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Welcome to Open The Gate. With over 10 years in the Gifted & Talented Classroom, it is my goal to offer you enrichment resources that add value to your classroom instruction and provide an opportunity for students to explore their creative and critical thinking!
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Supporting Gifted Students One-Pager
These two one-pagers provide helpful suggestions/strategies to parents and teachers of gifted students who are looking to help support their child at home and at school. This is an excellent resource to send home with new to gifted families for support and classroom teachers at your school who are looking to challenge your GT students in the gen ed classroom.
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
This FREE resource includes a link to a Wonderopolis video and article that will allow students to include vocabulary and facts/details in their one-pager activity. This activity involves investigating information, illustrating and defining terms, and organizing what was learned. https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/who-is-the-unknown-soldier
3rd - 6th
Informational Text, Reading
Positive Affirmations < Monthly Tear & Share > Social-Emotional Learning I Space
SPACE THEME Bring encouragement, empathy, and empowerment into your classroom all year long with this 12-Month Positive Affirmation Tear & Share resource! Each month features a fresh social-emotional theme and a set of inspiring, kid-friendly affirmations designed to uplift students and build a positive classroom community. These printable tear-and-share posters can be displayed in your classroom, hallway, or counseling office. Students can take what they need or share one with someone who d
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Character Education, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning
Gifted EP and Goal Setting Worksheet
A one page goal setting worksheet utilizing the S.M.A.R.T. goal technique. Students can break down their educational plans using this method.
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About the store
Experience
Welcome to Open The Gate. With over 10 years in the Gifted & Talented Classroom, it is my goal to offer you enrichment resources that add value to your classroom instruction and provide an opportunity for students to explore their creative and critical thinking!
Teaching style
Critical and Creative thinking are at the heart of my teaching. Engaging lessons and diving deep into the world of higher order thinking drives my instruction while staying true to Gifted Frameworks and State Standards.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Nominated School Based Teacher of the Year
Leadership Team Member
District Based Curriculum Designer
Pittsburgh Marathoner, 2019
My own education history
Westminster College - New Wilmington, Pennsylvania - '03 - B.Ed
Penn State Behrend - Erie, Pennsylvania - '05 - MBA
University of South Florida - St. Petersburg, Florida - '12 - M.Ed Leadership
Additional biographical information
While I LOVE teaching, my MAIN job is MOM to my two beautiful children, Johnny (10) and Josephine (7). My husband and I are both Pennsylvania transplants with our Northern Roots running deep in our veins. We love sunny Florida, living close to the beach, family workouts in our driveway, and enjoying all things outdoors (except tents, I don't enjoy tents).
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