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I am a fun-loving fifth grade teacher at a Title I school outside of Baltimore, Maryland. This year will be my third year teaching and my second year teaching fifth grade. I am especially interested in designing activities that are accessible to students of all ability levels, since my classroom is fully inclusive. I will be pursuing my Masters Degree in Leadership in Special Education Exceptionalities in the near future!
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Out of My Mind Novel Activities- Common Core Aligned!
This download includes 15 activities related to specific chapters from the novel Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper. Most activities are linked to two chapters and can be completed during and after reading. My students loved this novel and thoroughly enjoyed these activities. Activities are aligned to the Common Core State Standards for fifth grade, but many easily align to the standards for other intermediate and middle school grade levels.
My favorite activity from this activity pack is a commu
4th - 8th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RL.5.1
, RL.5.2
, RL.5.3
 +4
iPhone Text Messages- Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences
This download includes six separate iPhone text message conversations that is an excellent motivation for an intermediate lesson on drawing conclusions. Students use the conversations to draw conclusions and make inferences about the two people who are text messaging each other. This would also make an excellent guiding reading center activity.
Please contact me with any questions about this product. Enjoy!
4th - 8th
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Winter Olympics Athletes and Angles Activity
This 4th grade Common Core-aligned activity includes a blank and modified graphic organizer to assist students in classifying angles, estimating angle measurements, explaining their reasoning and measuring angles with a protractor using 16 real-life examples. The modified graphic organizer supports students by providing them with choices for classifying, a pre-written degree symbol and a sentence starter for their explanation. The cards could be used separately to facilitate a discussion as well
3rd - 6th
Geometry, Math, Math Test Prep
CCSS
4.MD.C.5a
, 4.MD.C.5b
, 4.MD.C.6
Figurative Language in Song Lyrics-CCSS Aligned!
The following activity uses popular "Top 40" type song lyrics to provide practice for identifying and explaining the meaning of similes, metaphors, hyperbole and personification. Nine excerpts from song lyrics are included, as well as a chart explaining each type of figurative language. Audio files are not included, but could easily be found online. I highly suggest using only the excerpts of songs that are provided in this activity, to ensure that all material is school appropriate. My fifth gr
4th - 10th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Literature
CCSS
RL.4.5
, RL.5.5
, RL.6.5
 +3
Frindle Project Rubrics
This product includes three after reading project ideas for the novel Frindle by Andrew Clements. Each idea includes a rubric which describes the materials needed for each activity. These projects are more performance-based than your average reading activity, which my fifth graders really had fun with. Enjoy!
4th - 7th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Types of Propaganda Flipbook and Assessment
This download includes an engaging flipbook that explains five main types of propaganda to be used in connection with a text focused on Westward Expansion or a similar topic. A matching assessment is included, as well as a performance task that requires students to make their own example of propaganda.
This could be used for a reading or history lesson. Please contact me with any questions about this product. Enjoy!
4th - 7th
English Language Arts, Reading, U.S. History
"Hoot" Resource Pack
This product includes fifteen activities to be completed while reading the novel "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen. Each activity is connected to one or two chapters from the text and incorporates literal and inferential reading comprehension strategies. It takes the novel a step further than the common "read a chapter, answer comprehension questions" approach. The price is truly a bargain for the activities provided.
Please contact me if you have any questions before purchasing. Enjoy!
5th - 8th
Literature, Reading, Reading Strategies
Math Problem Solving Checklist
This download includes one page with two of the same checklists for copying purposes. If you have students who have difficulty solving word problems and comprehending what word problems are asking, this handy checklist can be cut and laminated as a helpful guide. I use this for my math students who need extra support and reminders when completing these problems independently, or for those who tend to rush. Enjoy!
3rd - 6th
Math, Math Test Prep, Other (Math)
Andrew Clements Author Study/Unit Plan- No Talking and Frindle (CCSS Aligned!)
This full unit plan is an Author Study of two fun, engaging Andrew Clements texts-No Talking and Frindle. These two texts work PERFECTLY together and are a blast for upper elementary students to read. Most activities use No Talking as a mentor text and Frindle as a small group/independent work text, so this can be completed without student copies of all texts. I have two copies of No Talking (for myself and my co-teacher) and a class set of Frindle books. Keep in mind that ALL lessons include cl
4th - 6th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
CCSS
RL.5.1
, RL.5.3
, RL.5.4
 +5
"Hoot" Summarizing Booklet
When printed in order, double-sided and folded in half, this document forms a booklet with one page for each chapter of the novel "Hoot" by Carl Hiassen. My fifth graders used this booklet to guide their comprehension of the novel, by illustrating the main events in each chapter and writing a 1-2 sentence summary of the important ideas in each chapter. Using this booklet as we worked with the novel allowed students to revisit their understanding of previous chapters in a way that made sense to t
4th - 8th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Twelve Days of Christmas Math Activity
This download includes the lyrics to the "Twelve Days of Christmas" and a problem-solving prompt that challenges students to calculate the cost of giving someone the twelve days of Christmas as a gift. A two-page gift catalog and two charts for student work are also included. An answer key is provided for the teacher.
My students enjoyed this challenge which put their multiplication skills to work! Happy Holidays!
3rd - 6th
Basic Operations, Math
Frindle Summarizing Booklet
When copied front to back and folded in half, this mini-booklet provides a small section for students to summarize each chapter of the book Frindle in their own words. I give these to my students whenever we read a novel so that they can keep track of the events using words or pictures to aid their comprehension. We use them daily and they are especially helpful for students who need to practice identifying main ideas and significant vs. insignificant events in a text. Enjoy!- Kelly
3rd - 6th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
No Talking by Andrew Clements Summarizing Booklet
When copied front to back and folded in half, this mini-booklet provides a small section for students to summarize each chapter of the book No Talking in their own words. I give these to my students whenever we read a novel so that they can keep track of the events using words or pictures to aid their comprehension. We use them daily and they are especially helpful for students who need to practice identifying main ideas and significant vs. insignificant events in a text. Enjoy!- Kelly
An Andre
3rd - 6th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
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Experience
I am a fun-loving fifth grade teacher at a Title I school outside of Baltimore, Maryland. This year will be my third year teaching and my second year teaching fifth grade. I am especially interested in designing activities that are accessible to students of all ability levels, since my classroom is fully inclusive. I will be pursuing my Masters Degree in Leadership in Special Education Exceptionalities in the near future!
Teaching style
I enjoy incorporating technology, music, social media and topics that engage my students to teach reading strategies and math. Connecting topics to life skills is essential for my students who sometimes have difficulty staying motivated as a result of influences outside of school.
Awards & shining teacher moments
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My own education history
I have Bachelor of Science in Integrated Elementary and Special Education from Towson University. Go Tigers!
Additional biographical information
A few more random facts about me...
-I am a DOG LOVER (but advocate for all animals).
-I am font obsessed... because my 5th graders completely agree
that all of our assignments should be aesthetically pleasing.
-I am a triplet and have one other sister who is a teacher.
-I am an aspiring runner, *ahem* key word: aspiring.
-I am a self-admitted iced tea addict.
-I will one day have a blog, when I am better at balancing being a new teacher and the rest of my life.
-I believe that one of the best things that I can teach my students is to never take themselves too seriously.
One of my all-time favorite quotes is:
"Our job is to teach the students we have. Not the ones we would like to have. Not the ones we used to have. Those we have right now. All of them."-Dr. Kevin Maxwell
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