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I first started teaching as a long term sub...I was on a cart and taught classes on two different floors. Every day I went home with a pit in my stomach because I had no idea what I was going to teach each day.
The following school year I got a full time position teaching middle school social studies. My new job also came with an incredible team of teachers to share and collaborate with. With the mentorship of more seasoned teachers, my instruction slowly improved each year. I went from relying on powerpoints and notes to embracing more activity, project, and discussion based learning. My focus in planning shifted from "what am I doing tomorrow?!!!" to "let's start with the big picture, then make the plan more detailed week by week." My assessments became more intentional and varied instead of last minute tests thrown together at 10pm the day before.
Growing as a teacher takes time, collaboration, access to strong educators, and, most of all, patience with yourself. I am so appreciative of those who have played a role in my teaching career, and I'm excited to share my learning and instructional practices with all of you!
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Digital Interactive Notebook Template - for ELA and Social Studies
About This ResourceThank you so much for purchasing this lesson! If you’re worried about: Keeping students organized while learning digitally or from a distanceHaving to create a full digital interactive notebook up front for a unitNot having the time to build all the slides for a digital interactive notebook No worries, teacher friend, I got your back! This digital notebook includes a wide variety of templates for social studies and English teachers that would fit into any lesson or activity,
5th - 12th
English Language Arts, Social Studies
Nonfiction Text Structure Anchor Charts + Fiction Summarizing Anchor Chart
RESOURCE INCLUDES AN ANCHOR CHART FOR EACH TEXT STRUCTURE:DescriptionMultiple causes and one effectOne cause and multiple effectsProblem solutionSequenceCompare and contrastArgumentative Summarizing fiction Sentence stems for summarizing a fiction textAll papers will print out in an 11 x 8.5 format. I printed mine out on white card stock and on colored card stock and posted them up in two different places in my classroom. We referenced them regularly when reading both fiction and nonfiction tex
5th - 8th
English Language Arts, Social Studies
Driving Directions Around the World: Geography Intro w/distance learning version
UPDATE: I have included a digital version of this lesson optimized for distance learning/instruction! -------- ABOUT THIS LESSONWhether teaching middle school or high school, I have always been surprised by how little my students know about geography! To start off the year, I find it’s good to drill in directions (north, south, east, and west), as well as the continents and oceans. This lesson is engaging, tactile, and interactive. It also gets them thinking about how information on maps is disp
5th - 8th
Social Studies, World History
Also included in: Introduction to Modern World History: Bundled Mini-Unit!
Powerful Instructional Strategies: Word Webs & Vocabulary Round-Ups (Editable)
About This LessonThese flexible strategies are great ways to increase student learning by having them make connections between the different things they’re learning. I noticed such an improvement in my students’ ability to retain and build upon their learning after I started using these strategies. These are quick and easy to implement. They require minimal preparation on your part, and best of all, the students will be working harder than the teacher to make meaning of what they’ve learned. Y
4th - 12th
English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
ABC Review/Test Prep Activity Template - Digital and Print - Editable
The ABC review has been around for a while, but I always discounted it. Recently, while reviewing for standardized tests, I had an awkward period where I had a group of students for a long period of time. So a colleague and I dusted off this old strategy, and to my surprise, it worked wonderfully! The secret to getting this to work is having students do some careful brainstorming. I have a whole teacher guide that goes through different ways you can use this ABC review with your students for max
5th - 10th
English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
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Experience
I first started teaching as a long term sub...I was on a cart and taught classes on two different floors. Every day I went home with a pit in my stomach because I had no idea what I was going to teach each day.
The following school year I got a full time position teaching middle school social studies. My new job also came with an incredible team of teachers to share and collaborate with. With the mentorship of more seasoned teachers, my instruction slowly improved each year. I went from relying on powerpoints and notes to embracing more activity, project, and discussion based learning. My focus in planning shifted from "what am I doing tomorrow?!!!" to "let's start with the big picture, then make the plan more detailed week by week." My assessments became more intentional and varied instead of last minute tests thrown together at 10pm the day before.
Growing as a teacher takes time, collaboration, access to strong educators, and, most of all, patience with yourself. I am so appreciative of those who have played a role in my teaching career, and I'm excited to share my learning and instructional practices with all of you!
Teaching style
student-centered
Awards & shining teacher moments
Social Studies Department Chair, Team Leader, Chromebook Pilot Team, Professional Learning Community Facilitor
My own education history
Bachelor of History, Social Studies Secondary Education; Master of Education Leadership; ELA grades 6-9; Social Studies 7-12.
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