Reading the Rapids
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Land O Lakes, Florida, United States
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I have taught English for grades 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. I have also taught Intensive Reading for 9 and 10 as well as Creative Writing. I moved to the ESE Department in the 2017/18 school year to provide additional support for teachers and students in the sophomore English classroom, which I loved! Tenth grade is my favorite grade because I really notice maturity growth in them from their Freshman year. Additionally, at this time students are also really beginning to hone their critical thinking skills and begin asking some tougher, outside of the box, questions. However, in May of 2024 my husband and I welcomed our first child and I resigned from the district to raise our son. I still have many resources to organize and will continue to post new lessons and units. :)
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Cultural Christmas and Holiday Traditions Around the World Activity
If you find yourself at the end of first semester with both you and your students in need of a little brain break, then this is for you. This fun activity provides a "fact or fiction" list of 11 interesting Christmas and holiday celebrations around the world, and requires students to determine if they think the traditions are indeed fact or fiction. They're all fact, but it's easy for students to think that eating fried caterpillars is not a real Christmas treat! This activity includes the t
5th - 11th
Back to School Icebreaker Getting to Know You Beginning of the Year Activity BTS
Welcome students back to school with this fun and interactive icebreaker, get to know you activity! This back to school activity is great to do in the first week of school as students make new friends and adjust to new schedules. Students color and customize the provided handout and then walk-about exchanging information and interviewing their peers. Directions are included, as setting the walk-about to music makes it much more fun for the new year's learners! This icebreaker activity works g
5th - 10th
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FREE ESE Accommodations Documentation Charts! EDITABLE!
Make recording ESE accommodations as easy as possible with this FREE file that includes two fully editable and customizable documentation formats! Each format is presented in a simplistic and well laid out PowerPoint page (though there is a PDF file as well) that allows for quick print-and-go documenting. The accommodations listed on the charts are given in alphabetical order and are grouped by “presentation,” “responding,” “scheduling” and “setting.” These are the most common accommod
5th - 12th
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About the store
Experience
I have taught English for grades 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. I have also taught Intensive Reading for 9 and 10 as well as Creative Writing. I moved to the ESE Department in the 2017/18 school year to provide additional support for teachers and students in the sophomore English classroom, which I loved! Tenth grade is my favorite grade because I really notice maturity growth in them from their Freshman year. Additionally, at this time students are also really beginning to hone their critical thinking skills and begin asking some tougher, outside of the box, questions. However, in May of 2024 my husband and I welcomed our first child and I resigned from the district to raise our son. I still have many resources to organize and will continue to post new lessons and units. :)
Teaching style
I like to mix independent work with group collaboration. There is a time where brainstorming and bouncing ideas off of each other is invaluable, but then, as we gradually release, the students need to each fly on their own. I try to make everything relevant to their lives, no matter if it's an informative writing assignment or reading Shakespeare, it all can all apply to them in some way.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Watching students wrestle with, conquer, and grow from challenging material is the best reward!
When I self-published my novel, a former student drew the cover illustration--a decade after I had her for Creative Writing her Senior year! I love that I am able to keep in touch with some of my students; watching them blossom into responsible adults is a blessing
My own education history
I graduated from Hillsborough Community College with my AA in 2003 and then went onto the University of South Florida Tampa to earn my Bachelor's in English with a concentration in creative writing. I graduated with my Bachelor's in 2005. I am a lifelong learner and reader and am always seeking out new bits of information.
Additional biographical information
I am a lifelong bibliophile and find no past time more enjoyable! Born and raised in Florida, I enjoy beaches, rivers and warm weather. In February of 2022, I checked off one major personal goal when I self-published my fiction novel, The Tale of the Starbreather's Realm. It is available on Amazon as a paperback and a Kindle ebook! You can find me online at mdsaintswrites.com where I post teacher blogs and have a Free Little Resource Library (of lessons not available in my TpT store) for subscribers. :)
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