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This 50 page thematic unit contains THE SAME LESSON PLANS AND REPRODUCIBLES as found in my
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This 69 page resource contains everything you need to teach a comprehensive unit on the 6 Simple Machines (lever, pulley, wedge, screw, inclined ...
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This product can be used to introduce the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of the U.S. government or to assess students' understandi...
This is a 40 page collection of lesson ideas, hands-on activities, and reproducible worksheets for teaching about soil, rocks, and minerals. Thi...
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This 66 page thematic unit is designed to make the election process real and relevant to elementary aged children. The unit is designed to last ...
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This mini-unit contains 10 pages of printable activities designed to allow students to explore soil concepts. Activities include:
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This 55 page reproducible book contains primary reading, writing, and math Christmas activities for grades pre-k through 1st. Activities may al...
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This unit contains activities related to Christmas celebrations around the world. THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS PART OF MY
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This product contains 6 interactive learning activities (27 pages total) focused on the specific physical adaptations of various animals. Featur...
This 25 page set contains 8 Christmas activities, including detailed instructions for the teacher, step-by-step instructions for the student, and...
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This is a set of 10 math, logic, and strategy games that are based on ancient or classic board games. The games are miniature in size and are de...
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This 69 page product contains 64 pages of full color printables and 5 pages of tips and illustrations for using the printables in your classroom....
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This file contains 10 full color, illustrated, printable rules posters using a wild animal/safari/jungle theme. Five full page, full-color rule ...
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This is a collection of 11 Making Words worksheets that can be used as independent center activities. Students cut out the letter cards along th...
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This product contains an 18 slide instructional PowerPoint presentation on minerals. Topics addressed in the slideshow are: characteristics of m...
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The full version of this product contains 34 pages of activities related to pumpkins. Activities include:
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This document is a 1 page word making activity that can be programmed with a new word each day or week. Simply choose a 6 to 10 letter "Mystery ...
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This file contains all of my intermediate-grade Christmas units available individually on Tpt. Included units and products are:
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stephaniem14
The kids had a lot of fun making these!
May 20, 2013
jblersch
thanks
May 20, 2013
angiepliska
So cute!
May 20, 2013
mhurle50
Loved it! The activities were great. The were easily adjusted to fit all student needs.
The colored pictures of each simple machine were perfect!
Thank you.
The colored pictures of each simple machine were perfect!
Thank you.
May 19, 2013
mslaurahamilton
Looking at the soils would have been kind of boring for my students, but luckily I brought in a scoop from my compost pile that had TONS of different critters in it. Common Ground Beetles, earwigs, millipedes, centipedes, grubs and larvae, isopods in all colors and sizes. They LOVED it. The other soils with no critters went completely ignored.
May 19, 2013
gapteach
Great resource and I used the activity as a project grade!
May 19, 2013
zaysmom73
Thank you it was very useful.
May 18, 2013
gkearse
Great hands-on activity for older students, these are hard to find and the crafts aren't too difficult. Thank you!
May 17, 2013
davisdogg
Great resource for common core standards!
May 16, 2013
cbinnendijk
Love!
May 16, 2013
bethhoehner
Thanks
May 15, 2013
kimwolford
Awesome
May 14, 2013
kimwolford
I love this, it will help the lower students build words
May 14, 2013
skobane
Very helpful for my first graders!
May 14, 2013
lljeanne
Super resource, thanks!
May 14, 2013
lljeanne
Great practice for my students!
May 14, 2013
lljeanne
Perfect for word work. Thanks!
May 14, 2013
kwbtchk
great idea! thanks
May 14, 2013
ryounghse
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May 13, 2013
jeffgordon
Straightforward, to the point. Thanks.
May 13, 2013
comstockk
This is a very complete earth science unit.
May 12, 2013
mommy2boys
Amazing unit! Great picture examples!
May 12, 2013
cconnor
Great resource!
May 12, 2013
valmon
Good!
May 11, 2013
Twehues
Used with my class when learning about the election. Great resource! Thanks!
May 11, 2013
cnachtman
Thanks
May 10, 2013
cnachtman
thanks
May 10, 2013
econ2001
My students are working on their trees this morning as a review for our branches of govt unit. Can't wait to hang them around the classroom!
May 9, 2013
slseagroves
Perfect for our jungle theme this year! Fun!
May 8, 2013
amykerins
Awesome! Thanks!
May 8, 2013
mweintraub
These were great! I only used the New Year's ones this time, but the kids loved the end result and adding to them each class, and hopefully I can use all of them in the future. Putting them together was a little confusing at first but after the first one all the kids were able to help each other out.
May 8, 2013
bethieboo1
Thanks
May 8, 2013
rtkmac
Great!
May 8, 2013
kim77teacher
My class absolutely loved this unit! I really appreciated the options for them to vote for a class mascot or actual candidates in a current election.
May 7, 2013
stmiranda84
Awesome!
May 7, 2013
lscherf
Great supplemental
May 7, 2013
Courtney Doyle (TpT Seller)
Thank you. I am looking forward to using this in my soils unit.
May 7, 2013
mrsradcliff
it was great!!! :)
May 7, 2013
erinlynn112281
Thanks great product.
May 7, 2013
rachel1586
Wonderful! Thanks!
May 7, 2013
astibbard
Thanks.
May 7, 2013
btlloyd
Great activity!
May 6, 2013
Jfox728
My students really enjoyed this!
May 6, 2013
shollins
Awesome!
May 5, 2013
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Laura Candler (TpT Seller)
Hi! I've set up a secret group on Facebook called Carolina Bloggers. We are working together to come up with a presentation about blogging and TpT for the Elementary School Conference this year which will be held in Greensboro. However, there are some people who are in the group who won't be able to attend the conference so it's not a requirement. All of the bloggers are also TpT sellers. Are you interested in joining us? You can email me at lauracandler@att.net if you are interested. Just thought I'd let you know about it! ~ Laura Candler
April 2, 2013
coaca
I purchased your simple machines comp. unit and I was wondering if there was a way around only saving page 9 to 29 in a separte file so I can send them to get color copied? Is there a word version? For example when I save on a flash drive then try to send it to Staples it won't let me just send certain pages?? Just curious if I'm missing an option, thanks for your time, can't wait to use your unit this spring!!
Jan in BC
Jan in BC
March 18, 2013
Rebecca Bettis (TpT Seller)
Hi Jan,
If you will email me at bec1273@aol. com I will email you a PDF with just the requested pages do that you can send it to be color copied. Thanks for your purchase!
Rebecca
If you will email me at bec1273@aol. com I will email you a PDF with just the requested pages do that you can send it to be color copied. Thanks for your purchase!
Rebecca
March 18, 2013
C Stern (TpT Seller) re: Electricity and Magnetism Investigation Workbook
I teach 5th grade in Georgia. What grade did you make this for?
March 5, 2013
Rebecca Bettis (TpT Seller)
Hi! Thank you for your question. I created this product with 4th grade in mind because in my state that is when electricity and magnetism are taught. however, I think that it would work equally as well with 5th graders.
Rebecca
Rebecca
March 6, 2013
asbishop re: What's Inside The Egg? Fun Easter or Life Cycles Writing FREEBIE
Do you already have any good kid friendly websites about egg layers? I haven't had much luck with my searches so far.
February 20, 2013
Rebecca Bettis (TpT Seller)
Sorry it's taken me so long to reply. I have been checking my files and doing a little research myself. You may have come up with some of these sites, but here are a few websites that are more kid-friendly and easier to read/understand:
http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00044/id3.htm
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/experiments/egg.htm (a simple science experiment)
http://www.freewebs.com/ashaleebrown/learnaboutit.htm
http://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/cnp/farmToSchool/docs/EggSheets.pdf
http://www.mofb.org/WebQuest/EggtoChickKto2.aspx
http://www.mwt.net/~hobbyfarm/chicken/egg.jpg
http://thepoultryguide.com/egg-development-stages/
Hope these sites help!
Rebecca
http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00044/id3.htm
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/experiments/egg.htm (a simple science experiment)
http://www.freewebs.com/ashaleebrown/learnaboutit.htm
http://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/cnp/farmToSchool/docs/EggSheets.pdf
http://www.mofb.org/WebQuest/EggtoChickKto2.aspx
http://www.mwt.net/~hobbyfarm/chicken/egg.jpg
http://thepoultryguide.com/egg-development-stages/
Hope these sites help!
Rebecca
February 24, 2013
educate2inspire re: Sight Word Book or Personal Dictionary - Wild Animal/Jungle Theme
Hi, do you happen to have these on pdf where I can type in the pre-primer, primer and first grade sight words? Thanks
February 3, 2013
Rebecca Bettis (TpT Seller)
Hi! I will check my files and see if I can make the PDF editable for you. Please let me know your email address or email me at bec1273@ aol. com so I can know where to send the file. Thanks!
Update- I emailed the file to you. Please let me know if you don't get the email. Thank you!
Update- I emailed the file to you. Please let me know if you don't get the email. Thank you!
February 4, 2013
melissa usrey (TpT Seller) re: Christmas Nouns Worksheet
tried to download, said the file was damaged...can you help?
December 13, 2012
Rebecca Bettis (TpT Seller)
Hi Melissa,
I'm sorry that you're having trouble downloading the file. I'm not sure what could be the trouble. I just tried downloading it from 2 different computers and it worked fine. I will try downloading it from my school computer tomorrow also. Maybe check to be sure that you have the latest edition of Adobe installed? Also, sometimes there are brief periods of downloading trouble from Tpt itself, which usually resolve themselves in a few moments. You may want to wait a little while and try again to download. If those suggestions don't work, please email me at bec1273@aol .com and I will send you the file via email. Again, I'm sorry for your trouble!
Rebecca
I'm sorry that you're having trouble downloading the file. I'm not sure what could be the trouble. I just tried downloading it from 2 different computers and it worked fine. I will try downloading it from my school computer tomorrow also. Maybe check to be sure that you have the latest edition of Adobe installed? Also, sometimes there are brief periods of downloading trouble from Tpt itself, which usually resolve themselves in a few moments. You may want to wait a little while and try again to download. If those suggestions don't work, please email me at bec1273@aol .com and I will send you the file via email. Again, I'm sorry for your trouble!
Rebecca
December 13, 2012
amywright312 re: Christmas Traditions Around the World Unit
Hi! Would you say this could be appropriate for second grade? Looks like you have a great unit here! Thanks!
Amy
Amy
December 11, 2012
Rebecca Bettis (TpT Seller)
Hi Amy,
Thanks for your interest. I have not used this product with 2nd graders, although I have used it successfully with my 3rd-5th grade students with special needs. I do think that 2nd graders could handle the unit. They may need more assistance than older students, especially with the reading passages. My advice would be to download the free preview offering, and if the reading level in that sample looks appropriate for your students, then they should be able to complete the unit successfully. Thank you, and merry Christmas!
Rebecca
Thanks for your interest. I have not used this product with 2nd graders, although I have used it successfully with my 3rd-5th grade students with special needs. I do think that 2nd graders could handle the unit. They may need more assistance than older students, especially with the reading passages. My advice would be to download the free preview offering, and if the reading level in that sample looks appropriate for your students, then they should be able to complete the unit successfully. Thank you, and merry Christmas!
Rebecca
December 12, 2012
sueconner
Hi Rebecca,
I purchased your Recipes 4 Reading packet a while back and last year I used the Donut Snowman activity at Christmas time. We noticed that Question #4 seemed to have 2 correct answers: B and C. If you have revised this activity, can you email me the revised version? I cannot revise pdf documents since they are locked. Thanks,
Sue Conner
sconner@bedford.k12.va.us
P.S. I see you've revised the Make a Christmas Treat document and added a cute snowglobe. It's very cute! Happy holidays!
I purchased your Recipes 4 Reading packet a while back and last year I used the Donut Snowman activity at Christmas time. We noticed that Question #4 seemed to have 2 correct answers: B and C. If you have revised this activity, can you email me the revised version? I cannot revise pdf documents since they are locked. Thanks,
Sue Conner
sconner@bedford.k12.va.us
P.S. I see you've revised the Make a Christmas Treat document and added a cute snowglobe. It's very cute! Happy holidays!
December 9, 2012
Rebecca Bettis (TpT Seller)
Hi Sue!
I completely revised all my Recipes for Reading products over the summer and listed them as new products, since they are dramatically different from the original files. You are right that there was an error in the old Donut Snowman passage. I corrected this in the new product. I have emailed you the new file, "Recipes for Reading Comprehension: Christmas and Winter Theme". This product contains the revised Donut Snowman passage as well as 9 other passages that I hope you will enjoy. Look for an email from bec1273@aol .com . Please let me know if you do not receive the email or if there is anything else I can help you with. Thank you and happy holidays!
Rebecca
I completely revised all my Recipes for Reading products over the summer and listed them as new products, since they are dramatically different from the original files. You are right that there was an error in the old Donut Snowman passage. I corrected this in the new product. I have emailed you the new file, "Recipes for Reading Comprehension: Christmas and Winter Theme". This product contains the revised Donut Snowman passage as well as 9 other passages that I hope you will enjoy. Look for an email from bec1273@aol .com . Please let me know if you do not receive the email or if there is anything else I can help you with. Thank you and happy holidays!
Rebecca
December 9, 2012
AmyLW97 re: Christmas Traditions Around the World Unit
Hey~
I saw that this had several grade levels listed...I teach 3rd grade, would this be appropriate? Also, is there any sort of assessment along with this or just interactive worksheets to do along with the lesson?
Thanks!!
~Amy~
I saw that this had several grade levels listed...I teach 3rd grade, would this be appropriate? Also, is there any sort of assessment along with this or just interactive worksheets to do along with the lesson?
Thanks!!
~Amy~
December 9, 2012
Rebecca Bettis (TpT Seller)
Hi Amy,
Thanks for your question. This product is very appropriate for 3rd graders. I have used it successfully with this age student as well as with 4th and 5th graders. There are no assessments included in the product, just the activities listed in the description. One of the included activities is a chart for students to fill in listing the the gift bringer, foods, decorations, and traditions of the 4 main countries studied. This chart could be used as a sort of assessment after students complete the activities. Thanks again for your question!
Rebecca
Thanks for your question. This product is very appropriate for 3rd graders. I have used it successfully with this age student as well as with 4th and 5th graders. There are no assessments included in the product, just the activities listed in the description. One of the included activities is a chart for students to fill in listing the the gift bringer, foods, decorations, and traditions of the 4 main countries studied. This chart could be used as a sort of assessment after students complete the activities. Thanks again for your question!
Rebecca
December 9, 2012
amyracle2
Hi Rebecca,
I am having some problems printing pg. 2 (Christmas Nouns) in your Holiday Noun and Verb Review packet. Only half of the ornaments are showing up on the page. Is there something I can do to get it to print correctly? All the other pages printed great.
I am having some problems printing pg. 2 (Christmas Nouns) in your Holiday Noun and Verb Review packet. Only half of the ornaments are showing up on the page. Is there something I can do to get it to print correctly? All the other pages printed great.
December 2, 2012
Rebecca Bettis (TpT Seller)
Hi,
I am sorry that you are having difficulty printing the file. I'm not sure what the problem could be, but I will do what I can to ensure that you receive the full file that you purchased. Here are a few suggestions to try: first, if you have a mac, be sure that you are opening the pdf in Adobe reader and not preview. Second, be sure that your adobe reader is updated to the most current version. If neither of these suggestions work for you, you can download that particular page for free from my Tpt store at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Nouns-Worksheet . Please let me know if none of these suggestions solves your problem. You can email me at bec1273@aol. com. Thank you!
Rebecca
I am sorry that you are having difficulty printing the file. I'm not sure what the problem could be, but I will do what I can to ensure that you receive the full file that you purchased. Here are a few suggestions to try: first, if you have a mac, be sure that you are opening the pdf in Adobe reader and not preview. Second, be sure that your adobe reader is updated to the most current version. If neither of these suggestions work for you, you can download that particular page for free from my Tpt store at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Nouns-Worksheet . Please let me know if none of these suggestions solves your problem. You can email me at bec1273@aol. com. Thank you!
Rebecca
December 2, 2012
Pam Mifflin (TpT Seller) re: Christmas Activities for Intermediate Grades - Bundled Package
For the Christmas popper for England - do you give directions on how to make one in class?
November 28, 2012
Rebecca Bettis (TpT Seller)
Hi! Yes, directions for making poppers are included. One of the products included in the bundled package is my "Christmas Traditions Around the World" unit. This unit includes 4 reading comprehension passages that include a recipe or craft directions. One of these passages is "Christmas Crackers" which tells about the tradition of poppers and includes instructions for making a simple version (non-"exploding"). This passage is written as a reading comprehension passage, so it also includes multiple choice comprehension questions. Thanks for your interest!
Rebecca
Rebecca
November 28, 2012
Karen Hart (TpT Seller)
Hi Rebecca,
I was just looking at your Christmas ideas and one of them was to have groups of kids make up a Reader's theater play of a Christmas book and perform it for a younger class. It sounds fabulous. I'm going to be subbing in a fifth grade class and I wanted to try it out. How big were your groups and what books have you used? Any other tips would be appreciated as well. Thanks so much.
Karen
I was just looking at your Christmas ideas and one of them was to have groups of kids make up a Reader's theater play of a Christmas book and perform it for a younger class. It sounds fabulous. I'm going to be subbing in a fifth grade class and I wanted to try it out. How big were your groups and what books have you used? Any other tips would be appreciated as well. Thanks so much.
Karen
November 27, 2012
Rebecca Bettis (TpT Seller)
Hi Karen,
My favorite books to use for this are books by Jerry Pallotta and David Biedrzycki such as "Who Will Guide My Sleigh Tonight?", "Who Will Help Santa This Year?", and "Santa's New Jet". These books are simple and follow an easiy pattern, so they are easy to turn into a script and perform. We've even added singing and dancing! The kids also really enjoy Laura Rader's "Santa's New Suit" and even "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement C. Moore. I have done the reader's theater activity with 20 to 25 students or with groups of 7 to 10 students. It works well either way! If you want, you can email me at bec1273 @ aol. com and I can send you some of the scripts we've come up with in the past.
Rebecca
My favorite books to use for this are books by Jerry Pallotta and David Biedrzycki such as "Who Will Guide My Sleigh Tonight?", "Who Will Help Santa This Year?", and "Santa's New Jet". These books are simple and follow an easiy pattern, so they are easy to turn into a script and perform. We've even added singing and dancing! The kids also really enjoy Laura Rader's "Santa's New Suit" and even "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement C. Moore. I have done the reader's theater activity with 20 to 25 students or with groups of 7 to 10 students. It works well either way! If you want, you can email me at bec1273 @ aol. com and I can send you some of the scripts we've come up with in the past.
Rebecca
November 28, 2012
Kathy Pierson (TpT Seller) re: Soil, Rocks, and Minerals Interactive PowerPoint Quiz Game
Hi Rebecca, I just bought the soil, rocks and minerals interactive power point quiz game. I am interested in using it offline as a set of cards that we can use as a game. Is there a way to downsize each power point page so that I can fit 4 or 6 on one page and print them? Thanks for your help. Kathy
November 20, 2012
Rebecca Bettis (TpT Seller)
Hi Kathy!
You should be able to print the PowerPoint in such a way as to print 4 or 6 slides per page. To do this, go to "print" and under "Settings" (in newer versions of ppt) change "full page slides" to "4 slides horizontal" or whatever layout you desire. You can even choose to scale the slides to the page so they will be slightly bigger. This should print 4 slides per page. In older versions of ppt, there is an option in the print window that says something like "print handout" or "print notes" and you will be able to choose 4 or 6 slides to print per page. If this will not give you what you need, please let me know and I will figure out a way to make the product work for you. My email address is bec1273 @ aol .com if that is an easier way for you to communicate with me. Thank you!
Rebecca
You should be able to print the PowerPoint in such a way as to print 4 or 6 slides per page. To do this, go to "print" and under "Settings" (in newer versions of ppt) change "full page slides" to "4 slides horizontal" or whatever layout you desire. You can even choose to scale the slides to the page so they will be slightly bigger. This should print 4 slides per page. In older versions of ppt, there is an option in the print window that says something like "print handout" or "print notes" and you will be able to choose 4 or 6 slides to print per page. If this will not give you what you need, please let me know and I will figure out a way to make the product work for you. My email address is bec1273 @ aol .com if that is an easier way for you to communicate with me. Thank you!
Rebecca
November 20, 2012
gerstung re: Election Lesson Plans, Reproducibles for Intermediate Grades
Do the lessons/activities include Content Expectations or Standards?
September 30, 2012
Rebecca Bettis (TpT Seller)
Hi! Thanks for your question! Each of the main units or components of the lesson plans begins with student objectives, such as "Students will demonstrate an understanding of the terms qualifications and duties" or "Students will demonstrate an understanding of the requirements for voting in US elections". Each lesson or activity does not, however, list specific expectations or standards correlated to the CCSS or other specific state standards. Although these correlations can be made, they are not explicitly spelled out in the product. I hope this answers your question!
Rebecca
Rebecca
September 30, 2012
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
I have been a special education teacher since 1998. I currently teach a self-contained cross categorical class of 3rd through 5th graders. I have also taught k-6 resource classes and self-contained classes in the past. I currently teach in North Carolina, but I taught for 4 years in Texas.
MY TEACHING STYLE
My students learn best using a hands-on, cross curricular approach. I try to incorporate creative activities, such as crafts and cooking, into my lessons.
HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT
National Board Certified Teacher
MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
I earned my bachelor's degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1996.
ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
I was born in Arkansas, raised in Texas, went to college in Oklahoma, and currently live in North Carolina.
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