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Thematic Teacher
United States - California - Ione
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Literacy Through Art, Science, and Social Studies
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Build a rainforest--right in your own classroom--using butcher paper, construction paper, cutouts (included), and silk plants. The mural directi...
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A companion book to Cave Paintings and Petroglyphs, this publication contains directions to create a plaster mortar, artificial "rocks" for stude...
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Using this integrated, thematic unit, students will explore ancient rock art sites around the world, and create their own petroglyph by carving o...
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Six images of apple tree line drawings in varying seasons will dress up your apple unit materials. Use them to create games, center activities, ...
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Use these Alphabet Blocks to create labels, names, educational materials, worksheets, center materials, and other classroom products. The origina...
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This yummy, easy, pretty Christmas snack recipe comes in 3 versions: PS-K, Grades 1-3, and Grades 3-6. The recipes for grades 1-6 also have an ...
Here are some fun things to round out your classroom on the Artful Teaching theme.
Student Check-off Sheet
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This "Read and Make" craft activity will give your students practice for standardized test items about following directions, as well as a lovely ...
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FEEDBACK
Mary Ann Walsh (TpT Seller)
I am very happy with this product and will definitely buy more from this seller. Thank you
May 18, 2013
lizzhall
Great addition to our unit!
May 13, 2013
dsmarangoni
very cool and realistic masks!
May 12, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
I hope your kids will enjoy them and learn something, too!
Sandie
Sandie
May 13, 2013 
KathyML
Great additions for my rainforest unit. Thanks so much.
May 12, 2013
cnachtman
Thanks
May 10, 2013
Autism Educators (TpT Seller)
Gorgeous graphics! I love them and can't wait to create a new "hands-on" activity for my class! Thanks so much!
Debbie
Debbie
May 9, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
Thank you so much, I'm glad you like them. I hope you'll get a lot of use out of them!
Sandie
Sandie
May 9, 2013
wildpansyks
I really see the hard work you put into this. I think it fits exactly what I need. The images are great as they are more life like than clip art. I am really happy.
May 7, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
I hope you'll get a lot of use out of the activities! Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Sandie
Sandie
May 7, 2013
glendajj
Loved these! So did the kids. We left them in the science center and they still pick them up each day and look at them!
May 4, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
I hope you'll find lots of uses for it with your little scientists!
Thanks, Sandie
Thanks, Sandie
April 27, 2013
cardamom
My higher group will enjoy this activity.
April 20, 2013
mhdilks
Good!
April 14, 2013
mhdilks
Nice product!
April 14, 2013
disneyfan1
Fantastic - thanks :)
April 13, 2013
daniandallan
It was very well done but I thought it was natural resources matching the product made from the resource. Maybe I didn't read the discription clearly but it wasn't exactly what I was looking for. I didn't know until after purchasing that it was the early colonial period.
April 12, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
I'm sorry the product wasn't what you expected it to be. I'd be happy to refund your money. If you want your money back, please request a refund, as the powers that be won't let me offer one anymore. I've reviewed the product description and high lighted the colonial America application with capital letters. Thanks for letting me know the description wasn't clear.
The item that matches product with resource is the Matching Puzzles game.
Thanks for taking the time to write a helpful review!
Sandie
The item that matches product with resource is the Matching Puzzles game.
Thanks for taking the time to write a helpful review!
Sandie
April 12, 2013
secondgradegirl
I Love these!
April 8, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
I'm so glad! Thanks for purchasing them. I hope they'll be useful for a long time.
Sandie
Sandie
April 8, 2013
Special materials for Special people (TpT Seller)
Awesome resource. Thanks so much for sharing!
April 3, 2013
Clever Classroom (TpT Seller)
Thanks you so much, they came in very handy as there isn't much like these around.
Emma :)
Emma :)
April 1, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
I'm glad to hear they were useful for you. I hope you'll find many more uses for them!
Sandie
Sandie
April 3, 2013
janettes
Very thorough!
March 30, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
Hope they'll help your students get a better understanding of natural resources!
Sandie
Sandie
March 31, 2013
ckroboth
Great Thanks!
March 30, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
I hope you'll find lots of uses for these images.
Sandie
Sandie
March 31, 2013
ckroboth
Great Thanks!
March 30, 2013
ashleymanternach
These are great for our unit and I love that there is a template for them to make more to add to our collection. Thanks so much!!
March 27, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
I love using student made materials--each succeeding class far outdoes the one before it. Rather than starting "all over", the new class starts where the old class ended, and the products escalate in quality.
Sandie
Sandie
March 31, 2013
birgit627
Great activity! Thanks!
March 25, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
I do, too! Although you can't really see the little bears in the worksheet sized images, they still clearly show the concept. I hope you'll get a lot of use out of them!
Sandie
Sandie
March 31, 2013
purplemonkey1
I created a scavenger hunt to go along with these display cards, my students loved it. I printed the cards on card stock so that they would last longer.
March 21, 2013
cbestor
Thanks for your hard work!
March 20, 2013
cbestor
Thanks for your hard work!
March 20, 2013
Tina Parker (TpT Seller)
Exactly what I was looking for and at a great price!
Thanks
Tina Parker
followingfirstgradeparker@blogspot.com
Thanks
Tina Parker
followingfirstgradeparker@blogspot.com
March 14, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
Thanks. I hope your student will enjoy learning about natural resources and how they are used.
March 13, 2013
aartsenk
Super pictures/masks and information. The kids will love these!
March 12, 2013
aartsenk
Wonderful pictures with endless possibilities!
March 12, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
I hope you and your students will enjoy working with them in a lot of different ways!
Sandie
Sandie
March 13, 2013
mmyers23
Thanks
March 9, 2013
mmyers23
Thanks
March 9, 2013
smithwhitney
THANKS
March 5, 2013
Karin78
I love the photos and I know my son will as well, I can't wait to use this activity with him, at this stage even printing two lots of the photos and playing memory or concentration with him would be fabulous. Thank your for creating and sharing this is an awesome activity.
March 4, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
Thanks for sharing ideas for using the cards! I hope you'll find lots of ways to help your son learn about the glory of the rainforest!
Sandie
Sandie
March 5, 2013
Karen Anderson (TpT Seller)
Very much looking forward to transforming our second grade into a rainforest. Thanks for such great ideas and materials!
March 4, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
I hope you and your students will have lots of fun, and lots of learning!
Thanks, Sandie
Thanks, Sandie
March 4, 2013
BDodd12
I like it but not so much for the grade level I teach.
February 26, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
I'm sorry this item doesn't work well for you. I'd be happy to refund your money.
Sandie
Sandie
February 27, 2013
hopek12
Great images!
February 23, 2013
hopek12
Great images!
February 23, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
I'm so glad. I hope you'll get lots of use out of them.
Sandie
Sandie
February 23, 2013
marluv2tch
Amazing, thanks
February 18, 2013
marluv2tch
Amazing Thanks
February 18, 2013
Tat's Teaching Tools (TpT Seller)
What can I say? This is awesome!! We are doing a unit on homesteading in Texas and this fits perfectly. Each family has 160 acres of land and have to plants crops, buy livestock & make a shelter. This will coincide very well!!
February 14, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
Yay! Thanks for sharing how you are using these materials. I'm glad it will work for Texas! I'm sure your students will learn a ton as they "develop" their own land--I hope none of them are hit by a tornado! I love simulations, don't you!
Sandie
Sandie
February 15, 2013
kgold2012
Just what I was looking for!
February 12, 2013
heatherchap
Can't wait to use these!
February 10, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
I hope you'll find them useful for many products! Thanks for purchasing them.
Sandie
Sandie
February 13, 2013
Claudia M Barrientos (TpT Seller)
Will definitely use for next year!!!! Thak you so much for sharing! It really helps new teachers like me.
February 9, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
It is my pleasure! It's one of my favorite recipes to do with kids of all ages!
Sandie
Sandie
February 9, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
I'm so glad. I hope you'll be able to use them in many ways for many years!
Sandie
Sandie
February 8, 2013
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:
vjaynd re: Rainforest Animal Masks (Included in Rainforest: Maps, Mural, Minimuseum)
The rhino in your unit is not the Javan Rhino (one horn) which is the only kind of rhino that lives in the rainforest. Can you change the picture?
May 18, 2013
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
Thank you for the information! I'll see what I can do--I want my products to be correct.
Sandie
Sandie
May 18, 2013
pickles (TpT Seller) re: Clip Art Candy Cane Base Ten
Hello,
I am very new to this...please tell me how to "flatten" the images so that I can use them to sell my lesson plans.
Thank you,
Karen Sprouse
I am very new to this...please tell me how to "flatten" the images so that I can use them to sell my lesson plans.
Thank you,
Karen Sprouse
December 9, 2012
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
Hi Karen!
Thanks for asking! If you convert your products to PDF files, the images will flatten to the page and they can't be lifted off. Here's how to make a PDF file in any Microsoft Office product (and I imagine other applications work the same way):
File Menu--go to Save As
At the bottom of the Save As screen is the place you type in the name of the file. Underneath that is the "Save As Type" bar. At the far right of that bar is an arrow. Click on it and a drop down menu appears showing you all the types of files you can use. Select PDF and the images will be flattened.
In the beginning I used to offer all my products as PDF and also as Word products. That way people could customize them any way they wanted. But no one has ever bought a "Word" product so I stopped offering them. In a Word, Power Point, or Publisher file the images are not flattened. Anyone using one of those files can simply copy the image and add it to their clip art files--that's why most clip art sellers want the image flattened. Once it's saved as PDF it becomes much harder (although not impossible) to "lift" the art work.
I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any more questions, and thanks for using the product!
Sandie
Thanks for asking! If you convert your products to PDF files, the images will flatten to the page and they can't be lifted off. Here's how to make a PDF file in any Microsoft Office product (and I imagine other applications work the same way):
File Menu--go to Save As
At the bottom of the Save As screen is the place you type in the name of the file. Underneath that is the "Save As Type" bar. At the far right of that bar is an arrow. Click on it and a drop down menu appears showing you all the types of files you can use. Select PDF and the images will be flattened.
In the beginning I used to offer all my products as PDF and also as Word products. That way people could customize them any way they wanted. But no one has ever bought a "Word" product so I stopped offering them. In a Word, Power Point, or Publisher file the images are not flattened. Anyone using one of those files can simply copy the image and add it to their clip art files--that's why most clip art sellers want the image flattened. Once it's saved as PDF it becomes much harder (although not impossible) to "lift" the art work.
I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any more questions, and thanks for using the product!
Sandie
December 10, 2012
Easy Peasy Primary Resources (TpT Seller) re: Fun Stuff 4 Teachers, Learner's Workshop
Not a question, just a comment. I think your resources are wonderful! Well done and very useful. I wish you much success!
Chery
Chery
June 6, 2012
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
Thank you so much! Blessings to you, too!
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
June 7, 2012
Tonya Dye (TpT Seller) re: Thermometers for Student Practice
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March 24, 2012
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
Thanks, Tonya. I've been following you for a couple of weeks! In fact, I just pinned a couple of your freebies! Your blog is great. It looks like you're going places fast!
Thanks for following me--I'm not as advanced on the technology curve as you are!
Sandie
Thanks for following me--I'm not as advanced on the technology curve as you are!
Sandie
March 24, 2012
dearduckyducky
I recently downloaded your 2012-2013 Artful Teaching Planner. I LOVE it! However, I am only able to open up the PDF files. I'd really like to be able to edit the documents in Word before I print them. There is an issue with the text encoding.
Is there anyway you could email me the documents?
duckydelap@hotmail.com
Thank you in advance!
Is there anyway you could email me the documents?
duckydelap@hotmail.com
Thank you in advance!
March 11, 2012
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
Sure. The original was made using Microsoft Publisher (my favorite software). I'll convert it to Word for you, but it'll take me a few hours. I'll get it to you ASAP. I may have trouble emailing, though, since the files are so huge, so I'll repost a new version that contains the Word files, and you can download it again. I'll send you an email when I get the new file uploaded.
Just to be sure--was it Artful Teaching or Learner's Workshop? Learner's Workshop is the item listed on my sales info.
Thanks for letting me know this is important to you, and for your kind comments.
Just to be sure--was it Artful Teaching or Learner's Workshop? Learner's Workshop is the item listed on my sales info.
Thanks for letting me know this is important to you, and for your kind comments.
March 12, 2012
Scipi (TpT Seller) re: Thermometers for Student Practice
I saw your posting on the Sellers Forum page of Teachers Pay Teachers; so, I thought I would look at your freebie. I left you a rating.
I have a few suggestions that might help you to better market your products. First, create a cover page which can then be used as an attractive thumbnail to entice buyers. Add a second page which is a directions or suggestions page. List several ways you use this product in your classroom. Never assume that a buyer knows how, why, or when to use your product. Use the footer to put the copyright symbol, your name and date of creation on EVERY page. Items, especially free ones, have been "stolen" from TPT and posted on other sites to be sold. You have to protect all of your creations.
If you have time, I’d appreciate your input on my freebie listed below. It is a 21 slide power point on water.
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Water-How-Why-Is-It-Important
I am now your 5th follower, and hope you will reciprocate at my store as well. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/SciPi/Products
Welcome to TPT, and good luck with selling!
I have a few suggestions that might help you to better market your products. First, create a cover page which can then be used as an attractive thumbnail to entice buyers. Add a second page which is a directions or suggestions page. List several ways you use this product in your classroom. Never assume that a buyer knows how, why, or when to use your product. Use the footer to put the copyright symbol, your name and date of creation on EVERY page. Items, especially free ones, have been "stolen" from TPT and posted on other sites to be sold. You have to protect all of your creations.
If you have time, I’d appreciate your input on my freebie listed below. It is a 21 slide power point on water.
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Water-How-Why-Is-It-Important
I am now your 5th follower, and hope you will reciprocate at my store as well. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/SciPi/Products
Welcome to TPT, and good luck with selling!
February 2, 2012
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
Thanks for your comments. I'll update the item with your suggestions. I'll head right on over to your store and check it out! Thanks again for your time, and for being a "follower"!
February 2, 2012
Cyndee Gordon (TpT Seller)
Hi Sandie! I purchased your Rainforest Rendevous and love it! I read for the job tree you can change the names of the jobs to personalize it, but I am having a difficult time figuring out how to change it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much for your colorful fun Rainforest classroom helpers!
Cyndee Gordon
Thanks so much for your colorful fun Rainforest classroom helpers!
Cyndee Gordon
October 29, 2011
Thematic Teacher (TpT Seller)
Hi Cynthia, I'm sorry you're having trouble changing the job names. There should be 2 files for each of the helpers charts--one is a PDF, and the other is a Microsoft Word document. You can't change the PDF file, but if you open the Word doc file you should be able to double click on the words and just retype your own title. If this doesn't work, let me know and I'll send you the files on a disk. The same thing is true with typing student names. You have to use the Word file to enter their names.
Again, if this doesn't work, please let me know so I can figure out what the problem is!
Thanks for the feedback,
Sandie
Again, if this doesn't work, please let me know so I can figure out what the problem is!
Thanks for the feedback,
Sandie
October 30, 2011
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
I began teaching in high school, when I got my first job as an aide in a neighborhood day care center. My second day on the job it was just me (16 years old) and 24 four year olds. I loved that job! I began a long career of learning, observing, evaluating, constructing, redoing, changing, inventing, growing, making, and living, back there at the preschool. During the 33 years I spent working in schools, 24 of them were spent as a general education classroom teacher. I spent 4 years working as a support teacher (resource specialist and intervention teacher) and 5 years as a special day class teacher. I enjoy diversity and change, so I rarely taught the same grade two years in a row, and more than half of my career was spent in multi-graded classrooms. This gives me a pretty broad perspective!
MY TEACHING STYLE
Everything I have done since starting out as a preschool teacher has been focused on thematic instruction that is child centered and designed to make learning real. I believe that children have really learned something when their view of the world has changed as a result of their educational activities. I believe actively involving children in their learning through simulation games and reproducing "real life" experiences, while immersing them in science, social studies, and art content is a great way to truly change their knowledge and understanding, no matter what their age or developmental level.
HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT
Yet to be added
MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
Bachelor's Degree in English, Cal State Fullerton Teaching Credentials, ECE & Elementary, UC Irvine Master's Degree, Special Education, University of Northern Colorado
ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
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