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Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
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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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Preview of Christmas & Winter S.C.A.M.P.E.R

Christmas & Winter S.C.A.M.P.E.R

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This product contains 12 different S.C.A.M.P.E.R. templates for the following: snowman Snow globe Sled Ugly Sweater Mistletoe Candy Cane Gingerbread House Christmas Tree Nutcracker Wreath Christmas Lights Stocking + Create Your Own EACH template comes with 4 different creative thinking questions to spark creative/critical thinking and unique answers around the specific topic that is being scampered!
Preview of Christmas Creative & Critical Thinking Frenzy

Christmas Creative & Critical Thinking Frenzy

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Keep your students engaged all month long with jolly word play and merry and bright brainteasers. In this resource you will find logic and word play to keep your students engaged during the month of December. Please look at the FULL preview to see if this would be challenging (too much or too little) for your students. There are a variety of activities (at different grade levels) as it is designed with the K-6 Gifted and Talented teacher in mind but includes multiple activities that can span al
Preview of St. Patrick's Day Creative & Critical Thinking

St. Patrick's Day Creative & Critical Thinking

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May the luck of the Irish be with your students as they work through this St. Patrick's Day frenzy of creative and critical thinking tasks. In this resource you will find logic and word play to keep your students engaged during enrichment centers. Please look at the preview to see if this would be challenging (too much or too little) for your students. There are a variety of activities as it is designed with the K-5 Gifted and Talented teacher in mind but includes multiple activities that can s
Preview of The Leaf Detective: Margaret Lowman I Rainforest Creative & Critical Thinking

The Leaf Detective: Margaret Lowman I Rainforest Creative & Critical Thinking

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✨Bring the inspiring story of rainforest scientist Margaret “Meg” Lowman to life with this engaging set of 12 creative and critical thinking activities designed to complement the read-aloud The Leaf Detective by Heather Lang. Perfect for elementary classrooms, this resource encourages students to analyze, imagine, reflect, and innovate while deepening their understanding of Meg Lowman’s groundbreaking work and the importance of rainforest conservation. ✨Spark imagination and curiosity with open
Preview of Thanksgiving Day Parade SELebration

Thanksgiving Day Parade SELebration

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SELebrate Thanksgiving with this SEL inspired Thanksgiving Day Parade float project. Your students are sure to be engaged in this extended assignment that will have them creatively and critically thinking for hours while focusing on a social-emotional themed float. My students LOVED it! Students will: 1. Research the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2. Plan their own Thanksgiving Day float based on a social-emotional theme 3. Design their float with a cardboard box and creative materials/supplie
Preview of Earth Day - An Environmental Change Agent Project

Earth Day - An Environmental Change Agent Project

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Have your students become Environmental Change Agents through inquiry, brainstorming, planning, problem solving and designing. Students will act as Creative Problem Solvers to set goals and make change. Students will SCAMPER their ideas to solve an environmental issue and move forward with Design Thinking. Using recycled materials, students will design and build then present their products. A rubric is included. This activity could span over the course of a week OR can be completed in one day.
Preview of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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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
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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).