I am presently in my 23rd year of teaching. I have taught business and computer courses, as well as various computer literacy classes. I focus on Personal Finance and Life Skills in my class to provide the students with real-world applications. I am currently teaching Business Fundamentals and Marketing. I have also taught computers at the elementary level. I love to teach hands-on activities that engage the students in their self-learning.
Black History Who Am I? Bingo Game includes 32 pre-made black history bingo cards. This black history resource features 40 historical African American leaders, inventors, and others. Just call out the Who Am I? cards and allow the students to see if they know and have the person in question. GREAT to fill in any time you have time during the month of February! This resource is a GREAT complement to my Black History Who Am I? and More PowerPoint. Follow Me to be notified of new teaching resou
Career Clusters Poster Set. These visuals are great to display as a reference for the students to visually see all of the career interest areas when you are completing interest surveys. Each poster contains different pictures with career titles pertaining to that career cluster!
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Correlates to my Career Exploration Activity Using the Career Clusters , Career Research Lapbook, and 16 Career Clusters PowerPoint.
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The first days of school can be challenging. This packet contains 10 activities that can help fill in and keep students busy as teachers tend to those beginning of the year procedures. This packet contains: All About Me Bubble Name Cloud – Students use their name and design a cloud with their different interests. Autograph Game - students sign categories that pertain to them. There are 5 cards to have a variety if you would like; however, student can easily use the same card. Name Ladder – st
This is a resource packet full of fun, engaging math activities for the students to work through during the Christmas season. This packet is great to use to fill in those last days of school before the Christmas holiday break. It is a great way to help keep the students engaged in active learning. Answer Key Included
This packet includes:
- Sure Shopper Word Problems with Flyer
- The Community Church Fundraiser
- The Toy Connection Sales Discount Flyer
- The Christmas Craft Show
- Chri
Allow your students the opportunity to research the career of their choice in a fun engaging way. This Foldable activity gives the students a GREAT keepsake with relevant information about the career of their choose. Some of the information in which the students will research is the history, earnings, duties, working conditions, and training and education.
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Goes great with my 16 Career Clusters Poster Set, Career Exploration Activity Using the Career Clusters and 16 Career Cluste
This resource packet has worksheets for you to print and give to the students to help fill anytime you may need for Halloween. This is a great reinforcement of math skills such as percentages, sales taxes, and orders of operations. Answer Keys Included
Halloween Activities Included:
- Halloween Costume Sales Flyer (2 Versions)
- The Halloween Carnival Craft Show
- What's For Dinner? Math Riddle
- Ghost Highway Math Riddle
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Figuring sales tax and discounts are a life skill for all students. This packet is great to use as a supplement in your classroom to help students understand the concepts. This activity allows the students the opportunity to first figure sales tax and then go on a fictitious shopping spree and figure the total amount of money they have spent. There are worksheets for fashion and appliances included. Answer keys included.
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Do you need a fun and engaging way to introduce students to computer terms? This is a GREAT Computer activity that gets kids acquainted with computer terminology! This bingo set includes 30 different bingo cards with images that pertain to Computers.
This is also GREAT to use when the computers are down or when you are not able to use the computer lab (testing).
Just print, laminate, and enjoy!
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This activity is designed to help students develop the skills needed to achieve personal financial success. This resource contains activities for students to complete when reinforcing math concepts dealing with budgeting. Included are 2 different activities for the students to work through while they are trying to master the concept. They will also learn the implications of how to manage a budget that includes a savings component. The answer keys are included for easy assessment. This packet is
Are you looking for a quick game to play to fill anytime you may need when teaching career exploration? Well look no further! This is a quick career themed Scattergories game that provides a fun, engaging thinking activity for the students. No prep needed - just print and go! There are two different versions included. Enjoy!
Author's Purpose Posters include 3 posters on Persuade, Inform and Entertain. They give a definition and examples for each category. Also included are worksheets that correspondent with the examples on the posters and 24 task cards. Answer keys included
Included in this resource:
- 3 Author's Purpose Posters
- Author's Purpose Graphic Organizer
- Author's Purpose Identification
- Author's Purpose Matching
- Author's Purpose - Sorting the Pieces of the Pie
- Author's Purpose Book Review
This is a great activity packet for the students to complete when learning about calculating interest. I have provided a Calculating Interest Overview handout for you to handout to the students when you are teaching them the concept of calculating interest. Also included are 2 activity worksheets for the students to work through while they are trying to master the interest concept. The answer keys are included for easy assessment.
This packet is great for reinforcement as well to help student
Biography Templates include 10 different themes for your students to choose from. Each theme includes a section for an illustration or to paste a picture of the chosen person. The first page is a summary page for students to write the person's birthday, hometown, 3 facts, challenges, education, and what the person is famous for. Also included is a page for each theme to allow the students to write any additional information or essay about the person.
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In this lesson, students will use their knowledge of maps to build their own country by creating a map and designing the country using a foldable color folder. This lesson might be done in a couple of class sessions or as an extended assignment. This can be used anytime of the year and with a wide variety of subject matter or just to fill in some time before or after a holiday.
I have included a rubric for you, but you can easily create one for your own needs.
This activity can be adapted t
This Easter-themed resource includes several activities for the kids to utilize during the Easter holiday.
Included are:
- Shopping Extravaganza Sales Flyer (17%)
- Shopping Extravaganza Sales Flyer (20%)
- Easter Egg Preparation Analyze Worksheet
- Broken Love Math Riddle(Percentages and Decimals)
- Rabbit Transportation Math Riddle(Order of Operations)
Answer Keys Included
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Solve the Place Value Mystery II guides the students on a number journey by allowing the students to plug in the numbers in the correct location with decimals to thousandths for more advanced concepts. Once the students figure out the number, the students will further engage the different forms by writing the standard form, base ten form, word form and expanded form of the mystery number. Ten worksheet with different numbers are included. This is a GREAT way for students to practice their plac
This is a fun way for the students to explore the marketing concept by designing a bag of potato chips. This can be used anytime of the year and with a wide variety of subject matter or just to fill in some time before or after a holiday. This is a GREAT way for students to experience the steps in designing and marketing a product.
This packet includes:
- A criteria for the students to include on the bag
- A grading rubric for the ease of assessment
- Examples
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This activity gives a brief overview of the binary code system with a worksheet activity and internet site activity. This activity is great for those last 5 - 10 minutes of class to help keep students engaged in active learning. In addition, there is an optional lesson idea if time permits. I have provided an answer key as well. You can also purchase my entire computer resources for a 20% discount and get all of my future resources for free! Follow Me to be notified of new teaching resourc
Great to use with Interest Surveys! The purpose of this lesson is for the students to learn the different career opportunities available and for them to start thinking of the career path they would like to take. This activity is a great way for students to visibly see the career clusters and apply which cluster best suites them. Also included is an activity for the students to complete using a cluster of grapes. This activity does not take long and it is a great way to reinforce the career c
I am presently in my 23rd year of teaching. I have taught business and computer courses, as well as various computer literacy classes. I focus on Personal Finance and Life Skills in my class to provide the students with real-world applications. I am currently teaching Business Fundamentals and Marketing. I have also taught computers at the elementary level. I love to teach hands-on activities that engage the students in their self-learning.
Teaching style
I believe the old Chinese Proverb “Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.” I think students learn best by doing; therefore, kinesthetic activities need to be implemented as much as possible. The more student independent activities that can be incorporated into the curriculum the better.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I am a member of several professional organizations and have attended a number of professional worksheets including NBEA, MBEA, SBEA, and ACTE. I am the 2019 Teacher of year in my school district. I am also a National Board Certified teacher.
My own education history
I am a graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi. I have a Master's Degree in Business Technology Education with a minor in Instructional Technology. I am an NBCT! I have been awarded Teacher of the Year and have served in a variety of other jobs in my school district.
Additional biographical information
I spend a number of hours each week formatting my own ideas on the lessons I teach. Planning and proper implementation are vital in the successful classroom.
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