- All About Your Teeth: Preschool Lessons
- The Five Senses: A Preschool Lesson Plan
- Preschool Activities About Smell, Taste and Touch
- Activities for a First Grade Dental Health Unit
- Preschool Mitten Rhymes and Learning Activities
- PreK Activities About Living and Nonliving Things
- Taking Care of Your Teeth: A Dental Lesson for Pre-K Students
- Hats, Hats, Hats: Activities for Preschool
- Preschool Activities about Sight and Sound
- Jan Brett's The Mitten: Language Arts Activities for First Graders
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About Me
Tracey Bleakley received a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Texas at Austin. She spent four years in the Mesquite ISD, where she taught 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade. While in Mesquite she received extensive training in balanced literacy, writing and working with gifted children. She also served as a team leader and as the gifted and talented liaison on her campus.
She spent the next five years working for Austin ISD as a first grade teacher. Besides teaching first grade, she worked with dyslexia students and was one of several dyslexia screeners on her campus.
Currently, Tracey is taking a break from teaching to stay home with her three children, ages 4, 2 and 9 months. During this time she has worked as a freelance writer and tutor for struggling students.
My Latest Articles
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The Itsy Bitsy Spider Teaches Literacy
"The Itsy Bitsy Spider" is a favorite song with young children everywhere. Along with it, hese correlating activities can help preschoolers work on phonological awareness, comprehension and sight word recognition.Published on November 21, 2011 to Preschool & Early Childhood Education
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A Lesson Plan about Kwanzaa
If you are teaching your primary grade students about holidays celebrated in winter, like Christmas, Las Posadas and Hanukkah, you'll want to be sure to include a Kwanzaa lesson. This lesson plan will introduce your students to this week-long holiday...Published on November 21, 2011 to K-12 Learning
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Mrs. Wishy Washy Teaching Ideas: Story Elements and Interactive Writing
If you need a book for introducing story mapping to your primary grade students, a great choice is Joy Cowley's "Mrs. Wishy Washy". Story element lesson plans and interactive writing activities will help young children identify the parts of...Published on October 26, 2011 to K-12 Learning
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