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.
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
An advanced organizer for students to record their biography research which will enable them to form organized paragraphs. The second page is a timeline to record the events they find followed by a page that asks them to narrow those events down to the most important events that occurred. Includes a bibliography notetaker page for books, encyclopedia, and website resources.
3rd - 6th
Informational Text, Social Studies, Writing-Expository
Poster that explains how using evidence from the text, text features, and more helps us "Be Quite Sure" we've located the best answers and have a clear understanding of the subject matter.
Be Quite Sure of the Evidence by April Benamati is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Help your students learn that thanksgiving looks different and takes place at different times around the world. Here are 12 celebrations to discuss and each has 2 writing prompts to practice comparing and contrasting similar topics. The book ends with 3 math activities for collecting and displaying the same data in different ways including a chart/table, line plot, and bar graph. Guaranteed to keep students busy throughout November!
Perfect for circle-seat-center, independent work, or guided work for the week before Spring Break. A short informative article summarizes spring break and asks 3 comprehension questions. There is an opinion writing prompt with organizer that will require notebook paper or a computer to complete the response. Three word play activities are included to practice context clues and critical thinking skills. There is an exercise in reasoning asking students to pick a place to go on spring break, expla
This book is made to allow you to focus on either the history of Easter eggs if you are at a public school, the symbolism of Easter if you are at a private school, or both if you homeschool. The workbook has an expository text with comprehension questions, an informative article and activity on decorating eggs as the Polish do, and three word play activities to practice context clues and creative thinking.
Learn about George Washington's birthday and how it became Presidents Day through this informational article and comprehension questions. Solve some context clue riddles before a little word play activity using only the letters found in Presidents Day. To wrap up the booklet, students will write their own presidential speech.
This booklet offers an informative article on the history of Groundhog Day with comprehension questions, context clue word play activities, a poetry comprehension page, a shadow facts comprehension activity, two acrostic poem templates, and creative thinking activity.
This booklet is a fun way to learn one story of how Valentine's Day traditions started. It contains an expository article on the legend of Valentine's Day with three comprehension questions, three word play activities, and one create your own love bug activity.
This booklet is perfect for teaching about the history of Veterans Day and why the poppy is associated with this day. The booklet includes comprehension questions after the article, the poem Flanders Field by John McRae, and word play activities to practice context clues and creative thinking.
3rd - 6th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Social Studies
This booklet gives a brief history of Patriots Day. It includes a writing response to the article, a math story problem, a template for brainstorming and creating an Acrostic poem about Patriots Day, and some word play activities.
This summer solstice booklet includes a short informative article about the solstice with accompanying comprehension questions. Creative thinking word play activities include context clues. A personal connection writing activity and label the summer solstice diagram activity to wrap up the booklet.
This booklet contains an expository article on how Labor Day came about. It includes comprehension questions, word play activities to use context clues and creative thinking, and an opinion writing prompt.
A short article on the history of Juneteenth, comprehension questions, a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation to make a scroll, and a poetry activity with an excerpt from Mary O'Neill's What is Red poem.
This booklet is ready to work on informational reading and writing skills, using fun activities to practice context clues, creative thinking, and comprehension strategies while learning about Martin Luther King Jr. It includes an activity using phrases from the "I Have a Dream" speech to create a poem or tribute to MLK and to compare and contrast oneself to MLK Jr.
Five days of ELA activities to learn about and celebrate mothers. Includes an acrostic poem, personal narrative prompt, interview questions, a comparative paragraph prompt, and a drawing and coupon page to include in the card on the last pages of the book.
A brief informational article about how to prepare for the Day of the Dead and the symbolism of its practices. Booklet includes comprehension questions, world play that includes context clues, and coloring a skull for the celebration.
Informational article with 3 comprehension questions on the History of Halloween, context clues activities, a word search, writing prompt, and drawing page.
An ELA booklet about how Memorial Day became a holiday with comprehension questions, word play using context clues to figure out words made from the letters in Memorial Day.
Flag Day language arts booklet that includes word play context clues, writing about the flag, article on the history of Flag Day with comprehension questions, and flag etiquette.
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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