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freesparrow

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memphis , Tennessee, United States

About the store

I have been in Memphis, TN, for three years now as part of the Memphis Teacher Residency. I am originally from California (not 'cali' or 'socal') and while I was there I got the bug for teaching when I homeschooled a brother and sister for a year. In my residency year here, I got to teach 11th grade English Honors, AP Language and AP Literature. I loved getting to teach at that level, but I wanted to get kids at an earlier, more pliable, age. For the last two years I have been teaching 8th grade, and while it is rough, I LOVE IT! I love my crazy, honest, wild adolescents and wouldn't have it any other way.

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Developing Theme

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Developing Theme

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freesparrow

Having trouble getting your middle schoolers to see how an author crafts his or her theme? I created this worksheet to use at the end of a short story or at the end of each chapter of a book (I am using it on The Outsiders currently, and will use it all year with every novel so my students are familiar with it). This is meant to replace the drudgery of the typical "write a summary" assignment that usually comes at the end of chapters. It forces students to focus their attention on key techniqu

5th - 9th

English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Words Their Way (within word pattern spellers) homework for sort 15

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Need already created weekly homework for your students who are doing Words Their Way? I created this for students I tutor to have extra practice with the WTW activities throughout the week. This is for the Within Word Pattern Speller book Sort 15. It assumes you have WTW sorts and is JUST an already created homework/extra practice sheet to save you time. It does use specific word patterns from sort 15. Activities include: reading logs for each day, Word-O, Build-Blend-Extend, and Blind Sort spel

K - 6th

Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading Strategies, Spelling

CCSS

CCRA.L.2

Matching Game for Words Their Way Sort 15 (within word pattern spellers)

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Use this as homework or small group extra practice for sort 15. I chose the words specifically that have no 'rule' about WHY they are spelled the way they are (there is no rule to teach a student that tooth is tooth and not tuthe or tuith- they just have to see the word enough to learn the spelling). These words are from the WTW within word pattern speller book for sort 15- you have to already having the WTW book and sort- this is just a supplement. I use it along with my 'weekly homework sort 1

K - 6th

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Spelling

CCSS

CCRA.L.2

Words Their Way Word-O template

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freesparrow

I created this as homework for students. You can print them out for each student to do Word-O (description in the WTW book) to go along with whatever sort they are doing that week.

K - 5th

English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling

CCSS

CCRA.L.2

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Teaching style

I am a fan of: literature circles, getting to know your students, having honest discussions, teaching students organization and reflection, newsela.com, common core (though it has yet to arrive for real in TN), knowing your content, exposing kids to great literary works so they love it too, speaking to 13 year olds as if they are closer to adults than children, residencies for teachers, peer evaluation, coplanning with other super qualified people, working hard, setting boundaries, modeling love and patience when I can't preach the gospel, telling funny stories, and posting endless stories about my kids on facebook because I ADORE them.

Awards & shining teacher moments

I am a third year teacher, so really what could I put here? Please choose my products if they are high quality and worthwhile; I think they are because I spend hours researching and creating them, usually because there isn't anything decent on the internet.

My own education history

I graduated high school with a semester of AP credits and 8th in my class. I went to Hope International University, in Fullerton, CA, where I majored in English, but had a fair amount of random "what will I do in life?" classes like stained glass and czech women's literature (during my semester in Prague). I graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2005. After a stint as a server in various fine dining establishments, I moved to Memphis to be part of the Memphis Teacher Residency in 2011, where I earned a Master's of Urban Education in one year (with a 4.0) while student teaching 11th grade and AP classes. I am a serious student y'all. So I am also a serious teacher.

Additional biographical information

I am married to the handsome devil pictured above- spencer smith. He is a graphic designer which has taught me a lot in how to communicate my messages to students. He is also a musician and is about to drop a new album. www.spencerwsmith.com We also have three nieces, a nephew, and a kitten. Life is good.