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Make planning easier with ready-to-use math, literacy, and classroom resources. Find complete lessons, hands-on activities, and fresh teaching ideas to support your students throughout the school year.
Build your math block with Total Math and Guided Math curriculum, small group lessons, math centers, fact fluency activities, and math journals that help students make sense of math.
Support growing readers with literacy centers, phonics activities, reading comprehension resources, and fluency practice for whole class lessons, small groups, and independent learning.
Writing Activities & Resources
Help students put their ideas into words with elementary writing activities, writing prompts, and reading response resources that make writing a meaningful part of your day.
Science and Social Studies Activities
Bring science and social studies concepts to life with hands-on activities and elementary science resources that encourage students to observe, explore, and ask questions about the world around them.
Connect seasonal fun with meaningful practice through holiday crafts, activities, monthly classroom slides, and seasonal math and literacy resources for the school year.
Find teaching resources for pre-K, kindergarten, and first through fifth grade. Browse by grade level to discover lessons and activities that fit your students’ learning needs.
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Free Teaching Ideas to Help You Teach with Confidence
Teaching elementary students means wearing lots of hats! Get new ideas to help you teach math, Guided Math, literacy, reading, writing, science, and more with confidence and joy. Read a little. Learn something new. Take a teaching tidbit with you.
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Fifth Grade Multiplication and Division Strategies, Models, and Math Centers
Fifth-grade multiplication and division bring together so many important mathematical ideas. Students work with larger numbers, decimal operations, multi-step problems, and strategies that require more than simply following a procedure.…
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Free Fall Math Centers for Comparing, Ordering, and Adding 10 and 100
Fall math centers can give students another opportunity to practice the skills you’re teaching. I created three free activities that focus on comparing quantities, ordering numbers, and adding and subtracting…
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Third Grade Math Centers for Multiplication and Division: Guided Math STACK
Teaching students to multiply and divide involves more than practicing equations. Students need to recognize equal groups, decide what a problem is asking, and explain how their model connects to…
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Math Tools Resource Kits
Math Tools Resource Kits support student success by empowering teachers and students to select the tools they need to solve any math problem!
- Reference cards, graphic organizers, and physical manipulatives cover key math standards
- Three sets of reference cards in each set allow multiple students to use the cards simultaneously
- Convenient plastic storage tote keeps materials organized
- Teacher Guide
Guided Math Prepped Kits
Developed by Reagan Tunstall, Guided Math includes detailed lesson plans with activities that deepen student understanding of core math concepts.
- Fully prepped and easy-to-implement guided math solution
- Standards-aligned grade bundles provide 180 days of instruction
- Perfect for warm-up, whole group minilessons, and teacher-led small groups
- Digital downloads of student-facing materials are available in Spanish
Guided Math Small Group Manipulatives Kits
Developed by Reagan Tunstall, these kits put the right hands-on tools at your teacher table so every small group lesson is ready to go.
- Manipulatives for students working in pairs or as small groups of four to six
- Grade-level kits that match the lessons in Guided Math
- Hands-on tools for counting, modeling, measuring, and building number sense
- Plastic storage tub keeps materials organized
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“My students finally have a math block that works for all of them. I use these units every single day.”
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“Reagan’s PD gave our whole district a shared language for small-group math. The change was immediate.”
Deb M. · Curriculum director
“Low prep, high engagement, and my kinders can run the stations independently by October.”
Lexie W. · Kindergarten
“What sets these units apart from other math units I’ve purchased on TpT is that EVERYTHING for small group time is included, including ideas for differentiation!”
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“I love the way you think about what works well for kids (and of course, teachers). What a fun way to start the year. I can’t wait to use this. Thank you for your creativity and hard work!”
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“[The Guided Math Rotation Board] completely changed the way I structured my math workshop and I will never go back! I have since taught kinder and third grade and have continued to use this product. It has been successful in all 3 grade levels.”
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Meet Reagan
Hi, I’m Reagan, a Teacher Who Gets It!
You don’t need more resources just for the sake of having more resources. You need resources that actually help you teach!
I’ve spent 28 years in education, including 18 years in the classroom, and I still love finding simple, practical ways to make learning click. I especially love helping other teachers make math more meaningful through Guided Math resources, but you’ll find resources and ideas for all areas of your K-5 classroom here!
I created Tunstall’s Teaching Tidbits to be a place you can come back to again and again, whenever you need a little inspiration, a ready-to-use resource, or a new idea to try. I’m so glad you’re here!
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Elementary Math Professional Development
Build a math block that works for teachers and students. My practical, research-based workshops help your team strengthen whole group lessons, small group instruction, and math stations while developing students’ understanding and mathematical thinking.
TEA-approved CPE provider In-person & virtual workshops
What your team will gain
- Practical routines for a sustainable math block
- Strategies for building number sense and fluency
- Small group instruction guided by student needs
- Math stations and classroom management systems
- Meaningful math discussions and problem solving
- Instructional approaches tailored to your campus
- Continuing Professional Education (CPE) hours
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Whether you’re planning tomorrow’s lesson or putting your whole math block together, welcome to Tunstall’s Teaching Tidbits! You’ll find elementary teaching resources, practical teaching ideas, and free downloads to make planning easier and learning meaningful. Drawing on 18 years in the classroom and my work supporting teachers through professional development, I create resources that connect thoughtful instruction with the everyday needs of teaching.
Elementary math is at the heart of what I share. Explore Total Math and Guided Math, small group lessons, hands-on math centers, fact fluency activities, and math journals to help students build understanding, explain their thinking, and grow as problem solvers. You’ll also find literacy centers, phonics, reading and writing activities, science resources, and classroom organization ideas because your teaching day includes much more than math. Whatever brings you here, I hope you leave with something you’re excited to teach!