David Cooper
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East Petersburg, Pennsylvania, United States
About the store
Thank you for visiting me at Teachers Pay Teachers! My resources draw upon thirty years of teaching middle school Social Studies and a long-time love for writing. I work hard to provide practical, creative, and thoughtful resources for history, civics, geography, writing across the content areas, social-emotional learning, and so much more. I earned a Masters of Teaching and Curriculum from Penn State and a BA of Secondary Education Social Studies from York College of PA. In addition to teaching Social Studies for 30 years, I served as a martial arts instructor for 29 and have written compulsively since my second-grade teacher read my Star Trek story to the class.
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Academic Intervention— Getting Back on Track
All students get derailed at some point in their school careers. Derailments can become important life lessons and opportunities to strengthen executive functioning skills if students receive guidance, support, and hope. Academic Intervention—Getting Back on Track is a positively-framed resource to help students in grades four through nine improve grades, regain self-confidence, and realize everyone experiences challenging times. Prompts and recommendations provide teachers and staff with tools
5th - 9th
For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
The United States Federal Government's Three Branches
Tackle the "Three Branches" concept with these easy-to-prepare information-rich social and tactile learning activities!
This ebook’s 575-word informational text, reading strategy, tactile "puzzle flowchart" activity, primary-source enrichment activity, and writing-based assessment use the traditional tree-branches analogy to convey the U.S. Federal Government’s structure to students in grades 4 through 6.
The reading strategy engages prior knowledge as part of a pre-read, helps students collec
4th - 6th
Government, Informational Text, U.S. History
CCSS
RI.4.1
, RI.4.10
, RI.5.10
+15
Writing Nature Haiku
Watch fourth through sixth-graders build connections between nature, thoughts, and the creative use of language with this copy-ready resource entitled "Writing Nature Haiku." Haiku is a three-line form of Japanese poetry following a syllable pattern (often five-seven-five). Students use a six-step process to collect observations and impressions of natural scenes then turn their observations and impressions into traditional haiku. Three graphic organizers reinforce the understanding and use of
4th - 6th
Asian Studies, Creative Writing, Poetry
CCSS
W.5.3d
, W.6.3d
, W.4.3d
A Word Waterfall and Four More Academic Vocabulary Activities
These five ready-to-use activities tackle the challenges of teaching academic vocabulary, particularly challenges related to common-usage words used in content-specific ways. Use “A Word Waterfall” to examine a particularly difficult word's versatility and fundamental meaning. “Vocabulary in School and Daily Life” bridges day-to-day interactions with academic word use. A “Word Relationship Web” focuses upon a word’s connection to a specific academic topic, and “Growing Our Knowledge of Word Mea
4th - 7th
For All Subjects, Vocabulary
CCSS
RI.4.4
, RI.5.4
, RI.6.4
+1
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About the store
Experience
Thank you for visiting me at Teachers Pay Teachers! My resources draw upon thirty years of teaching middle school Social Studies and a long-time love for writing. I work hard to provide practical, creative, and thoughtful resources for history, civics, geography, writing across the content areas, social-emotional learning, and so much more. I earned a Masters of Teaching and Curriculum from Penn State and a BA of Secondary Education Social Studies from York College of PA. In addition to teaching Social Studies for 30 years, I served as a martial arts instructor for 29 and have written compulsively since my second-grade teacher read my Star Trek story to the class.
Teaching style
Challenging students with new ways to examine history, to express ideas and discoveries through multiple media, and to value learning beyond letter grades is an approach to teaching I have clung to and continue to develop with the help of colleagues, and, most importantly, my students.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Dave received the first place award for Literary Short Fiction at the 2012 Philadelphia Writers' Conference. He received the Outstanding Graduate Student In Teaching and Curriculum Award from the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, Penn State Harrisburg in 2001. He also received Departmental Recognition For Contributions To The Field Of Education from York College of Pennsylvania in 1995.
My own education history
Dave graduated from York College Of Pennsylvania in 1995 with a degree in Secondary Education-- Social Studies. He completed his Master's Degree in Teaching and Curriculum through Penn State University in 2001.
Additional biographical information
Visit Dave’s website and blog at davidcooperwriting.com for more teaching resources and information about his writing projects.
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