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Back to School Bulletin Board based on The Four Agreements

By The Literacy Butler

Start the year on the right track by teaching students to: Be impeccable with their words, not take anything personally, avoid making assumptions, and to always do their best. Based on the New York Times best selling book, The Four Agreements by

Subjects:

Character Education, Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

$5.00

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Latin and Greek Roots Boom Cards

By The Literacy Butler

This activity develops students ability to understand Latin and Greek number Prefixes. Many English words begin with number prefixes from Latin or Greek. In this exercise, students read riddles about Latin and Greek prefixes. They then solve the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

4^th

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities, Games

CCSS:

CCRA.L.4

$5.00

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The Girl Who Thought in Pictures. An Interactive Project Lesson

By The Literacy Butler

Engage your students with this interactive digital product based on the Temple Grandin Story. Students will be encouraged to think about how different or similar they are to Dr. Temple Grandin after reading the story, and they will create their

Subjects:

Other (ELA), Instructional Technology, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Internet Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

$3.00

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Goal Setting Using ABCs

By The Literacy Butler

Learning begins with a goal. In order for students to be true stakeholders within the learning process, they must first have a goal for learning. Teach students how to set goals using the ABCs of Goal setting. Students will set goals and monitor

Subjects:

Reading, Math, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Lesson

$5.00

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Reading Process Interactive Notebook

By The Literacy Butler

Are you using the Readers Workshop? Are you integrating technology with your reading lessons? Then this interactive Reading Process Notebook will fit right into your reading program. Students will work on specific reading skills and document their

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

CCSS:

RF.3.4a

$5.00

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Five Senses Simile Webs and Poem Generator

By The Literacy Butler

This lesson supports students ability to use adept diction and to write similes using sensory language. Students will create poems based on their target vocabulary word using the five-senses simile webs that they created.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

4^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.L.5

$5.00

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Animal Idioms Boom Cards

By The Literacy Butler

"An idiom is a phrase or expression in which the entire meaning is different from the usual meanings of the individual words within it" (Diamond and Gutlohn). Learning about idioms couldn't be easier with this interactive task designed with Boom

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Vocabulary

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities, Printables

CCSS:

CCRA.L.3, CCRA.L.4

$5.00

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R.O.P.E. Strategy for Solving Analogies

By The Literacy Butler

Using Analogies is a powerful way to teach critical thinking and to develop word consciousness. Analogies can be overwhelming, but using the R.O.P.E. strategy can help demystify analogies. Here is a link to my youtube channel that explains ROPE in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

GATE, Printables, Posters

$3.00

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Poetry as Word Play for the Word Conscious Classroom

By The Literacy Butler

Students will play with words to enhance their word consciousness. Students will demonstrate their ability to use synonyms and antonyms while writing a diamante and cinquain poems. Two full lessons are included as well as the poem templates.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

4^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.L.4

$5.00

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Antonym Ladders Boom Cards

By The Literacy Butler

Students will learn how to identify complementary and gradable antonym pairs with Boom cards. They will also get an opportunity to scale the antonyms and check their answers.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

4^th

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities, Task Cards

CCSS:

CCRA.L.4

$5.00

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Tasty Adjectives Task Cards

By The Literacy Butler

This activity is based on Michael Clay Thompson's Grammar Island. Students practice locating the adjective within a list of nouns and pronouns. Students also gain practice with reading words and identifying parts of speech.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Vocabulary

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Task Cards

$3.00

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Notebook Anchor Charts for Fictional Texts

By The Literacy Butler

Teachers can use these anchor charts to introduce the elements of story structure and to define the elements by listing each of their characteristics. Teachers and students can use each of these notebook anchor charts in order to have grand

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Handouts, Centers

$1.25

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Semantic Word Web

By The Literacy Butler

Semantic webs make word meanings and word relationships visible. With this activity, students will be able to use modern homographs as they are understanding that word meanings evolve and change over time.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Grades:

4^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.L.4

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Guided Annotation with Key Points for Fiction

By The Literacy Butler

Teach students how to effectively highlight text during guided reading lessons. Students will learn how to identify the author's key points using a list of elements to highlight. This tool can be used as an anchor chart or as a notebook insert.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

$2.50

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Guided Annotation with Key Points for Informational Text

By The Literacy Butler

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

$2.50

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The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: An Interactive Lesson with Google Sheets

By The Literacy Butler

Engage your students with this interactive digital product based on the Temple Grandin Story. Students will be encouraged to use Google Sheets to collect data on their thinking styles. How similar or different are they as compared to Dr. Temple

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.10, SL.3.1

$1.00

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A-B-C Order Task Cards

By The Literacy Butler

Students will gain additional practice with these fun interactive A-B-C Order task cards. Students will practice alphabetizing words by the first letter and then the second letter.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA)

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Centers

$1.00

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The Girl Who Thought in Pictures The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin

By The Literacy Butler

Engage your students with a whole group reading lesson based on the Dr. Temple Grandin story. This lesson is aligned with the Common Core State Standards, and it supports critical thinking with texts. This book is a great read for Autism awareness

Subjects:

Writing, Poetry, Close Reading

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.3.3, RL.3.4

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Google Markers on the Map

By The Literacy Butler

This lesson is based on the Virginia State Department of Education History and Social Studies Standards. The student will develop map skills by using digital globes and maps to locate and describe major rivers, mountain ranges, and other geographic

Subjects:

Measurement, Geography, Instructional Technology

Grades:

3^rd

Types:

Internet Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

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SAMR Ladder of Questions

By The Literacy Butler

More and more schools are making the shift to a one-to-one setting where each student within the school, district, or state is supplied with his or her own laptop, Chromebook, tablet computer, or other mobile-computing device. Hence, digital

Subjects:

Instructional Technology, Products For TpT Sellers, For All Subjects

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

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By TpT Sellers for TpT Sellers, Google Apps

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

20 Years experience in K-12 public schools.

MY TEACHING STYLE

The Unconventional Teacher - I love to bring innovation and creativity into the classroom. I am constantly seeking new ways to help the students master the material, and I create engaging, exciting lessons for my students. I believe that the possibilities for unconventional lessons and activities are endless, so there is always new material with which to engage students.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Phi Delta Kappa Emerging Leaders 2013 Montgomery County Council of Parent Teacher Associations Award 2009 Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program Award 2008 The George Washington University Tuition Scholarship Award 1999 Target Teachers Award 1998 Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program Fellow Award 1996

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Masters in Reading Education, Master's in Curriculum and Instruction, Masters in Instructional Design for Online Learning, Bachelor's in Elementary Education

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Measurement, Social Studies - History, Geography, Other (ELA), Critical Thinking, Professional Development, Character Education, Instructional Technology, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Poetry, Products For TpT Sellers, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Close Reading, Classroom Community

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