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Ruby Jane Ortiz

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Canterbury, New Zealand

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Hi, I'm Ruby! ♥️ I am deeply passionate about creating teaching resources that meet the diverse needs of students, especially multilingual learners or emergent bilinguals. My heart is dedicated to ensuring every child feels supported and empowered to succeed. I have spent more than 15 years developing and refining curriculum and 7 years of dedicated classroom teaching experience across various subjects including Science, Mathematics, and Language Arts.

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Graphic Organizers for Writing Nonfiction

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Ruby Jane Ortiz

These FREE nonfiction graphic organizers will help your students to think critically about any nonfiction unit. This resource is packed full of a wide variety of graphic organizers to practice reading and check understanding of nonfiction units. It includes the following: ❤️ Identifying the main idea and supporting details ❤️ Comparing and Contrasting ❤️ Identifying the Author's Purpose ❤️ Making predictions before reading ❤️ Stating an opinion after reading Looking for interactive nonficti

1st - 6th

Reading, Reading Strategies

All About Penguins Nonfiction Unit

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Ruby Jane Ortiz

Looking for fun and engaging penguin nonfiction unit activities? This All About Penguins resource has everything you need for an interactive nonfiction unit in your classroom. It includes a penguin craft, a lap book guide, a nonfiction unit booklet, worksheets, answer keys, graphic organizers, and writing activities. Penguin Nonfiction Booklet☼ What are penguins? ☼ What do they look like? ☼ Where do they live? ☼ How long do they live? ☼ What do they eat? ☼ What do they do? ☼ How do they grow? ☼

K - 2nd

Art, Science

Also included in: Nonfiction Units MEGABUNDLE

Solar System Word Wall Cards

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Ruby Jane Ortiz

Looking for All About the Solar System word cards? Here's a freebie that includes the following words: Solar System, Sun, Planet, Inner Planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Outer Planets, and Dwarf Planets. This resource is part of a comprehensive resource on solar system. Click here to purchase and download. It includes posters, word cards, nonfiction unit booklet, lap book guide, solar system activities, workbook, answer key, graphic organizers, and writing

1st - 2nd

Science

Tangram Freebie

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Ruby Jane Ortiz

A tangram is a traditional Chinese puzzle that consists of seven pieces called tans. The seven pieces include one square, one parallelogram, and five triangles. Arranged correctly, the puzzle pieces can be fitted together to create a larger shape. They can form a square, a triangle, or a rectangle. They can also form complex shapes such as helicopter, house, or rocket ship. This freebie is part of a packet that contains 35 tangram puzzles that you can use in your spatial learning centers, early

K - 1st

Geometry

Positional Words Freebie

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Ruby Jane Ortiz

Looking for positional word cards? Here's a freebie that includes the following positional words: inside, outside, behind, front, left, right, above, below, between, and beside. These words are used to describe the position of people, places, and things. They describe where an object in space is, often in relation to another object. Check out this comprehensive resource on positional words and following directions! It includes ten posters, clip cards, word cards, workbook (30 work pages and an

PreK - K

English Language Arts, Math

Also included in: ESL Newcomer Activities Megabundle

Nonfiction Text Features Posters with Monsters

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Ruby Jane Ortiz

Do you need fun and engaging nonfiction text features posters? This FREEBIE includes full pages of eight different text features such as title, table of contents, graphic aids, labels, glossary, index, maps and highlighted text. All posters include the name of the text feature, its purpose, and an example. Looking for interactive nonfiction units for science and literacy centers? You can find them here: All About Harp Seals All About Orcas All About Arctic Foxes All About Polar Bears All About

K - 6th

Library Skills, Reading, Reading Strategies

Nonfiction Author's Purpose Posters and Worksheet

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Ruby Jane Ortiz

Nonfiction authors write for a specific purpose. They write to persuade, to inform, to instruct, to narrate, and to respond. This FREE Nonfiction Author’s Purpose unit includes five posters and an author’s purpose sorting mat. What's included in this resource?Five Posters: ☼ Persuade ☼ Inform ☼ Instruct ☼ Narrate ☼ Respond Author's Purpose Sorting Mat and Answer Key Looking for interactive nonfiction units for science and literacy centers? You can find them here:All About Harp SealsAll About Or

1st - 6th

Reading, Reading Strategies, Writing

CCSS

CCRA.R.6

Dear Teacher - A Beginning of the Year Activity Freebie

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Ruby Jane Ortiz

Is it the beginning of the school year? No matter how many years you have been teaching, the first week of every school year may still be overwhelming.This dear teacher resource will save you some first day prep time and help you know more about your new students. Contents Page 3 - My Teacher’s Portrait Page 4 - Introduction Page 5 - Self-Portrait Page 6 - Things I love Page 7 - Letter to My Teacher I recommend using this activity together with the Dear Student resource (Download here). On pa

1st - 6th

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Maps Word Cards Freebie

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Ruby Jane Ortiz

Looking for All About Maps word cards? Here's a freebie that includes the following words: map, symbol, line symbol, point symbol, area symbol, map key, compass rose, cartographer, bird's eye view, street, city, country, continent, and planet. This resource is part of a comprehensive resource on maps. Click here to purchase and download. It includes posters, word cards, nonfiction unit booklet, lap book guide, mapping activities, workbook, answer key, graphic organizers, and writing activities.

K - 1st

English Language Arts, Geography

Penguin Craft Freebie

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Ruby Jane Ortiz

The PENGUIN Spatial Project includes craft pattern and lap book guide. Lap book components: ☼ What are penguins? ☼ Where do they live? ☼ How long do they live? ☼ What do they eat? ☼ What animals eat penguins? ☼ What do they do? ☼ How do they grow? You can download the whole nonfiction unit here: Penguin Looking for interactive nonfiction units for science and literacy centers? You can find them here: All About Harp Seals All About Orcas All About Arctic Foxes All About Polar Bears All About

1st - 3rd

Art, Science

Energy Word Wall Cards

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Ruby Jane Ortiz

Looking for All About Energy word cards? Here's a freebie that includes the following words: energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, light, heat, sound, electricity, transparent, translucent, and opaque. This resource is part of a comprehensive resource on energy. Click here to purchase and download. It includes posters, word cards, energy unit booklet, lap book guide, energy activities, workbook, answer key, graphic organizers, and writing activities. All About Energy Booklet ☼ What is ene

1st - 2nd

Science

Matter Word Wall Cards

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Ruby Jane Ortiz

Looking for All About Matter word cards? Here's a freebie that includes the following words: matter, mass, volume, solid, liquid, gas, melting, freezing, evaporation, condensation, and atom. This resource is part of a comprehensive resource on matter. Click here to purchase and download. It includes posters, word cards, nonfiction unit booklet, lap book guide, matter activities, workbook, answer key, graphic organizers, and writing activities. All About Matter Booklet☼ What is matter? ☼ What a

1st - 2nd

Science

Pentomino Freebie

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Ruby Jane Ortiz

A pentomino is made of five equally sized squares connected edge-to-edge. There are 12 distinct pentomino shapes. The pentominoes are manipulated (rotated/flipped) to solve puzzles. This freebie is part of a packet that contains a workbook and 24 pentomino puzzles that you can use in your spatial learning centers, early finishers station, and team games. Click Here To Get More Puzzles. There are two sets that can be used at the same time to provide differentiated options for different student

K - 1st

Geometry, Math

Weather Word Wall Cards

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Ruby Jane Ortiz

Looking for All About Weather word cards? Here's a freebie that includes the following words: weather, atmosphere, sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy, stormy, snow, hail, cirrus clouds, cumulus clouds, nimbus clouds, stratus clouds, and wind. This resource is part of a comprehensive resource on weather. Click here to purchase and download. It includes posters, word cards, nonfiction unit booklet, lap book guide, weather activities, workbook, answer key, graphic organizers, and writing activities. Al

1st - 2nd

Science

ESL Classroom Decor Greetings Posters for ESL Newcomer (FREEBIE)

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Ruby Jane Ortiz

Looking for simple and attractive posters for your English language learners? This freebie contains posters of everyday greetings such as hello and good morning! Just print, laminate, and display! Cheers! Greetings:Hello!Hi!Goodbye!Bye!Good morning!Good afternoon!Good night!Good evening!Thank you!You're welcome.Abbreviations:English Language Learners (ELL) English as a Second Language (ESL) English as a Foreign Language (EFL) English as an Additional Language (EAL) Please don't forget to leave a

K - 2nd

English Language Arts, Writing

Also included in: ESL Newcomer Activities Megabundle

Dear Student - A Beginning of the Year Activity Freebie

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Ruby Jane Ortiz

Is it the beginning of the school year? No matter how many years you have been teaching, the first week of every school year may still be overwhelming. I created this activity for you to take a little break, have a bit of reflection time, and connect with your students. Print the resource pages and be guided by my notes below. Page 3 Drawing I don’t know how many students you have in your classroom, but I hope this will work out for you. As the students are completing their own Dear Teacher pag

1st - 6th

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My teaching style is grounded in empathy and respect, tailored to accommodate diverse learning styles through hands-on activities and differentiated instruction. I employ the gradual release method— "I do it, we do it, you do it together, you do it"— ensuring students can engage with and relate to meaningful, real-world activities. By providing appropriate modeling, scaffolds, and support, I believe English learners in mainstream classrooms can successfully master grade-level curriculum. Additionally, I integrate Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) into my approach, emphasizing the use of authentic tasks that mirror real-life situations. This method fosters meaningful communication, learner-centered interactions, and the practical application of language skills, creating a dynamic and engaging learning environment for all students.