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Currently, I am the media specialist at an elementary school. I have worked as a Writing Resource Specialist at an elementary school in the Hillsborough County Public School system for over twelve years. Additionally, I have taught second, fourth, and fifth grades and worked as an Intermediate Reading Resource Specialist. This is my twenty-second year of teaching.
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Informational Text Based Writing Text Set and Prompt. Grades 4 and 5
This set is designed to mirror the Florida Standards Assessment sampler nicknamed "Light Pollution". Features a student and a teacher text set and prompt, Language Arts Florida Standards (FSA), PARRC style writing, daily mentor text and writing craft lessons, teacher model and sample student response.
4th - 5th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Writing-Expository
CCSS
CCRA.W.2
, CCRA.W.4
, CCRA.W.5
+4
Informational Text Based Writing, Grs 4 or 5.
Student Prompt: Write an informative essay to present to your class about how team work contributes to the strength of a group. Teacher Prompt: Write an informative essay to present at a PTA meeting about how art and music can help make learning complex math and science concepts easier. This five day sequential lessons set features teacher and student text sets and prompts that mirror one another. Perfect for teaching text based writing in the informational mode. Easy for students to transfer
4th - 5th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Writing-Expository
Planning for Writing an Essay
Fully scripted powerpoint featuring sports analogies to explain the planning process for writing a text dependent essay like what is required for PARRC or Florida Standards Assessment (FSA).
2nd - 5th
English Language Arts, Writing-Essays
CCSS
W.2.8
, W.3.8
, W.4.8
+1
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Experience
Currently, I am the media specialist at an elementary school. I have worked as a Writing Resource Specialist at an elementary school in the Hillsborough County Public School system for over twelve years. Additionally, I have taught second, fourth, and fifth grades and worked as an Intermediate Reading Resource Specialist. This is my twenty-second year of teaching.
Teaching style
I love the subtleties of how students receive knowledge. When I create lessons my thinking always goes to trying to figure out how to challenge the over achievers and how to motivate the reluctant learners. As a person who struggled in school, I feel that I am uniquely attuned to the needs of the kids who are not necessarily easy to engage. I love gathering relevant and meaningful resources and writing power point lessons designed to make kids have that light bulb moment.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Often times kids feel like no one listens to them but through the world of books, engaging texts, and the subject of writing students now have a voice and a powerful way to be heard.
My own education history
Pine Manor College: Associate of Arts
University of Miami: Bachelor of Arts
Majors: English Literature and Elementary Education
Additional biographical information
I grew up in Northern Kentucky, just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. Since 1992, I have been living in Florida. I have been married to my best friend for over twenty years and I am the mother of a 16 year old daughter and a 14 year old son.
My hobbies include collecting sea glass, making jewelry, and being with my family and close friends.
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