Proficiency Through Guided Challenge
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2 years of experience in early childhood, 10 years of experience as a secondary ELAR teacher, 5 years of experience in C&I leadership at the district level.
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English Learner Accommodations by Domain and Proficiency Level (fully editable)
This is an excellent one-page reference that offers a menu of differentiation strategies by domain (listening, speaking, reading, writing) and proficiency level (beginning, intermediate, advanced, and advanced high) to help English learners/ emergent bilingual students to both access the content in your class and deepen their understanding of the English language.
PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
For All Subjects
#Emoji Response to Reading
This quirky response to reading gets pre-teens and teenagers to interact with the text on a #thoughtful level. I used it with seniors who were reading Huck Finn and they got a kick out of it. You could hear them giggle as they thought of a particularly snazzy hashtaf. Even if the reading is dry, the hashtags #won'tbe. Enjoy!
4th - 12th
English Language Arts, Reading
THANKSgiving Thank You Letters
This lesson provides a mentor text and a prewriting activity to help students choose a person to write to. It then breaks down the process of writing a sincere, meaningful thank you letter for students including sentence starters. This is a one to two day lesson. (You may just have students finish the letter for homework and show it to you the next day rather than taking it to two days. I actually only use one day for it, and students usually finish their letters during my 45 minute class period
4th - 12th
English Language Arts, Writing
Irony Presentation and Activity to Complete with "The Andy Griffith Show"
The kids love the interactive, image-heavy presentation AND the old black and white show. They will laugh the whole lesson; they will totally understand all the forms of irony, and they will beg for more Andy Griffith! Please note that the episode of Andy Griffith appears to require a purchase of $1.99 to view (on IMDB.com). The presentation and notes are high-quality and can stand alone, but the $1.99 is probably worth it for an excellent opportunity for the class to look for the different type
7th - 11th
Drama, English Language Arts, Reading
Forced Analogy POETRY- Characterization and Critical Thinking- Any Story
Can be used for characterization with any story, or characterization of historical figures. See the example product below:
Katniss Everdeen
Katniss is like an arrow.
She’s a valuable weapon and tool in a battle,
and she doesn’t break easily.
Katniss is as straight as an arrow;
she’s brutally honest and she says exactly what she means.
She makes impossible choices as quickly as an arrow zips through the air,
and her words are as piercing as an arrow’s tip.
Katniss has a softer side like an
6th - 12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Social Studies, Writing
STAAR Expository Essay Prompt Writing Template With Example Prompt
Use this template to write your own expository essay prompts. The template follows the formatting of a STAAR prompt, so students will be familiar with the format when they see it on the test.
4th - 9th
ELA Test Prep, Other (ELA)
Non-Fiction Dice Activity
This is an assignment that can be used with any Non-Fiction text. Students create the die according to the directions, then switch with a partner and complete each other's work. Students will roll the die to determine which four (out of the six) sides they will answer once they have switched with a partner. Work can be checked by the student who created the die. Students may discuss any disagreements they have.
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Close Reading, English Language Arts, Informational Text
Christmas Gift For Students... Homework Pass! Fully Editable PPT File
See Preview. :) Stickers not included...
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Positive Feedback Sentence Stems to Encourage Specific Praise of Peers' Writing
The title says it all. :)
4th - 12th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing-Essays
Prewriting for Personal Narrative by Thinking of Shoes! Any Grade
Students start with their shoes, then list where they wear them, what they do in them, and who they are with. Magically, students are able to quickly list memories. The trick is to time them. Give them one to two minutes per box. :)
3rd - 12th
English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays
Prewriting for Personal Narrative with Sentence Stems Any Grade
Students will easily come up with a topic for their personal narrative using these sentence stems. :)
3rd - 12th
English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays
Personal Narrative Revision Tool Includes Mentor Text Examples Fully Editable
Please check out the preview file for free! One of the struggles in having students write a paper is leading them to revise and edit for specific purposes. Well, I have created a magic bullet for descriptive personal narrative revision! This chart helps students to identify the elements of the genre they have incorporated into their papers, and address the elements they have not incorporated. It guides them to realize that there are more details they can add to their writing, even after they thi
4th - 12th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing
Tone, Mood, Topic, Theme, Symbol, and Shift Any Story or Poem Fully Editable
Use this with any short story or poem that includes characters, even student choice. I like to walk students through this rubric once at the beginning of the year, then assign a new one every six weeks to keep them sharp!
6th - 12th
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
20% Project Explanation AND Rubrics Project Based Learning
Here is the explanation I am handing out to parents and students. of course, every document in this file will need to be edited to adhere to your classroom, school and district policies. Also, feel free to check out my free preview file which includes this explanation plus the first of the four rubrics for the assignment.
What is the 20% Project?
Simply stated, the 20% Project is an assignment that is modeled after Google’s 20% Time. Google encourages its engineers to spend 20% of their time
7th - 12th, Higher Education
For All Subjects, Instructional Technology, Speaking & Listening
Access My Personal Comprehensive SAT Vocab. Website: Vocab for the Entire Year
YOU CAN TRY THIS BEFORE YOU BUY IT. Download the preview file. :)
Anyone can look up SAT words online, right?
After finding the words, there is a lot of work to do. I ALREADY DID IT.
I am selling access to the private link to my SAT Vocabulary website. The website contains links to 30 SAT Vocabulary Lists that I created using Studystack.com.
Once you have access to the website, the link can be shared with your students (it is short, and easy to remember).
Students will then be able to ac
7th - 12th
Computer Science - Technology, Vocabulary
ANY Poem! Comprehensive: Diction, Tone, Mood, Topic, Theme, Symbolism, Etc STAAR
ANY Poem - Comprehensive Poetry Assignment - Addresses: Diction, Tone, Mood, Topic, Theme, Symbolism, Imagery, Shift, Writing Response, Etc.
This assignment can be used to lead students to achieve a broader understanding of any poem- no matter how difficult. The assignment can be completed in a class period, as homework, or (may favorite) a little bit at a time over the course of a week or so (maybe as a warm-up?).
I have included the assignment, an explanation of how to complete the assignme
6th - 12th, Higher Education
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Poetry
Storyboard Soundtrack Rubric ANY BOOK
This assignment can be completed with any novel, biography, autobiography, or history book. I often use it as an SSR (Silent Sustained Reading) Response assignment. Students will identify the elements of Plot Development for the purpose of creating a soundtrack for the book, as if it were a movie. This assignment seamlessly moves students from plot development to an analysis of the author's tone and the mood created for the reader. They very much enjoy the opportunity to choose the music for the
5th - 8th
English Language Arts, Reading, Short Stories
Teach Tone, Mood, and Paraphrasing Using The Raven by Edgar A. Poe HALLOWEEN!
Teach an engaging, high interest lesson on tone, mood and paraphrasing using "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe! This flexible lesson plan can be used with cooperative groups and includes links to audio and video to use with "The Raven," as well as the text and a list of definitions for difficult words, a jigsaw paraphrasing activity, a word splash activity where students choose words from "The Raven" that contribute to the tone and mood, and finally, a Venn Diagram where students choose from a lis
7th - 12th
English Language Arts, Poetry
Attendance Cards: Procedure to get work to students who have been absent.
The Problems:
-When students are absent, they forget to ask for their work, or you forget to give it to them, or a combination of these.
-When students do ask for their work, they ask at a time when you should be teaching the whole class or getting everything started. They throw off your groove.
-You need to get a message to one of your students, but you will probably forget…
I HAVE THE SOLUTION, and it is so fun and simple! Attendance Cards. I’ve used this procedure for five years, and most o
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For All Subjects
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About the store
Experience
2 years of experience in early childhood, 10 years of experience as a secondary ELAR teacher, 5 years of experience in C&I leadership at the district level.
Teaching style
Kids learn through productive struggle. I design learning experiences that support them to do so and target the particular learning outcomes they need to reach.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Hector P. Garcia Middle School, Northside ISD, San Antonio, TX Educator of the Year; Superintendents Technology Contest Winner, Devine ISD, Devine, Texas; Teacher of the Month; Devine High School, Devine, Texas; Teach Rhymes with Beach Conference Presenter, 2022; Texas Association of School Administrators Conference Presenter, Austin, Texas, 2024
My own education history
I taught at a preschool during college, and I ended up substituting for the Director for multiple months. After obtaining my Bachelor's in Elementary Education (EC-4) in 2008, I was a Certified Reading Tutor until I was recruited to teach Middle School Reading. After teaching 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Reading for five years, I moved up to the high school level where I led the English Department and taught mostly English I and English I Pre-AP for another five years. In 2017, I obtained my Master's in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Texas in San Antonio. In 2019, I was promoted from the High School to Central Office, where I led curriculum and instruction as well as federal, state, and special programs (including ESL and GT) for my local school district. I have recently obtained Superintendent Certification. I still love nothing more than designing learning and spending every possible minute in the classroom. Being in the trenches with and supporting teachers, who I firmly believe are the backbone of what we do in the field of education, is the most important work I do.
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