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Preview of Greek and Latin Word Parts: Morphology Matrices - prefixes, roots, & suffixes

Greek and Latin Word Parts: Morphology Matrices - prefixes, roots, & suffixes

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jonpickles
Have you ever wanted to use Greek & Latin word parts as MANIPULATIVES?Now you can with Morphology Matrices!Imagine your students being able to maniputale prefixes, roots, and suffixes in nearly endless ways! They can blend the word parts to form thousands of English words and break them apart again to reuse. As related to linguistics, morphology is the study of word formation. Upper elementary and middle-grades students are ready to combine prefixes, roots, and suffixes into multi-syllable word
Preview of Amplify ELA 8 Interactive Fiction Pack

Amplify ELA 8 Interactive Fiction Pack

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jonpickles
Includes fully playable Interactive Fiction adventures for all six Core Amplify Units & Science of Reading based writing & fluency activities for all six stories! Engage your reluctant readers, enrich your advanced students, build knowledge and fluency, and practice sentence-level writing with this Amplify aligned supplement. Interactive Fiction (IF) a form of storytelling in which the reader participates in the narrative by making choices and navigating branching paths. It blends elements
Preview of Amplify ELA 6 Interactive Fiction Pack

Amplify ELA 6 Interactive Fiction Pack

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jonpickles
Includes fully playable Interactive Fiction adventures for all 6 Core Amplify Units & Science of Reading based writing & fluency activities for all 6 stories! Engage your reluctant readers, enrich your advanced students, build knowledge and fluency, and practice sentence-level writing with this Amplify aligned supplement. Interactive Fiction (IF) a form of storytelling in which the reader participates in the narrative by making choices and navigating branching paths. It blends elements of
Preview of Amplify ELA 7 Interactive Fiction Pack + Fluency and Writing for all Stories!

Amplify ELA 7 Interactive Fiction Pack + Fluency and Writing for all Stories!

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jonpickles
The Amplify ELA 7 Interactive Fiction Pack includes fully playable Interactive Fiction adventures for all 6 Core Amplify Units & Science of Reading based writing & fluency activities for all 6 stories! Engage your reluctant readers, enrich your advanced students, build knowledge and fluency, and practice sentence-level writing with this Amplify aligned supplement. Interactive Fiction (IF) a form of storytelling in which the reader participates in the narrative by making choices and navigati
Preview of Interactive Fiction & The Science of Reading: The Quiet Fever Adventure Story

Interactive Fiction & The Science of Reading: The Quiet Fever Adventure Story

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jonpickles
Interactive Fiction (IF) a form of storytelling in which the reader participates in the narrative by making choices and navigating branching paths. It blends elements of literature and games so that the reader’s decisions influence the direction or outcome of the story. IF texts can be powerful tools for building literacy when they are intentionally aligned with the Science of Reading (SoR). The key is to use their built-in motivation, decision-making, and rereading loops to strengthen the very
Preview of Interactive Fiction-The Science of Reading-Build Knowledge, Fluency, & Literacy

Interactive Fiction-The Science of Reading-Build Knowledge, Fluency, & Literacy

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jonpickles
Interactive Fiction (IF) a form of storytelling in which the reader participates in the narrative by making choices and navigating branching paths. It blends elements of literature and games so that the reader’s decisions influence the direction or outcome of the story. IF is a “triple threat” for FLUENCY, KNOWLEDGE BUILDING, and ENGAGEMENT/ENRICHMENT in any subject or topic. Science and Social Studies teachers rejoice! IF texts can be powerful tools for building literacy when they are intenti
Preview of 15 Spelling Rules, Activities, & Extensions

15 Spelling Rules, Activities, & Extensions

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jonpickles
The Science of Reading tells us that explicit phonics and spelling instruction is crucial for learning to decode and encode the English language. Here are 15 crucial and essential spelling rules in a 35+ page Google Slide presentation that will give you many weeks worth of explicit instruction or review. The focus here is word collection - students collect words for each rule as they read independently, in whole, or in small groups. Also included are a note catcher (as a modification for IEP
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Experience

I've been teaching language arts in the middle grades for 25 years!

Teaching style

High-energy, creative, and inter-disciplinary.

Awards & shining teacher moments

I recently received a grant for using shadow puppets in the classroom.

My own education history

I received a Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary English degree from Quinnipiac in 1996.

Additional biographical information

In my spare time I enjoy rocking out in cover bands! Not that I have much spare time...