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Illinois, United States
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I have been teaching since 2010 in Illinois. My whole career has been in the middle-school setting, but my undergrad degree is in elementary education. I have my Master's degree in literacy.
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Preview of Rates, Ratios, Proportions Review Jeopardy Game

Rates, Ratios, Proportions Review Jeopardy Game

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Gillian Collons
Great review game Topics: Vocabulary, Ratios, Rates, Proportions, Mixed Bunch
Preview of Integer Jeopardy Review Game

Integer Jeopardy Review Game

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Gillian Collons
This goes along well with CMP "Accentuate the Negative" or any other integers unit with math students. Topics include adding/subtracting, multiplying/dividing, vocabulary, distributive property, and order of operations
Preview of Module 3 FQ1 Daily Slides for Wit and Wisdom

Module 3 FQ1 Daily Slides for Wit and Wisdom

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Gillian Collons
I used the teacher guide to create these slides for daily projection and guidance of my teaching.
Preview of Sound Unit - Jeopardy Review

Sound Unit - Jeopardy Review

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Gillian Collons
Topics include sound-related experiments, general sound information, the ear, terms, and a surprise mix Elementary school science unit on sound
Preview of Social Studies Textbook Scavenger Hunt

Social Studies Textbook Scavenger Hunt

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Gillian Collons
This document allows students to familiarize themselves with the social studies textbook at the beginning of the school year. This scavenger hunt accompanies the Holt McDougal "United States History" textbook.
Preview of Module 3 FQ2 Wit and Wisdom Daily Slides

Module 3 FQ2 Wit and Wisdom Daily Slides

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Gillian Collons
I used these to project each day and throughout the lesson during the module 3, fq2 part of Wit and Wisdom.
Preview of 1-Step Equation QR Code Task Cards

1-Step Equation QR Code Task Cards

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Gillian Collons
This activity is great for students to work on while the teacher pulls small groups for reteaching! Students work on these 21 one-step equations and can scan the QR code to check their answers in real time. These include 1-step equations with rational numbers, integers, fractions, and decimals! Great for a review activity before a quiz!
Preview of Slope Review Activity

Slope Review Activity

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Gillian Collons
This activity allows teachers to create 12 separate stations. Document comes with a recording sheet for students. Students will work with a partner and be at each "station" for about 2 minutes before the teacher asks them to rotate. After going through all 12 stations, go over the answers as a class.
Preview of I Have Who Has Game - Animals

I Have Who Has Game - Animals

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Gillian Collons
Invertebrats & Vertibrates Animal Study Includes terms like exoskeleton, hibernation, anthropods, camouflage, birds, insects, arachnids, etc. Includes 23 different "I have… Who has" cards
Preview of 3D Real-World Shapes/Nets

3D Real-World Shapes/Nets

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Gillian Collons
7 different geometric solids that students have to match the name of the shape, picture of the shape, and net of the shape
Preview of Distributive Property Matching

Distributive Property Matching

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Gillian Collons
Here is a good solo or partner activity for students to practice distributive property. This activity includes 15 different pairs (30 "arrows" total) for students to match up with another. One is the expression as a product, the other as a sum or difference. Includes negatives & variables with coefficients
Preview of Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem QR Codes

Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem QR Codes

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Gillian Collons
This is a review activity for students to practice determining if the side lengths form a right triangle. There are 8 problems, a recording sheet, and answer key. Students just need a pencil, calculator, and QR scanner (which can be downloaded from the Webstore on a Chromebook or in the app store on a cell phone).
Preview of FANBOYS practice activity

FANBOYS practice activity

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Gillian Collons
Do this activity after a lesson about FANBOYS punctuation (coordinating conjunctions). Print each number on a separate sheet of paper and hang them around the room to get students up and moving. Students will work independently or with one or two other students to move around the room identifying correctly-punctuated sentences. There are 15 sentences; 1 is correct and the other is wrong. As students work, they identify the correctly punctuated sentence and write that corresponding letter down
Preview of Rounding with QR Codes

Rounding with QR Codes

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Gillian Collons
Great practice for rounding!! About 80 different QR codes to practice. Includes rounding to the nearest ten, hundred, tenths, and hundredths. In the download I have included the answer, QR code, and "question" for the student to have to figure out before checking their answer with the QR code. When I gave this to students I cut off the answer. (Or, you can simply fold the paper if you trust your students will no look at the answer!) Could be used at a center or just for additional pract
Preview of Pythagorean Theorem to find Missing Sides QR Codes

Pythagorean Theorem to find Missing Sides QR Codes

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Gillian Collons
This is a review activity to practice the Pythagorean Theorem in order to find missing legs (not hypotenuse) of right triangles. Each problem has its own QR Code to be scanned for instant access to the answer. There is also a recording sheet and answer key provided. This is a great review for kids to see how well they are doing with Pythagorean Theorem.
Preview of Run-on sentence riddle activity

Run-on sentence riddle activity

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Gillian Collons
Students work independently or with one or two others to walk around the room analyzing sentences to figure out which is correct. These examples were taken directly from student argument essays; one is from the essay and the other is corrected by me. Each problem is numbered. As they work, they need to record the letter of the CORRECT answer in the recording sheet for each question. If the students complete each number correctly, the word at the bottom will spell out ARGUMENTATIVE. This allow
Preview of Rubric for Friday Current Events

Rubric for Friday Current Events

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Gillian Collons
My 8th-grade social studies students will present a current event article each Friday throughout the school year. Each student is required to complete a write-up and then present orally to the class. The attached rubric will be used to evaluate the current event write up and presentation.
Preview of 2-Step Equations Scavenger Hunt

2-Step Equations Scavenger Hunt

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Gillian Collons
I created these "task cards" to use as a scavenger hunt to help my kids get up and move while reviewing for a 2-step equation quiz. Recording sheet & answer key included at the bottom!
Preview of Fractions Application on Classmates

Fractions Application on Classmates

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Gillian Collons
I used this document to get students familiar with using fractions and understanding how fractions are seen in real-world situations. This document asks students to use their classmates to answer different fractions questions such as, "The number of classmates wearing gym shoes" They can work with group members, and they also have an opportunity to create their own questions.
Preview of Geometry Vocabulary

Geometry Vocabulary

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Gillian Collons
Basic geometric vocabulary students should be familiar with
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I have been teaching since 2010 in Illinois. My whole career has been in the middle-school setting, but my undergrad degree is in elementary education. I have my Master's degree in literacy.