I have taught for 11 years. I worked in First Grade for 7 wonderful years and am currently teaching ELA in Fabulous 5th Grade!
Ready to kick off year 12!
These task cards were created to reinforce students’ understanding of different Points of View in different types of texts. The set of 8 comes with an answer key and answer sheet that requires both answers and clue words.
A Daily ELA warm-up that: Is perfect for the first 9 week grading period.
- Doesn't need to be copied.
- Can just be displayed.
- Requires 5 minutes or less.
- Features an idiom of the week.
- Features 3-4 Questions.
- Cooperative partner checking/ talking.
- Contains a sentence that needs to be edited and/ or elaborated daily.
- Contains extra standard-based skills.
- Each 4th week it reviews the skills previously taught.
- Contains activities on most days that require Vocabulary words and S
This resource contains 2 sets of Writing Bookmarks for students to refer to during Grades 3, 4, or 5 Information or Opinion Evidence Based writing or short response. This product also includes Writing Resource Posters for each bookmark. The first double-sided bookmark models transitions and how to write a PEEL paragraph. The single-sided second bookmark provides an explanation for how to write a PEEL essay. This product can be used as a printable file to enhance your classroom writing proc
10 Christmas Prompt Questions in two styles. (20 together)
-style one is banner style
-style two is Christmas tree style
-Stack each kind to create a life-size tree to decorate your classroom.
-Print on colored paper or get students to decorate after writing.
This product contains 8 shiplap and B&W EBT posters shown in two different fonts (16 total) to use in any ELA classroom. This product would be appropriate for Upper Elementary as well as Middle School.
4th - 8th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Writing-Essays
Banners that come in 2 different styles: Full page and banner style.
-Vocabulary
-Read
-Math
-Science
-Writing
Will match floral, rustic, and B & W styles.
Would be great for bulletin boards or as headers to Word Walls.
10 Task Cards for Novel Study (Focus: Plot, Character, Setting)
-These should work with any novel with characters for Grades 4-8.
-Students can complete these whole group, small groups, partners, or they could write answers.
-Task cards include multiple ACCOUNTABLE TALK STEMS to help students with oral answers.
-This product will be growing shortly and will include multiple FOCUS standards.
Thank you!
This product contains an activity that involves walking the room, ripping off figurative language tabs, and gluing them to a matching sentence.
This product reviews the figurative language:
simile
metaphor
alliteration
hyperbole
personification
onomatopoeia
idiom
This would be a great review activity after teaching figurative language.
DIRECTIONS:
Teacher will need to precut each figurative language sign to hang. The students should be able to walk by and able to carefully pull off a tab.
11 Task Cards for Novel Study (Focus: Theme) -These should work with any novel with characters for Grades 4-8.
-Students can complete these whole group, small groups, partners, or they could write answers.
-Task cards include ACCOUNTABLE TALK starters, question, and disagreement stems. This leads your students to more engaging discussions about their Novel.
Use these Read and Respond Homework Bookmarks to evaluate your students and what they are reading.
With the product the students will-
-Read a book each week
-Record their page numbers
-Have a Response assignment on the back
-Return bookmark on Fridays.
This product includes 10 weeks of prompts.
These can be reused every 10 weeks.
Includes one bookmark with a No Homework night on Monday.
Fall Banners that include:
-All About Me in the Fall
-All About Me on Halloween
-Fall Book I read (Graphic Organizer with B, M, and E)
-I love Fall because...
-What is your favorite Fall holiday? prompt
-What fun activities do you like to do in the Fall?
-What happens in the Fall?
-blank writing page banner
We LOVE FALL banner set
Great document for Getting to Know All About Your New Students at the beginning of the year! 30 Questions that reveal your new kiddos interests, faves, family, goals, and much more!
Use these posters as a Reference for students to observe while working on these Vocabulary and/ or Figurative Language Skills. Can be displayed in a group or as a flip chart style. Students could also place them in their binders for personal use and review.
ACCOUNTABLE TALK Task Cards for INFORMATIONAL TEXT These should work with any informational text for Grades 4-8. -Students can complete these whole group, small groups, partners, or they could write answers.
-Task cards include:
-multiple ACCOUNTABLE TALK STEMS to help students with oral answers.
-one 3-2-1 Worksheet
-This product will be growing shortly and will include multiple FOCUS standards.
4th - 8th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Vocabulary
This product provides a way to track students' progress with Reading using AR. This can be displayed in a variety of ways. *Use with clothespins with students' names for a cheap and easy way to display, move, and track success!
This product was created to serve as a set of Comprehension Skill Posters. These posters can be displayed all at once or flipped while changing from lesson to lesson. Posters are featured in B & W with rainbow pennants.
Use this two-sided sheet in your classroom to help students really dig DEEP in their articles. I created this to help my own students grasp more vital information in their reading so that they can put forth everything they learned into their WRITING!!! This should give them ideas of what to pull out of their articles so that they can eventually do it without this sheet on their own.
*This worksheet will also be featured in a larger writing kit soon.
4th - 9th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Writing-Essays
I have taught for 11 years. I worked in First Grade for 7 wonderful years and am currently teaching ELA in Fabulous 5th Grade!
Ready to kick off year 12!
Teaching style
I am a Whole Brain and Kagan lover.
I am a drinker of Diet Coke.
I am a firm believer in Reading EVERY DAY.
I am organized.
I am very prepared for every lesson.
I am the fun but structured teacher.
I am very into my routine.
I am lost without my technology.
I am loved by my kids.
I am the teacher who calls all former students "my kids"- because they are!
Awards & shining teacher moments
Calhoun County Teacher of the Year 2015
Recipient of Governor Rick Scott's Shine Award for Educators 2015
My own education history
I received my AA from Chipola College in 2003.
I went on to Florida State University to obtain my BS in Elementary Education (ESOL certified, Reading Endorsed).
Once again, I went to FSU to receive my Masters in Elementary Education. Go Noles!
Additional biographical information
Life really is sweet when you are the Queen Bee of a 5th Grade ELA classroom!
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