LBLearningDesign
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Russellville, Arkansas, United States
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I earned my degree in Early Childhood Education and began my career as a a second grade teacher. During that time, I obtained my Master's Degree in Library Science and became the Media Specialist for my school. During my seventeen years in education, I discovered a passion for designing digital learning experiences. I enjoy incorporating multimedia into my learning designs and finding ways to meet the needs and learning styles of all learners.
I strive to make my learning experiences engaging while also effectively teaching the objectives at hand. I left education to pursue a full-time career as a learning designer. Currently I am a learning designer for a higher-education institution. This role has honed my skills of analyzing learning needs, writing strong objectives, designing and developing effective learning experiences, and evaluating the effectiveness of each learning experience. When I'm not creating digital experiences for the college audience, I still enjoy designing a variety of learning for students in K-12.
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Common Core Centered Extensions with The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
These supplemental activities were created to use with the picture book "The Other Side" by Jacqueline Woodson. This is a great discussion story and the topic of the book will engage students to think deeply about the theme of the story. It would be a great book to use in a unit about segregation, racism, black history month, etc.
Included in this bundle:
*Higher-level before, during, and after questions
*Robust vocabulary
*Discussion photos from the 1960's, displaying segregation
*Excerpt fro
2nd - 5th
Reading, Writing
CCSS
RL.3.1
, RL.3.4
Reading Interest Inventory with Book Recommendations
This purchase includes a printable reading interest questionnaire that asks questions about favorite movies, favorite things do do in spare time, favorite animals, etc. There are many different interest inventories online and I've had students do a few of them. But, if you're like me, after I give a reading interest inventory...honestly, nothing really happens--which kind of defeats the purpose of giving the survey completely! Until now! I've spent hours creating reading recommendations for ki
2nd - 6th
Reading
Bundle of Author Study Posters
This purchase includes a bundle of printable author study posters. There are posters for 35 different picture book authors and author/illustrators. The poster includes a picture of the author as well as pictures of many of their books. This would be great to use on display in a school library or classroom library. Also, these would be great to use when doing author study minilessons in the classroom or library media center.
Authors and Author/Illustrators:
1. Dav Pilkey
2. Ezra Jack Keats
3. K
K - 5th
Library Skills, Literature, Reading
History of the Candy Cane Printable Book
This purchase includes a nine-page informational booklet on the history of the candy cane. The pages are presented in full screen for a whole-group lesson/reading but also booklet form if you wish to print the booklet for students to have and read.
This candy cane informational book could be read during independent time, familiar reading time, or during guided reading groups.
K - 4th
Informational Text, Reading
Holiday Themed Math Morning Work
Make your mornings meaningful with this 84-page, no-prep math morning work pack—perfect for 2nd grade (or advanced 1st graders / early 3rd graders)! This resource includes a variety of holiday-themed practice pages that keep students engaged while reinforcing key math skills all year long. Each handout is designed to provide meaningful independent practice. Skills Covered: Addition & Subtraction 10 More / 10 Less and 20 More / 20 Less Comparing Numbers Odd & Even Counting Money Telling Ti
1st - 3rd
Basic Operations, Numbers
TEKS
MA.2.2.A
, MA.2.2.B
, MA.2.2.C
 +6
Miss Spider Literature Unit
This unit provides literature activities for three of David Kirk's Miss Spider books:
Miss Spider's Tea Party
Miss Spider's Wedding
Miss Spider's New Car
In this unit, you will find:
-comprehension questions for each text
-robust vocabulary minilesson for each text
-printable page of the robust words that were discussed in the minilesson to display in the room
-a story retell sheet
-printable sequence of events cards for students to cut out and glue in order
-story elements sheet
-identifyin
K - 3rd
Literature, Poetry, Reading
Saint Patrick's Day History and Extension Activities
In this bundle you will find a lesson on the history of Saint Patrick's Day, including several short video clips from the History Channel, explaining Saint Patrick's Day customs.
After the history of St. Patrick's Day lesson, you will find a printable reader's theater script for the picture book, That's What Leprechauns Do, by Eve Bunting. The way the script is typed up, there are twenty narrators who get two speaking parts each. Plus there are several other specific characters from the stor
K - 4th
Basic Operations, Reading
CCSS
1.OA.A.1
, 2.OA.A.1
, 3.OA.A.1
 +8
Reading Recommendation Posters
This purchase includes 12 printable posters with the theme "If You Liked, Then You Should Read..." The book titles included are: Diary of a Wimpy Kid SeriesJunie B. Jones SeriesCaptain Underpants SeriesWonderBecause of Winn DixieMagic Treehouse SeriesTales of a Fourth Grade NothingMy Weird School SeriesOwl Diaries SeriesThe Terrible TwoRoscoe Riles SeriesHatchetEach poster has at least 6-7 book recommendations for students that are similar to the book displayed. For example, one poster is "If Yo
2nd - 5th
Literature, Reading
The Easter Egg by Jan Brett: Literature Extension Activities
This lesson contains extension activities for the picture book The Easter Egg by Jan Brett.
--Six higher-level Bloom's Questions
--Robust Vocabulary Minilesson focusing on three words from text
--Printable Robust Word Cards to supplement the lesson
--Story Elements Handout
--Character Traits Handout
--Easter Egg Decoration Handout
K - 4th
Literature, Vocabulary
CCSS
RL.K.1
, RL.1.1
, RL.2.1
 +4
Halloween Main Idea Activities
In this set, you will find 3 different activities to help students practice matching main ideas with supporting details.
For example, in the first activity, students will cut out four different pumpkins, each with a different pumpkin fact as a main idea. Then, students will cut out 12 triangles with supporting details. They are to read the supporting detail and match it to the corresponding Main Idea Pumpkin. Each Main Idea Pumpkin has 3 corresponding supporting details (two triangle eyes and a
K - 3rd
Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RI.K.2
, RI.1.2
, RI.2.2
 +1
Winter-Themed Main Idea and Supporting Details
This purchase includes three different main idea/supporting detail practice activities for independent student work, center work, or a whole-group activity.
In each of the three activities, students will read 3-4 different main ideas and then choose which supporting details go with each one.
In the first activity, students will read a main idea (snowman's head) and then glue the three supporting details (snowman's body and pile of snow beneath the snowman) to the corresponding main idea.
I
1st - 3rd
Informational Text, Reading
Research: Refining a Topic
This would be a great beginner lesson for when teaching elementary students the process of researching a topic.
In this lesson, students will learn how to take a broad topic and narrow it down to something more specific. Once the topic is more specific, students will learn how to ask guiding questions about the topic before starting the research.
These questions will guide students and give them specific areas to focus on so that they don't get lost in the vast process of research and fall i
K - 4th
For All Subjects, Informational Text
Diane deGroat Book Unit
Here you will find a bundle of literature activities for four of Diane deGroat's "Gilbert Series" books. The books included are:
*Last One in Is a Rotten Egg!
*April Fool! Watch Out at School!
*Mother, You're the Best! (But Sister, You're a Pest!)
*Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
For each text, you will find:
-a page of higher level bloom's questions for close reading
-a robust vocabulary minilesson
-a printable sheet of the robust vocabulary words from the text
-an additional extension such a
K - 4th
Reading, Reading Strategies, Writing
CCSS
RL.K.1
, RL.1.1
, RL.2.1
 +2
Reference Materials Trivia Game
Here you will find fifteen trivia questions to help students review reference materials. The reference tools reviewed are:
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Atlas
Encyclopedia
Students will get a question that asks them where to look to find specific information. They will decide if it is a dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, or encyclopedia.
1st - 5th
Library Skills
Printable Pumpkin Book
This purchase includes an 11-page printable pumpkin informational book for students.
In the book you will find a table of contents, a few bold words, a glossary, and pumpkin pie recipe included in the printable book.
This could be used in guided reading group, independent work, or even whole group!
K - 3rd
Informational Text, Reading
Literature Genres
In this lesson, students will learn about eight different literature genres: fantasy, realistic fiction, mystery, science fiction, historical fiction, poetry, informational, and biography.
Printable matching cards are included where students can match the genre with the genre description.
Also, printable genre record sheets are provided. On these sheets, students can list their book title, author, and genre. There is a yearly sheet as well as sheets for each month that could be printed and giv
1st - 4th
Reading, Reading Strategies
Also included in:Â Elementary Library Media Lesson Bundle
Snow Day Reproducible Book
Snow Day is a 15-page reproducible book that can be read whole-group, small-group, or independently by your students. This download includes a whole-page printable copy of the book as well as a printable small-booklet form.
This book could be used in centers as a familiar read or for independent work, as well as in a guided reading group!
Check out the other reproducible books in my store!
K - 3rd
Reading
Bundle of 19 Printable Christmas Signs for Classroom or Home
This bundle includes 19 printable Christmas signs created using the program PicMonkey. The signs could be printed and used in the classroom or home as decoration. The signs could also be printed smaller and used as gift tags for packages or student presents. I have the images available in Powerpoint form (instead of PDF) if you prefer. The actual images/signs are non-editable...but in Powerpoint, you could scale the size down or print them much smaller as well as print multiples to a page if you
PreK - 9th
Journey on the Mayflower
This purchase includes a PDF file lesson on what it would have been like to travel on the Mayflower. There are 13 slides in the lesson.
At the end of the lesson, there is a printable writing prompt for students as well as a printable "Mayflower" concept web for students to list descriptive words about the Mayflower.
K - 4th
Reading, Social Studies
"Thanksgiving Is" Printable Informational Book
This purchase includes a 13-page printable book teaching students about the history of Thanksgiving. The pages are provided in full-screen format first--if you wanted to use it as a whole-group Thanksgiving lesson or do a whole-group reading of the text.
Also, the story is provided in printable booklet form (four smaller booklet pages per page of paper). Students could read this during independent time, familiar reading, or a guided reading group.
Check out the other booklets and materials in
K - 4th
Informational Text, Reading
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About the store
Experience
I earned my degree in Early Childhood Education and began my career as a a second grade teacher. During that time, I obtained my Master's Degree in Library Science and became the Media Specialist for my school. During my seventeen years in education, I discovered a passion for designing digital learning experiences. I enjoy incorporating multimedia into my learning designs and finding ways to meet the needs and learning styles of all learners.
I strive to make my learning experiences engaging while also effectively teaching the objectives at hand. I left education to pursue a full-time career as a learning designer. Currently I am a learning designer for a higher-education institution. This role has honed my skills of analyzing learning needs, writing strong objectives, designing and developing effective learning experiences, and evaluating the effectiveness of each learning experience. When I'm not creating digital experiences for the college audience, I still enjoy designing a variety of learning for students in K-12.
Teaching style
I incorporate a variety of multimedia into my learning experiences. I strive to effectively present content in a way that benefits all learning styles. With each learning experience I create, I have the students in mind. Will they find the experience engaging? Will they learn the material? Will they be able to apply the learning?
My own education history
Bachelor's Degree: Early Childhood Education
Master's Degree: Library Science
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