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.
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
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
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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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
Comma Drama PowerPoint with Student Workbook is a 40+ page resource. This unit includes an animated PowerPoint (Microsoft 2010) for the teacher to use as a guide while discussing the different comma rules.
The PowerPoint includes each rule and examples for each on each slide. After the rules have been taught, there is a Review Time section with sentences and the comma flies in revealing the correct answer. There is also a corresponding booklet for students to practice and write their own s
These Thanksgiving Dinner Word worksheets provide real world math applications for students to analyze. This resource includes 1 dinner sales flyer and 5 different worksheets with word problems in which students used the flyer. This resource uses the skills of adding, multiplying, decimals, and figuring percentages. Each worksheet provides multi-step problems to solve. Answer keys are included.
Great for reinforcement and early finishers!
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Solve the Place Value Mystery guides the students on a number journey by allowing the students to plug in the numbers in the correct location. 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 worksheets with different numbers are included. This is a GREAT way for students to practice their place value skills!
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This is a mini career unit. This resource contains work activities for students to work through to help them understand some different career opportunities that are available. Included is also an interactive activity for the students to explore a number of different careers on their own. This packet contains :
- Who Am I? Doctors
- Find the Doctor
- Exploring Other Careers
- Helping Careers
- Are you a Meteorologist?
- When I grow Up? Writing prompt
- Directions to create the interactive ac
This is a great resource when you are teaching about landforms! There is a PowerPoint that includes definitions and pictures. The student booklet includes a place for the students to write the definitions and a place to draw each landform discussed. Also, I have included an extra slide and student notebook page for your convenience.
Landforms inlcuded:
- Canyons
- Caves
- Coast
- Desert
- Glacier
- Hill
- Island
- Lake
- Mountains
- Ocean
- Plains
- Plateaus
- River
- Valley
- Waterfal
Economic Factors of Productions 8/12 x 11 posters for your classroom. This download contains 6 posters pertaining to the different factors. I have also included a graphic organizer for the students to write as you review. These posters are a great visual way for the students to master these concepts.
Includes:
- Factors of Production
- Human Resources
- Entrepreneurs
- Capital
- Land
- Graphic Organizer
You can easily laminate these posters to post around your room or at your computer station
This basketball themed resource includes several activities for the kids to utilize in using the sport of basketball as the theme. Included are: - Basketball Equipment Sales Discount Flyer (15%) - Basketball Equipment Sales Discount Flyer (25%) - Basketball Stat Math Worksheet - Pig Ball Math Riddle(Percentages) - Basketball Eating Math Riddle(Order of Operations) Answer Keys Included Enjoy! ** Save when you purchase the Sports Math Bundle. Follow Me to be notified of new teaching resources,
Holiday Homophones are fun printable handouts for the month of December. These are activities that allow the students to search for homophones using two classic Christmas songs "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" and "Upon the Housetop" by Benjamin Hanby. These are perfect for reinforcement of homophone usage. Answer Keys included.
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This is a bundle of two of my favorite author's purpose units for students to complete. I have bundled them to give you a savings of over 20% off.
Included in this Bundle:
Author's Purpose PowerPoint -This is a 17 slide powerpoint minilesson that covers the three parts of Author's purpose using the PIE acronym - Persuade, Inform, and Entertain. The PowerPoint uses animations and has a short guided practice section. The PowerPoint design has been changed a little to match but, the content is
This is a bundle of my sport math activities utilizing the football, soccer, baseball, and basketball as themes. This bundle is GREAT to use as an introduction or reinforcement of math skills such as percentages and order of operations. Included: - Football Math for Middle School- Basketball Math for Middle School- Soccer Math for Middle School- Baseball Math for Middle SchoolAnswer Keys Included Enjoy! ** Save when you purchase the Sports Math Bundle. Follow Me to be notified of new teachi
Are you looking for a quick resource to teach students why we have Leap Years. Well, this is the product for you! This resource includes:
Informational Reading
Questions
Writing Prompt
Word Search
Short, quick, and to the point lessons to heighten their understanding.
This football themed resource includes several activities for the kids to utilize in using the sport of football as the theme.
Included are:
- Sports Shopping Extravaganza Sales Discount Flyer (12%)
- Sports Shopping Extravaganza Sales Discount Flyer (22%)
- Football Frenzy Stats Reading Math Worksheet #1
- Football Frenzy Stats Reading Math Worksheet #2
- Football Cards Analysis Worksheet
- Take It to the Bank Math Riddle (Percentages)
- Football Fans Math Riddle (Order of Operations)
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This baseball themed resource includes several activities for the kids to utilize in using the sport of basketball as the theme.
Included are:
- Baseball Equipment Sales Discount Flyer (12%)
- Baseball Equipment Sales Discount Flyer (23%)
- Baseball Card Collection Data Analyze Worksheet
- Water Ball Math Riddle(Percentages)
- Baseball Friendship Math Riddle(Order of Operations)
Answer Keys Included
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This homophone and word usage task card resource includes 32 cards, charts with words and definitions, a recording sheet, and an answer key. Each provides the opportunity for the students to decide between the two words of choice. A few cards have three answers for the student to identify.
Task Cards are a wonderful way to engage students in active learning.These cards can easily be used to reinforce concepts for individual student practice or pair sharing. They are great for early finisher
This Valentine’s Day resource includes several activities for the kids to utilize in observation of the holiday.
Included are:
- Valentine's Day Sales Discount Flyer (15%)
- Valentine's Day Sales Discount Flyer (25%)
- Color The Pieces of My Heart (Simplifying Fractions)
- Magnetic Attraction Math Riddle(Percentages)
- Owl Love Math Riddle(Percentages)
Answer Keys Included
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This animated PowerPoint presentation introduces students to common genres of literature with definitions and illustrations. This makes a GREAT introductory activity. The student booklet allows the students to be engaged by providing a place for them to write the definition, think of the title of a book they are already familiar with and draw a small illustration about the book. The Powerpoint has been left in PPT format so that you can easily make any changes that you may wish.
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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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