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Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

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Main Idea & Details Centers - Fun Practice, Sort, Mazes -
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:
3rd, 4th, 5th, Homeschool
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Games, Google Apps, Centers
CCSS:
RI.3.2, RI.4.2, RI.5.2
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Finding the Main Idea & Supporting Details Lessons Bundle
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:
3rd, 4th, Homeschool
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CCSS:
RL.3.2, RI.3.2, RI.4.2
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End of Year ELA - No Prep Activities, Reflections, Letter
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:
2nd, 3rd, 4th
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Activities, Printables
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Character Trait Centers / Games - Fun, Low Prep Practice -
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
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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading
Grades:
3rd, 4th, Homeschool
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Activities, Games, Centers
CCSS:
RL.3.3, RL.4.3
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Fun Phonics Review - Phonics Word Sort Alternative Short a
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:
2nd, 3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Printables, Centers
CCSS:
RF.2.3a
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Reading Skills Task Card Bundle - Character Traits, Text F
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:
3rd, 4th, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Printables, Task Cards
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Context Clues Task Cards - A Context Clue Activity (Use fo
Context Clues Task Cards - A Context Clue Activity (Use for Scoot)
By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical
This low prep activity is a fun way to help your students practice context clues. These 24 task cards help you approach teaching context clues in a different way. Each task card has a paragraph with one word that does not make sense with the
Subjects:
Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies
Grades:
2nd, 3rd, 4th, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Printables, Task Cards
CCSS:
RL.3.4, RL.4.4
$2.00
332
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No Prep Cause and Effect Practice - Scaffolded Review to B
No Prep Cause and Effect Practice - Scaffolded Review to Build Understanding
By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical
This no prep cause and effect resource starts off with the basics and gets increasingly more difficult to help make teaching and differentiating easier for you - just print and go! These activities are great if you are just introducing cause and
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading
Grades:
2nd, 3rd, 4th
Types:
Worksheets, Printables, Google Apps
$3.75
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Point of View - Free Cut and Paste Activity and Short Read
Point of View - Free Cut and Paste Activity and Short Reading Comprehension
By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical
Use this free resource to help your students with point of view in both fiction texts and nonfiction texts. It includes 2 no prep printables for point of view practice:a cut and paste activity that has students read short fiction texts and consider
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, Homeschool
Types:
Worksheets, Printables, Centers
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Free, No Prep Reading Comprehension Skills Activities and
Free, No Prep Reading Comprehension Skills Activities and Passages
By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical
This free, no prep reading skills packet is a sample from my Reading Comprehension Skills Bundle, a collection of my best selling reading / ELA resources. It includes activities to help students practice main idea, text features, point of view,
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading
Grades:
2nd, 3rd, 4th, Homeschool
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
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147
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FREE Long u Word Sort Maze
FREE Long u Word Sort Maze
By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical
This no prep phonics freebie is a fun way to review the long u sound and spelling patterns with your students. This long u sound worksheet is a great alternative to the usual word sort. Students color in words with the long u sound in order to
Subjects:
Balanced Literacy, Reading, Spelling
Grades:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Worksheets, Printables, Centers
CCSS:
RF.2.3a
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Building Fluency With High Frequency Words: Spin It!
Building Fluency With High Frequency Words: Spin It!
By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical
Help students build fluency with the top 480 high frequency words. This packet contains 8 game boards with 60 high frequency words on each game board. Each game board has a different engaging way for students to practice their high frequency
Subjects:
Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies
Grades:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Printables, Games
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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

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

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