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Mrs O Knows

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Yuba City, California, United States

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I'm currently in my 20th year of teaching, with all of my experience in upper elementary. I've taught 3rd grade, spent over 10 years in 5th grade, and now enjoy teaching fourth grade. As a military wife, I've had the pleasure of teaching in Massachusetts, Washington, Virginia, and I currently teach in California.

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Conference Forms & Letters

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Mrs O Knows

It's conference time, are you ready? Do you want to be prepared for questions ahead of time? Of course you do! This download includes a checklist for general strengths and areas of improvement, an area to include current grades (with a few different options), a strength you notice and an area of concern that you have, parent concerns, and ideas for parents to take home. Copy it as a two-sided sheet and fill it out before your parents arrive (I usually make a copy for my records and theirs) to he

K - 6th

Welcome Back Poem for Back to School Goodie Bag

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Many versions of this poem have been floating around the teaching world for years so I am not sure anyone knows the original author but I've taken one a teacher gave me a few years back and adapted it. I have not placed a specific grade on this item so that it can be used for any level. If you used the poem as I've written it, you would need a bag filled with the following: white lunch bags fifth grade specific pencils Welcome bracelet (Really Good Stuff) Eraser Sharpener or sticker - 2 ver

1st - 6th

Seasonal Sensory Poem - Defining & Writing

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This resource will help students to understand and write sensory poems. Included is an informational page that will explain how a sensory poem is created, an example for each season, a student planning page, and pages for students to compose their final poem, one for each season of the year, all in black and white for easy printing. These look great on a bulletin board in the classroom! This is a part of a bundle available in my store. If you are looking to teach many different styles of poetry

1st - 5th

Poetry, Writing

The One and Only Ivan Literature Freebie

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This freebie is a preview of my One and Only Ivan Packet The One and Only Ivan Literature Pack. It includes the following to accompany the first 50 pages: - 7 vocabulary words with definitions - 7 vocabulary words recording page for writing definitions or samples sentences using vocabulary - 8 vocabulary cards for vocabulary activities in the classroom, one of which is blank for adding your own word (not editable) - comprehension questions to accompany each chapter (in the first 50 pages)

3rd - 5th

Literature, Reading

Create Your Own Math Game Project

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Mrs O Knows

This create-your-own math game project can be used at anytime throughout the year. Whether it be the last couple of weeks of school, a few days before the break, or those testing days where you need an engaging activity after testing, this math project will be an awesome way to engage students in math! This includes: - teacher suggestions - 2 student direction pages - brainstorm page - 2 project planning pages - directions draft page - 2 game directions pages (for the final copy of their neede

3rd - 6th

Math, Other (Math)

File Folder Book Report

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A file folder book report is a fantastic way for my students to present one of their favorite books without doing the traditional book report. Students will use manila folders to create a book folder presentation where creativity is encouraged. This download includes student directions, a checklist with items that must be included, as well as a general rubric to use for grading. This can easily be used throughout the year, though I created it as an end of the year project, as I use the presentat

3rd - 6th

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Welcome Poem for a Bag of Treats and First Day Welcome Note for Supplies

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Each year I add a new welcome poem to my store and hooray, it's always a freebie! This year, I have changed things up a bit. I had found that putting school supplies in my treat bag on the night of open house meant that students took the supplies home with their treats. Then they were without what they needed on the first day. So I have revised my poem to only include treats. The treats needed for this poem are: Almond Joy, Laffy Taffy, Smarties, Lifesavers, Mounds, Milky Way, Starbursts, and Th

1st - 6th

Autumn Poetry Pack

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Fall is the perfect time for poetry! This forever freebie offers two opportunities for poetry writing in the classroom. It includes: - Directions, examples, planning page, and stationery for using sensory details to build a seasonal sensory poem. - Informational page, examples, planning page, and two stationery pages to help students to write haikus about the fall season. As always, please contact me BEFORE leaving feedback if you have any questions or concerns. I'm happy to help whenever I

3rd - 5th

Poetry

Welcome Back to School Poem for Supplies

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This is a welcome back to school poem to go with a bag or pencil box of supplies for your students. The supplies included for this poem are all supplies that you can easily find during back to school sales! For this poem, you'll need a pencil, erasers (cap ones are a cheaper idea), a pencil sharpener, sticky notes (and they don't have to be Post-its), a highlighter, a pen, and a bookmark (you can even make your own bookmark). There's also a second version that would include the need for a Sha

3rd - 6th

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About the store

Experience

Teaching style

I'm a good mix of demonstrator and facilitator, and my style is constantly changing as I adapt to the students in front of me year after year. It is most important to me that I create a safe and positive learning environment where conversations about learning can take place and all moments can be learning moments. I use a great deal of the Responsive Classroom approach, especially when it comes to the first six weeks, modeling (and more modeling and MORE modeling) and academic choice. My students are engaged in every part of their learning experience with lots of opportunities for discussion and movement.

My own education history

A.A.S. in Criminal Justice A.A.S. in Paralegal Studies B.A. in Political Science M.Ed. in Educational Studies They say that experience is your best teacher, and my two years of service with AmeriCorps gave me an incredible experience in the classroom, one that secured a move from the legal field to that of teaching.

Additional biographical information

I love to travel! I think our best education comes from our personal experiences so I try to get out and see new places in our world whenever I can. Then I bring those experiences back to the classroom!