Ruth S.
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Connecticut, United States
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I've been an elementary and middle school teacher for over 25 years in Connecticut and have served on ELA and history curricula committees. I was the Connecticut representative on the Weekly Reader National Teacher Advisory Board and appeared on ABC's "Good Morning, America", to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Weekly Reader. Working with the other state representatives and Weekly Reader's editorial, graphic arts and marketing departments, was an incredible experience!
For ten years, I was a NASA/Lockheed Martin Mission Systems "Student Signatures in Space" teacher. My students, Board of Ed, staff and others signed NASA posters that accompanied astronauts during space missions aboard the space shuttles. We also participated in NASA's/Lockheed Mission System's "Space Day" held at the Mall, in Washington, D.C. where my students had the amazing opportunity to speak with space experts, like John Glenn, Homer Hickum and others.
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Behavior and Classroom Management Forms for Teachers
Behavior and Classroom Management Forms for Teachers
Are you looking for an easy way to keep track of students who don't follow school rules? Or how to help students who just don't seem to know how to organize or keep track of their assignments? My forms will help!
PLEASE NOTE: THIS PACKET HAS BEEN MODIFIED AND MANY NEW FORMS HAVE BEEN ADDED. IF YOU PURCHASED IT BEFORE JULY 29, 2016, PLEASE DOWNLOAD IT AGAIN, FREE OF CHARGE!
Some forms are for school use only and some are sent home to be si
5th - 12th, Higher Education
Character Education, School Counseling
FIRST TEN AMENDMENTS BILL OF RIGHTS
FIRST TEN AMENDMENTS BILL OF RIGHTS
Get your students excited about the first ten amendments of the Constitution as they read situations they can relate to.
This packet includes a chart of the first ten amendments and worksheets that ask them to decide which situations apply to the amendments using the chart. Great for debates and discussions in small or large groups. Students also have to think of other situations that might violate the Bill of Rights. Answers are included.
I'm a teacher/aut
5th - 12th, Higher Education
Government, Social Studies, U.S. History
Journal Prompts FREE
Journal Prompts FREE
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Do you have students who say they don't like to write or those who say they don't know what to write about? Watch pencils fly across their papers when they're given my 280 prompts that be used for daily journal writing or to encourage class discussions. Suggestions of how to use them are included. Great for morning meetings and centers! Take a look at the comments teachers have made about my prompts and you'll understand why they've been downloaded thousands of
4th - 10th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing
Book or Story Response Task Cards
Book or Story Response Task CardsMy book or story response task cards can be used with any book or story. Teachers love them because they can be used year to year with a wide range of readers! The activities were designed for multi-levels to promote critical and analytical thinking. Use them with small, large groups, with guided reading groups, literature circles and at literacy centers. They can also be used as prompts for response journals or as discussion starters. There are 120 activities
4th - 9th
Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RL.4.1
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IRREGULAR PAST AND PARTICIPLE FORMS OF VERBS
One of my best sellers! Aligned with the Common Core.
This 12 page packet includes lessons of how to teach irregular and participle forms of verbs as well as worksheets that can be used as classwork, homework or as assessments. Two charts of irregular verbs are included. One chart is complete, the other one has missing verbs that the students have to fill in. Answers are included.
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3rd - 10th, Adult Education
English Language Arts, Grammar
Bloom Ball Reports
Bloom Ball Reports
A Bloom Ball report is based on Blooms Taxonomy that encourages higher level thinking. Your students will have fun as they work together to write, draw, cut out and glue the edges of the circles together to make these colorful reports. They make wonderful classroom displays and you'll be tempted to display them all year long! Some of my students donate them to me at the end of the year and I use them as examples for my next year's class!
PLEASE NOTE: If you purchased this
4th - 12th
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
NonFiction Bingo
Nonfiction BingoPlaying Nonfiction Bingo games helps students learn how to identify nonfiction text features and reinforces the features as they read nonfiction articles and text. Included in this packet are: 4 pages markers 20 different Bingo cards Teacher call out card Student study guide with nonfiction features and definitions. Teacher recording chart Student record keeping and self evaluation page Bingo winner coupons Bingo labels for the Bingo Jar How to use instructions Run weekly Nonf
4th - 9th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading Strategies
SEQUENCE ACTIVITY
Sequence Activity
These are great activities to reinforce sequence using clue and transition words. Kids have to identify the clue words in the sentences, then draw one line under the event that happened first, and two lines under the event that happened second.
PLEASE NOTE: This packet of sequence activities has been modified and pages have been added. Please upload the new activities that include more activities and teaching suggestions.
More sequence activities.
Sequence Packet
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3rd - 9th
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Fantasy Essential Elements Literature Unit {NO PREP}
Fantasy Essential Elements Literature Unit {NO PREP}
Students love fantasy novels! This 69 page ready to print packet can be used with any fantasy story or book. Aligned with the Common Core. Just print the pages and you're all set to go!
There are 48 pages of ready to print worksheets. The rest are teaching suggestions, ordering information and previews of other resources, free and priced.
See the PREVIEW for more details.
Great for literacy stations, small and large groups or independent
5th - 10th
English Language Arts, Literature, Writing
NonFiction Student Worksheet
NONFICTION STUDENT WORKSHEETS
My non-fiction student worksheet template is best used with non-fiction books, autobiographies, biographies, articles and fact based texts.
It's a great tool to help kids become familiar with nonfiction text and is aligned with the Common Core's section titled Reading Informational Text.
Included on the last page of the packet, is a note about the blank box. I like my students to include a sketch of something that relates to the topic.
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1st - 12th
English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Writing
FAIRY TALES WORKSHEETS PACKET
Fairy tales are a lot of fun! This is one of my most popular and best selling products. This 13 page packet explores the elements of fairy tales. Students rewrite traditional fairy tales as modern ones, (Fairy Tale Makeovers) write an interview with a fairy tale character, and retell one from another character's point of view. Another worksheet centers around the protagonist, antagonist. This is one of my favorite units! Just imagine Cinderella's glass slipper is a sneaker and she arrives to t
5th - 10th
Literature, Reading, Short Stories
ABC Book Templates for All Ages
ABC Book Template for All Ages Teachers often think that ABC books are only for primary grades. I've successfully used ABC templates with middle school students for many different projects including science, social studies, geography, creative writing, poetry, math word problems, book reports and more. Included are templates for each letter of the alphabet, an alphabet grid that's a great brainstorming tool and a cover page template. Templates are in black and white due to cut backs in schools,
K - 10th
English Language Arts, For All Subjects, Informational Text
Thanksgiving Five Kernels of Corn Activities
Thanksgiving Five Kernels of Corn Activities
"Five Kernels of Corn" is an unforgettable story of the hardships that the Pilgrims endured when they first came to the New World. It's based on authentic accounts at that time.
Five kernels of corn refers to "The Starving Time" when the conditions were so harsh, each person was only allowed to have five kernels of corn to eat per day.
The two page story's paragraphs are numbered for easy reference. Also included are two pages of vocabulary words
4th - 12th
Informational Text, Reading
LANGSTON HUGHES DREAMS
Langston Hughes Dreams
Langston Hughes poem DREAMS seems like a simple poem, yet it teaches wonderful lessons. Your students will relate to this poem as they discuss its meaning and connect their dreams and goals to the poem. Included are activities that motivate students to "follow their dreams" and to write dream poems.These are great activities for Black History Month and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.
This is a brand new updated version of my Langston Hughes "Dream" resource as of Ja
5th - 12th
English Language Arts, Writing
Veterans Day
These are meaningful and personal activities that I created for my students because I never found an all inclusive published version. This 9 page packet includes: a survey for students to use to interview a veteran or someone who's lived during a war or conflict, a history of Veterans Day, lyrics of the Star Spangled Banner, and America the Beautiful, an excerpt of Thomas Paine's "Crisis", links to sites:Tom Brokaw's "Great Generation", Constitution, pictures of raising the United States flag at
4th - 12th
Government, Social Studies, U.S. History
DAILY CHECK LIST
A great communication tool between school and home! Use for students who have difficulty organizing their materials, homework, class work and for those who seem to forget classroom rules.
PLEASE NOTE: As of September 4,2016, a revision of this packet has been uploaded. Please download this latest packet, for free!
I'm a teacher/author and offer Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, American History, Novel Packets, Grammar, Back to School, Holidays, Writing, Poetry, Spelling, Teacher forms
1st - 10th
For All Subjects
Design A Game Book Report
Design a Game Book Report
This is a perfect book report to get your students excited about reading other books and learn about different genre. It's an easy, fun way to differentiate instruction! Perfect for any genre!
There are 25 pages of ready to print pages specifically designed to save you time. Other pages include other resource previews
You won't hear moans and groans when you announce this book report because the first thing you do is hand out the "Congratulations! You've been Selecte
4th - 9th
English Language Arts, Reading, Writing
INVENTORS RESEARCH PROJECT
Students research an inventor and his or her invention. Generic worksheets include: biographical information about the inventor, questions about how the invention works, its purpose and level of user difficulty, A chart to record the effect the invention has on society, industry, the world, manufacturing. Another questions if the inventor encountered obstacles, if he/she collaborated with others and more. Small group activities ask students to compare their research and to draw conclusions.Anoth
5th - 11th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Other (Science), Science
Video Review for Students
Do you want to keep your students focused as they watch videos in class? How many times have you noticed students talking or totally distracted when they watch a video? Do they take the videos, seriously? Without specific tasks to guide them, students may not think the videos are important or may not know what they're supposed to be looking for. For those reasons, I knew I had to create this resource. It's a perfect addition for substitute plans!
There are student sheets for fiction and nonfic
5th - 10th
Reading Strategies, Science, Social Studies
PERSUASIVE WRITING OR DEBATES
Need current topics to stir up interesting and exciting debates or to use as persuasive writing assignments in your class? There are 48 topics in this packet that will create lively discussions/debates that kids relate to. Many are topics currently in the news. School related topics, environmental topics,civics, government issues, parent topics, sports and more.
A worksheet is provided so that students can list "pros" and "cons" as well as their research findings. These may also be used as pers
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Civics, For All Subjects, Writing
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About the store
Experience
I've been an elementary and middle school teacher for over 25 years in Connecticut and have served on ELA and history curricula committees. I was the Connecticut representative on the Weekly Reader National Teacher Advisory Board and appeared on ABC's "Good Morning, America", to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Weekly Reader. Working with the other state representatives and Weekly Reader's editorial, graphic arts and marketing departments, was an incredible experience!
For ten years, I was a NASA/Lockheed Martin Mission Systems "Student Signatures in Space" teacher. My students, Board of Ed, staff and others signed NASA posters that accompanied astronauts during space missions aboard the space shuttles. We also participated in NASA's/Lockheed Mission System's "Space Day" held at the Mall, in Washington, D.C. where my students had the amazing opportunity to speak with space experts, like John Glenn, Homer Hickum and others.
Teaching style
Learning must be a personal and exciting experience for students. I have fun teaching and believe that humor is an essential part of the classroom.
I'm a firm believer of Howard Gardner's "Multiple Intelligences" theory that all children have different strengths and learning styles. To accommodate my students, I always try to integrate art, music and hands on activities in my lessons whenever possible.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Yes, I've received awards and have been honored for various accomplishments over the years, but personally, the greatest honor is to teach and encourage children to "reach for the stars" in order for them to recognize their talents and potential.
My own education history
B.S., Western Connecticut State University, Southern Connecticut State University, two Masters Degrees
Additional biographical information
For four years, I was a guest presenter at the NELMS (New England League of Middle Schools) convention in Providence, Rhode Island. I shared several of my innovative projects with K-12 educators, from New England, Canada and other countries.
I'm an avid writer and have written and edited a variety of educational articles, including a 250 page manuscript that will be printed in France next spring.
I was retained by NASA as an author, in 2009, and write articles about various space topics for K-12 levels based on the National Science Standards. The articles are published by NASA and sent to teachers and students around the world.
My current project is researching and writing a historical fiction novel about the Great Depression for kids, ages 9 - 14.
It's a pleasure to be able to share my original lesson plans with with other educators.
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