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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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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
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
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
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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!
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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