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I subbed for 5 years in everything from Pre-K to 6th grade. I taught school for 16 years in grades 2nd-4th. For 3 years, I worked as a Literacy Specialist. I have an ELAD certification for ESL students. My masters degree is in Curriculum and Instruction, and offer teachers in my area a Professional Development course through Dominican University of California every summer.
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Sleeping Ugly Comprehension and Concept Packet
This packet is for use with the Jane Yolen story "Sleeping Ugly." Use it for guided reading groups when teaching about fairy tales, cause and effect, character traits, sequence of events, and comparing and contrasting. An answer key is included along with a sequence of events sorting activity. There are also questions on breaking words into syllables, prefixes and suffixes, homophones, and creating plurals. It ends with two writing prompts and a vocabulary list.
Sleeping Ugly Comprehension and C
3rd - 5th
Creative Writing, Literature, Reading
CCSS
RL.3.1
, RL.3.2
, RL.3.3
 +3
Research Inspired by The One and Only Bob
If you are using The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate as a read-aloud or book club in your classroom, this packet is a great way to connect both short and longer research projects to the topics in the book. The packet offers advanced organizers for 7 short (1-2 day) research projects and 1 long (3-5 day) project to wrap up the unit by creating a report about a specific type of natural disaster of their choosing. ELA standards addressed include point of view, asking and answering question
3rd - 5th
Informational Text, Novel Studies, Writing-Expository
CCSS
RI.3.4
, RI.3.5
, RI.4.1
 +2
The Reason for a Flower ELA and Science Unit
Activity packet to accompany The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller. Includes a booklet to teach text features like table of content, bold print/academic vocabulary, and glossary. There are two word sorts - one for vowel patterns and the other for rhyme. Two pages of research writing ideas. A pre and post assessment with answer keys are also included.
3rd - 5th
Balanced Literacy, Biology, Informational Text
Research Projects Inspired by The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
If you are using The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate as a read-aloud or book club in your classroom, this packet is a great way to connect both short and longer research projects to the topics in the book. The packet offers advanced organizers for 6 short (1-2 day) research projects and 1 long (3-5 day) project to wrap up the unit by creating an animal report from an endangered animals website. The packet also encourages students to create artistic projects inspired by the topics they r
3rd - 5th
Computer Science - Technology, Informational Text, Writing-Expository
Research Inspired by The One and Only Bob - Google Doc Version
If you are using The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate as a read-aloud or book club in your classroom, this packet is a great way to connect both short and longer research projects to the topics in the book. The packet offers advanced organizers for 7 short (1-2 day) research projects and 1 long (3-5 day) project to wrap up the unit by creating a report about a specific type of natural disaster of their choosing. ELA standards addressed include point of view, asking and answering questions
3rd - 5th
Informational Text, Reading, Writing-Expository
CCSS
RI.3.4
, RI.3.5
, RI.4.1
 +1
Among the Donner Party with Douglas Allen Deeds
This is a cross curricular unit on the Donner Party using the historical fiction book, The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds from the My Name is America series. It begins with a page to assess students' prior knowledge, followed by pages for response to literature, maps practice, math story problems and graph, card game to practice math skills, and a Powerpoint showing the key landmarks from the Donner journey. Perfect for having students create their own journals and ending with comparing and cont
4th - 6th
Literature, Math, Social Studies
CCSS
4.MD.A.1
, 4.OA.A.1
, 4.OA.A.2
 +7
The Westing Game Case Files for Junior Detectives
This packet is a great way to engage students in the wonderful mystery by Ellen Raskin. Students can track the suspects, record clues, summarize, and make predictions about what might happen next.
3rd - 5th
Close Reading, Literature, Novel Studies
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.3
, CCRA.R.8
 +1
Spring and Summer Holidays and Events Workbooks
This collection of holiday workbooks are perfect for centers or as independent or guided classwork. Each booklet focuses on information text, comprehension, context clues, and creative thinking puzzles. Some feature writing and/or craft activities. The Mother's and Father's Day booklets feature writing activities and end with the final pages becoming a card. These booklets are a perfect way to learn about the holidays while focusing on the standards.
3rd - 6th
Informational Text, Writing
CCSS
RI.3.1
, RI.4.1
, RI.5.1
 +5
Water Connections Workbook
This is a student workbook that allows note taking, illustrating, and reflecting on connections between the water cycle, ecosystems, weather, resources, and energy. There are graphic organizers on most pages. Includes GLAD inquiry charts and content dictionary pages. Answer pages are included.
Water Connections Workbook by April Benamati is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
3rd - 5th
Earth Sciences, Environment, Science
Strategy Cards
Strategy reminder cards for testing state and explain a variety of strategies good test takers use. Includes, Go Back and Look, Plug It In, Mental Math, Context Clues, and more. Use as bulletin board set or shrink to make signal or flashcards for students to identify the strategy being modeled in class or for them to model for their peers. Focus on a featured strategy of the week that you will look for as you monitor the class.
2nd - 6th
For All Subjects
Fall Holidays and Events Workbooks
This collection of holiday workbooks are perfect for centers or as independent or guided classwork. Each booklet focuses on information text, comprehension, context clues, and creative thinking puzzles. Some feature writing and/or craft activities. The perfect way to learn about the holidays while focusing on the standards.
3rd - 6th
Informational Text
Book Reporting Forms - Fiction, Nonfiction, Research
Three forms for reporting what a student read and their purpose for reading. Both the fiction and nonfiction forms ask students to identify the genre read and cite details or facts from the book. These two reports end with an option for the student to recommend the book or steer others away from reading a disappointing book by supporting their opinion with a reason. The research record provides students a place to document information necessary to complete a bibliography to go along with their r
3rd - 6th
Reading Strategies, Writing-Expository
Everyday Math Calendar Spiral Review for Upper Elementary 3-5
Need an updated form to bring calendar up to Common Core or to increase the rigor in the upper grades? I have created 7 different pages. The format stays the same, but the activities vary every two months to cover concepts like word form, base ten blocks for place value, rounding, associative and commutative properties, factors, multiples, attributes of shapes and solids, perimeter and area, measurement and conversion, money, time, fractions and simplifying, fact families, and multiplication fac
3rd - 5th
Math
Short Research Projects Inspired by The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
If you are using The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate as a read-aloud or book club in your classroom, this packet is a great way to connect both short and longer research projects to the topics in the book. The packet offers advanced organizers for 6 short (1-2 day) research projects and 1 long (3-5 day) project to wrap up the unit by creating an animal report from an endangered animals website. The packet also encourages students to create artistic projects inspired by the topics they r
3rd - 5th
Earth Sciences, Informational Text, Writing-Expository
Winter Holidays and Events Workbooks
This collection of holiday workbooks are perfect for centers or as independent or guided classwork. Each booklet focuses on information text, comprehension, context clues, and creative thinking puzzles. Some feature writing and/or craft activities. These booklets are a perfect way to learn about the holidays while focusing on the standards.
3rd - 6th
Informational Text, Writing
CCSS
RI.3.1
, RI.4.1
, RI.5.1
 +5
Subject and Predicate: It's No Puzzle
Smartboard lesson on subjects, predicates, complete sentence compared to a fragment. Includes an activity on sorting subjects and predicates as well as one to sort complete sentences from fragments.
3rd - 5th
English Language Arts, Grammar
Poetry and Figurative Language for the Smartboard
Smartboard notebook with links to poetry pages to practice and read more poetry. Includes a sorting game to practice poetry vocabulary. Simile, metaphor, and hyperbole examples and links to learn more.
3rd - 5th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Poetry
Checking Account System
Sample checks and checkbook register to record classroom incentives and consequence fines. Even with the debit card, learning to keep a checkbook register is an important life skill. It is a fun tool for practicing addition and subtraction of money. Can be used in a social studies unit on budgets or economy. We use it for the class store!
3rd - 5th
Economics , Math
Poetry Workbook - Original Poems
Student workbook pages to create original works by each student in a variety of styles. Includes a cover and a vocabulary page with instructions on writing. Most workbook pages give directions on how to write a specific style of poem with an example included. The bio-poem is the exception as the format is so lengthy. The final page offers students the opportunity to create a poem in their favorite style.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
3rd - 5th
Creative Writing, Poetry
CCSS
RL.3.5
Indigenous People's Day: A Short History
This booklet is designed to share the story of how and why Indigenous People's Day is celebrated and includes comprehension questions. A second expository article on symbolism in Native American art follows with an activity asking students to use what they learned about featured shapes in Native American art to design their own rug. The booklet ends with Word Play activities to aid in using context clues and creative thinking.
3rd - 6th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Native Americans
CCSS
RI.4.1
, RI.4.3
Also included in:Â Fall Holidays and Events Workbooks
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About the store
Experience
I subbed for 5 years in everything from Pre-K to 6th grade. I taught school for 16 years in grades 2nd-4th. For 3 years, I worked as a Literacy Specialist. I have an ELAD certification for ESL students. My masters degree is in Curriculum and Instruction, and offer teachers in my area a Professional Development course through Dominican University of California every summer.
Teaching style
I believe students learn best through guided discovery used often in small groups or partnerships where they are able to discuss and question their own understanding. Being able to talk with their peers before sharing their ideas and own understanding gives all students the opportunity to process what they are learning, change perspectives, and grow their understanding and confidence. Every classroom should be a safe place to make mistakes, so that mistakes become normalized and turned into a means to grow and shine.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Excellence in Math
Employee of the Year
My own education history
AS in Marketing
BA in Elementary Education
MA in Curriculum and Instruction
Additional biographical information
I have been trained in Write From the Beginning, Words Their Way, ELAD, Readers and Writers Workshop, FOSS, and GLAD.
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