I taught 2nd grade for six years, 3rd grade for two years, junior high for three years and now I am in the wonderful world of middle school and having a blast with environmental and spatial technology!
This set includes:
3 reading non-fiction passages
3 pages of multiple choice and open response comprehension questions
1 compare and contrast page
1 December holiday research page
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With this Project Based Learning Unit on the Human Body Systems we focused on six main systems. I teach third grade, but you could adapt this for many different grades as well.
This was divided into three separate parts, so you could do one “part” a week and spread this into three weeks if you wanted. We spent three days per section.
First, we focused on the body system and the students researched about their system, wrote about it, then created a 3-D system. We used wood donated by our lo
This set is great for your Molly's Pilgrim literacy unit!
Included in the set are:
2 writing pages- opinion and summary
2 character analysis pages
2 vocabulary pages
2 pages of open response comprehension questions
2 pages of multiple choice comprehension questions
1 page of character to self connections
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Come one, come all, let's celebrate fall!
What better way than to incorporate pumpkins into learning than to do a Project Based Learning unit! This set is for any month, and is NOT just for Halloween. This would be a great way to transition from October to November or even do before the Thanksgiving break!
Also, this can be used across several different grade levels.
Included in this set:
multiple pages of directions for each individual project as well as ideas for the entire product
1 website
1st - 4th
For All Subjects, Graphic Arts, Writing-Expository
If you need to engage your students with a little baseball excitement, this is the set for you!
Included in this set:
2 page passage for Yadier Molina- St. Louis Cardinals
1 page multiple choice questions 1 page open response questions
2 page passage for Brian Wilson - Los Angeles Dodgers
1 page multiple choice questions 1 page open response questions
2 page passage for Derek Jeter- New York Yankees
1 page multiple choice questions 1 page open response questions
1 page passage for Matt Kemp- Los
This set is great for setting up your class reading fair!
This set includes:
1 page for directions and how I did mine
1 outline page for board blueprints
3 pages of picture examples from my 3rd grade students
section dividers for each part of the board
all the labels and headings needed for the boards
seperate labels and headings for the non-fiction books
1 self assessment rubric for scoring/grading - one rubric for fiction and one for non-fiction!
This unit can be used with any state in the United States. My home state is Arkansas, so that’s what my students did. I have an Arkansas PBL listed on my tpt page as well if you want one more specific to Arkansas!
Remember, with project based learning the STUDENTS are responsible for their OWN learning. You will give them the outline and project concepts, but they will research, discuss, and work as a team to complete and produce their products.
I left our schedule fairly similar to the
This set is your complete guide to start and complete service learning projects in your class!
This set includes:
Directions for how to implement, teach, and guide service learning.
Graphic organizer pages for every step of the process for your students.
Assessments and grading rubrics.
Inspirational ideas and an example list of projects I've completed with my students!
This short story about a football players day before his first game is a great way to get your football fanatics interested in reading for information. There is an assessment that follows the story with three short answer open response questions and then five multiple choice questions.
Use it in whole group, small group, or as an assessment to work on citing evidence from the text.
This U.S. history set includes several different projects that your students can work on independently. Each project is technology based and the directions are given specifically to students.
This set includes sections on:
Native American Tribes
Early European exploration
Reasons Europeans moved to the Americas
The 13 colonies
creating timelines and historical events
Every two sections have a student self assessment rubric for scoring!
If you use the book White House White-Out, then this unit is for you! I have included:
1 opinion writing page
1 character analysis page
1 page for finding facts in a fictional book
1 page about being a detective
2 vocabulary pages
1 problem, clue, solution page
1 opinion page and author's purpose page about the story
2 pages of multiple choice comprehension questions
2 pages of open response comprehension questions
1 answer key page
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This set goes perfectly with your A to Z Mysteries The Castle Crime study!
This set includes:
setting, theme, conflict, resolution page
clues and reasons page
2 suspects pages
comparing characters
vocabulary page
historical fiction fact finder page
illustration page
wanted poster
2 pages of multiple choice comprehension questions
1 page of open response comprehension questions
Do you need something super interactive and engaging for your students to use for Thanksgiving? Well here it is! A complete project based learning set on Thanksgiving. This set has been designed to incorporate several grade levels and academic areas.
This set includes:
directions for how to conduct PBL sets
Directions for this PBL
3 sets of differentiated CGI math problems- one lower and one upper
a set on the meal planning process of Thanksgiving- graphic organizers for dishes, research for
Looking for something to use across all subject areas to incorporate careers? This is the set for you!
The great thing about this set is that it can be used across numerous grade levels and with every subject area. Like my other project based learning sets, you can expect in-depth research and projects that will engage your students completely!
Included in this set:
project based learning explanation and ideas
website resource page
career vocabulary graphic organizer
careers on wheels section
This set is great for incorporating all subject areas into your literacy study on the Wright Brothers!
Included:
1 graphic organizer for setting, them, problem, solution
1 graphic organizer for character analysis
1 compare and contrast graphic organizer
1 self to text connection page
1 cause and effect page
2 vocabulary pages
1 fact and opinion page
1 authors purpose and my opinion page
2 multiple choice comprehension pages
2 open response comprehension pages
1 page of descriptions for extensio
This is the complete set that includes the football reading comprehension freebie I previously posted. There are three stories and an assessment that follows each story. Each story goes through the day in the life a football player, up until the first play of the season! There is an assessment that follows each story with three open response questions and five multiple choice questions. Keep the rigor in your reading and keep those football fans interested in reading!
This project based learning set includes everything you need to conduct research projects on the Natural State! There is a focus on the six regions, technology presentations, graphs, maps, and Arkansas poetry. There are also two self assessment rubrics for scoring/grading!
Use this set to enhance a literacy lesson using the fun Jerry Pallotta book, Who Will Haunt My House on Halloween?
Many pages from this book can be used with MANY other Halloween books that students love!
This set includes:
1 story elements graphic organizer
1 SWBST graphic organizer
1 character description graphic organizer page
1 character parts of speech page
1 realistic and not realistic events comparison page
1 multiple choice and open response page
3 halloween writing prompts pages
This Project Based Learning Set includes everything that you need to complete a PBL unit on sled engineering and advertising. We did this in five days, but you may want to lengthen or shorten your unit.
There is an outline page for each day and it includes the schedule that WE used, based on our regular academic school schedule. It also includes the visitors that spoke to our class so that you can see what we did to involve the community and the engineering career in our unit. We also incl
2nd - 6th
Economics , Engineering
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Experience
I taught 2nd grade for six years, 3rd grade for two years, junior high for three years and now I am in the wonderful world of middle school and having a blast with environmental and spatial technology!
Teaching style
I believe in a student centered learning environment. Questioning is the basis of a great classroom. Knowing my students strengths and weaknesses is very important to me. I set very high expectations for all students and I don't ever lower them.
Awards & shining teacher moments
2008 Community involvement award Terrell ISD
Teacher of the year 2012
PTA foundation teacher award 2014 Harrison
PBS Learning Media Digital Innovator for the State of Arkansas 16-17
2017 Lemelson MIT Excite Award Winner
2017 & 2018 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow state finalist
2019 NSTA SeaWorld Environmental Educator of the Year
My own education history
Bachelors degree in early childhood education from the University of Central Arkansas
Additional biographical information
I love sports, spending time with my family and friends, and shopping.
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