I've been teaching for over twenty-eight years. During that time, I have taught first through fourth grade and one year as a reading resource teacher for K-3. I am also ESOL and gifted certified.
I created a skills sheet for each of the stories in the new 2013 Reading Street. It has the spelling words, high frequency words, amazing words, comprehension strategies, phonics, and writing skills for each story in unit one. I plan putting it on the back of my newsletter each week so my students' parents can see what skills we are working on (and I don't have to worry about typing all that information on the newletter!!).
The stories included are:
-The Twin Club
-Exploring Space with an Astr
I desperately needed labels for my tubs and cubbies and couldn't find any that met my needs. Soooo, I decided to create my own (and got very carried away)! I DID keep the color scheme simple: black, white, yellow. This package includes: Labels for tubs/ blank labels (Of course!) Name tags More blank labels :) Word Wall letters Table numbers Months of the year/ abbrev. and days of the week/ abbrev. Cubbie numbers/ calendar numbers One hundred number strip Certificates Behavior chart
I love using the four square method but, as my students began writing more, there wasn't enough room for them to write in the boxes. Not to mention how hard it was for them to write in straight, neat lines. Therefore, I created a set of graphic organizers that allow for growth (and neatness).
I created a set of spelling activities to go along with unit one in the Reading Street series. The first day, students cut out the words and sort them. The next three days include: unscramble the words, three times each and ABC order. On Friday, students can play spelling games like speed sorts or blind sorts.
I had so much fun creating Hollywood labels for my classroom and decided to try stars. This package includes:
Months of the Year labels
Numbers 1-31 in yellow and black or white and black
5 different sizes in labels at can be used for a variety of things like name tags or folder numbers.
Hope you like it! Let me know what you think and if there is anything I can do to make it better or add to it. :)
These are three quick and easy foldables that can be used in any subject. The examples I included are for math. I created these half way through the school year for my students to use with their math journals. They love them and I often see my students looking through their journals to "admire" their work! What a great way to encourage students to review skills.
This is a set of word lists for each decodable story in unit 1 of the new Reading Street series. The decodable books go along with:
-Exploring Space with an Astronaut:
Ike and Ace, Pete Can Bake, and We Can Do a Lot
-Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night:
On Stage, Fran and Flip, Can Ben Skate?
-A Walk in the Desert:
Lifting, Stan and Bev, Showing and Telling
-The Strongest One:
Will the Whale, Chet Checks, Shane's Itch
(The first story, The Twin Club, is a freebie.)
I made each story i
I created this worksheet for students to write who the main character is and draw a picture. It's a quick and fun writing activity that goes along with the common core standards.
This would be a great addition to watching the movie Twas the Night, reading the book, or seeing a play based on the story. My students recently went to see the play and I created this worksheet for them to fill out when we returned. My students then used this information to help them write a story about the play.
I created a word list for the following stories:
-Gus
-The Van
-What's in the Sack?
Students can practice the words during dailies, when they finish their work early, or take home and practice.
This is a very sweet story about an old buffalo who seems to have lost interest in keeping up with the herd until he meets a calf who needs someone to look after him. This would be great to use along with in science for Habitats or Social Studies when learning about Native Americans. For Reading, I created worksheets that cover: -Asking and answering questions- RL2.1 -Cause/ Effect -How the character responds to major events- RL2.3 -Present/ Past tense verbs - Adjectives that Compare (-er, -est)
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Experience
I've been teaching for over twenty-eight years. During that time, I have taught first through fourth grade and one year as a reading resource teacher for K-3. I am also ESOL and gifted certified.
Teaching style
I am always looking for ways to integrate my curriculum. I love to create projects that connect to their writing and giving my students more choices in the types of products they can make along with the curriculum.
My own education history
I received my bachelors degree in Elementary Education at St. Leo College, my ESOL certification in 2007, and my gifted endorsement in 2014.
Additional biographical information
I have been married for thirty-one years to my husband. We have three amazing children and two adorable grandchildren.
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