Engaging the English Language Learner
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South Dakota, United States
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I have been teaching for twelve years in Title I multicultural schools in MN, AZ, and SD. I have taught 1st and 2nd grade regular education classes as well as sheltered ELL classes for students in grades Kindergarten-5th. I am SEI (Structured English Immersion) and ENL (English as a New Language) Endorsed and hold a Master's Degree in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction. In addition to teaching in the elementary setting I also teaching graduate and undergraduate level courses on English language development in conjunction with local universities.
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Response Journal for Three Cups of Tea Young Reader's Edition
Mrs. Riddle's Three Cups of Tea Young Reader's Edition Response Journal
This eight page reflective journal will guide your students through reading the Young Reader's Edition of the best-selling book Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. The journal provides opportunities for students to think critically, compare and contrast events, identify cause and effect relationships, and apply higher level thinking skills. These and many other skills are addressed in a creative, student-friendly way tha
5th - 8th
English Language Arts, Social Studies
Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary Reading Response Journal
Muggie Maggie Independent Reading Response Journal
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Independent Reading Response Journals are a great way to monitor student's comprehension of the story they are reading. They can be completed independently while you focus on guided reading or one-on-one instruction during class time or could be completed at home. This Independent Reading Response Journal is for the Beverly Cleary classic Muggie Maggie. The eight pages will guide students thro
2nd - 4th
English Language Arts, Literature
Beezus and Ramona Independent Reading Response Journal
Independent Reading Response Journal for
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
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Independent Reading Response Journals are a great way to monitor student's comprehension of the story they are reading. They can be completed independently while you focus on guided reading or one-on-one instruction during classtime or could be completed at home. This Independent Reading Response Journal is for the Beverly Cleary classic Beezus and Ramona. The twelve pa
2nd - 4th
English Language Arts, Literature
Traditional Goldilocks and the Three Bears Play Script
Mrs. Riddle's Traditional Play Script for the Classic Folktale Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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Plays are great ways to promote fluency and communication skills! Why not try Mrs. Riddle's original, yet traditional, version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears?! Written with numerous sight words and repetition to aide fluency in early readers, the play offers the traditional tale that students will love to read aloud! Ideal for beginning readers and
K - 3rd
Drama
Developing Decoding with Lips the Fish
Developing Decoding with Lips the Fish
Assist your struggling readers in developing decoding skills using the Lips the Fish beanie baby reading strategy! This packet includes five days of engaging activities and lesson extensions focusing on beginning sounds that can be used in conjunction with whole group, small group, or individual lessons or in learning centers. Using a pirate theme, Lips the Fish teaches students how to decode unknown words by getting their lips ready to say the first sou
K - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading Strategies
Mrs.Riddle's Cooperation Scavenger Hunt
Mrs. Riddle's Cooperation Scavenger Hunt
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Do you want to reinforce cooperation skills with your students in a fun and innovative way? Try Mrs. Riddle's Cooperation Scavenger Hunt! Students work as a team to solve each clue that eventually leads them to a prize. The clues are written in a rhyming pattern that is easy for students to read. The clues will lead students to the important rooms or areas of your classroom/school. This is a great beginning
K - 6th
Character Education
Original Play Script for the Three Little Pigs
Mrs. Riddle's Original Play Script for the Traditional Folktale The Three Little Pigs
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Plays are great ways to promote fluency and communication skills! Why not try Mrs. Riddle's original version of The Three Little Pigs?! Written with rhyme and repetition to aide fluency in early readers, the play offers the traditional tale with humorous lines students will love to read aloud! Ideal for beginning readers and struggling older students.
K - 3rd
Drama
Engaging Money Center
Mrs. Riddle's Pocket Change Exchange Money Center
Easy to create and use, this money center will get your students counting money in three unique activities. The first activity has students counting the coins in several pockets. The second activity asks students to count the money in each pocket and then state which toy they could buy at the toy store with the coins they counted. The final activity lists an amount and students can use coin rubber stamps to represent the coins needed to make
K - 2nd
Other (Math)
Place Value Skyscrapers
Mrs. Riddle's Place Value Skyscrapers Activity
Having a hard time making place value fun? Try this engaging activity. Students build a skyscraper with base ten blocks. Then they must count how many they used and record with the correct place value. This is a great idea to use as a center or for students who finish early.
K - 3rd
Other (Math)
Daily Writing Conventions Practice: Find-It, Fix-It Sequencing
Mrs. Riddle's Find-It, Fix-It Daily Writing Conventions Practice (Theme: Sequencing Events)
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Do your students need to work on the six traits skill of conventions? Tired of doing the same-old daily oral language practice? Try Mrs. Riddle's Find-It, Fix-It theme pages! They are great for practice with conventional errors in writing, plus they go along with themes you already are teaching in other content areas such as science and social studies. Stude
K - 2nd
English Language Arts
Mrs.Riddle's Short A Word Family Interactive Whiteboard Activities
Mrs. Riddle's Short A Word Family Interactive Whiteboard Activities
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Are you looking for a fun and easy way to teach or reinforce word families? Do you want some easy-to-use, yet engaging interactive whiteboard activities? Look no longer! Try Mrs. Riddle's Short A Word Family Activities! In this set of 14 lessons, students engage in word family hands-on activities and games using the interactive whiteboard system. These lessons focus on the -at
K - 2nd
Reading
Getting Acquainted Bingo for Buddies
Mrs. Riddle's Getting Acquainted Bingo for Buddies
Do you have a buddy classroom system with an older or younger grade level? Are you looking for ideas to break the ice and get the older and younger students working as a team? If so, then this is the game for you. Pair off an older student with a younger student and give each pair a copy of the bingo form. Set a time limit and have pairs meet other pairs, asking those they meet if either person in the group can sign his/her name to a box st
PreK - 6th
Daily Writing Conventions Practice: Find-It, Fix-It Solar System
Mrs. Riddle's Find-It, Fix-It Daily Writing Conventions Practice (Theme: Solar System)
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Do your students need to work on the six traits skill of conventions? Tired of doing the same-old daily oral language practice? Try Mrs. Riddle's Find-It, Fix-It theme pages! They are great for practice with conventional errors in writing, plus they go along with themes you already are teaching in other content areas such as science and social studies. Stude
K - 3rd
English Language Arts
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About the store
Experience
I have been teaching for twelve years in Title I multicultural schools in MN, AZ, and SD. I have taught 1st and 2nd grade regular education classes as well as sheltered ELL classes for students in grades Kindergarten-5th. I am SEI (Structured English Immersion) and ENL (English as a New Language) Endorsed and hold a Master's Degree in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction. In addition to teaching in the elementary setting I also teaching graduate and undergraduate level courses on English language development in conjunction with local universities.
Teaching style
For English language learners I believe in creating lessons that follow the SIOP framework with a particular emphasis on comprehensible input and output as outlined by Stephen Krashen. All of my lessons strive to include a focus on new language acquisition in the form of meaningful engagement in the areas of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. My objective is to create purposeful language learning experiences for my students by following the teaching and learning cycle and continually improving my craft as a teacher.
Awards & shining teacher moments
*Employee of the Month
*Mentor Teacher to Student Teachers and Interns
*Graduated Summa Cum Laude, South Dakota State University Graduate program
*Awarded numerous grants for my classroom and school
My own education history
Bachelor's Degree (2004)
Concordia College
Moorhead, MN
Elementary Education
Graduated with Highest Honors, Education Department
Master's Degree (2012)
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD
Elementary Education Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in English as a New Language
Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Top of my class (2012 graduates)
Additional biographical information
Above all, I believe in establishing a community of respect and safety that lowers the affective filter for English language learners. I utilize an ethnographic approach to learning more about my students and families so I can meet their needs and get to know them not just as students and parents but as individuals. I often find I learn much more from them than they do from me as their teacher.
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