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After having taught in traditional schools for several years, I switched to a project based learning school two years ago. I discovered that building projects was a strength of mine I never knew I had! Now, I wouldn't teach any other way.
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Preview of Explanatory Essay Graphic Organizer - Problem/Solution Structure

Explanatory Essay Graphic Organizer - Problem/Solution Structure

This is a graphic organizer for older students to help them structure their explanatory essays based on a problem/solution format. It includes sections for an introduction (hook, orientation, thesis), three body paragraphs (problem, solution), and a concluding paragraph (restate thesis and concluding sentence).
Preview of Persuasive Essay Organizer

Persuasive Essay Organizer

This is a persuasive essay organizer for older students. It walks them through step by step on how to organize a persuasive essay, including a hook, background information, and position statement for the introduction; introductory sentence, 3 real-world examples, and a conclusion sentence for three body paragraphs; and a restatement of thesis, summary, and concluding sentence for the conclusion. Also includes a rubric for grading. As always, this product is fully editable for your needs.
Preview of Conflict Resolution Think Sheet

Conflict Resolution Think Sheet

This is a "think sheet" for more advanced students that asks them to come up with solutions to problems on their own. As always, this is fully editable to meet your needs.
Preview of Student Traveler Handbook

Student Traveler Handbook

I created this student traveler handbook for our students who traveled to New York as part of a school trip. Contents include: Group Information General Information Expectations During the Day Expectations at the Hotel Expectations on Motorcoach Medication Rules General Student Rules Morning Checklist Student Expectations Agreement Each student was required to read and sign the acknowledgement form before traveling. As always, this product is fully editable for your needs.
Preview of Chaperone Handbook

Chaperone Handbook

This is a handbook I created for our middle school trip to New York a couple years ago. I provided a bound copy of this to each chaperone. It includes the following sections: Group Information Contents General Information Responsibilities During the Day Responsibilities at the Hotel Responsibilities on Motorcoach Medication Rules General Chaperone Rules Morning Checklist Accounting Forms Chaperone Expectations Agreement As always, this product is fully editable to fit your needs.
Preview of No Questions Asked Punch Passes

No Questions Asked Punch Passes

I used these punch passes to help students make better choices as to when to leave the room. I gave them four "free" passes each quarter that they could use for bathroom, drink, locker, etc. I laminated these and used a hole puncher to punch the passes when they left the room. Students could save their punches and for every unused punch would be entered into a raffle at the end of each quarter for a $15 gift card to a place of their choice. Simply change "Student Name" to your students, print o
Preview of Inferring Assessment

Inferring Assessment

I used this inferring assessment both as a pre-test and a post-test for my 6th graders. There are a few questions on inferring from statements, a couple on inferring from pictures, and several on inferring from a story. As always, this product is fully editable to fit your needs.
Preview of Organism and Habitat Graphic Organizer

Organism and Habitat Graphic Organizer

I created this spreadsheet to help 2nd graders organize their information about various organisms in their science unit. Students list their organism, draw a picture of it, use four adjectives to describe their organism, and use four adjectives to describe their organisms's habitat. As always, this product is fully editable to fit your needs.
Preview of Characteristics Graphic Organizer

Characteristics Graphic Organizer

Primary students often struggle to distinguish between exterior characteristics and internal characteristics of characters in stories. I created this graphic organizer to help them organize their thoughts as they read a book or story. As always, this product is fully editable to fit your needs.
Preview of Spending a Dollar Practice 2

Spending a Dollar Practice 2

I created this worksheet to help 2nd grade students add change up to a dollar. It gives them 7 bakery items with various prices and then a worksheet for them to complete by choosing bakery items that add up to a dollar. As always, this product is fully editable to fit your needs.
Preview of Spending a Dollar Practice

Spending a Dollar Practice

I created this worksheet to help 2nd grade students add change up to a dollar. It gives them 7 fruits with various prices and then a worksheet for them to complete by choosing fruits that add up to a dollar. As always, this product is fully editable to fit your needs.
Preview of Short Constructed Response Organizer

Short Constructed Response Organizer

I created this organizer for my 2nd grade math class because a school-wide goal was for students to fully respond to short constructed response questions in an organized manner. This included responses to story or word problems. The organizer can also be used for other types of SCRs as well. As always, this product is fully editable to fit your needs.
Preview of Student Sticker/Behavior Chart

Student Sticker/Behavior Chart

I created this sticker/behavior chart to help primary students track their behavior every 10 minutes. If they were on task, they got a sticker. If they weren't, they left it blank. They then had to assess themselves at the end of the day on how well they behaved during the day. To begin with, I had to check in with them every 10 minutes, but eventually, they could check in with themselves. As always, this product is fully editable to fit your needs.
Preview of Life Cycle of a Plant Organizer Worksheet

Life Cycle of a Plant Organizer Worksheet

This is a simple organizer for primary students to demonstrate their knowledge of the life cycle of a plant. It could also be used for other life cycles. I used it as a pre-assessment and a post-assessment after I gave them sentence stems about the cycle in class. As always, this product is fully editable to fit your needs.
Preview of Non Fiction Text Features Assessment

Non Fiction Text Features Assessment

This is a brief assessment of non-fiction text features. I used this for my 2nd graders as both a pre-test and a post-test. As always, this product is fully editable to meet your needs.
Preview of Research Paper PowerPoint

Research Paper PowerPoint

My middle school students struggle with writing research essays. I have found they are lacking knowledge of the proper structure and the essential components of research papers. I wrote a sample research essay and then used PowerPoint to break down the components of the paper. It really helped a lot of students know exactly what I look for when they write research papers and it improved their writing. As always, this product is fully editable to fit your needs.
Preview of Electives Course Catalog Brochure Template

Electives Course Catalog Brochure Template

This is a brochure I created for my middle school to list the electives courses offered to students this year. Since we are a small middle school and this was the first year for electives, we didn't need an entire course catalog, so I made a brochure. As always, this product is fully editable to fit your needs.
Preview of Argument Essay Graphic Organizer with Sentence Stems

Argument Essay Graphic Organizer with Sentence Stems

I have found that middle school students often don't know how to organize paragraphs in an argument essay so that they can cite textual evidence and their own experience evidence. I created this graphic organizer to help them properly structure an argument essay. It includes approximate number of sentences for each part of each paragraph, sentence stems, and transition words. Basically, they just choose one of the sentence stems and one of the transition words from the options on the organizer.
Preview of Nothing But the Truth by Avi Final Exam

Nothing But the Truth by Avi Final Exam

I wrote this final exam for Nothing But the Truth by Avi when I couldn't find one I liked. It includes character matching, multiple choice, short constructed response, and essay questions. Sorry, no answer key is included. As always, this product is fully editable to fit your needs.
Preview of Writing Graphic Organizer

Writing Graphic Organizer

This is a graphic organizer that I created when I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. There are boxes for the topic, a topic sentence, 3 details, and a concluding sentence. There are also text areas for audience, purpose, and key words. This is a great organizer for struggling writers because it tells them exactly what is needed to organize a great paragraph. Use several of these to organize an entire essay. This is a nice scaffolding product. As always, this product is entirely edita
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About the store

Experience

After having taught in traditional schools for several years, I switched to a project based learning school two years ago. I discovered that building projects was a strength of mine I never knew I had! Now, I wouldn't teach any other way.

Teaching style

I prefer to set projects up for kids and let them do the learning. I leave breadcrumbs along the way to help pave their path to the learning goals, but they do all the work. Project based learning requires a lot of front-loading, but then, I can step back and let the students learn. I guide them and facilitate their learning process, but in the end, they come to their own conclusions, not mine.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Presenter at NewTech Network's Annual Conference on project based learning.

My own education history

Bachelor of Arts in English from Colorado State University (creative writing concentration) Master's of Education in Elementary Education from Grand Canyon University

Additional biographical information

I am a married mother of two and my family is the reason I do what I do.