I am a former elementary teacher (teaching both special education and kindergarten) and a current stay-at-home mom to three little ones. I enjoy knowing that I am still in classrooms around the world in some small way through TpT. My resources focus on helping students to think critically about each standard using content that will keep their interest!
This product makes teaching students to make connections between sentences and paragraphs a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 6 passages and 30 questions (with short-answer options, as well), your students will develop a greater understanding of how to make connections in a text! Each passage is available in a 1-page format and a 2-page format (with larger font size)!Note: This product is now updated for distance learning via Google
3rd
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
This MEGA bundle is perfect for teaching, reviewing, and assessing ALL of the 6th Grade Reading Literature and Reading Informational Text Common Core State Standards! The question types are also based off of what students will see on state tests! Most of the passages are available in a 1-page format and a 2-page format (with larger font size)!Note: This product is now updated for distance learning via Google Slides! The link, along with instructions, are included in the product file after pur
5th - 6th
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
This product makes teaching students to explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator, speaker, or characters in a text, a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 6 passages and 30 multiple-choice questions (with short-response questions, as well), your students will develop a greater understanding of how the point of view is developed in a text! Each passage is available in a 1-page format and a 2-page format (with larg
5th - 7th
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
This product makes teaching students to use nonfiction text features a whole lot easier! With 6 passages (including 3 mock webpages) and 36 multiple-choice questions (with short-answer options, as well), your students will develop a greater understanding of how to use text features to locate information! Note: This product is now updated for distance learning via Google Slides! The link, along with instructions, are included in the product file after purchase.Includes:- 11 full-page ancho
2nd - 3rd
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading Strategies
This product makes teaching students to describe the relationships in historical, scientific, and technical texts a whole lot easier! With 8 passages and 40+ multiple-choice and ordering questions (with short-answer options & fill-in charts, as well), your students will develop a greater understanding of how to make connections in nonfiction texts! Note: This product is now updated for distance learning via Google Slides! The link, along with instructions, are included in the product file
2nd - 3rd
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
This product makes teaching students to find the main idea and key details of a text a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 6 passages and 30 multiple-choice questions (with fill-in chart options, as well), your students will develop a greater understanding of how to find the main idea and key details! Each passage is available in a 1-page format and a 2-page format (with larger font size)!Note: This product is now updated for distance
3rd - 4th
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
This product makes teaching students to compare and contrast nonfiction texts on the same topic a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 10 passages (5 sets of paired passages) and 30 questions (with short-answer options, as well), your students will develop a greater understanding of how to compare and contrast nonfiction texts! Each passage is available in a 1-page format and a 2-page format (with larger font size)!Note: This product is
3rd - 4th
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
This MEGA bundle is perfect for teaching, reviewing, and assessing ALL of the 3rd Grade Reading Literature and Reading Informational Text Common Core State Standards! The question types are also based off of what students will see on state tests! Most of the passages are available in a 1-page format and a 2-page format (with larger font size)!Note: This product is now updated for distance learning via Google Slides! The link, along with instructions, are included in the product file after purc
3rd - 4th
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
This product makes teaching students to determine the central message and key details of a fable, folktale, or myth, as well as how to recount a story, a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 2 fill-in practice charts, 7 passages, and 30 multiple-choice questions (with short-response questions, as well), your students will develop a greater understanding of how to determine the central message and key details of a text, as well as how to r
3rd
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
This bundle will give your students valuable practice with summarizing both fiction and nonfiction texts! With 16 passages and 60+ multiple-choice & short-answer questions, your students will be provided with plenty of summarizing practice! *Also includes the Part A/Part B question types that always seem to show up on state tests!Note: This product is now updated for distance learning via Google Slides! The link, along with instructions, are included in the product file after purchase.Include
This product makes teaching students to recount stories and determine the themes of stories a whole lot easier! With 2 fill-in practice charts, 6 passages, 30+ questions (including 24 multiple-choice questions), and short-response options, your students will develop a greater understanding of how to retell the main parts of a story! Note: This product is now updated for distance learning via Google Slides! The link, along with instructions, are included in the product file after purchase.In
2nd
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
This product makes teaching students to use context clues and to determine the difference between literal and non-literal language a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 6 passages and 36 multiple-choice questions (with short-answer options, as well), your students will develop a greater understanding of how to use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words! Each passage is available in a 1-page format and a 2-page format (
3rd - 4th
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
This product makes teaching students to describe the parts of poems, plays, and stories, and to tell how each successive part builds on earlier parts, a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 6 passages and 50+ questions (including 30 multiple-choice questions with short-answer options, as well), your students will develop a greater understanding of the structures of poems, plays, and stories! Note: This product is now updated for distanc
3rd - 4th
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
duct makes teaching students to describe how characters in a story respond to challenges a whole lot easier! With 2 fill-in practice charts, 6 passages, 30+ questions (including 24 multiple-choice questions), and short-response options, your students will develop a greater understanding of how characters respond to challenges! Note: This product is now updated for distance learning via Google Slides! The link, along with instructions, are included in the product file after purchase.Includes
2nd
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
This product makes teaching students to compare differences in the points of view of characters a whole lot easier! With 6 passages and 35+ questions (with short-answer options, as well), your students will develop a greater understanding of point of view! Note: This product is now updated for distance learning via Google Slides! The link, along with instructions, are included in the product file after purchase.Includes:- 2 "Point of View" anchor charts - “First Person and Third Person Poi
2nd
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
This product makes teaching students to find the main topic and key details of a text a whole lot easier! With 6 passages and 30+ questions (including 27 multiple-choice questions) and fill-in chart options, your students will develop a greater understanding of how to find the main topic and key details of a text! Note: This product is now updated for distance learning via Google Slides! The link, along with instructions, are included in the product file after purchase.Includes:- "Main Top
2nd
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
This bundle is perfect for teaching, reviewing, and assessing ALL of the 6th Grade Reading Literature Common Core State Standards! The question types are also based off of what students will see on state tests! Most passages are available in a 1-page format and a 2-page format (with larger font size)!Note: This product is now updated for distance learning via Google Slides! The link, along with instructions, are included in the product file after purchase.Included in this 6th Grade Reading Li
5th - 6th
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
This product makes teaching students to describe the relationships in historical, scientific, and technical texts a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 6 passages and 40+ multiple-choice and ordering questions (with short-answer options, as well), your students will develop a greater understanding of how to describe relationships in nonfiction texts! Each passage is available in a 1-page format and a 2-page format (with larger font siz
3rd - 4th
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
This product makes teaching students to ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 2 fill-in practice charts, 6 passages, and 24 multiple-choice questions (with short-response questions, as well), your students will develop a greater understanding of how to ask and answer text-dependent questions in nonfiction texts! Each passage is available in a 1-page format and a 2-page for
3rd - 4th
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
This product makes teaching students to compare and contrast two versions of the same story a whole lot easier! With 10 passages (5 sets of paired passages) and 30 questions (with short-answer options, as well), your students will develop a greater understanding of how to compare and contrast stories! Note: This product is now updated for distance learning via Google Slides! The link, along with instructions, are included in the product file after purchase.Includes:- "Comparing & Contras
I am a former elementary teacher (teaching both special education and kindergarten) and a current stay-at-home mom to three little ones. I enjoy knowing that I am still in classrooms around the world in some small way through TpT. My resources focus on helping students to think critically about each standard using content that will keep their interest!
Teaching style
I am an advocate of hands-on learning and applying new learning in all different formats. I also fully understand and believe that all children learn at different paces, so I am constantly designing activities that can be differentiated to meet the needs of students' different learning levels.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I received the "Student Teacher of the Year" award at the end of my senior year of college.
My own education history
I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and Special Education.
Additional biographical information
I believe that ALL children can learn, and I teach my students with that principle in mind. Every child learns differently, and it is our job to figure out how to use each child's learning style to teach them in the most effective way!
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