4 years as a homeroom teacher at a school for students with learning differences
4 years of student teaching in both general and special education settings
April is National Poetry Month, so what better way to celebrate than to turn your classroom into a Poetry Cafe?! What's Included-Poetry Cafe Aesthetic Background for a smartboard or a great printout! -A "menu" for each table to walk students through the process of completing their project -A "Sanitation Grade" to enhance students' experiences Need Ideas to Teach Poetry?Reach out and send a message for more information!
An entire curriculum workbook for teaching the United States government! Starts from 1776 and work up to present day! Includes: Declaration of IndependenceArticles of ConfederationThree Branches of Government Checks & BalancesElectionsGames & ActivitiesReadings Note taking sheets Current EventsVenn DiagramsHomework AssignmentsClassworkProjectsPartner WorkVisuals And MUCH More! What students are saying: "The workbook helps me refer back to old notes while learning new. I like the worksheets an
The Odyssey (Classic Starts Edition) by Homer Novel StudyThis The Odyssey Novel Study Unit includes a print version for your students! Engage your students with standards-based literacy activities as they read Homer's classic epic. The Chapter-by-Chapter Response Pages challenge students to dig deep into the text to analyze, make strong connections and make inferences. Perfect for partner work, small groups, or independent study! The activities facilitate great discussions, and students enjoy
A fun and creative way to practice finding the area of combined rectangles! Features: Different rooms for students to calculate the areaA worksheet in which students will have to combine area of different roomsA "Design your own" graph paper sheet in which students can create their own homes Motivating lesson for students who are visual learners!
Six By Seuss: This Six By Seuss Novel Study Unit includes a print version for your students! Engage your students with standards-based literacy activities as they read Seuss's classics. The Chapter-by-Chapter Response Pages challenge students to dig deep into the text to analyze, make strong connections and make inferences. Perfect for partner work, small groups, or independent study! The activities facilitate great discussions, and students enjoy the creative tasks. In the download, you will
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko Novel StudyThis Al Capone Does My Shirts Novel Study Unit includes a print version for your students! Engage your students with standards-based literacy activities as they read Gennifer Choldenko's historical novel. The Chapter-by-Chapter Response Pages challenge students to dig deep into the text to analyze, make strong connections and make inferences. Perfect for partner work, small groups, or independent study! The activities facilitate great d
Are you thinking about creating a classroom podcast? Podcasts are perfect for helping our students with their listening comprehension and research skills, and the best part is students can select any topic that they feel passionate to speak about! In this resource you will find: A brainstorming sheetA "subtopic" sheet (i.e., categories that fall under the student topic) example: If the topic is "Basketball" the subtopics can be teams / players / how to play / etc. Three research forms per each
Shark Tank: Classroom Edition!Are your students ready to enter the tank? Students are given the opportunity to create, invent or innovate a product that will help your community. This packet includes student skills INCLUDING: WritingResearchPublic SpeakingExecutive FunctioningMathScience Technology ArtCreativityAnd more! 12 pages of interactive planning! What Teachers Are Saying: "Students have the opportunity to practice so many important skills, and have fun while doing so! This unit was a re
"A Long Walk to Water" Novel Study Classwork and Homework provided for each chapterTypes of Worksheets:Mood Meter (Connection to character emotions)Sentence stems with conjunctions (i.e., but, because, so)InferencingVisualizing & VerbalizingQuote Analysis Short AnswerLong AnswerTTQARight There QuestionsPredictingAND MORE!
4th - 7th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies
A creative and new way to practice math skills tied in with executive functions! In this packet you will: Create a party using a variety of math skills includingCreating a guest list and determining the numberUsing the guest list to compare a variety of fractionsWriting invitations (WH Questions)Calculating the area and perimeter of a party venueTime Management Adding and subtracting moneyScheduling A great summer project or end of unit activity that your students will love!
Practice place value, making your students detectives! Place value up to hundred-thousands placePractice even / odd numbersMultiplicationAdditionSubtractionDivisionFact fluencyFun and engaging for students!
Bar graph activity sheets! Visually pleasing Reading bar graphsComparing numbersShading in bar graphsAdding and subtracting numbers Reading and analyzing data
Now, you can catch older students' interest with teaching more challenging magic e words! Have students break words into syllablesdefine larger wordsfind magic euse words in a complete sentence And more!
Find a way to get to know your students ICEBREAKER Learn about themHave students apply for classroom jobs Great ice breaker for students to get to know each other
A decorative writer's checklist that will encourage students to check their work and make self-edits before completing their first draft! Print it out and laminate so students can use dry erase markers to check items off the list!
Ice Breaker for math! Use math skills to tell the class about yourself! AdditionSubtractionMultiplicationCountingIce BreakerCommunity BuilderArtistic Great for a first day of math!
4 years as a homeroom teacher at a school for students with learning differences
4 years of student teaching in both general and special education settings
Teaching style
Hands on, through games, interactive lessons, project based learning
My own education history
Duel certification in general & special education BS degree
Masters degree from Columbia University in general education
NYS Certified Teacher Grades 1-6
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