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Laura Karsjens

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Laura Karsjens
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My Vacation Journal: student homework while away
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My Vacation Journal: student homework while away
My Vacation Journal: student homework while away
By Laura Karsjens
When students go on vacations during the school year, parents often ask for their homework in advance. But let's be honest: who plans their lessons that far ahead of time? Instead of sending a bunch of worksheets with my students, I send this
Subjects:
Graphing, Geography, Writing
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
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Kindergarten Spring Break Homework Packet
Kindergarten Spring Break Homework Packet
By Laura Karsjens
Raise your hand if you are ready for spring break! {it isn't just my hand up, is it??} This homework packet is full of fun spring-themed practice pages to keep your students thinking and learning while they are off of school. It includes 15
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English Language Arts, Math, Spring
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
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Activities, Homework, Printables
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Kindergarten Winter Break Homework Packet
Kindergarten Winter Break Homework Packet
By Laura Karsjens
This kindergarten homework packet can be copied off and stapled together as a book for some learning fun while kids are out of school. This product includes: *student packet front cover *6 pages of literacy skill practice: alphabet writing,
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Math, Winter
Grades:
Kindergarten
Types:
Activities, Homework
$3.25
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Making an Inference: Anchor Charts and Worksheets
Making an Inference: Anchor Charts and Worksheets
By Laura Karsjens
Inferential Thinking is a challenge for elementary students. Use these anchor charts to break down inferential thinking into simpler components: What is my prior knowledge? and What clues can I get from the text/pictures? Add those things
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd
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Worksheets, Printables, Posters
$4.99
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What Comes Next? {Counting on & Counting back}
What Comes Next? {Counting on & Counting back}
By Laura Karsjens
This learning pack includes 1 math center and 20 practices pages for students to practice the skills of counting on and counting backwards. Math Center: For numbers 1-20, there is a number featured on an airplane and students must count on and
Subjects:
Math, Numbers
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Worksheets, Printables, Centers
$2.75
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Segmenting Super Pack
Segmenting Super Pack
By Laura Karsjens
A great pack that includes introductory and more advanced segmenting practice games, activities, and centers! My students do a pretty good job of segmenting CVC words, but when I challenge them with 2 or 4 phoneme words, or words with long vowel
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Activities, Printables, Centers
$6.50
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Kindergarten Round Up Materials
Kindergarten Round Up Materials
By Laura Karsjens
When school starts in the fall, there are always skills that we wish students had before starting kindergarten. We want to take advantage Kindergarten Round-Up as our first opportunity to give families tools to work with their child at home.
Subjects:
For All Subject Areas, Back to School
Grades:
Kindergarten
Types:
Handouts, Printables, For Parents
$4.99
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At Home Learning: Kindergarten Homework Bags {Full Year Bundle}
At Home Learning: Kindergarten Homework Bags {Full Year Bundle}
By Laura Karsjens
I hope that this set of kindergarten homework is helpful to you and your students! I use it with my kindergarten students and have been impressed by the amount of student/family participation. Each week students will bring home their homework
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Math
Grades:
Kindergarten
Types:
Activities, Homework, For Parents
$30.00
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Beginning, Middle & End Flow Map
Beginning, Middle & End Flow Map
By Laura Karsjens
Here is a simple flow map that your students can use to retell what happens in the beginning, middle, and end of a story. They could also use this to plan their own stories that they are writing.
Subjects:
Reading
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Printables
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Picture Prompts for Writing {Set 2}
Picture Prompts for Writing {Set 2}
By Laura Karsjens
Picture Prompts for Writing are a great addition to your independent writing center. Each page includes a picture or scene, as well as blank lines for your students to write sentences or a story about what they see in the picture. These could
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Writing, Holidays/Seasonal
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Worksheets, Printables, Centers
$3.50
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Picture Prompts for Writing {Set 1}
Picture Prompts for Writing {Set 1}
By Laura Karsjens
Picture Prompts for Writing are a great addition to your independent writing center. Each page includes a picture or scene, as well as blank lines for your students to write sentences or a story about what they see in the picture. These could
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Writing, Holidays/Seasonal
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Worksheets, Printables, Centers
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Sight Word Rockets: building, reading & writing sight word
Sight Word Rockets: building, reading & writing sight words (Fry 1-50)
By Laura Karsjens
Sight Word Rockets are great independent word work centers. In Center 1: Students are given the opportunity to practice building sight words. This product focuses on the first fifty words from the Fry list. A sight word is written on the top of
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Spelling
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Activities, Printables, Centers
$2.50
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At Home Learning: Kindergarten Homework Bags {Set 1: Septe
At Home Learning: Kindergarten Homework Bags {Set 1: September-November}
By Laura Karsjens
I hope that this set of kindergarten homework is helpful to you and your students! I use it with my kindergarten students and have been impressed by the amount of student/family participation. Each week students will bring home their homework
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Math
Grades:
Kindergarten
Types:
Activities, Homework, For Parents
$12.00
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At Home Learning: Kindergarten Homework Bags {Set 3: March-June}
At Home Learning: Kindergarten Homework Bags {Set 3: March-June}
By Laura Karsjens
I hope that this set of kindergarten homework is helpful to you and your students! I use it with my kindergarten students and have been impressed by the amount of student/family participation. Each week students will bring home their homework
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Math
Grades:
Kindergarten
Types:
Activities, Homework, For Parents
$12.00
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Comprehension Anchor Charts and Practice Pages
Comprehension Anchor Charts and Practice Pages
By Laura Karsjens
These anchor charts will help your students learn to identify the characters, setting, problem, and solution in a story. Each anchor chart includes the story element, as well as a picture and a prompt to help students understand that element of
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Activities, Printables, Posters
$5.50
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Summer Lovin': kindergarten summer skills practice
Summer Lovin': kindergarten summer skills practice
By Laura Karsjens
Summer will be here sooner than we realize! I like to send my kinders out the door at the end of the year with simple materials in hand to continue brushing up on their learning all summer long.In this packet you will find:*A parent note*Monthly
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Math, Summer
Grades:
Kindergarten
Types:
Activities, For Parents
$3.99
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Systematic + Explicit Alphabet Intervention - Print and Go!
Systematic + Explicit Alphabet Intervention - Print and Go!
By Laura Karsjens
I created this alphabet intervention for my first grade students who are still working on letter names and sounds. I needed something that I could simply print and have ready to go for my small group. I wanted something that followed a clear
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Phonics
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
$8.99
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At Home Learning: Kindergarten Homework Bags {Set 2: Decem
At Home Learning: Kindergarten Homework Bags {Set 2: December-February}
By Laura Karsjens
I hope that this set of kindergarten homework is helpful to you and your students! I use it with my kindergarten students and have been impressed by the amount of student/family participation. Each week students will bring home their homework
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Math
Grades:
Kindergarten
Types:
Activities, Homework, For Parents
$12.00
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Groundhog Day Math Activities
Groundhog Day Math Activities
By Laura Karsjens
There are three great Groundhog Day math activities included in this product. 1. Measuring groundhog shadows - two variations: with unifix cubes or with a ruler 2. Graph predictions on whether or not Punxutawney Phil will see his shadow 3.
Subjects:
Math, Graphing, Winter
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Centers
$2.25
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Spring Themed "I have, Who has?" {a segmenting + blending game}
Spring Themed "I have, Who has?" {a segmenting + blending game}
By Laura Karsjens
This differentiated version of I have, Who has? includes 3 different versions of the game. Each version includes 12 cards. Version 1: CVC Words Version 2: CCVC Words beginning with the following digraphs: ch, sh, th, wh Version 3: CCVC or CVCC
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Spring
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Activities, Games, Centers
$1.75
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have taught Pre K, K, 1, and 2nd. I have 17 years of teaching under my belt. I have my masters in differentiated instruction and am currently in LETRS training. I have also spent time teaching overseas during the summer, both at an international school in Okinawa, Japan and at an orphanage and primary school in Kampala, Uganda.

MY TEACHING STYLE

From the beginning of my teaching career, I have been passionate about finding ways to make learning fun. I have learned to do this in a purposeful way to still be meeting standards, including the common core. I love finding ways to incorporate music and movement into our lessons. My goal is to create active learners who are excited to come to school each day.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Yet to be added

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I received my undergrad degree in elementary education with an pre-primary emphasis in 2004. In 2012, I finished my master's degree in differentiated instruction. I have additional training in: * International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program (IB - PYP) * National Urban Alliance (NUA) * Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) * LETRS

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I love traveling, painting, biking, and snuggling with my pup.

GRADES

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

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Spelling, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Graphing, Numbers, Social Studies, Arts & Music, Geography, Other (ELA), For All Subjects, Classroom Management, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Autumn, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, Place Value, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Handwriting, Phonics, Classroom Community

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