Matt Springhetti
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Neenah, Wisconsin, United States
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I have been teaching for eight years at a Title 1 school in Wisconsin. I spent nearly two decades in the private sector and then decided to return to college to become a teacher. I have utilized everything I learned in the private sector to enhance my teaching abilities in the public sector.
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Poetry Practice
Poetry Practice will give your students a variety of poems to analyze for content. It is an especially useful resource when introducing poetry concepts for the first time. In this document students will learn about rhyming patterns, identify stanzas, identify themes, and recognize patterns, and determine the mood of a poem. There are 11 short poems including 3 haikus and 2 limericks. All poems are relevant and engaging to elementary-aged students. An answer key is included. Below is a lis
4th - 6th
Poetry, Reading, Writing
CCSS
RL.5.1
, RL.5.2
, RL.5.4
 +1
Famous Volcanic Eruptions
This document is an engaging nonfiction read of two of the world's most famous volcanic eruptions: Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Vesuvius. The brief overviews of the eruptions come with visuals to help your students comprehend the text being presented to them. The document also comes with a work packet that checks your students' ability to identify main ideas, identify supporting details, use context clues to solve unknown words, interpret maps, identify text structure, and compare and contrast t
5th - 6th
Earth Sciences, ELA Test Prep, World History
CCSS, NGSS
RI.5.1
, RI.5.2
, RI.5.3
 +7
Line Plots & Chart Analysis
This document will give your students practice on creating line plots as well as interpreting the information on them. Students will need to create titles, comprehend/determine intervals or scales, and plot data points. There are also two different charts on this document in which students will again have to identify intervals, analyze data, and recognize patterns. This is a brief but effective assignment that will give you valuable data on your students' abilities to interpret line plot
4th - 6th
Graphing, Other (Math), Statistics
CCSS
5.MD.B.2
, 5.OA.B.3
, MP4
 +1
Short Stories Volume 1
Short Stories Volume 1 gives you four short stories that cover a range of both content and difficulty. All of the stories are written with color-coded line numbers present to mimic many testing environments. Every story has a variety of comprehension questions that are in the forms of short answer and multiple choice. Comprehension questions include topics such as plot, themes, basic comprehension, summarizing, figurative language, context clues, and making inferences. All comprehension qu
4th - 6th
ELA Test Prep, Literature, Short Stories
CCSS
RL.5.1
, RL.5.2
, RL.5.4
 +3
Batman: Main Ideas & Supporting Details
Engage your class with this fun activity and assessment. Batman: Main Ideas & Supporting Details is a document that is available in print and digitally through Easel. This assignment gives your students the opportunity to sort through supporting details and determine what main idea can be derived from them. This is great practice for students to distinguish between details and main ideas. The digital version and the first option in the print version provides the main ideas (3) for students. T
4th - 6th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RI.5.2
, CCRA.R.2
Grammar Hammer: Cool Commas
Grammar Hammer: Cool Commas gives your students ample practice with proper usage of commas. There are 35 sentences where students will need to simply write commas in the appropriate location. There is a title page (front & back) that acts as an anchor chart and gives your students examples of when and how to use commas. The anchor chart can also be used for other writing assignments as well. There is a Teacher's Guide included and this document can be spread over the course of more than one s
4th - 6th
Balanced Literacy, Grammar, Writing
CCSS
L.5.1
, L.5.2
, L.5.2a
 +5
Theme Writing Guide
This guide will help teach your students to both identify and write about themes. By using the acronym TEE (yes, another acronym in teaching), your students will be able to easily construct, organize, and write strong paragraphs that will explain and support a theme. This document is also great for getting your students prepared for state testing as they typically are required to write short responses. The document includes: teacher guide on how to teach themes to your students2 color-coded
4th - 6th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
W.5.4
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.W.4
Vowel Digraphs: ie & ei Spelling List
14 words with "ei" or "ie"teacher's guide with definitions and synonyms & antonyms
4th - 6th
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling, Vocabulary
CCSS
CCRA.L.2
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About the store
Experience
I have been teaching for eight years at a Title 1 school in Wisconsin. I spent nearly two decades in the private sector and then decided to return to college to become a teacher. I have utilized everything I learned in the private sector to enhance my teaching abilities in the public sector.
Teaching style
I run a very high-structured classroom and give my students ample opportunity to showcase both their behavioral choices as well as their academic growth. I strive to teach my students that both success in school and life in general are about the choices they make. My classroom is no-nonsense, quiet, and very effective. In my classroom we live by the motto of: Nothing given. Everything earned.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I have been the recipient of our district's Excellence of Education Award multiple times. I also have the honor of being frequently requested by both students and families. My classroom shows great growth in the areas of behavior and academics. Through hard work and a plethora of practice, my classes frequently show some of the highest-if not the highest-growth in the entire district via our i-ready data. Last year's class posted a median score of 235% growth in reading and 222% median growth in math.
My own education history
I worked in the private sector (and still do to some extent) for many years and then felt a need to teach elementary kids. We have a shortage of male teachers and too many of our kids grow up without the presence of a positive male figure. I decided to go back to school and earn my Bachelor's Degree in hopes of being a "surrogate" father figure for many of the students I interact with. I teach fifth grade and truly enjoy what I do for a living.
Additional biographical information
I am a devout Christian and I have been very blessed in my life. I have a wife of over 15 years and two children who bring us a lot of joy.
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