Special Education, Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Printables, Classroom Forms, For Parents

$2.50

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.61 MB)

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Open House Invitation - A Student Craftivity

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Let your students get involved with Open House with this cute school house invitation they can make themselves! Perfect for open house, meet the teacher night, or back to school night. Students color and cut out the school house and glue the cute

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Back to School, For All Subjects

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Classroom Forms, For Parents

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.34 MB)

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Life Skills Sequencing Mats® BUNDLE

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

#1 BEST SELLER! My Life Skills Sequencing Mats are my most popular resource in my store and now you can get them all in a bundle and save 20%!This bundle includes all 3 life skills sets; set 1, set 2, and set 3!Students can practice life skills and

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Reading Strategies

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

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Activities, Printables, Centers

$16.50

$13.50

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Crayon Classroom Flip Calendar - Includes English, Spanish, & French - 5 Colors

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

This Crayon Flip Calendar Set includes English, Spanish, & French versions and is designed to be used with a magnetic curtain rod and displayed on your whiteboard or any magnetic surface. Quickly display the date each day for your students

Subjects:

Life Skills, Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (5.82 MB)

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Number Formation Posters with Formation Chants and Jingles

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Number Formation Chant Posters!This is a set of 10 number formation chant posters 0 - 9. Each poster includes arrows to show the direction of how to correctly form each number and a cute number chant jingle is included on the bottom of each poster

Subjects:

Math, Numbers, Writing

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Posters, Centers

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (1.36 MB)

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WH Questions - Functional Life Skills, Comprehension, Language, Communication

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Teaching Beginning WH Questions! WH questions are such an important functional academic and life skill. WH Questions can be a hard skill to teach and learn, but not anymore! Introduce and reinforce WH questions, comprehension, and language with this

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Reading Strategies

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$3.50

Digital Download PDF (1.46 MB)

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Fall Counting 1 - 20 - Fall Counting Activities - 1:1 One to One Correspondence

By Traci Bender - The Bender Bunch

Feed the Leaf Counting Activity!Looking for a fun way to spark high engagement for counting practice? This counting activity will entice and motivate your students to count and practice 1:1 correspondence. Students draw a number card and feed the

Subjects:

Math, Numbers, Autumn

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$1.75

Digital Download PDF (0.63 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching in a self-contained primary/intermediate special education classroom for 11 years. I teach in a very diverse classroom with a multitude of disabilities that range from autism, downs, emotional disturbance, OHI, ID, to SLD students. I also taught in a resource room for two years and prior to obtaining my teaching degree, I was an aide in a resource room for five years.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I'm all about a positive learning environment and positive reinforcement. I avoid negative consequences and recognize the best. I believe classroom management, organization, rapport, and honesty are key to running an effective classroom. I use ABA in my classroom and I like to think of my classroom as family and my students feel the same way.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Autism Teaching of Excellence Award 2014 Educator of the Year Award 2015

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

M.Ed in Special Education M.S. in Cognitive Behavioral Disorders (EBD)

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I have two children and am married to the man of my dreams. We love anything outdoors. We enjoy nature, camping, state parks, and our beautiful Colorado River. I love the desert, but my roots and soul are from North Carolina.

GRADES

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Algebra, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Astronomy, Environment, Other (Science), Social Studies, U.S. History, World Languages, Arts & Music, Physical Education, Computer Science, Special Education, Career and Technical Education, Health, Other (Specialty), Geography, Other (ELA), Life Skills, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Business, Character Education, Word Problems, General Science, Physical Science, Problem Solving, Cooking, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Speech Therapy, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Products For TpT Sellers, Tools for Common Core, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, American Sign Language, Occupational Therapy, Handwriting, Coaching, End of Year, Phonics, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning