I just completed my fifteenth year as an elementary librarian at a Texas school that has K-5th grades. Before becoming a media specialist, I was a first grade teacher for 10 years.
If your students like puppies and owls, "Rocket Writes a Story" is the perfect pick for you! Rocket the dog and his teacher the little yellow bird are back, along with a new owl friend in this sequel to "How Rocket Learned to Read". Filled with engaging language arts activities, Puppy Palooza 2 is a sequel unit that will inspire your students to work on their writing skills and become members of O.W.L. (Official Writing League). Student activity pages come in both color and black and white. Exam
Adorable puppies are ready to highlight your students' academic and behavioral accomplishments in this award pack! Perfect for writing in your own custom awards categories, you can choose between 13 different dog designs. Each blank award has a puppy and the the words "Bow WOW!" followed by lines to write student name, award name, teacher name, and date.
Permission to copy awards and electronic distribution is for single classroom use only, unless additional user licenses are purchased.
Proudly Presenting...Peacock-Style Student Awards!
Show your class how proud you are of their academic and behavioral accomplishments with peacocks! Perfect for writing in your own custom awards categories, you can choose between 5 different colored backgrounds in addition to black and white. Each blank award has a peacock and the the words "Proudly Presenting" followed by lines to write student name, award name, date, and teacher name. Each award can be printed full-size on a single sheet, or
Children think owls are a hoot, and these owl-themed bracelets will make it easy to see how each one of your students is going home from school! The bracelets come in a variety of color schemes (4 colorful, 1 in black & white), and each color scheme includes the following 7 expressions:
"Owl" be going home on bus # ___ today!
"Owl" be going home by car today!
"Owl" be going home by parent pickup today!
"Owl" be going to after-school care today!
"Owl be going to daycare after school!
"Owl" be wa
Puppies are always popular with kids, and these dog themed bracelets will make it easy to see how each one of your students is going home from school! The bracelets come in a variety of color schemes (4 colorful, 1 in black & white), and each color scheme includes the following 7 expressions:
Woof woof! I’m going on bus # ___ today!
Woof woof! I’m going home by car today!
Woof woof! I’m going home by parent pickup today!
Woof woof! I’m going to after-school care today!
Woof woof! I’m going to d
Proudly Presenting...Peacock-Style Student Awards!
Show your class how proud you are of their academic and behavioral accomplishments with peacocks! The following awards are included in color and black & white:
Bookworm
Kind Kid
Colorful Personality
Enthusiastic Learner
Marvelous Manners
Preferred Partner
Fantastic Friend
Handy Helper
Good Citizenship
Sweet Disposition
Responsible Kid
Amazing Artist
Neatest Handwriting
Creative Character
Positive Personality
Wonderful Writer
Math Mogul
Super
These totally rad surfboard bracelets are perfect for a beach, surfing, or ocean themed classroom and will make it easy to see how each one of your students is going home from school! The bracelets come in a variety of colorful surfboard designs (including 1 in black and white), and each design scheme includes the following 7 expressions:
Hey dude, I'm going on bus # ___ today!
Hey dude, I'm going home by car today!
Hey dude, I'm going home by parent pickup today!
Hey dude, I'm going to after-s
Puppies are popular with kids, and these fun student desk tags will look great in your dog themed classroom. There are five different puppy design choices with the alphabet and numbers 1-20 included on each tag for easy reference by your students.
Owls, owls, owls! These fun student desk tags will look great in your owl-themed classroom. There are five different color choices with the alphabet and numbers 1-20 included on each tag for easy reference by your students.
These fun student desk tags will look great in your surfing, beach, or ocean-themed classroom. There are eight different designs with the alphabet and numbers 1-20 included on each tag for easy reference by your students.
***Newly revised July 2013--In addition to the original blue water background, the eight surfboard designs now come with a plain white background to save ink when printing desk tags.
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About the store
Experience
I just completed my fifteenth year as an elementary librarian at a Texas school that has K-5th grades. Before becoming a media specialist, I was a first grade teacher for 10 years.
Teaching style
I love to use creative storytelling and fun props to get kids interested in reading. I like to involve my school's classroom teachers in dramatic storytelling elements by having them dress up or act out the books we read and study in the library!
Awards & shining teacher moments
2004 Campus Teacher of the Year;
2016 Campus Educator of the Year
My own education history
I received a B.S. in Elementary Education from Southwest Texas State University in 1990 and earned my School Library Certification from the University of North Texas in 2002.
Additional biographical information
Working in the library is so rewarding because I get to be surrounded by great books and enthusiastic readers all day long!
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