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Report Card for the Teacher : An End of the Year Survey * FREE *

By The Book Somm

An End-of-the-Year Feedback Survey designed specifically for students to provide anonymous feedback about their classroom experience with their teacher.This comprehensive survey offers students an opportunity to express their thoughts and opinions

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Handouts, Printables

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Google Slides™

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Review Sixth Grade ELA Standards with Game Show What You Know

By The Book Somm

Gameshow What You Know is a done-for-you, Jeopardy-style game. Review the 6th grade ELA curriculum in a fun way, and best of all... there's no prep work to do and no mess to clean up! Game Show Topics Included: Parts of SpeechSentence

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English Language Arts

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6^th

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Projects, Games, Google Apps

$5.80

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Student Created Review Game : Are You Smarter Than an 8th Grader

By The Book Somm

Looking for a fun and engaging activity for your class at the end of the year? Look no further than "Are You Smarter than an 8th Grader"! Unlike traditional review methods, this game puts the students in charge. Using a step-by-step worksheet

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8^th

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Student Created Review Game : Are You Smarter Than a 7th Grader

By The Book Somm

Looking for a fun and engaging activity for your class at the end of the year? Look no further than "Are You Smarter than a 7th Grader"! Unlike traditional review methods, this game puts the students in charge. Using a step-by-step worksheet

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7^th

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Projects, Games, Google Apps

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Student Created Review Game : Are You Smarter Than a 6th Grader

By The Book Somm

Looking for a fun and engaging activity for your class at the end of the year? Look no further than "Are You Smarter than a 6th Grader"! Unlike traditional review methods, this game puts the students in charge. Using a step-by-step worksheet

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For All Subject Areas

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6^th

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Golden Shovel Poetry for Middle School Writers

By The Book Somm

In this engaging poetry unit, students will analyze a poem, explore poetry, record inspiring lines, and write Golden Shovel poems. This form of poetry is for writers who are interested in a line of a poet's work and want to include it in their

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English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Printables, Google Apps, Lesson

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Writing Poetry from Prose for Middle School Readers

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This printable poetry lesson is a great alternative to reading logs! During reading, students record page numbers of standout passages using the poetry inspiration graphic organizer.Then they can use the easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for

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English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Printables, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (1.03 MB)

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Poetry Unit for Personification

By The Book Somm

This engaging, standards-based poetry unit focuses on using personification in prose and poetry. Students will explore the connection between setting and mood using an exemplar text that uses the personification of elements of a setting to create a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Spring

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Printables, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

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CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.4

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Writer's Notebook Lessons for Constructing a Response to Literature Essay

By The Book Somm

Say goodbye to that rolling cart of composition notebooks you don't even take out of your car when you get home and simplify your teacher workload with digital notebooks. Making the shift to digital can simplify your workflow and allow for more

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Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th

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Unit Plans, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

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W.6.2, W.6.2b, W.6.2f, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.6, W.6.9, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.6...

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Thirst Novel Study Nonfiction Paired Text Lessons and Choice Board Activities

By The Book Somm

If you are looking to add student choice, collaboration, small group instruction, and nonfiction reading skills to your novel study, this is the product for you. This nonfiction companion to the novel "Thirst" by Varsha Bajaj includes nine

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps, Centers

CCSS:

RL.6.9, RI.6.1, RI.6.7, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10

$10.00

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Prereading Activities to Improve Comprehesion *BUNDLE*

By The Book Somm

These digital interactive notebook lessons are a great addition to ANY novel unit. What's inside:Google slide format that includes variations in the layouts that are optimized for use in Pear Deck or Nearpod. Google Jamboard versions of the

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Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

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Not Grade Specific

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Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps, Centers

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Digital Interactive Notebook (template): Tic Tac Tell Vocabulary Activity

By The Book Somm

This highly engaging vocabulary activity helps to improve comprehension and is a great station rotation task. Tic Tac Tell is an instructional strategy that involves collaboration, communication, and connections. Why should you try it?Spark

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Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps, Centers

CCSS:

SL.6.1, L.6.5, WHST.6-8.2d

$3.50

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Digital Interactive Notebooks SEL Check-Ins

By The Book Somm

Five different SEL check-in slides to add to any of your digital interactive notebooks.You can combine these free notebook templates by copying and pasting slides from multiple notebook templates into a slide presentation that you will assign to

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Social Emotional Learning

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

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Digital Interactive Notebook (slides templates): Theme Anticipation Guide

By The Book Somm

The Theme Anticipation Guide (also called Where do you stand? or Weigh-In) is a prereading activity to use when you want to generate excitement about the reading of a text. It is a two-part activity meant to be done before and after reading a text.

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

SL.6.1, SL.6.1c

$2.50

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Google Slides™

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Digital Interactive Notebook (slides templates): Text Graffiti

By The Book Somm

Text Graffiti (also called Book Bits or Gallery Quotes) is a text preview or prereading activity to use when you want to generate excitement about the reading of a text. This prereading lesson is used to make predictions about the characters,

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English Language Arts

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Not Grade Specific

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Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps, Lesson

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Digital Interactive Notebook (slides templates): 3-2-1

By The Book Somm

The 3-2-1 activity is a good choice when you feel students may be lacking in background knowledge that relates to a text. The teacher prep on this one is very low using these templates. Just choose a short video that will help build your students'

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Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps, Lesson

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Digital Interactive Notebook (editable template): Scattergories

By The Book Somm

This highly engaging vocabulary activity helps to improve comprehension and incorporates UDL (Universal Design for Learning) strategies. Scattergories is an instructional strategy that involves collaboration, communication, and categorization. Why

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For All Subject Areas

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps, Centers

CCSS:

SL.6.1, SL.7.1, SL.8.1, L.6.6, L.7.6, L.8.6

$3.85

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Differentiated Lessons for Plot, Character, and Theme Using Pixar's "La Luna"

By The Book Somm

The BUNDLED RESOURCE includes the digital interactive notebook and the printable version of this lesson. This set of standards-based lessons focuses on plot elements, characterization, conflict, and theme. With this digital interactive notebook, you

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 8^th

Types:

GATE, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.5.2, RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.5, RL.8.3

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Five Short Films for Teaching Theme

By The Book Somm

I have carefully selected five films that will create a progression from simple to complex identification of a theme. You don't need to wait for a sale. Get these five comprehensive and engaging short film lessons at a 20% discount in this bundle.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.6.5

$30.00

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Digital Interactive Notebook "La Luna"

By The Book Somm

This set of standards-based lessons focuses on plot elements, characterization, conflict, and theme. With this digital interactive notebook, you can quickly create customized assignments for students who are approaching the standard, on standard,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 8^th

Types:

Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps, Centers

CCSS:

RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.5.2, RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.5, RL.8.3

$6.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

In my 21 years in the classroom, I have taught almost every grade from k-8, but teaching 6th grade ELA, World History, and Media Studies has been my favorite assignment. In addition to classroom teaching, I have also acted as a mentor teacher, literacy coach, common core instructional coach, and after-school program coordinator. My ideas on teaching, learning, and lesson design have been published in four books.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I am constantly pursuing new ways to update and upgrade my teaching methods to continue to meet the ever changing needs of the diverse population of students that I work with. I am passionate about student engagement, mindfulness, and collaboration. I am a facilitator of meaningful student interaction and a fan of student driven, project based learning.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

2016 CLMS Educator of the Year

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

BA Elementary Ed, k-6 Reading Specialist, MA Curriculum and Instruction

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

My spare time is occupied by blogging: www.thebooksomm.com

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading, Vocabulary, Specialty, Science, Environment, Social Studies - History, Ancient History, World History, Other (ELA), For All Subject Areas, Literature, Classroom Management, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Poetry, The New Year, Spring, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Informational Text, End of Year, Close Reading, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning

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