Ready to Fall Back in Love with Your Literacy Centers? ✨

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When: Dec. 29-Jan.2: 4 Days of LIVE Trainings with 10 FREE Literacy Center Resources for your classroom! 

Where: Private Facebook Group- after you register, you will receive an email with an invite to join.

Hey teacher friends! 👋
If you’ve ever felt like your literacy centers are more chaos than calm, this is for YOU!

Join me in my Literacy Center Reboot — a fun, practical training designed to help you:
📚 Keep students accountable and on task during centers
🧩 Learn which centers you actually need (no more overwhelm!)
🔄 Know when and how to change them out to keep engagement high
🪄 Master behavior management so you can finally teach during small groups
📦 PLUS—get a sneak peek at my brand-new Literacy Center Subscription Box! 🎁

🧩 Schedule of LIVE Trainings:

🎁Day 1 (Dec. 29): Behavior Management, 

Student Accountability,

Center Rotation Board,

Center Folder,

Center Checklist,

“I CAN” Cards, and

How to Utilize a Star Student.

 🎁Day 2 (Dec. 30): How to Manage, when to change out, and materials for:

Library Center,

Poetry Center,

Big Book Center,

Geography Center,

Art Center, and

Writing Center Subscription Box.

 🎁Day 3 (Dec. 31): How to Manage, when to change out, and materials for:

Kitchen Center,

Math Center Subscription Box,

Calendar Center,

Felt Board Center,

Read/Write The Room,

Word Work Center, and

Author Center.

 🎁Day 4 (Jan. 1): How to Manage, when to change out, and materials for:

Technology Center,

Listening Center,

Finger Puppet Center,

Construction/STEM,

Drama Center,

Science Center, and

Theme Center. 

🎁Day 5 (Jan. 2): LIVE Q&A!!! You will get a chance to ask questions with Kara and get immediate feedback! You will also get your name put in a raffle to win a $30.00 Amazon Gift Card! 

Whether you’re a new teacher or just ready to reboot your system, this is your chance to bring clarity, confidence, and connection back to your literacy block.

Let’s make your centers work for you—not the other way around!

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✨ Ready to Fall Back in Love with Your Literacy Centers? ✨

Hey teacher friends! 👋
 If you’ve ever felt like your literacy centers are more chaos than calm, this is for YOU!

I’m giving a Literacy Center Reboot — a fun, practical training designed to help you:
 📚 Keep students accountable and on task during centers
 🧩 Learn which centers you actually need (no more overwhelm!)
 🔄 Know when and how to change them out to keep engagement high
 🪄 Master behavior management so you can finally teach during small groups
📦 PLUS—get a sneak peek at my brand-new Literacy Center Subscription Box! 🎁Whether you’re a new teacher or just ready to reboot your system, this is your chance to bring clarity, confidence, and connection back to your literacy block.

Check out my Literacy Center Reboot HERE to register and get your BLACK FRIDAY offer of 50% off! 

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Join me in my Cross-Curricular Fun for November Webinar from my Facebook Group! Some topics I share include: Voting and Elections, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, Turkeys, Scarecrows, and much more! These resources include lesson plans, suggested mentor texts, interactive notebooks, anchor charts, and writing craftivities! Plus... science experiments and investigations that your students will LOVE!!! 

All November Resources Mentioned in this episode! 

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Ready to Fall Back in Love with Your Literacy Centers? ✨

Hey teacher friends! 👋
 If you’ve ever felt like your literacy centers are more chaos than calm, this is for YOU!

I’m opening the waitlist for my upcoming Literacy Center Reboot — a fun, practical training designed to help you:
 📚 Keep students accountable and on task during centers
 🧩 Learn which centers you actually need (no more overwhelm!)
 🔄 Know when and how to change them out to keep engagement high
 🪄 Master behavior management so you can finally teach during small groups
📦 PLUS—get a sneak peek at my brand-new Literacy Center Subscription Box! 🎁

Whether you’re a new teacher or just ready to reboot your system, this is your chance to bring clarity, confidence, and connection back to your literacy block.

👉 Join my WAITLIST now and be the first to know when the doors open (and grab early access bonuses)!

Let’s make your centers work for you—not the other way around! 

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You can start your math stations any time you want! In this episode from my Facebook Group, I walk you through the steps to starting your math workshop using classroom procedures, time management, what stations to use and what activities you can use in your math block. 

Check out my Math Workshop resources mentioned in this episode HERE.

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Join me in my Cross-Curricular Fun for October Webinar from my Facebook Group! Some topics I share are: Pumpkins, Owls, Bats, Spiders, Charlotte's Web, Halloween, and much more! These resources include lesson plans, suggested mentor texts, interactive notebooks, anchor charts, and writing craftivities! Plus... science experiments and investigations that your students will LOVE!!! 

All October TPT Resources Mentioned in this episode! 

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As a teacher, one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is this: when students are given the freedom to write their own stories, their own genres, and their own ideas, their writing blossoms in ways no daily prompt could ever capture.

I used to think prompts were the way to go. After all, they seemed to keep everyone “on task” and gave me control over what students were producing. But over time, I realized that prompts often produced the same kind of writing over and over again—surface-level, formulaic, and disconnected from who my students truly were as thinkers and creators.

That’s where Writer’s Workshop changed everything.

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Write From Your Heart: Writer's Workshop Mini-Lessons

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Join me in this episode as I share how I use the Science of Reading blended with Guided Reading to ensure that ALL of my students are getting the reading instruction they need during my reading groups! 

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This is the webinar I gave in my Facebook Group all about Cross-Curricular Connections for September! It includes topics such as: Apples, Johnny Appleseed, Properties, Making 10, Community Helpers, Career Day, Grandparents Day, and much more! 

Watch my webinar HERE on my YouTube channel! 

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Meet the Teacher Night can be a nerve-wracking experience. But with careful preparation, planning, and experience, it becomes easier each year. Here are some things that you need to consider before you start planning for that special night. Remember, you only get one chance to make a good first impression. So, dress nice, put on a smile, and have fun! Oh, and don’t forget to brush your teeth or chew a lifesaver! I hope that your Meet the Teacher night goes great! If you’ve never had one before, don’t worry- I’ve got your back!

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Are you ready to plan month by month, rather than minute by minute? 

Cross-Curricular Connections is more than a resource library—it’s a complete support system to help you balance engaging literature with rigor and relevance, so your students see how every subject connects. Inside, you’ll unlock a growing bank of ready-to-use TPT resources, monthly coaching calls that meet you where you are, exclusive podcast episodes to keep you inspired, and three PD-credit courses to deepen your practice. Plus, you’ll join a private Facebook group where your questions are answered anytime, so you can confidently design lessons that spark curiosity, build mastery, and make learning truly meaningful. 

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