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It’s back to school time (well maybe?) Hi there teacher bestie! Today I am popping in to compile all of my recent back to school professional development into one easy to access spot!

If you missed out on these LIVE professional development sessions then this post will be very exciting for you! Below is 5 hours of FREE professional development sessions! I presented on literacy centers, phonemic awareness, read alouds, guided reading, writing, number sense, whole-group math, small-group math, and the first week of school!

The Presentations

The LIVE videos were presented in my Facebook group! If you are on Facebook and not yet part of our community there you can submit to join us at www.TeachwithTaraWest.com

Below you will be able to replay each video AND download my entire presentations. The presentations have embedded videos of ME teaching the ideas, detailed notes/sample lesson plans, SEVERAL FREEBIES, and each presentation also has an attached professional development certificate.

I’ll link each video and presentation below! Please always feel free to reach out to me with any questions about implementing these ideas into your classroom this upcoming school year!

Much Love,
Tara

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Literacy Centers

Let’s get started with all things LITERACY CENTERS! In this session I discuss getting your literacy centers up and running the first month, activities you can place in your literacy centers, literacy center organization, teaching videos, and FREEBIES of course!

If you would like to take notes during the presentation you can download the handout HERE or by clicking on the image below!

Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies

You can click HERE to few the hour presentation on literacy centers or view it directly below!



The AMAZING thing is my ENTIRE presentation can be downloaded! That means you have access to ALL of the amazing FREEBIES! Take a look at the freebies included in this PD session below!

You get FOUR free weeks of lesson plans to help you get your literacy centers up and running!

Kindergarten back to school freebies

Freebie literacy center expectations charts.

Kindergarten back to school freebies

Three ways to read a book freebie poster.

Kindergarten back to school freebies

Stamina building freebies, literacy center pact poster, and affirmation posters!

Literacy center classroom management freebies!

Kindergarten back to school freebies

I also included literacy center rotation cards! These free cards can be used to label your literacy centers, use in a literacy pocket chart or in your INTERACTIVE rotation board! In the presentation I teach you how to use the included cards to make your OWN interactive rotation board!

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Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies

In this presentation you also get a TON of monthly themed organization labels! You can use these to organize your literacy centers (or ANYTHING really).

Kindergarten back to school freebies

In each presentation I also included a certificate for your records!

Kindergarten back to school freebies

Again, EVERYTHING you saw above is FREE in the presentation file! You can download the literacy centers presentation file **HERE** or by clicking on the image below!

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Be sure when you click to download the freebie presentation you actually DOWNLOAD it! Be sure to click the white download arrow in the upper right hand corner! This will download the presentation to ADOBE!

Phonemic Awareness, Whole Group Reading (Read Alouds), and SmallGroup (Guided Reading)

This session was PACKED with so much learning! This presentation covers a large majority of your ELA block! You can download the handout for this session HERE or by clicking on the image below!

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Watch this session by clicking HERE or viewing directly below!



Let’s start with the phonemic awareness freebies! I was able to stuff SO many amazing freebies into this presentation! I have included a lot of freebies for rhyming which is a skill we start during the first month!

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We cover phonemic awareness too!

Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies

I have also included a free phonemic awareness assessment in the presentation!

Kindergarten back to school freebies

I have also included a FREE week of my KinderLiteracy for the Rainbow Fish which is an AMAZING book to read the first month!

We also cover guided reading in this presentation! I was able to offer you a lot of freebies in this section, too! You have this guided reading weekly lesson plan template included.

Kindergarten back to school freebies

I’ve included a freebie ABC tracing book!

Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies

You also will have freebie guided writing paper for your guided reading block!

Kindergarten back to school freebies

Freebie fluency flashcards!

Kindergarten back to school freebies

Freebie posters for guided reading!

Yes, yes, YESSSS! Everything above is FREE in the presentation below or by clicking HERE!

Writing the First Month

I absolutely LOVED this presentation on writing the first month of school! For this session I wanted to give you LESSONS you could implement right away in your classroom the first month! You can download the handout for this session by clicking HERE or the image below!

Kindergarten back to school freebies

You can view this presentation by clicking HERE or viewing directly below!



Below you can get a glimpse at some of the lessons includes and their matching FREEBIES!

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Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies

Below is a view the FREEBIE posters included for this presentation!

I also included freebie writing paper for you with a BUILT in alphabet strip!

Kindergarten back to school freebies

YEP! This entire presentation is FREE and you can download it by clicking HERE or the image below!

Kindergarten back to school freebies

All things Math

In this session I broke down three important areas of your math block: number sense, whole group math, and small group math! You can download the handout for this session by clicking HERE or the image below!

Kindergarten back to school freebies

Here is the math presentation or you can click HERE to download it!

I included a lot of teaching videos for you to watch which are embedded into the presentation!

Kindergarten back to school freebies

This presentation has included math expectation posters for the carpet, partner time, and the math classroom!

Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies

Just like I did for literacy centers– I included several math center rotation cards! You can also use these to label your math centers!

I’ve also included SO MANY freebie math organization labels for you!

Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies

You can download the Math presentation and ALL of these freebies by clicking HERE or the image below!

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Back to School– The First Week

In this session I freebie-packed the presentation with SO many goodies to make your life easier for the first week back! You can watch this session by clicking HERE or viewing directly below!



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I included this ADORABLE freebie supplies reader!

Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies

This presentation has a freebie Pip the Pup book on using hand sanitizer!

Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies

We also work on hallway expectations!

Kindergarten back to school freebies

I’ve also included a poster for your flexible seating expectation!

Kindergarten back to school freebies

We also work on lunch expectations!

Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies

This presentation includes SO many freebie labels to label your classroom supplies!

Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies

I’ve also included freebie labels for your clip boards, lunchboxes, and scoop rockers!

Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies

What else might you need labeled? Your classroom library of course! This presentation also includes labels for your classroom library!

Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies
Kindergarten back to school freebies

You can download this presentation and the FREEBIES by clicking HERE or the image below!

Kindergarten back to school freebies

Thank you so much for joining me this summer for the Back to School PD! If you aren’t in “back to school mode” yet just bookmark this post for later! Please feel free to share this post with your colleagues as well so they too can take advantage of the wonderful freebies! If you have any questions about the presentations, freebies, or implementing the ideas shared in your classroom PLEASE reach out! I’m happy to chit-chat! You can contact me directly at littlemindsatworkLLC@gmail.com

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  1. Emily says

    July 21, 2019 at 4:29 pm

    Tara,
    This Back to School PD is AMAZING!! I can’t wait to jump in and really start looking at all of these lessons/supplementals you have provided. It’s going to take me a whole weekend to figure out how I want to implement them in my classroom. Thank you for all of your hard work!

    Reply
  2. Terri says

    July 24, 2019 at 2:04 am

    There are some SERIOUSLY GREAT handouts and freebies included here. I’m so glad I came across this series. Thank you for providing such a timely, helpful and FREE resource!!!

    Reply
    • Tara says

      July 24, 2019 at 3:08 am

      Thank you for your kind words Terri 🙂

      Reply
  3. Dora says

    July 24, 2019 at 11:38 pm

    Tara,
    Thank you so much!!! This was such a great PD. Love your ideas, support, and wonderful free resources you have provided.

    Reply
  4. Jill Ghesquiere says

    July 27, 2019 at 5:41 pm

    Tara,

    I can’t thank you enough for helping us get ready and learn SO MUCH from YOU! I greatly appreciate the incredible information you shared!
    YOU ROCK !
    Gratefully,
    JIll

    Reply
  5. Chandra says

    July 31, 2019 at 7:08 pm

    I appreciate you supplying so many free materials. I have purchased your materials because they are so good.

    Reply
  6. Kathryn Blair says

    September 25, 2019 at 11:23 am

    I have made my Literacy Center slides and they are ready to go. But I was wondering if you knew how to add a timer into Power Point? I really need it all on one screen. I have googled it, but just haven’t found what I am looking for. Thanks, Tara!

    Reply
    • Tara says

      September 27, 2019 at 7:38 pm

      Hi there! I do have this 🙂 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx1AOaFfg51BZGExYTVoZ28yUE0/view?usp=sharing

      Reply

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