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Michelle Williams is a veteran educator committed to finding new and exciting ways to reach the young minds she molds in her classroom each day.
Her creative educational concepts have helped ignite a fire in the minds of hundreds of the world’s most impressionable and vulnerable youth. Through her own classroom and through mentoring and advising new teachers, Michelle is dedicated to Fueling Great Minds.
Michelle holds a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education and a Master of Science degree in curriculum, instruction and technology. She is certified to teach grades 1-8 in both Texas and Louisiana. She is also licensed to lead schools, though the classroom is where her heart remains. While she has taught language arts, social studies, science and math, her specialty is elementary math.
Throughout her career, Michelle has served in a variety of capacities. She has propelled students to new heights as a classroom teacher and has mentored new educators as a lead teacher and TAP mentor teacher and TAP master teacher. She’s also spearheaded the direction of instructional strategies at her schools as an instructional coach and department chair.
Michelle remains a committed educator and hopes to share her wealth of professional knowledge and experiences with teachers, administrators and parents through her original lesson plans and resources. She is The IgnitED Teacher.
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Rounding Using Vertical Number Lines
This product is an individual lesson plan that targets rounding to the tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands and hundred thousands using vertical numbers lines. It includes:
-number lines for finding the halfway point
-blank vertical number line templates
-a complete lesson plan
-worksheets for independent practice
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4th - 7th
Numbers, Place Value
CCSS
4.NBT.A.3
Decimals- Using Pennies to Introduce Decimals
This product is an alternative way to introduce decimals to elementary students using the relationship of the penny to a dollar. It includes
-lesson plans objectives and essential questions
-decimal card sorts
-popsicle sticks with pennies to represent tenths
-Y graphic organizer to compare and contrast decimals and fractions
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3rd - 5th
Decimals, Math
Metric Conversion Using a T-Chart
This product is intended to help teachers introduce converting between units in the metric system using a t-chart. It includes:
-t-chart template
-dog bones to engage students in converting
-capacity, length, and mass t-chart templates
-lesson plan
-anchor chart of metric prefixes
3rd - 5th
Measurement
CCSS
4.MD.A.1
Factors or Multiples
This product contains activities that helps student distinguish between factors and multiples. It includes 2 graphic organizers Frayer models, and a Venn diagram. The students will make ice cream cones with multiple scoops of ice cream for multiples and create a bone yard factory of bones.
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4th - 6th
Basic Operations, Numbers
The Zebra Cake Challenge- Converting Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers
This product is a STEM math activity. It is great for introducing students to some of the engineering design components within a math context. The challenge focuses on unit fractions and converting a whole number into unit fractions which creates an improper fraction.Through problem solving the students partition the Zebra Cakes to demonstrate how improper fractions can be converted to mixed numbers.
This product includes:
- complete lesson plan with picture
- planning tips
- 2 differentiated c
4th - 5th
Fractions
CCSS
4.NF.B.3
, 4.NF.B.4
Converting Fractions to Decimals Using Decimal Grids
This product supports the 5th and 7th grade Common Core State Standard for conceptually teaching converting terminating and repeating decimals. It includes models of decimals grids being divided by the fraction's denominator. It also explains the rationale as to why fractions repeat when converted to decimals. It includes
- Eighths
-Thirds
- Sixths
- Fourths
-Fifths
-Decimal grids and instructions for teaching the concepts
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5th - 7th
Decimals, Fractions
Number of the Day with Rekenreks, Number Bonds and Ten Frames
This product provides students who need practice with composing and decomposing numbers using ten frames, number bonds, and rekenrecks for numbers 4 -20.
It is aligned to the TEKS for 1st grade.
K - 1st
Basic Operations, Place Value
CCSS
1.NBT.A.1
, 1.NBT.B.2
Subtraction- Regrouping with Money
This product provides an alternative approach to teaching regrouping to students other than using base ten blocks. The lesson includes
-subtraction worksheets
-blackline master of money
-place value mats with a picture of the money
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2nd - 3rd
Basic Operations, Math
Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators Using Patterns
This products is a complete lesson plan that teaches students how to add fractions by generating equivalent fractions using the skip counting pattern of the numerator and denominator instead of the tradtional find the least common multiple
It includes:
-24 addition problems that are used with the Jigsaw collaborative structure
-essential question and objective
-worksheet and answer key for independent practice
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5th - 6th
Fractions, Math
Number Disks and Modeling Subtraction With Zeros
This product can be use as an introduction to 3rd graders or as remediation for 4th graders, SPED students or other special populations. It includes:
-lesson plans with illustrations
-worksheets for independent practice
-subtraction cards for students to practice modeling the process using number discs
-number discs cut outs with 1s, 10s, 100s and ,1,000s
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3rd - 6th
Basic Operations
CCSS
3.NBT.A.2
, 4.NBT.B.4
Adding Worksheets
Addition Worksheets for 1st grade.
-Addition 3-6
-Doubles
-Doubles plus 1
-Making Tens
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K - 1st
Basic Operations
Capacity Customary Conversions
This product is an individual lesson plan that is an introduction to 4th graders and can be use remediate 5th graders who continue to struggle with this concept. The product includes:
-2 worksheets
-Gallon, quart, pint, cup templates with words
-a complete lesson plan
-Gallon, quart, pint, cup templates with pictures and words
4th - 5th
Measurement
CCSS
4.MD.A.1
Subtraction-Place Value and Bundling
This is a lesson for teaching teacher the concept of trading and bundling when subtracting. It can be used for 2 graders or for students who need remediation with trading in subtraction. The product includes:
-straw bundling cards
-number discs
-place value charts
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2nd - 6th
Basic Operations, Math, Place Value
CCSS
2.NBT.B.7
Move Over!!! Place Value and Multiplication
Move Over are activities that help students use place value to learn to multiply multi-digit numbers.
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4th - 6th
Basic Operations, Math
Lucky Equivalent Fractions
This product contains matching equivalent fractions cards on 4 leaf clovers and top hats for equivalent fractions and mixed numbers and improper fractions. It also contains blackline masters of the the top hat and 4 leaf clover that can be used as an independent activity to create equivalent fraction matches to hang around the room.
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4th - 6th
Fractions, Math
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About the store
Experience
Michelle Williams is a veteran educator committed to finding new and exciting ways to reach the young minds she molds in her classroom each day.
Her creative educational concepts have helped ignite a fire in the minds of hundreds of the world’s most impressionable and vulnerable youth. Through her own classroom and through mentoring and advising new teachers, Michelle is dedicated to Fueling Great Minds.
Michelle holds a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education and a Master of Science degree in curriculum, instruction and technology. She is certified to teach grades 1-8 in both Texas and Louisiana. She is also licensed to lead schools, though the classroom is where her heart remains. While she has taught language arts, social studies, science and math, her specialty is elementary math.
Throughout her career, Michelle has served in a variety of capacities. She has propelled students to new heights as a classroom teacher and has mentored new educators as a lead teacher and TAP mentor teacher and TAP master teacher. She’s also spearheaded the direction of instructional strategies at her schools as an instructional coach and department chair.
Michelle remains a committed educator and hopes to share her wealth of professional knowledge and experiences with teachers, administrators and parents through her original lesson plans and resources. She is The IgnitED Teacher.
Teaching style
My teaching style follows concrete to abstract applications. My lessons are engaging and allows students to create a mental picture before moving to more abstract applications.
My own education history
I graduated from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with a B.S. in Elementary Education and a M.S. in Curriculum, Instruction and Technology.
Additional biographical information
I have taught in high need urban schools for most of my teaching career and all of my products can be used for SPED and all struggling or below grade level students.
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