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Rebecca's Resources

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Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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This is my 8th year of teaching Middle School. For most of those years, I have taught 6th Grade Science. I taught 5th Grade Science and Math one year, and 7th and 8th Grade English Language Arts another year. Currently, I am teaching Science to 6th and 7th Grade students, some classes in a Gifted and Talented magnet program and some regular education classes.
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Preview of Teamwork Rating Scale

Teamwork Rating Scale

Group projects are a great way for students to collaborate and create wonderful products. Even though we as teachers do our best to form healthy groups and monitor their progress, it is sometimes difficult to truly know how the group is functioning. This form gives students the opportunity to provide feedback on their group members' contributions and their group's dynamics. I created this likert scale rating and have used it in my middle school classroom for several years. I think it would
Preview of Classroom Passes

Classroom Passes

If you are like me, the idea of a germy hall pass following kids into the bathroom multiple times a day and then being passed on from kid to kid kind of freaks you out. In my room, I use tear-away individual hall passes that students glue into their notebook at the beginning of each nine weeks. When they want to exit the room, they hand me an exit pass. They must have an exit pass to exit, so this limits the number of trips that they take outside of my classroom. I also give kids two "grumpy
Preview of Test/Quiz Corrections Handout

Test/Quiz Corrections Handout

Mastery of content is a major goal of learning. To that end, we teachers want to ensure that our students come to master the content, even if they fail to prove mastery the first time they try. If you are like me, however, you are somewhat leery of retakes. A few years ago, my teammates and I were struggling with how to ensure that students prove mastery without retaking assessments. We drafted a few forms, and this is the one that I ultimately created for my classroom. This corrections hand
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Experience

This is my 8th year of teaching Middle School. For most of those years, I have taught 6th Grade Science. I taught 5th Grade Science and Math one year, and 7th and 8th Grade English Language Arts another year. Currently, I am teaching Science to 6th and 7th Grade students, some classes in a Gifted and Talented magnet program and some regular education classes.

Teaching style

Students in my classroom learn through inquiry, problem-solving, and hands-on experiments and activities. I believe in getting students to take ownership of their own learning through engaging and challenging tasks and problems. I see my role as a facilitator and director in class and most of my work is done "behind the scenes" in planning. I am also a proponent of interactive notebooking in Science classes.

Awards & shining teacher moments

A million years ago when I was an undergraduate, I graduated Summa Cum Laude and was a Phi Beta Kappa inductee. During my time teaching in Tennessee, I was ranked as a "Level 5" teacher according to the Tennessee educator evaluation system. I have published research with my professors in a well-known scholarly journal, as well as in University of Kentucky publications on the topic of ADHD and media use among children. I have published creative writing in an Auburn University publication.

My own education history

I have a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in English, both from the University of Kentucky. My Master of Arts in Teaching is from Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee. I am currently working on a second Masters in Gifted and Talented Education through Eastern Kentucky University. I earned approximately 50 hours of education and experience in a child clinical psychology PhD program before leaving it in favor of becoming an educator.

Additional biographical information

When I am not planning lessons or teaching, I enjoy spending time with my two spoiled dogs. I also love being with my sweet family and friends (especially my niece and nephew). Reading, running, yoga, sewing, knitting, and writing are my favorite hobbies.