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Writer's Workshop mentor text Leads: Smart Board

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Writer Workshop: Narrative Mentor Text Leads

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Writer's Workshop Endings for Student Use

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Writer's Workshop: Narrative Mentor Leads student copy

By Susan Henderson

This PDF highlights different types of endings from Mentor text picture books. This PDF is a support to the Writer’s Workshop and The Units of Teaching Writing 3-5 Personal Narrative Unit. The leads are on 1 page and are meant for students to keep

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Handouts, Minilessons, Printables

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40 ratings

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Writer's Workshop: Narrative Mentor Text Leads Posters

By Susan Henderson

This PDF highlights different types of endings from Mentor text picture books. This PDF is a support to the Writer’s Workshop and The Units of Teaching Writing 3-5 Personal Narrative Unit. It is meant to print off and post in the classroom alongside

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Minilessons, Posters

$3.00

27 ratings

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Multiplication Baseball Game

By Susan Henderson

This Multiplication Baseball game that was adapted from Everyday Math’s Multiplication Baseball game. I simplified the rules and students use cards instead of dice (that way they can play with more facts). This sheet was designed for a family math

Subjects:

Math, Arithmetic, Mental Math

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

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Activities, Games, For Parents

$2.00

16 ratings

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Book Buzzes

By Susan Henderson

This is a Book Buzz document like discussed in the Units of Teaching Reading by Lucy Calkins. After students read a book they fill out a Book Buzz sheet. Completed Book Buzzes are resources for other students to look at and find books that are

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities, Minilessons, Classroom Forms

$1.00

23 ratings

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Writer's Workshop Endings for Student Use

By Susan Henderson

This PDF highlights different types of endings from Mentor text picture books. This PDF is a support to the Writer’s Workshop and The Units of Teaching Writing 3-5 Personal Narrative Unit. It is meant to print off and the students keep them in their

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Handouts, Minilessons, Printables

$2.50

31 ratings

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Diary of a worm Sequence cards

By Susan Henderson

After reading Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin have the students sequence events in the story. There are 7 events that are written on clipart worms.

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

$2.00

29 ratings

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Duck for President True/false cards

By Susan Henderson

After reading the picture book Duck for President by Doreen Cronin, have students move statements to the true or false category. Cut out the cards prior to reading the book. There are 4 true statements and 4 false statements.

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities

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Writer Workshop: Narrative Mentor Text Leads

By Susan Henderson

This document can be used with the smart board lesson I have in my store for the Writers Workshop Personal Narrative Unit. Students study Mentor Text leads on the smart board and then try to apply the same techniques in their own personal narrative.

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Handouts, Minilessons, Graphic Organizers

$1.00

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Writer's Workshop Endings

By Susan Henderson

This PDF highlights different types of endings from Mentor text picture books. This PDF is a support to the Writer’s Workshop and The Units of Teaching Writing 3-5 Personal Narrative Unit. Each poster has a picture of the book and the ending. Mentor

Subjects:

Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Minilessons, Printables, Posters

$3.00

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Main Character Graphic Organizer

By Susan Henderson

This is a detailed graphic organizer that allows the students to explain the main character of their book through different text boxes. Students will have to identify a quote, words that describe the character, draw a picture of the character, and

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Novel Study, Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

$2.00

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Create a class book using The Important Book

By Susan Henderson

For a get to know you activity read the picture book, The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown. Then have students interview each other and find out 7-10 things about the other person. Have both partners determine the most important thing about

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Retell using the beginning, middle, and end of a story

By Susan Henderson

Simple graphic organizer that will help students retell the three main parts of the story; the beginning, middle, and end.

Subjects:

Literature, Short Stories, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Literacy Center Ideas, Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

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Top It, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division games

By Susan Henderson

This is a game called Top It from Everyday Math. I designed this for a math night at school. It has the rules for addition; subtraction, multiplication, and begging division Top it on the sheet. You will need to make 3-4 copies of the card decks to

Subjects:

Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Mental Math

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Games, For Parents

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Cause and effect, The Bat Boy and the violin

By Susan Henderson

This is a cause and effect matching game for the picture book The Bat Boy and the Violin by Gavin Curtis. Cut out the bats and the balls prior to reading the book to your class. After reading the book, have groups or individual students match the

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Literacy Center Ideas

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$Math with Watermelons$

Math with Watermelons

By Susan Henderson

This is a unit for watermelon math. Students estimate and measure the circumference, weight, and amount of seeds in each watermelon. An extension activity is that you can have a seed spitting contest. The activity sheets include directions and a

Subjects:

Graphing, Measurement

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Activities, Fun Stuff, Cooperative Learning

$3.00

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Pushing our Thinking, Units of Teaching Writing

By Susan Henderson

This is a handout designed for the Essay Unit of Lucy Calkins Units of Teaching Writing. It has the pushing our thinking sentence starters along with clipart to make it appealing for students.

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Minilessons

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Retell using somebody, wanted, but, So

By Susan Henderson

This graphic organizer helps remind students to retell a story using their fingers. Each finger stands for a word in the Somebody, wanted, but, so retelling method.

Subjects:

Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Handouts, Graphic Organizers

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Library Self Markers

By Susan Henderson

There are over 200 self markers that can be printed out and attached to magazine holders and then placed on your self to identify the categories in your nonfiction library section. Each one is graphically appealing to students. They have words and

Subjects:

Literature, Library Skills, Informational Text

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Printables, Posters, Clip Art

$15.00

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Compare and Contrast Books

By Susan Henderson

This is a graphic organizer that helps students compare and contrast to stories or books. The stories or books can be fiction or nonfiction and still work with this graphic organizer. This is a graphic organizer you can use again and again to help

Subjects:

Literature, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Literacy Center Ideas, Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

$2.00

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How to use context clues

By Susan Henderson

This visual aid helps students know what to do when they come to an unkown word.

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Printables, Posters

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been a teacher for 9 years in a Title 1 school. I am currently working on my National Board Certificate. I was a Language Arts Specialist for 2 years, but I have primarily been a 4th or 5th grade classroom teacher. I am currently a 4th/5th grade looping teacher.

MY TEACHING STYLE

My teaching style is interactive. I like to get my students up and moving and use creative ways to reach my students.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I was selected as my elementary school’s teacher of the year in 2008-2009 school year.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I have my Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education as well as my Master’s Degree in School Administration.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I enjoy spending time with my husband and son, reading, and making crafts.

GRADES

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Graphing, Measurement, Literature, Classroom Management, Library Skills, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Mental Math, Informational Text

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