I've taught social studies, language arts, math, technology, and graphic design to all levels of learners. The majority of my experience has been teaching social studies to middle school students.
In this mock trial activity, students act as jurors to decide whether Kevin McCallister’s actions in Home Alone were reasonable self-defense or excessive force. Lesson ObjectiveStudents will: Analyze evidence (movie scenes) to make a judgment about intent and reasonableness. Distinguish between self-defense and excessive force. Collaborate and justify a verdict using logic and evidence.What’s Included✔️ Teacher Slideshow (scene breakdowns, guided questions, legal concepts) ✔️ Student Graph
Cloze Reading is an instructional and assessment strategy where key words are systematically removed from a text passage, requiring students to fill in the blanks using context clues, vocabulary knowledge, and grammatical understanding. Cloze reading works really well as a review strategy because it forces active recall instead of passive rereading. By removing important words (terms, dates, formulas, transition words), from the chapter summary, students must retrieve information from memory, wh
Cloze Reading is an instructional and assessment strategy where key words are systematically removed from a text passage, requiring students to fill in the blanks using context clues, vocabulary knowledge, and grammatical understanding. Cloze reading works really well as a review strategy because it forces active recall instead of passive rereading. By removing important words (terms, dates, formulas, transition words), from the chapter summary, students must retrieve information from memory, wh
Hexagonal Thinking is a learning activity developed by curriculum designer Betsy Potash. Its simple, yet powerful design allows kids to think critically as they make connections, debate, and provide evidence to support their reasoning by visually connecting a series of ideas or images surrounding a theme. The discussion between students as they manipulate the hexagons can also help cement ideas and understanding of key ideas and/or events. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton: from the Author's website
End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager Help your students wrap up the school year with meaningful reflection using this ready-to-print End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager! Designed specifically for engaging learners, this worksheet guides students to think about their growth, challenges, accomplishments, and memorable moments from the year. This one-page graphic organizer includes a variety of thoughtful, student-friendly prompts—such as listing memorable moments, identifying class highlights, reflectin
Hexagonal Thinking is a learning activity developed by curriculum designer Betsy Potash. Its simple, yet powerful design allows kids to think critically as they make connections, debate, and provide evidence to support their reasoning by visually connecting a series of ideas or images surrounding a theme. The discussion between students as they manipulate the hexagons can also help cement ideas and understanding of key ideas and/or events. You will receive a PDF file with:-84 unique terms on he
Hexagonal Thinking is a learning activity developed by curriculum designer Betsy Potash. Its simple, yet powerful design allows kids to think critically as they make connections, debate, and provide evidence to support their reasoning by visually connecting a series of ideas or images surrounding a theme. The discussion between students as they manipulate the hexagons can also help cement ideas and understanding of key ideas and/or events. You will receive a PDF file with:-70 unique terms on he
Cloze Reading is an instructional and assessment strategy where key words are systematically removed from a text passage, requiring students to fill in the blanks using context clues, vocabulary knowledge, and grammatical understanding. Cloze reading works really well as a review strategy because it forces active recall instead of passive rereading. By removing important words (terms, dates, formulas, transition words), from the chapter summary, students must retrieve information from memory, wh
Hexagonal Thinking is a learning activity developed by curriculum designer Betsy Potash. Its simple, yet powerful design allows kids to think critically as they make connections, debate, and provide evidence to support their reasoning by visually connecting a series of ideas or images surrounding a theme. The discussion between students as they manipulate the hexagons can also help cement ideas and understanding of key ideas and/or events. The Giver by Lois Lowry: from Scholastic's website - Jo
End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager Help your students wrap up the school year with meaningful reflection using this ready-to-print End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager! Designed specifically for engaging learners, this worksheet guides students to think about their growth, challenges, accomplishments, and memorable moments from the year. This one-page graphic organizer includes a variety of thoughtful, student-friendly prompts—such as listing memorable moments, identifying class highlights, reflectin
End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager Help your students wrap up the school year with meaningful reflection using this ready-to-print End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager! Designed specifically for engaging learners, this worksheet guides students to think about their growth, challenges, accomplishments, and memorable moments from the year. This one-page graphic organizer includes a variety of thoughtful, student-friendly prompts—such as listing memorable moments, identifying class highlights, reflectin
End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager Help your students wrap up the school year with meaningful reflection using this ready-to-print End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager! Designed specifically for engaging learners, this worksheet guides students to think about their growth, challenges, accomplishments, and memorable moments from the year. This one-page graphic organizer includes a variety of thoughtful, student-friendly prompts—such as listing memorable moments, identifying class highlights, reflectin
End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager Help your students wrap up the school year with meaningful reflection using this ready-to-print End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager! Designed specifically for engaging learners, this worksheet guides students to think about their growth, challenges, accomplishments, and memorable moments from the year. This one-page graphic organizer includes a variety of thoughtful, student-friendly prompts—such as listing memorable moments, identifying class highlights, reflectin
End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager Help your students wrap up the school year with meaningful reflection using this ready-to-print End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager! Designed specifically for engaging learners, this worksheet guides students to think about their growth, challenges, accomplishments, and memorable moments from the year. This one-page graphic organizer includes a variety of thoughtful, student-friendly prompts—such as listing memorable moments, identifying class highlights, reflectin
End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager Help your students wrap up the school year with meaningful reflection using this ready-to-print End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager! Designed specifically for engaging learners, this worksheet guides students to think about their growth, challenges, accomplishments, and memorable moments from the year. This one-page graphic organizer includes a variety of thoughtful, student-friendly prompts—such as listing memorable moments, identifying class highlights, reflectin
End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager Help your students wrap up the school year with meaningful reflection using this ready-to-print End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager! Designed specifically for engaging learners, this worksheet guides students to think about their growth, challenges, accomplishments, and memorable moments from the year. This one-page graphic organizer includes a variety of thoughtful, student-friendly prompts—such as listing memorable moments, identifying class highlights, reflectin
End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager Help your students wrap up the school year with meaningful reflection using this ready-to-print End-of-Year Reflection One-Pager! Designed specifically for engaging learners, this worksheet guides students to think about their growth, challenges, accomplishments, and memorable moments from the year. This one-page graphic organizer includes a variety of thoughtful, student-friendly prompts—such as listing memorable moments, identifying class highlights, reflectin
Hexagonal Thinking is a learning activity developed by curriculum designer Betsy Potash. Its simple, yet powerful design allows kids to think critically as they make connections, debate, and provide evidence to support their reasoning by visually connecting a series of ideas or images surrounding a theme. The discussion between students as they manipulate the hexagons can also help cement ideas and understanding of key ideas and/or events. Restart by Gordon Korman - From the Scholastic website
Hexagonal Thinking is a learning activity developed by curriculum designer Betsy Potash. Its simple, yet powerful design allows kids to think critically as they make connections, debate, and provide evidence to support their reasoning by visually connecting a series of ideas or images surrounding a theme. The discussion between students as they manipulate the hexagons can also help cement ideas and understanding of key ideas and/or events. Ghost by Jason Reynolds: from the publisher's website -
Hexagonal Thinking is a learning activity developed by curriculum designer Betsy Potash. Its simple, yet powerful design allows kids to think critically as they make connections, debate, and provide evidence to support their reasoning by visually connecting a series of ideas or images surrounding a theme. The discussion between students as they manipulate the hexagons can also help cement ideas and understanding of key ideas and/or events. You will receive a PDF file with:-56 unique terms on he
3rd - 12th
English Language Arts, Reading, Social Studies
CCSS
RI.5.2
, RI.5.3
, RI.6.1
+7
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Experience
I've taught social studies, language arts, math, technology, and graphic design to all levels of learners. The majority of my experience has been teaching social studies to middle school students.
Teaching style
I teach life skills to students through the lens of social studies.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I was once told that I taught a student more about history than the musical Hamilton and I still consider that one of my highest testimonials.
My own education history
I have a B.S. from Bradley University and a M.ED. from Arkansas State
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