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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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Silly Milly Literacy Packet
Worksheet companion to Silly Milly by Wendy C. Lewison. Great for small groups or partner reading. Includes sight word cards, phonics pages, spelling pages, comprehension questions, and writing prompt. No answer key is provided as the sheets are basic and simple.
K - 3rd
Reading
CAFE Tic Tac Toe
Daily Tic Tac Toe guide for self directing participation in Daily 5 Read to Self, Read to Someone, Listen to Reading, Work on Writing, and Word Work. In the document format, it is easy to revise to meet your classroom needs.
3rd - 4th
English Language Arts, Reading, Writing
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
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
Classification of Living Things
This Powerpoint discusses the classes of living things and how those classifications are based on common characteristics to narrow the group from kingdom down to species. A notetaker is also part of this package. It has 6 columns - phylums, and 7 rows - characteristics for each category.
3rd - 4th
Biology, Science
I am a Force in Motion
This packet reviews vocabulary, Newton's 3 laws of motion, and provides an active investigation, or experiment to try to make an object go farther using force.
3rd - 4th
Basic Principles, Physical Science
NGSS
3-PS2-1
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
Biography Notetaker and Report Organizer
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
CCSS
RI.3.1
, RI.3.3
, W.3.2
 +2
Figurative Language for March: Like a Lion or Lamb
Use the saying, "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb," to explain figurative language and how a simile can take two unrelated things and connect them based on similar characteristics. Brainstorm descriptions of lions and lambs. Sort words that describe each animal. Discuss how these characteristics relate to the month of March.
2nd - 4th
English Language Arts, Grammar
CCSS
RL.3.4
, L.2.6
, L.4.3a
 +2
Also included in:Â Spring and Summer Holidays and Events Workbooks
Evidence - How to Be Sure You've Found the Best Answer
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.
3rd - 6th
Reading, Reading Strategies
Fraction Table
Smartboard pages: explaining fractions, how to create fraction bars using a table in Word to show equivalent fractions, examples of many ways to represent fractions, comparing fractions, mixed and improper fractions. Includes links to websites to practice concepts.
3rd - 5th
Fractions, Instructional Technology, Math
Thanksgiving: A Dozen Different Celebrations Around the Globe To Compare and Con
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!
4th - 7th
Social Studies, Writing
CCSS
4.MD.B.4
, 5.MD.B.2
, 6.SP.B.4
 +5
Also included in:Â Fall Holidays and Events Workbooks
Teacher Self-Evaluation and Goal Setting Resource Book
If you are an educator who is new to teaching, changing grade levels, looking to refresh or improve your practice, this is the resource for you. This guide is a means for planning, goal setting, evaluating what you’re accomplishing, and reflecting on where to focus your energy in the next school year to continue goal setting for success.
For All Subjects
Animal Report Notetaker and Organizer
Perfect for ELL and SpEd students or the whole class when researching an animal to create a report, book, or presentation. Offers room to write 3 resources researched and provides suggested headings for each section. There is a place to add key vocabulary terms and add ideas for text features.
2nd - 4th
Science, Writing-Expository
CCSS, NGSS
W.2.2
, W.3.2
, W.4.2
 +9
Henry's Halloween Book Club Packet to accompany Under the Yellow Moon
This is a comprehension packet to use with Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon. There is a vocabulary sort to use with a guided reading group along with an Onomatopoeia sort, Acrostic Poem advance organizer, an adjective sort, and a multiple-meaning words page. I use this with my lowest readers in third grade, but made for second grade readers.
Henry's Halloween by A. Benamati is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
2nd - 3rd
English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary
CCSS
RL.2.1
, RL.2.10
, RL.3.1
 +1
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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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