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Teacher. Mentor. Coach.
With two decades of diverse experience in education, roles have included elementary classroom teacher, Instructional Coach for Title 1 schools, and Program Lead for ENVoY classroom management. Expertise also extends to supporting Multilingual Learner programs and teaching internationally in Taiwan. Additionally, experience as a university adjunct instructor has involved mentoring future educators. These experiences have developed a broad skill set in instructional leadership, classroom management, and language acquisition, offering practical, research-based strategies for teacher success.
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Narrative writing graphic organizers
These graphic organizers for narrative writing are CCSS aligned for third, fourth, and fifth grades. They provide a quick and practical structure for students to think about their writing for narrative stories. Students and teachers could use as many or as few of them to develop narrative writing. What’s in this packet? Story Map for Narrative Writing (No. 1, Alternate) -Describe and briefly develop the overall situation, setting, and main character in the story. An alternate, more scaffolded ve
3rd - 5th
Writing, Writing-Expository
CCSS
W.3.3
, W.4.3
, W.5.3
Opinion writing graphic organizers
This set of graphic organizers and sentence frames help to scaffold opinion writing in the intermediate elementary grades. What’s in this packet? Writing Map for Opinion Writing--Outline your topic, main point of view, counter view, and three supporting opinions/reasons/points for your argument. Writing Map for Opinion Writing--Linking opinions and reasons--Take the supporting reasons/opinions from the first page and expand with more information. Use linking words from the examples, too. Note:
3rd - 5th
Balanced Literacy, Writing
CCSS
W.3.1
, W.4.1
, W.5.1
Differentiated reading: Home reading log for intermediate students
Use this 4-day reading log to help students go deeper into their reading outside of class. Each day features a different reading skill and different format (e.g. summarizing, making connections, expanding vocabulary, picture/graphic organizer summary). Also, each day can be evaluated using a basic rubric (listed on page 3). The rubric can be used to evaluate the reading log as a whole, too. Have students use this reading log four days a week and collect it on the fifth day to assess student lear
3rd - 8th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Narrative, Informative/Explanatory, & Opinion Writing Graphic Organizers Bundle
Get three amazing resources to scaffold the three major types of writing in the intermediate grades. Each resource in this bundle offers graphic organizers and other scaffolds to help your students go deeper in understanding narrative, informative/explanatory, and opinion writing in grades 3-5. See the links below for more details about each product in this bundle: Narrative writing graphic organizers: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Narrative-writing-graphic-organizers-2503631Info
3rd - 5th
Writing
CCSS
W.3.1
, W.3.2
, W.3.3
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Informative/Explanatory Writing Graphic Organizers
About these resources
These graphic organizers for informative/explanatory writing were designed
with a few ideas in mind. First, they align with Common Core Standards in
writing for grades 3-5, containing pieces that address each part of the
informative/explanatory writing standards.
Second, they were designed with flexibility in mind. As the teacher, I believe
that you are the expert in how you want your writing time to look. These graphic
organizers give a framework for you and students to
3rd - 5th
English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
W.3.2
, W.4.2
, W.5.2
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Experience
Teacher. Mentor. Coach.
With two decades of diverse experience in education, roles have included elementary classroom teacher, Instructional Coach for Title 1 schools, and Program Lead for ENVoY classroom management. Expertise also extends to supporting Multilingual Learner programs and teaching internationally in Taiwan. Additionally, experience as a university adjunct instructor has involved mentoring future educators. These experiences have developed a broad skill set in instructional leadership, classroom management, and language acquisition, offering practical, research-based strategies for teacher success.
Teaching style
Practical, hands-on learning that is meaningful for students
Awards & shining teacher moments
ESOL and reading endorsements; ENVoY Classroom Coach, district Program Associate [program lead], work in all levels K-University
My own education history
B.A. in early childhood/elementary education with emphases in language arts and math; ESOL endorsement for Oregon licensure; M.Ed. with emphasis in reading; reading endorsement for licensure
Additional biographical information
I love creating practical teaching resources that fit easily into tight teaching budgets and provide real-world connections for students. My highly varied teaching experience (pubic/private, U.S./international, K-12/university level, classroom teaching/instructional coaching) will give you a great wealth of resources.
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