Classroom teacher, 18 years
Curriculum Facilitator, 2 years
Instructional Coach, 2 years
Reading Specialist 1 year
Freelance Curriculum Writer, current
Program designer, current
HIGH QUALITY, HIGH ENGAGEMENT, REAL WORLD APPLICATION! This Financial Literacy Unit 3 is appropriate for grades 5-8. This unit has 7 lessons that could support a 6-8 week long inquiry based curriculum on its own. It can also be used as supplemental material for math, social studies, or ELA quarterly classes. Each unit provides standard based lessons written at the highest levels of Bloom's. It incorporates a variety of multi medias, exposure to current events, problem solving tasks, predictive r
HIGH QUALITY, HIGH ENGAGEMENT, REAL WORLD APPLICATION! This Financial Literacy Unit 2 is appropriate for grades 5-8. This unit has 6 lesson that could support a 6-8 week long inquiry based curriculum on its own. It can also be used as supplemental material for math, social studies, or ELA quarterly classes. Each unit provides standard based lessons written at the highest levels of Bloom's. It incorporates a variety of multi medias, exposure to current events, problem solving tasks, predictive re
HIGH QUALITY, HIGH ENGAGEMENT, REAL WORLD APPLICATION! This Financial Literacy Unit 1 is appropriate for grades 5-8. This unit has 7 lessons that could support a 6-8 week long inquiry based curriculum on its own. It can also be used as supplemental material for a math, social studies, or ELA quarterly classes. Each unit provides standard based lessons written at the highest levels of Bloom's. It incorporates a variety of multi medias, exposure to current events, problem solving tasks, predictive
Resource page used as reference for students, add to Google Classroom Class Resources, turn into a classroom poster, etc. Page that defines the four types of questions and explains the thinking necessary to answer them.
This questioning graphic organizer can be used with any piece of literature where you want your students to practice their questioning skills. There are 4 types of questions that require different forms of thinking. This graphic organizer allows students to create questions, gain a better understanding of the differences between the 4, and also forces them to analyze the metacognition involved when answering these questions. I have added a FREE RESOURCE to go with this table that provides the
This graphic organizer is an introduction to identifying implicit and explicit details using pictures/art. This can be used as a pretest, center activity, classroom activity, or homework. This is a quick way to determine if a student has mastered a skill and can apply it.
Not Specific
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
This graphic organizer is an introduction to identifying implicit and explicit details using pictures/art. This can be used as a pretest, center activity, classroom activity, or homework. This is a quick way to determine if a student has mastered a skill and can apply it.
3rd - 10th
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.6
, CCRA.R.7
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Experience
Classroom teacher, 18 years
Curriculum Facilitator, 2 years
Instructional Coach, 2 years
Reading Specialist 1 year
Freelance Curriculum Writer, current
Program designer, current
Teaching style
My teaching style supports and nurtures interpretive thinking, analysis of text, and mastering questioning skills.
Plan smarter not harder!
Get your biggest bang for your buck with your activities!
Bloom's Taxonomy is manipulated when my activities are developed.
Awards & shining teacher moments
"Excellent" ratings for every year evaluated over 18 years,
Teacher of the Year for Econ IL, 2017
Star in Classroom recipient, Econ Illinois, 2014
Good Egg Award, Park Forest, Illinois, 2008
My own education history
MA in Reading from Olivet Nazarene University,
MA in Educational Administration from Governors State University,
BA in Elementary Education from Illinois State University,
Gifted Endorsement,
Middle School Endorsement
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