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I taught all levels in elementary education for 35 years and instructional technology for 6 years. I started out teaching in Florida, moved to Washington State, and taught in the same district in California for my last 36 years. After retiring ten years ago, I did some consulting and taught educational technology classes for the Orange County Department of Education. I volunteer at my local elementary school and continue to make educational materials for friends in my old district and help them with writing grants.
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Weather and Climate (Earth's Systems - NGSS for Third Grade)
NOTE: The PowerPoint presentations work in GoogleSlides and are great for distance learning! This compressed file contains both PowerPoint and SmartBoard presentations that teach the basic concepts of weather and climate that are appropriate for third grade students. The preview will show you exactly what the files contain. Included are worksheets for teaching and assessing learning. There are suggestions for possible experiments you can do with your students. Also included are booklets on weath
3rd
Earth Sciences, Environment, Science
NGSS
3-ESS3-1
, 3-ESS2-1
, 3-ESS2-2
Forces and Interactions (NGSS for Third Grade)
This compressed file contains a PowerPoint presentation that teaches the basic concepts of forces and interactions that are appropriate for third grade students. The preview will show you exactly what the files contain. Included are worksheets for teaching and assessing learning. There are suggestions for possible experiments you can do with your students. Also included are booklets on forces that students could complete. The answer key is included for the worksheets where the answers do not var
3rd
Physical Science, Physics, Science
NGSS
3-PS2-1
, 3-PS2-3
, 3-PS2-2
+1
Forces Unit for Kindergarten: Pushes and Pulls (NGSS)
This compressed file contains a PowerPoint presentation on Pushes and Pulls designed to meet NGSS science standards for kindergarten. All the teacher needs to do is click through the slides. Many of the slides are interactive so, as you click, a marble may move slowly or quickly across a table. There is also a Google Slides version in the compressed folder. (Because Google does not have available the many different animations as PowerPoint, those slides have been adapted to provide movement in G
Kindergarten
Physics, Science
NGSS
K-PS2-2
, K-PS2-1
Weather Unit for Kindergarten (NGSS)
This compressed file contains a PowerPoint/Google Slides and a SmartBoard version of a presentation that teaches the basic concepts of weather and seasons that are appropriate for kindergarten children. The preview will show you exactly what the file contains. Included are worksheets for teaching and assessing learning. Also included are pages that could be included in a Kindergarten Weather Journal. Additional TechieSandy Science Units for Kindergarten ****************************************
Kindergarten
Earth Sciences, Science
NGSS
K-ESS2-1
, K-ESS2-2
Our Solar System - NGSS for First Grade
Included in this compressed folder are a PowerPoint/Google Slides presentation, two versions of a student booklet on the solar system, and four PDF worksheets. (There is also a file of the same presentation in Smart Notebook format.) An additional folder contains free NASA PDF masks of the eight official planets. Look at the preview to see exactly what you would be purchasing. ESS1.A: The Universe and its StarsPatterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, descr
1st
Astronomy, Writing, Writing-Expository
CCSS, NGSS
W.1.8
, 1-ESS1-1
, 1-ESS1-2
Plants and Animals Unit for Kindergarten (NGSS)
This compressed file contains both PowerPoint and SmartBoard presentations that teach the basic concepts of animals & plants and conservation that are appropriate for kindergarten children. There are eight separate presentations: NGSS standards for plants and animals; NGSS standards for conservation; and six separate presentations on 6 different habitats (polar, ocean, desert, forest, rainforest, and wetlands). The preview will show you what the files contain. Included are worksheets for teac
K - 1st
Biology, General Science, Science
Organisms, Ecosystems and Heredity (Life Cycles and Traits)
This compressed file contains a PowerPoint/Google Slides presentation that teaches the basic NGSS concepts of organisms, ecosystems, and heredity that are appropriate for third grade students. The preview will show you exactly what the files contain. Included are 40 worksheets for teaching and assessing learning. The answer key is included for the worksheets where the answers do not vary. Also included are two variations of student research booklet on animal adaptations that students could comp
3rd
Environment, General Science, Science
NGSS
3-LS4-1
, 3-LS2-1
, 3-LS4-3
+5
Light and Sound Waves (NGSS for First Grade)
This compressed file contains both PowerPoint and SmartBoard presentations that teach the basic concepts of light and sound waves that are appropriate for first grade children. The PowerPoint has been checked to make certain it will work with Google Slides. Directions for using in Google Slides are included. (The preview will show you exactly what the presentations look like.) Included are worksheets for teaching and assessing learning and handouts for suggested experiments. Also included are tw
1st
Physical Science, Science
NGSS
1-PS4-4
, 1-PS4-2
, 1-PS4-3
+1
Matter Unit for Second Grade (NGSS)
This compressed file contains a PowerPoint/Google Slides presentation that teaches the basic concepts of matter that are appropriate for second grade students. There is also a SmartBoard version of the presentation. (Some of the slides include links to YouTube videos that are relevant to the concepts taught.) The preview will show you exactly what the compressed file contains. Included are 18 worksheets for teaching and assessing learning. The answer key is included for the pages where that wou
2nd
Physical Science, Science
NGSS
2-PS1-4
, 2-PS1-1
, 2-PS1-2
+1
Ecosystems (Habitats) Unit for Second Grade (NGSS)
This compressed file contains both PowerPoint/Google Slides and SmartBoard presentations that teach the basic concepts of ecosystems that are appropriate for second grade students. There are slides in the presentations with links to YouTube videos for each NGSS standard. (The preview will show you much more about what the files contain.) Included are 15 worksheets for teaching and assessing learning along with the answer key. There are suggestions for7 possible experiments/activities you can do
2nd
Biology, Environment, Science
NGSS
2-LS4-1
, 2-LS2-1
, 2-LS2-2
Learning about Plants and Animals in First Grade (NGSS)
This lesson is great for distance learning! The compressed file contains a PowerPoint (and an equivalent SmartBoard version) presentation that teaches the basic concepts of plants and animals that are appropriate for first grade children. The PowerPoint presentation also works in Google Slides. The preview will show you exactly what the presentation looks like. Included are 34 worksheets for teaching and assessing mastery of the Next Generation Science Standards for first grade. The worksheets
1st
Biology, General Science, Science
STEAM Lesson on Simple Machines
These lessons incorporate STEAM and language arts for students in grades 2, 3, 4, or 5. Included in the zip file are two separate PowerPoint/Google Slides. One is on Simple Machines and the other is on the cartoonist Rube Goldberg. (There is an alternative version of both presentations in SmartBoard Notebook format.) Also included are 16 separate worksheets on simple machines and a student booklet in 2 versions. One version of the booklet contains clip art illustrations and the other has the st
2nd - 5th
Engineering, Visual Arts, Writing-Expository
CCSS
RI.2.2
, RI.3.2
, W.2.6
+1
Earth's Systems Unit for Second Grade (NGSS)
This compressed file contains a PowerPoint/Google Slides presentation that teaches the basic concepts of earth's systems that are aligned with the NGSS standards and appropriate for second grade students. (Included is a SmartBoard version of the same presentation.) The preview will show you exactly what the files contain. Included are worksheets for teaching and assessing learning. There are suggestions for possible experiments you can do with your students. Also included is a booklet that stud
2nd
Earth Sciences, Science
NGSS
2-ESS2-3
, 2-ESS2-1
, 2-ESS2-2
Winter Story Starters for Grades K-3
NO PREP! Are you tired of looking for ideas for writing prompts during that busy winter season? There is absolutely no planning time needed for these seven different detailed writing prompts that all have a PowerPoint/Google Slides presentation to introduce each lesson. Step-by-step directions for using the presentations are shown in the preview for each separate lesson. All of the lessons include an eight-step graphic sequence that will provide students with a simple roadmap for writing a short
K - 3rd
English Language Arts, Science, Writing
Technology Terms for K-1 Students
This PowerPoint presents the computer terms that every child starting school needs to master (monitor, CPU, mouse, keyboard, DVD drive, printer, headphones, microphone, laptop computer, desktop computer). Each term is presented along with an illustration. Other terms covered are volume control, left and right mouse button, Google chrome, bookmark, favorites, cursor, scroll bar, icons, and menu. It shows the space bar and the escape, shift, enter, Windows, command, and option keys. Kindergarten a
K - 1st
Computer Science - Technology
Sensory Writing - Gingerbread Houses
This lesson on sensory writing is available in 3 different versions. You probably would want to only purchase one version due to the fact that the pages on the five senses are duplicated in each version and the writing exercises are similar. By looking at the preview for each one, you would get a very clear idea of what you would be purchasing. Sensory Writing – Making Gingerbread HousesSensory Writing – Making Gingerbread PeopleSensory Writing – Making Hoecakes********************************
K - 3rd
Biology, Graphic Arts, Writing
Sensory Writing - Hoecakes
This lesson on sensory writing is available in 3 different versions. You probably would want to only purchase one version due to the fact that the pages on the five senses are duplicated in each version and the writing exercises are similar. By looking at the preview for each one, you will get a very clear idea of what you would be purchasing. Sensory Writing – Making Gingerbread HousesSensory Writing – Making Gingerbread PeopleSensory Writing – Making Hoecakes*********************************
K - 3rd
English Language Arts, Science
Sensory Writing - Gingerbread People
This lesson on sensory writing is available in 3 different versions. You probably would want to only purchase one version due to the fact that the pages on the five senses are duplicated in each version and the writing exercises are similar. By looking at the preview for each one, you will get a very clear idea of what you would be purchasing. Sensory Writing – Making Gingerbread HousesSensory Writing – Making Gingerbread PeopleSensory Writing – Making Hoecakes*********************************
K - 3rd
English Language Arts, Performing Arts, Science
Beginning Animation with PowerPoint
Students really enjoy making animations with PowerPoint. The best feature about teaching animation with this software program is the vast majority of students and schools already own the program There are three different animations shown in this PowerPoint presentation (Beginning Animation with PowerPoint), but students are very creative and will soon incorporate the knowledge into their own unique products.This folder includes the PowerPoint presentation that you can use when presenting the les
4th - 7th
Computer Science - Technology
Penguin Goes Fishing – A Winter Story Starter
NO PREP! Save time during the winter season by using a detailed lesson plan for a short story about a penguin who goes fishing through a hole in the ice. The compressed file includes a PowerPoint/Google Slides presentation to introduce the lesson. The presentation includes slides that reinforce scientific knowledge about the life of penguins. The slides also reinforce student knowledge of personification, the structure of short stories, and the skill of sequencing. There are editable questions f
K - 3rd
Biology, English Language Arts, Writing
Also included in: Winter Story Starters for Grades K-3
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About the store
Experience
I taught all levels in elementary education for 35 years and instructional technology for 6 years. I started out teaching in Florida, moved to Washington State, and taught in the same district in California for my last 36 years. After retiring ten years ago, I did some consulting and taught educational technology classes for the Orange County Department of Education. I volunteer at my local elementary school and continue to make educational materials for friends in my old district and help them with writing grants.
Teaching style
I always believed in a student-centered classroom with lots of cooperative learning. I started using computers in the classroom about 1977 and never looked back. Technology became one of my strongest teaching tools.
Awards & shining teacher moments
District Technology Staff Developer (TOSA);
District Mentor in GATE, Kindergarten, Fine Arts, and Technology
My own education history
B.A. In Social Science and Elementary Education from the University of Washington
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