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I have taught fourth grade for 9 years in public school and third grade in a charter school for 3 years. Prior to my full time teaching career I was a paraprofessional for a teacher of the deaf for grades 1 and 2 for a year, and a preschool teacher for 2 years.
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Back to School Night Packet (Parent Handout and Tips)
This parent's night packet has an editable 10 page handout for parents, as well as tips, forms, and posters to help you prepare for Meet the Teacher Night with your students' parents. This PDF packet is UNLOCKED so you can make changes according to your own school and classroom policies. This entire product contains:✅ 10 Tips to help you prepare for Parent's Night ✅ A 10 page packet that you can give to parents ✅ A conferences sign up sheet, to nicely refer parents to if they want to discuss
3rd - 5th
Organization Tips for Students: Checklists and Action Plans
Do you have a student or students who struggle with organization? Do they leave their area a mess, forget to copy their homework, have trouble getting settled when they come in in the morning, or have difficulty getting started on assignments? Along with organization tips for students, these checklists and action plans are designed to to be visual reminders to help students learn the steps in procedures such as packing up for the day and getting ready to work. This packet contains: ✅ A not
3rd - 6th
Classroom Behavior Policies
If your principal and parents want to know your formal plan for behavior management, take a look at my behavior policies that I've used in my third and fourth grade classrooms for over a decade. These policies cover positive reinforcement as well problem solving/punishment for individual students. It also covers rewards for individuals, groups, and the whole class. Look it over, tweak it to suit your own classroom needs, and start out your year with everyone clear about your expectations.
3rd - 5th
Substitute Teacher Instructions Packet
When you need to be out and call a substitute teacher, rest assured that the routines are followed with this packet. From critical info such as fire drill routines to clerical issues such as attendance, this packet will give a newcomer insight into how the daily routines of your classroom work. It's all laid out for you; all you need to do is fill in the blanks with specifics like times and phone extensions, and of course supply the lessons. This packet contains:✅ A quick one page reference s
3rd - 5th
Pets in the Classroom Parent Letter
Are you thinking of getting a class pet but worry about the logistics of weekend and vacation pet care? Are you worried about liabilities regarding allergies or bites? These 2 letters will not only cover you on these accounts, but also get parents excited about how rewarding a class pet can be. So if you want to get a class pet to teach children responsibility and reward them for good behavior, this resource will help. ✨✨✨ Are you looking for more ways to reach out to your students' parent
PreK - 6th
Field Trip Permission Slip
Do you need a good form letter for permission slips for field trips? This letter has all the key information you need to change highlighted for you in red. [UPDATE!] Also included is a "Chaperone Cheat Sheet" so you can provide your chaperones with arrival times, students' names, and lunch information at a glance. This product is a Word Document so you can input information relevant to any field trip. Simply change the dates, times, cost and location and you have an informative, attention
PreK - 12th
Teacher's Back to School to do List
This is my "back to school to do list" that I can simply update and refer to each year. It's so much easier to just DO everything than to stop and think, "What needs doing" before I can even get started. I have organized this list in 2 ways. The first is to sort tasks into categories, such as what I need to create, what I need to print, what needs copying, things to purchase, and so on. That way I only make one trip to the office supply store, one trip to the laminator, one trip to
K - 6th
Revising and Editing Sticky Labels: ARMS and CUPS {FREE}
Are you looking for a way to help your students remember the steps for editing and revising? This product can easily be printed onto Avery (R) Name Badge Labels (#5144). Just have students stick these reminders right in their writing folder or notebook! Children can remember revising and editing steps using mnemonic devices: ✅ To revise use ARMS (Add, Remove, Move, Substitute). ✅ To edit, use CUPS (Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation and Spelling). ✶Please note that this product is sized to p
3rd - 6th
Creative Writing, Grammar, Writing
End of the School Year Kids Clean Up Task Cards
If you enlist your students' help with the end of the school year clean up to help bring closure to the year, a checklist can help everyone get more settled into the process. I love the end of the year clean up, and these directions cards have helped me prepare materials students need to get to work, helps me remember what needs to be done, but most of all, saves time delegating and explaining each new process to each individual. What would have taken me at least an entire day to do upstairs
2nd - 5th
Homework Helper Organizational Forms
Do you have a student or students who struggle with homework? Do they forget to copy their homework assignment from the board, leave their books at school so they can't do their homework, have difficulty getting started on assignments, or fight with their parents about homework every night? These tools are designed to help students learn the steps in procedures such as packing up for the day and getting ready to work. This packet contains:✅ A homework contract (useful for a meeting wi
3rd - 5th
For All Subjects
Parent Conferences Packet
This parent conferences packet has tips, forms, and posters to help you prepare for conferences with your students' parents. This packet is in Word format so you can make changes according to your own school and classroom policies. This parent conferences packet has tips, forms, and posters to help you prepare for conferences with your students' parents. This packet is in Word format so you can make changes according to your own school and classroom policies. This product contains:✅ 9 T
3rd - 5th
Classroom Schedule Tags
These schedule tags can be edited to say whatever you need. I use these striped, modern-colored borders for my schedule as well as to label the shelves of my own teacher's manuals/materials. The tags measure about 3 inches tall by 10 inches wide. The borders coordinate with my cursive letters banner (included) as well as my "What's for Lunch" sign (included). So if you're looking for a versatile tag with modern colors I think you'll enjoy this product! Tags include:✅ Math ✅ Rea
1st - 5th
For All Subjects
Polka Dotted Classroom Schedule Tags
This set polka dotted classroom schedule tags has 5 different color variations. Simply print your subjects on them, and never have to write out your schedule again. I use these dotted, modern-colored borders for my schedule as well as to label the shelves of my own teacher's manuals/materials. The tags measure about 3 inches tall by 10 inches wide. So if you’re looking for a versatile tag with modern colors I think you’ll enjoy this product! Suggested subjects include:✅ Math ✅ Reading ✅ Wr
PreK - 5th
For All Subjects
Rocks and Minerals Test (Multiple Choice and Open Response)
Are you looking for a quick, comprehensive assessment for your unit on rocks and minerals? This test on rocks and minerals assesses vocabulary such as: ✅ Igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks ✅ Magma ✅ Minerals ✅ Crystals ✅ Density ✅ Cleavage In addition to 8 multiple choice questions, there is an open response that requires application of students' understanding of weathering. This test includes a student friendly rubric so students know which areas they were successful in, and what the
3rd - 5th
Earth Sciences, Science
Book Bin and Basket Labels
These 32 book bin labels are designed for fourth grade book baskets. The labels include popular authors, series, genres, and topics for fourth graders, and since this file is in Power Point format you can edit the labels with your own titles as well. The labels have a large, bold font for quick locating, and attractive border. The labels come 4 to a sheet and are approximately 3 inches tall by 4 inches wide. Simply print on card stock, trim, laminate, and attach to your book baskets.
3rd - 5th
Balanced Literacy, Reading
Name Plates for Folders, Journals, and Notebooks
This product contains 6 different labels (each comes 2 per sheet) and are designed to fit with template 5144 labels in Word. The label stickers for this template are 5.95cm by 8.57cm. The file is in Word format so you can change the titles according to your needs. Folder labels would work best for: ✅ Writing folders ✅ Math folders ✅ Content area (science or social studies) folders Notebook/Journal labels would work best for: ✅ Writing notebooks ✅ Reading Response Journals ✅ Math notebooks ✨✨✨
1st - 6th
Creative Writing, Math, Reading
New Student Orientation Preparation System with Printouts
Getting a new student can be stressful for the child AND the teacher. And the last thing you want to do is make a new student feel unwelcomed. So ease your stress with a task list for those mornings when the secretary or principal tells you, "By the way, you're getting a new student this morning." That way you can greet your new student with a warm smile, welcome, and everything they need to get off to a good start. This item contains:*Tips on how to prepare for potential new students at th
K - 6th
How to Create a Classroom Website (Blog)
Are you interested in creating a classroom website that your students will actually WANT to visit? Then the interactivity of a blog might be just the thing for you! You can choose to post photos of anchor charts for students to refer to when studying for tests, enable commenting, and post videos that are relevant content you are covering in class. This packet will provide you with a sample plan for creating a classroom blog, walk you through the process of planning a purpose for your blog,
2nd - 6th
Computer Science - Technology, For All Subjects
1 cm grid paper
I made this 1 cm grid paper because those blue lines on commercial graph paper just don't photocopy. When my school runs out, that's it. Well no more! These pages contain centimeter graph paper that's easily accessible from a school computer. This product contains 19 x 25 centimeter boxes. I have included 2 pages, one in easy to see, easy to reproduce black. The second has light grey lines in case you need student work to stand out more. Are you looking for more geometry ideas? Check ou
3rd - 6th
Geometry, Graphing, Math
Back to School to do List to DELEGATE {Free and Editable}
Are you short on time this Back to School season? Do you need to delegate some tasks, but you’re not sure how to get started? Your friends, family, or former students may be happy to help, but they will be happier if you go in together with a plan in advance. This free, editable to do list gives clear directions without micromanaging. You can revise, add, or delete tasks depending on your needs and your helpers’. Save time to fine tune your own preparation, and conserve your
K - 5th
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About the store
Experience
I have taught fourth grade for 9 years in public school and third grade in a charter school for 3 years. Prior to my full time teaching career I was a paraprofessional for a teacher of the deaf for grades 1 and 2 for a year, and a preschool teacher for 2 years.
Teaching style
I am pragmatic so I can meet the needs of my students. I teach my fourth graders about working in groups so they can learn social skills as well as academics. I enjoy the balanced literacy reading and writing program. Some experts who have influenced me are John Collins and Lucy Caulkins. In math I use a combination of note taking and math games to promote understanding of vocabulary and principles as well as practice for applying skills. My district has also recently adopted the Math In Focus (Singapore Math) program. In science and social studies I teach research skills to enhance students' writing as well as reading to learn new information since.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I was awarded grant money that funded the purchase of science materials for 6 classrooms at my school in October of 2012.
My own education history
Bradford College: BA in Psychology, minor in Education;
Lesley University: MA in Education
Additional biographical information
I have served on district-wide literacy and science curriculum committees for several years. I have served on school-wide literacy team for several years. I also served as the Second Step (emotional curriculum) school-wide lead teacher.
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