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I have over 33 years of teaching experience in Elementary grades, Special Education and ESL. I have 4 years experience as an Education Consultant and have developed on-line courses in Speaking, Reading and Writing for Elementary Students studying English. 2008-2011Tutor Training Manager and Education Specialist for Talkbean Inc., an intensive on-line ESL Teaching Company, Seoul, South Korea 2007-2009 ETS- TOEFLiBT Speaking Rater 2007-2008 Education Consultant for Eastern Stream Center on Resources and Training 1998-2007 ESL Resource Teacher at Mountain View Elementary School 1992-1997 Adult ESL, GED Instructor for Adult Continuing Education for Prince George County, Virginia. 1991- 1992 ESL Adult Instructor for Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts. Fourth Grade teacher, Lura White Elementary School, Shirley, Mass. 1987-1990 English as A Second Language Teacher, Seoul, South Korea 1985-1987 Pre-Kindergarten teacher St. James School, Hopewell, Virginia 1983-1985 Pre-Kindergarten teacher Bollingbrook School, Petersburg, Virginia 1981-1982 Special Ed (K-5) teacher Shafter Elementary School, Honolulu, Hawaii 1980-1981 K-7 Reading Teacher, ASSETS School. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 1978-1979 High School Special Ed Teacher, Lincoln Intermediate Unit #12. New Oxford, Pennsylvania 1973-1974 Third Grade Teacher, Woodlawn Elementary School, Hopewell, Virginia 1971-1972 Special Ed teacher for pre K- 2nd grade a program under the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Clinton, Massachusetts 1970-1971 Special Ed teacher for Avard Learning Center, New York

Summer: At the Beach Fluency Activities

Zookeeper, Zookeeper What Do You See? Reading and Writing Unit

Spring Poetry, Plays, and Writing

Busy Bees: Reading and Writing Unit

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New Year's Traditions Around the World: Grades 2-3

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This is a Revised and Updated ELA CCSS Aligned Thematic Unit about New Year’s Traditions Around the World for Grades 2-3.The countries included are: America, Mexico, Denmark, Greece, Switzerland, China, and Israel. Students will learn about the first new year celebration, when each country celebrates the new year, interesting traditions, and special foods eaten through fun reading and writing activities. Unit Planning guide and CCSS included. Table of Contents Common Core Standards Unit Planning

2nd - 3rd

Reading, Writing

Heroes: 9/11 and Everyday

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This revised and updated ELA CCSS Aligned Hero Unit for September 11th (or any time of the year) is designed to teach students about what heroes are and what they do through reading and writing activities. Students will enjoy making their own S’More Hero Sandwich book. All reading and writing activities are differentiated for K-2 to meet the needs of all your students in your classroom. It can be used for ESL students, Struggling readers, and Special Education students. Table of Contents Comm

K - 2nd

Reading, Writing

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month Reading and Writing Unit

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This revised ELA/Social Studies Thematic Unit about Native Americans is designed to teach students about their heritage and culture through reading texts, legends, biographies, art, poems, and writing activities. All materials are differentiated at the 2nd and 3rd grade levels to meet the needs of all the students in your classroom. CCSS are included in the first few pages. Lessons instructions and B/W copies are included. Table of Contents Common Core Standards Word Wall Words Picture/Word Ca

2nd - 3rd

Reading, Writing

Animals in Winter: Reading and Writing Thematic Unit: K-1

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This is a revised and updated ELA CCSS Aligned Thematic Unit about Animals in Winter. Students will learn about animals that hibernate, migrate, and adapt through a variety of reading and writing activities. There are 3 different leveled Guiding Reading Books, Comprehension Activities, and Writing Activities to meet the needs of all the students in your classroom. Literacy Activities include Capitalization and Punctuation, Initial Sounds, and Short and Long Vowel Sound Activities. Lesson plans a

K - 1st

Reading, Writing

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Grades 2-3

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This is a revised and updated ELA/Social Studies Thematic Unit for Hispanic Heritage Month for Grades 2-3. Students will learn about what Hispanic Heritage month is about and why we celebrate it through reading and writing activities. Students will learn about the countries we celebrate during this month, locate them on a world map, and write a report about one of these countries. They will also learn some Spanish words during this unit. ELA CCSS included for 2nd and 3rd Grade. Table of Content

2nd - 3rd

Reading, Writing

Free Writing Graphic Organizers Grades K-3

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These writing graphic organizers are designed to help your students organize the following types of writing: Sequencing the story, Beginning-Middle-End of the story, 6-Part Story Map, and a Main ideal and details 4 Bubble Web. There is also a 6 Bubble Word Web which can be used as an adjective web, synonym web, or main idea and details. Opinion piece writing, informative text writing and narrative writing are all Common Core State Standards in Grades K-3. Table of Contents 3 Sequence the Story

K - 3rd

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Writing

December Holiday Celebrations and Traditions Around the World

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This is an ELA CCSS Aligned Thematic Unit about December Holiday Celebrations and Traditions Around the World for Grades 2-3.The countries included are: Mexico, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, England, Australia, and Israel. Students will learn about what holiday each country celebrates, how they celebrate it, and some interesting traditions. They will make a passport and fill out their passport by coloring the symbol and flag of each country and writing an interesting tradition after reading ab

2nd - 3rd

Reading, Writing

CCSS

RI.2.1

, RI.3.1

, RI.3.2

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Back to School Activities for the 1st Weeks of School: Grades 2-4

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This new and revised packet includes 17 activities for the first 2 weeks of school for grades 2-5. These fun ELA activities are great for building a class community. There are a variety of activities to help students get to know each other and for you to learn more about your students. These activities are also good for assessing students’ writing and reading at the beginning of school. Lesson instructions included for each activity. Common Core Standards for Grades 2-4 included in the first few

2nd - 5th

Reading, Writing

Busy Bees: Reading and Writing Unit

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This revised and updated ELA/Science Themed Unit about Honeybees is designed to teach students about Honeybees through Reading and Writing Activities. Students will learn about Insects, Honeybees, Their Life Cycle, Beekeepers, and their importance. Students will sort facts about the 3 Kinds of Honeybees, Write Informative Texts and Opinion Pieces, and Write an Insect Report. The Reading Texts are differentiated at the 2nd and 3rd grade levels. CCSS are included in the 1st few pages as well as

2nd - 4th

Reading, Science, Writing

Fall Reading and Writing Unit

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This new and revised ELA Thematic Unit about Fall is designed to teach students about what happens during fall through reading and writing activities. There are 3 different leveled Emergent Readers and Comprehension Activities for K, 1st and 2nd Grade to meet the needs of all the students in your classroom. Writing activities are differentiated at the K, 1st and 2nd grade levels. Students will engage in Informative Text Writing and Opinion Piece Writing. The Word Wall Words, Picture/Word Cards,

K - 2nd

Reading, Writing

All About Apples: Reading and Writing Unit

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This is an ELA Thematic Unit about Apples. Students will learn about the history of apples, John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed), Growing Apples, their Life Cycle, and Interesting Facts through Informational Texts, a Biography, Poetry, Apple Tasting, and Writing Activities. All Reading and Writing activities are differentiated at the 2nd and 3rd Grade levels. Lesson plans included. CCSS included in the first few pages. Table of Contents: Common Core Standard Informational Text Note-Taking Graphic Or

2nd - 3rd

Reading, Writing

CCSS

RI.2.1

, RI.2.2

, RI.2.4

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Presidents Day: Reading and Writing: Grades 2-3

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This revised and updated ELA Common Core Aligned Thematic Unit: Presidents Day is designed to teach students about the lives of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln through Reading and Writing Activities. It is written for students in Grades 2-3. Reading texts about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are at the 2nd and 3rd Grade reading levels. All reading texts are differentiated at 3 different levels to help meet the needs of the diverse reading levels in your classroom. Students will enga

2nd - 3rd

Reading, Writing

ESL Elementary Lesson: My Family and Me

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This ESL Beginner Speaking Lesson is designed to engage students in various speaking activities using words about family members, describing people in the family, and things families do together. They will be guided through meaningful activities that activate prior knowledge and build background, and talk through guided practice and independent practice speaking activities. At the end of each lesson there is a review and worksheet activities to assess students’ understanding. Each activity build

K - 5th

Speaking & Listening, Vocabulary

ESL Elementary Lessons: The Four Seasons

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These ESL Beginner Speaking Lessons are designed to engage students in various speaking activities using words related to the four seasons. They will be guided through meaningful activities that activate prior knowledge and build background, and talk through guided practice and independent practice speaking activities. At the end of each lesson there is a review and worksheet activities to assess students’ understanding. Each activity builds on the previous one to scaffold their learning to achi

K - 5th

Speaking & Listening, Vocabulary

Frogs and Toads ELA Thematic Unit Grades 2-3

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This is an all New and Revised ELA CCSS Science Themed Unit about Frogs and Toads. Students will engage in a variety of reading and writing activities to understand how Frogs and Toads are alike and different as well as learn many interesting facts about both. They will learn about their life cycle and write an Amphibian Report as well as write both Informative Texts and Opinion Pieces. Reading texts are differentiated at the 2nd and 3rd grade levels. Common Core Standards and lesson directions

2nd - 3rd

Reading, Science, Writing

Constitution Day: Reading and Writing Unit

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This is a revised Social Studies Unit about the Constitution for Grades 2-3. Students will learn about the Constitution, its importance, the three branches of our government, and Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence through an original Shared Reading Book, Reading Texts, Comprehension Questions and Writing Activities. Texts and Writing Activities are differentiated at the 2nd and 3rd grade levels. There are both informative and opinion piece writing prompts, graphic organizers,

2nd - 3rd

Reading, Writing

CCSS

RI.2.1

, RI.2.3

, RI.2.4

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Snow Poetry Unit : Poems, Plays, and Writing Activities

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This ELA Snow Unit (revised and updated) is designed to engage students in a variety of 7 Original Poems and 2 Plays to learn about snow. Each poem is followed by a Literacy or Writing Activity. Students will build fluency, write poems, and opinion pieces. Literacy activities include Adjectives, Compound Words, Contractions, Phonics, and Types of Sentences. Complete lesson plans are included for each poem and activity. CCSS are included in the first 2 pages. B/W copies are included. Table of

1st - 2nd

Poetry, Writing

All About Pumpkins Reading and Writing Unit

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This is an ELA Thematic Unit about Pumpkins. Students will learn about The History and Variety of Pumpkins, Growing Pumpkins, Life Cycle, How to Roast Pumpkin Seeds, Pumpkin Parts, and Fun Facts through a variety of Informational Texts, and engage in Informative, Narrative, and Opinion Piece Writing Activities. Reading and Writing activities are differentiated at the 2nd and 3rd Grade levels. Lesson plans and B/W copies included. CCSS included in the first few pages. Table of Contents: Common C

2nd - 3rd

Reading, Writing

CCSS

RI.2.1

, RI.2.2

, RI.2.4

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All About Bats: Reading and Writing Unit

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This Bat themed packet is designed to teach students about Megabats, Microbats, and Vampire Bats through reading texts, poetry, and writing activities. Students will also learn about Bat Features, Echolocation, Why Bats sleep upside down, and some amazing Bat Facts. Students will write informative and opinion piece texts, compare and contrast megabats and microbats, write a Bat Cinquain, and engage in other literacy activities. CCSS are included in the first few pages. Lesson plans included for

2nd - 3rd

Reading, Writing

Veterans Day Reading and Writing Unit: 2-3

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This revised and updated ELA/Social Studies Unit: Veterans Day is designed to teach students about the history and important facts about Veterans Day through reading and writing activities. Students will enjoy listening to a Shared Reading Book about Veterans Day, Read Informational texts and answer Comprehension Questions at the 2nd and 3rd grade reading levels, as well as engage in several writing activities including informative text, opinion piece writing, letter writing, and acrostic poem

2nd - 3rd

Reading, Writing

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I made a promise that wherever my journey took me ( which turned out to be all over the world),I would try to find out each studentâ€™s story and never give up on finding a way to inspire and motivate him or her to reach their highest academic potential. I would find a way to make a connection with every child. I envisioned a classroom that was safe for students to take risks, where there was mutual respect between students and the teacher. It would be a place where students celebrated each otherâ€™s successes and helped each other achieve. It would feel warm. All that entered would feel welcome, and only kind words would be spoken. Cultural differences would be embraced and acknowledged and trying your best would be rewarded. I would always have the highest expectations and Iâ€™d continue to learn the most innovative instructional strategies and techniques. I, too, would be a student and grow in my profession and encourage others to join me on my journey. That vision has been my reality in every place that I have taught. I embrace every child and my students are kind and respectful not only to me but to each other. I lead by example and my words are positive and kind. I deliver instruction with creativity, integrity and passion. My classroom is alive and I incorporate the SIOP model (Sheltered Instruction Operational Protocol) which is a research based model for teaching English Language Learners. There is communication and partnership with parents. Everyone, not just students, is welcome to observe and contribute. Every student succeeds and everyone shares in the celebration.

Awards & shining teacher moments

2006 Alaska State Teacher of the Year Certificate of Appreciation for participation in setting cut-off scores for the new state English Language Proficiency Test Certificate of Appreciation for Participation in the Mountain West Consortium for participation in the Content Review Committee and the Item Writer Workshop Nominated for BP Teacher of Excellence Certificate of Appreciation for service to the State of Alaska fore setting passing scores for the Benchmark Examinations

My own education history

University of Alaska Anchorage-Summer 1998-May 2005- post graduate classes in English as a Second language, Computer Technology, Reading and Writing Alaska Pacific University- Spring and Summer 1998- Multicultural and ESL Classes Virginia State University- 1983-1997- Courses in Adult education and Early Childhood education leading to Endorsements of Virginia Teacher Certification Fitchburg State University- 1970-1973 Master of Education: Special Education Kansas State University- 1968-1970- B.S. Degree in Elementary Education

Additional biographical information

2008-2011-Talkbean- Deveolped the on-line curriculum for their intensive speaking and reading and writing courses offered to elemenary- middle school aged Korean students at the high beginner to upper intermediate levels of English Language Proficiency.