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Preview of Universal Novel Study: Literary Analysis for Any Book

Universal Novel Study: Literary Analysis for Any Book

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE:Transform any class novel into a rich, standards‑aligned learning experience with this flexible  Universal Novel Study: Literary Analysis for Any Book. Designed for grades 6–10, this reusable unit gives you everything you need to guide students through deep, text‑based analysis of  any novel—without starting from scratch each time. The resource blends close reading, literary analysis, and personal response, using multiple critical approaches (theme, moral/intellectual, struct
Preview of Plant and Animal Adaptations - Grade 3 Science Unit

Plant and Animal Adaptations - Grade 3 Science Unit

This is a 10-lesson, 82-page Grade 3 Life Science Unit on Plant and Animal Adaptations published by Quality Curriculum and is based on the NYC Scope and Sequence, including the topic’s essential question, Key Ideas, New York State Performance Indicators, CCSS Connections, science activities, graphic organizers, information sheets, worksheets, answer keys and online resources. The document was uploaded as a zip file.
Preview of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Novel Unit

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Novel Unit

This novel study from QualityCurriculum saves both time and energy. It include 50 different assignments to help your students learn to appreciate the opportunities afforded by good literature in terms of growth and understanding. The unit includes a crossword puzzle, chapter checkups, activity sheets, and numerous worksheets dealing with such skills and concepts as pre-reading strategies, making connections, compare and contrast, character development, plot, theme, story structure, setting, poin
Preview of Solving Real-World Problems Through Technology and Teamwork

Solving Real-World Problems Through Technology and Teamwork

This unit, "Solving Real-World Problems Through Technology and Teamwork," equips students in grades 3–8 with essential 21st-century skills—collaboration, problem-solving, critical thinking, and digital literacy—while integrating technology, SEL, and digital citizenship across ELA, Social Studies, and Science standards. Designed for both high-tech and low-tech classrooms, the resource includes project-based lessons, differentiated supports, offline handouts, and adaptation notes for various gra
Preview of Financial Literacy Mini-Unit: Needs, Wants, Budgets, and Smart Spending

Financial Literacy Mini-Unit: Needs, Wants, Budgets, and Smart Spending

Middle school financial literacy mini-unit for grades 6–8! This no-prep PowerPoint (PPT) resource helps students practice needs vs. wants, budgeting basics, smart spending, and saving goals through realistic, age-appropriate scenarios. Perfect for math, advisory, personal finance, intervention, or independent work. This resource includes: 5 student pages.Teacher instructions.Vocabulary support.Budgeting practice.Smart spending scenarios.Exit ticket.Complete answer key.This mini-unit is ideal for
Preview of Matter Science Unit

Matter Science Unit

This is a 38-page Grade 3 Physical Science Unit on Matter published by Quality Curriculum and is based on the NYC Scope and Sequence. It addresses the topic’s essential question, its key idea, NGSS Cross-Cutting Concepts, and CCSS Connections via four recommended science videos, ten science activities, six graphic organizers, two assessments, two answer keys, two informational handouts and two lesson plans with introductions, guided and independent practice, and closure.
Preview of The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet - Chapter Checkup & Vocabulary

The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet - Chapter Checkup & Vocabulary

This convenient teacher resource consists of two multiple-choice and four short-response questions per each chapter of Eleanor Cameron’s account of the adventure experienced by David Topman and Charles Masterson. Every chapter includes an answer key and a list of six vocabulary words with pronunciations and relevant definitions as well.
Preview of Energy Science Unit

Energy Science Unit

This is a 50-page complete Grade 3 Physical Science Unit on Energy published by Quality Curriculum and is based on the NYC Scope and Sequence, including the topic’s essential question, MST Standards Key Ideas, NGSS Cross-Cutting Concepts, CCSS Connections, science activities, graphic organizers, a number of answer keys and seven lesson plans; each with an introduction, guided and independent practice, and closure.
Preview of Foreign Currency Clip Art: Sweden

Foreign Currency Clip Art: Sweden

Here's a small but practical collection of standard quality clip art representing various denominations of Swedish coins and bills. Most monies depicted include images of both their front and back sides and bills are rendered in four different styles—pencil, ink, color and realistic vintage. Possible applications include assessments, worksheets, games, centers, visual displays, projects and hands-on instruction. This Quality Curriculum publication is a PDF file with 14 pages worth of art.
Preview of Simple Machines Science Unit

Simple Machines Science Unit

This is a 68-page Grade 3 Physical Science Unit on Simple Machines published by Quality Curriculum and is based on the NYC Scope and Sequence, including the topic’s essential question, Key Idea, New York State Performance Indicators, CCSS Connections, science activities, graphic organizers, pre-test, post-test, worksheets, informational sheets, answer keys, online resources and four fully written lesson plans; each with an introduction, guided and independent practice, and closure. The document
Preview of Generic Novel Unit

Generic Novel Unit

This 58-page publication from QualityCurriculum was created for use with virtually any novel and contains thirty-eight different open-ended response sheets designed to awaken learners to the treasures awaiting those able to extract insight and revelation from the pages of a good book. For many students, the only time they'll ever read a novel is when assigned by a teacher. It's therefore incumbent upon us to demonstrate how novels can help those who view literature as applicable to their own li
Preview of Three-Dimensional Shapes

Three-Dimensional Shapes

Included in this 40-page publication from QualityCurriculum are activities and worksheets that encourage students to make careful observations to discern patterns and structure. Learners will be asked to identify the name of and describe three-dimensional shapes presented in a variety of ways (with different sizes and orientations) including cubes, prisms, spheres, cones, cylinders and pyramids. Some of the tasks will ask students to describe their physical world using geometric vocabulary and
Preview of Grade Three Science Unit Pretest and Post-test

Grade Three Science Unit Pretest and Post-test

This PDF resource from Quality Curriculum is designed to accompany our NYC Grade Three Science Unit. It is a 40-item Pretest and 40-item Post-test addressing all four topic areas as described in the New York City Department of Education Science Scope & Sequence (matter, energy, simple machines, and plant and animal adaptations) and includes the corresponding answer keys.
Preview of Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer - Checkups and Vocabulary

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer - Checkups and Vocabulary

This convenient teacher resource, created by special request, consists of twenty-five six-item multiple choice/short response checkups—each with a corresponding vocabulary sheet, including pronunciations and relevant definitions—for Kelly Jones’ account of Sophie Brown’s move from Los Angeles to Gravenstein, CA as told through a series of letters. Each checkup has a corresponding answer key located at the end of the resource.
Preview of Fifth Grade Weekly Language Review Friday Assessments

Fifth Grade Weekly Language Review Friday Assessments

This resource was custom designed in response to a request for Friday Assessments that would correspond with Joanne Warner’s 5thGradeWeeklyLanguageReview. Per specifications, these multiple choice (fill in the bubble) Friday Assessments include “none of the above,” “all of the above,” and “check all that apply” type test items as well items for which there is only one correct response. The Friday Assessments vary in length from 13 to 20 items each.
Preview of Electricity and Magnetism - Grade 4 Science Unit

Electricity and Magnetism - Grade 4 Science Unit

This is a 10-lesson (including investigations and activities), 43-page Grade 4 Physical Science Unit on Electricity and Magnetism published by Quality Curriculum and is based on the NYC Scope and Sequence, including the topic’s essential question, Key Ideas, New York State Performance Indicators, CCSS Connections, science activities, graphic organizers, information sheets, worksheets, answer keys and online resources. The document was uploaded as a zip file.
Preview of Pictographs and Bar Graphs

Pictographs and Bar Graphs

This 36-page publication from QualityCurriculum is designed to help young students become mathematically proficient at using charts, verbal descriptions, tables and graphs to represent important features and relationships related to graphical data, relying on the use of concrete objects or pictures to help conceptualize and solve problems. More specifically, students are asked to draw picture graphs and bar graphs with single-unit scale to represent data sets with up to four categories.
Preview of AERO Time, Continuity, and Change Kindergarten Social Studies Unit

AERO Time, Continuity, and Change Kindergarten Social Studies Unit

This 26-page American Education Reaches Out Time, Continuity, and Change Kindergarten Social Studies Unit contains six lessons addressing the AERO Common Core Plus standards, though the sixth lesson can be repeated an endless number of times by changing the literature used as the focus of the lesson each time. The lessons are: 1. What Is “The Past?”; 2. Recognizing the Past; 3. Can We Change “The Past?”; 4. Student Biographical Timeline; 5. Why Study the Past?; and 6. Identifying Stories About t
Preview of 6" Fraction Rulers

6" Fraction Rulers

These clever 6" rulers were designed by a teacher whose students were initially experiencing difficulty conceptualizing halves and fourths when first learning to measure lengths using customary/household units. In place of plain hatch marks, each inch is divided into whole-, half-, and quarter-inch rectangles. To avoid the confusion a lot of elementary school students experience when using standard rulers, the beginning of the first inch coincides with the starting end of the ruler, and because
Preview of Two-dimensional Shapes

Two-dimensional Shapes

Included in this 42-page publication from QualityCurriculum are activities and worksheets that encourage students to make careful observations to discern patterns and structure. Learners will be asked to identify the name of and describe basic two-dimensional shapes presented in a variety of ways (different sizes and orientations) including squares, triangles, circles, rectangles, and hexagons. The last two pages offer a number of suggestions for child-centered activities where learners can be
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Experience

Career in education at multiple levels Self-publisher of educational resources

Teaching style

I combine mastery learning with criterion-referenced assessment to allow for the wide range of differences between individual learners while providing for accountability.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Voted LEARN Lead Teacher two consecutive years, assigned as Technology Lead Teacher and voted Faculty Representative.

My own education history

BA Psychology Multiple Subject Teaching Credential Cross Cultural, Language Development Certificate Reading Horizons Instructional Certificate

Additional biographical information

ESL Teacher - Abu Dhabi Education Council ESL Teacher - California State University, Northridge Program Leader - Bud Carson Middle School Elementary Teacher - Los Angeles Unified Elementary Teacher - Compton Unified Private Tutor - Shepherd's Life Tutoring Center Public Tutor - Sylvan at School Lead Teacher - Isabel Patterson Child Development Center Teacher Aide - Long Beach Unified School District