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Middle schoolers would rather lose a limb than write a complete sentence—but what if they wanted to?
At TeachPlanBeHappy, I create resources that actually get students reading, writing, and thinking deeply—even when they don’t want to. My work is built around one big goal: making literacy feel irresistible.
You’ll find materials designed to spark engagement, from daily ELA bellringers and high-interest writing prompts to creative projects and student-friendly notes. Whether you're teaching reluctant readers, budding writers, or a whole class of eye-rolling tweens, these tools are made to get kids debating, discussing, and dissecting texts like pros.
I’ve taught grades 1–8 across four states, and for the last four years, I’ve focused on middle school ELA in Northern Virginia, where I get to see firsthand how powerful the right resource can be for even the most resistant learners.
While my current focus is Grades 6–8 ELA, you’ll also find a few tried-and-true resources from my earlier years in the elementary classroom—because a great idea is a great idea, no matter the grade.
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Mermaid Inspirational Quotes
This set includes 12 Quotes on multi colored scale paper for use in the classroom. The quotes go with Growth Mindset and are pulled from famous people or literary characters.
If you would like a set without the mermaids, please let me know!
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Mermaid and Dragon Daily 5 Board
Welcome Sign Freebie
Book Review Shelf Talkers
PreK - 12th
Classroom Community
Mermaid Schedule Cards
Included in this resource are 30 schedule cards in each color of the mermaid theme (12 colors). Each card has a blank clock on it that you can fill in on your own. I plan to laminate them so that I can use a wet erase marker to edit the clocks on early release days, etc.
Please leave feedback! Feel free to let me know if there are any slides that are missing!
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Mermaid and Dragon Daily 5 Board
PreK - 7th
For All Subjects
Mermaid/Dragon Daily 5 Board
This resource includes each of the following in 12 different mermaid/dragon scale colors.
*Daily 5 Pennant pages
*Group cards
* Daily 5 rotation cards
*Read to Self
*Read to Someone
*Work on Writing
*Word Work
*Work with the Teacher
Please leave feedback if you download! Also, please PM if you need one or some of the cards changed!
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K - 6th
Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Reading
Spelling Inventory Progress Graph
My first ever TPT product!
This PDF was made with student data notebooks in mind. If your school uses Words Their Way, this is a data tracking graph that can be used in conjunction with Third Graders and that program. This graph has the composite benchmarks for third grade marked with a small asterisks so students and teachers can see if student have made goals at first glance. This resource also helps reinforce the concept of bar graphs, their uses, interpreting them, and creating them.
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Spelling
Welcome Signs for Back to School
This file includes 24 different colors of Welcome sign for your classroom at the beginning of the classroom. Feel free to add a text box and fill in with BB Be Yourself by Brittney Briggs, or just print off and write in the blank space with your own beautiful handwriting!
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Middle schoolers would rather lose a limb than write a complete sentence—but what if they wanted to?
At TeachPlanBeHappy, I create resources that actually get students reading, writing, and thinking deeply—even when they don’t want to. My work is built around one big goal: making literacy feel irresistible.
You’ll find materials designed to spark engagement, from daily ELA bellringers and high-interest writing prompts to creative projects and student-friendly notes. Whether you're teaching reluctant readers, budding writers, or a whole class of eye-rolling tweens, these tools are made to get kids debating, discussing, and dissecting texts like pros.
I’ve taught grades 1–8 across four states, and for the last four years, I’ve focused on middle school ELA in Northern Virginia, where I get to see firsthand how powerful the right resource can be for even the most resistant learners.
While my current focus is Grades 6–8 ELA, you’ll also find a few tried-and-true resources from my earlier years in the elementary classroom—because a great idea is a great idea, no matter the grade.
Teaching style
I create rigorous, high-interest ELA resources that get even the most reluctant middle schoolers reading, writing, and thinking critically. My lessons blend scaffolding, QTEL strategies, and student choice with project-based learning, literary analysis, book clubs, and real-world writing tasks like podcasts and creative publishing. Everything is standards-aligned, discussion-driven, and built to spark engagement from day one.
Awards & shining teacher moments
While I haven’t collected formal awards (yet!), I’m proud to be a trusted voice in ELA professional development. I’ve led numerous PD sessions across grade levels—and I’m honored that educators consistently choose to attend my sessions, return for more, and share how my strategies improve their practice. I’ve been selected by several school districts to contribute to curriculum development and standards alignment, and recently received enthusiastic feedback from a district-level ELA supervisor who praised the depth, creativity, and rigor of my classroom projects and instructional design.
My own education history
As a proud product of New Jersey public schools (Brick Township, Medford Township, and Lenape Regional High School districts), I know firsthand the impact of great teaching. I earned my B.S. in Child Psychology from Towson University and my M.Ed. in Elementary Education from Wilmington University. I later completed postgraduate studies in Applied Behavior Analysis through Florida Tech and earned a certificate in Educational Leadership and Administration from The George Washington University.
Additional biographical information
Please follow me on Instagram @ <a href="http://www.instagram.com/teachplanbehappy">TeachPlanBeHappy</a>.
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