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South Carolina, United States
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Welcome to my store! I've taught middle school ELA and elementary school for nineteen years. I love to create activities that engage students in high-level rigorous thinking. I currently teach enrichment and Gifted and Talented classes.
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Preview of Summer Camping Digital Escape Room - End of Year - No Prep Breakout Game

Summer Camping Digital Escape Room - End of Year - No Prep Breakout Game

Engage your students on the last days of school with this fun activity. Capture the excitement of summer with this no-prep critical thinking camping-themed digital escape room. Great to use in Summer School or Camp too! Students will match analogies, decode a cipher, solve a logic puzzle, and complete a word ladder to find clues and discover who stole the s'mores! Your students will practice using logical reasoning. They will persevere to solve problems. This puzzle works great for Early Fi
Preview of Valentine's Day Critical Thinking No-Prep Digital Escape Room Enrichment Game

Valentine's Day Critical Thinking No-Prep Digital Escape Room Enrichment Game

Capture the excitement of Valentine's Day in your classroom with this fun challenging critical-thinking mystery escape room. This is a no-prep digital mystery game that uses Google Slides. You can use this game as a class party activity or for a fun learning activity anytime in February! *Students need Google Accounts to access the slides in "edit" mode to drag and drop elements and solve each clue. Students will solve analogies, and complex word problems, complete a logic puzzle, and decipher
Preview of Summer Fun Digital Escape Room - End of Year - No Prep  Breakout Game

Summer Fun Digital Escape Room - End of Year - No Prep Breakout Game

Engage your students on the last days of school with this fun activity. Capture the excitement of summer with this no-prep critical thinking lemonade-themed digital escape room. Great to use this game in Summer School or Camp too! Students will match analogies, decode a cipher, solve a logic puzzle, and complete a word ladder to find clues and discover which alien stole the lemonade from their lemonade stand! Your students will practice using logical reasoning. They will persevere to solve
Preview of Easter Spring Critical Thinking Logic Analogy  Escape Room Mystery Breakout

Easter Spring Critical Thinking Logic Analogy Escape Room Mystery Breakout

Capture the excitement of Spring Time and Easter Fun in your classroom with this challenging critical-thinking mystery escape room. Students will practice ELA skills such as discovering word relationships as they solve analogies! They will practice spelling as they complete a word ladder. They will use close-reading skills and critical thinking as they figure out a logic puzzle and solve a crime. Students will solve analogiescomplete a logic puzzle decipher a word ladder decode a cipher solv
Preview of Synonym and Antonym Analogy Mystery Escape Room Enrichment Game

Synonym and Antonym Analogy Mystery Escape Room Enrichment Game

Are you looking for a fun way to teach synonyms and antonyms? Would you like to get your kids thinking critically about word relationships? Enjoy this fun Mystery Game! Your students will solve 39 analogies, and have fun along the way! This is a great way to build vocabulary and introduce students to the concept of analogies. In this game, students will solve analogies to uncover three clues that will lead them to the criminal who stole Baby Bear's spaghetti dinner. The game is easy to assign
Preview of Summer Camping Digital Escape Room - End of Year - No Prep 4th Grade Math

Summer Camping Digital Escape Room - End of Year - No Prep 4th Grade Math

Engage your students on the last days of school with this fun 4th-grade math activity. Capture the excitement of summer with this no-prep critical thinking camping-themed digital escape room. Great to use in Summer School or as test prep! Students will review many common core math standards as they persevere to solve 22 math problems included in the clues. (Download the PDF preview to see the specific questions included.) EASY TO USE! To play, just save a copy of the Google Slides and as
Preview of Summer Vacation Digital Escape Room - End of Year - No Prep Breakout

Summer Vacation Digital Escape Room - End of Year - No Prep Breakout

Engage your students on the last days of school with this fun activity. Capture the excitement of summer with this no-prep critical thinking travel-themed digital escape room. Great to use in Summer School or Camp too! Students will match analogies, decode a cipher, solve a logic puzzle, and complete a word ladder to find clues and discover who stole the s'mores! Your students will practice using logical reasoning. They will persevere to solve problems. This puzzle works great for Early Fin
Preview of Summer Camping Digital Escape Room - End of Year - No Prep 6th Grade Math

Summer Camping Digital Escape Room - End of Year - No Prep 6th Grade Math

Engage your students on the last days of school with this fun 6th-grade math activity. Capture the excitement of summer with this no-prep critical thinking camping-themed digital escape room. Great to use in Summer School or as test prep! Students will explore ratios, area of a triangle, relationships of quantities, and expressions and equations. Students will persevere to solve problems. This puzzle works great for Early Finishers, Enrichment or a fun class activity in May, June, July or
Preview of Thanksgiving Word Games - Fall ELA Enrichment Early Finisher Worksheets

Thanksgiving Word Games - Fall ELA Enrichment Early Finisher Worksheets

Are you looking for Thanksgiving Word Games for your upper Elementary class ( 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th)? This Fall worksheet set can be used as a class starter, collaborative game, warm-up, or early-finisher activity. These highly-engaging games will capture your student's attention with holiday fun! While your kids have a great time playing, they will be thinking critically through these higher-level thinking word games! These 25 worksheets will keep your kids engaged through all of November. T
Preview of Summer Camping Digital Escape Room - End of Year - No Prep 7th Grade Math

Summer Camping Digital Escape Room - End of Year - No Prep 7th Grade Math

Engage your students on the last days of school with this fun 7th-grade math activity. Capture the excitement of summer with this no-prep critical thinking camping-themed digital escape room. Great to use in Summer School or as test prep! Students will review many common core math standards as they persevere to solve 22 math problems included in the clues. (Download the PDF preview to see the specific questions included.) EASY TO USE! To play, just save a copy of the Google Slides and as
Preview of Summer Camping Digital Escape Room - End of Year - No Prep 5th Grade Math

Summer Camping Digital Escape Room - End of Year - No Prep 5th Grade Math

Engage your students on the last days of school with this fun 5th-grade math activity. Capture the excitement of summer with this no-prep critical thinking camping-themed digital escape room. Great to use in Summer School or as test prep! Students will review many common core math standards as they persevere to solve 22 math problems included in the clues. (Download the PDF preview to see the specific questions included.) EASY TO USE! To play, just save a copy of the Google Slides and as
Preview of Vocabulary & Language Analogy Digital Escape Room - ELA Critical Thinking Game

Vocabulary & Language Analogy Digital Escape Room - ELA Critical Thinking Game

Are you looking for a fun game to build vocabulary & Language skills? Use this digital escape room to give students practice with analogies, expose them to new words and encourage critical thinking! Students will practice ELA skills such as discovering word relationships as they solve analogies! They will practice spelling as they complete a word ladder. They will use close-reading skills and critical thinking as they figure out a logic puzzle and solve a mystery. Students will solve analogie
Preview of Summer Camping Digital Escape Room - End of Year - No Prep 8th Grade Math

Summer Camping Digital Escape Room - End of Year - No Prep 8th Grade Math

Engage your students on the last days of school with this fun 8th-grade math activity. Capture the excitement of summer with this no-prep critical thinking camping-themed digital escape room. Great to use in Summer School or as test prep! Students will review many common core math standards as they persevere to solve 22 math problems included in the clues. (Download the PDF preview to see the specific questions included.) EASY TO USE! To play, just save a copy of the Google Slides and as
Preview of Saint Patrick's Day Critical Thinking Mystery Escape Room Enrichment Game

Saint Patrick's Day Critical Thinking Mystery Escape Room Enrichment Game

Capture the excitement of Saint Patrick's Day in your classroom with this fun and challenging critical-thinking mystery escape room. Students will solve analogies, solve complex word problems, complete a logic puzzle, decipher a word ladder, and figure out guess and check and find a pattern math problems to find clues to solve the crime: Who stole Lucky the Leprechaun's Gold? Your students will practice using logical reasoning to persevere to solve problems. This puzzle works great for Early F
Preview of Analogy Practice Snowman Edition: A Winter  Critical Thinking Word Game

Analogy Practice Snowman Edition: A Winter Critical Thinking Word Game

This 25-question interactive analogy practice will get your students thinking! Use this Google Slides activity for GATE test prep and/or to build critical thinking skills. Students will drag and drop analogies, supply their own answers, and finally demonstrate their mastery by creating their own analogies. Some analogies are simple while others provide opportunities to learn new vocabulary words. This practice is a mix of analogy types (antonyms, synonyms, parts of a whole, function, etc.) Sa
Preview of Winter Word Play: Critical Thinking Word Work Games With Winter Snow Themes

Winter Word Play: Critical Thinking Word Work Games With Winter Snow Themes

Are you looking for Winter Word Games for your upper Elementary class ( 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th)? This Fall worksheet set can be used as a class starter, collaborative game, warm-up, or early-finisher activity. These highly-engaging games will capture your student's attention with holiday fun! While your kids have a great time playing, they will be thinking critically through these higher-level thinking word games! These 25 worksheets will keep your kids engaged through the Winter season. These
Preview of Critical Thinking Challenges and Enrichment: Snowman Edition

Critical Thinking Challenges and Enrichment: Snowman Edition

Do your students need a little extra excitement to get through these cold weather months? Enrich your winter units with these snowman-themed critical thinking challenges! You can challenge your early finishers and use these as enrichment to enhance your students' thinking and problem-solving skills. Designed in small batches to keep kids motivated, these games are easy to assign in Google Classroom to keep all your kids learning! You will love: The ease of assigning these click-and-go digital s
Preview of Nonfiction Reading Escape Room Elizabethan Times Research Game

Nonfiction Reading Escape Room Elizabethan Times Research Game

Engage your students in reading nonfiction! Students will read about the fashions of Elizabethan Times as they read three nonfiction passages and answer comprehension questions to solve locks and escape. This escape room is perfect as a nonfiction companion to a unit on a Shakespeare play or as an introduction to reading nonfiction. Story: An evil wizard has sent you back in time. To come back to the present, solve three locks. 1st: students read the back story 2nd: students read 3 nonfiction
Preview of Winter Pattern Practice (Growing and Repeating) Number Sense Digital Activity

Winter Pattern Practice (Growing and Repeating) Number Sense Digital Activity

Are you looking to give your students practice with growing and repeating patterns? This interactive snowman-themed activity will build student confidence as they work through repeating and growing patterns that increase in difficulty. Use this to enrich younger students and prepare for COGAT testing or to build confidence with older students. Increase number sense and pattern recognition through this no-prep, self-paced Google Slide activity.
Preview of Valentine's & February Word Work Games & Enrichment for Early Finishers

Valentine's & February Word Work Games & Enrichment for Early Finishers

Challenge your early finishers with these Valentine's Themed ELA Enrichment Critical-Thinking Word Games! These tasks are also great for February morning work. I love these games because they don't feel like extra work. Your students will be learning while they are having fun! These challenges are also great for class team-building challenges that promote a growth mindset and flexible thinking. This download includes a variety of games to use throughout February to spice up learning. You can
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About the store

Experience

Welcome to my store! I've taught middle school ELA and elementary school for nineteen years. I love to create activities that engage students in high-level rigorous thinking. I currently teach enrichment and Gifted and Talented classes.

Teaching style

I teaching by encouraging kids to read, write, and create! I believe that because creation is the highest level of rigor, students should have the opportunity to daily engage in many real-world, authentic experiences.

Awards & shining teacher moments

I am a National Board Certified Teacher, and am certified from elementary school through high school Language Arts.

My own education history

I earned a bachelors degree in English at Furman University and a masters in elementary education from Clemson.

Additional biographical information

In addition to teaching, I enjoy writing, reading, and running. I love spending time with my husband and two children.