The Owl Spot
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Madison, Ohio, United States
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I currently teach 5th grade and love every minute with my students! Even though I am quite busy, I love what I do. I have taught 20+ years in the elementary classroom, grades 1-5. I am a teacher consultant with the National Writing Project, and also earned my National Boards Certification in "Middle Childhood Generalist." My undergrad degree and Master's degree are both in Elementary Education (Master's had a focus on reading and writing instruction). I am currently working toward obtaining my Reading Endorsement.
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Mystery Liquids Science Process Skills Lab
This fun, engaging, hands-on science activity is sure to be a hit with your students! They will be using their observation and inferring skills to try to guess what each mystery liquid is. It’s the perfect 3 day lesson activity to fill in time between units, for a short week before holidays and school breaks, or to have ready for a sub if you’re going to be out for multiple days. It's possible to combine a few things to make this work for 2 days. The prep is minimal. Just collect 12-24 glass ja
4th - 6th
Basic Principles, General Science
STEM Activity - Mummify a Hot Dog!
Mummifying Hot Dogs is such a fun and engaging STEM project for your students, especially if you are learning about ancient Egypt! I hope that you find the project to be low prep for you and high engagement for your students. The only materials you need are hot dogs (obviously) for each student or for each partner group, lots of baking soda, and containers that are able to be sealed air tightly. The rest of the supplies are common school items (ruler, string, paper towels, etc). The entire pro
3rd - 6th
Ancient History, Basic Principles, Measurement
Science Process Skills Lesson Plans
Science Process Skills are necessary in today's curriculum and demands to teach. Students need to be able to, not only identify these important skills, but to use them as they learn about science. Included in this unit are... 1. Detailed lesson plans to teach the 6 key science process skills (observe, classify, measure, infer, predict, communicate) 2. Student journal to guide students in their learning (great for assessment!) 3. Teaching cards and task cards for lessons ** Lessons involve stu
3rd - 6th
Basic Principles, Science
Also included in: Science Process Skills Activities Bundle
The Scientific Method: Egg Experiment
The Scientific Method is an essential process to teach in elementary science classes. This activity is meant to make this process an easy and enjoyable one for you as the teacher, as well as engaging and educational for your students. This mini unit focuses on how our teeth enamel is similar to an egg’s shell. Students will be soaking eggs in a dark soda, creating control and test groups, and brushing eggs with toothpaste! They will form a hypothesis, gather data, compare within their contr
2nd - 5th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Science Process Skills study guide and test
Science process skills are a major focus in today's science classroom. You will find in this file a study guide and test over these necessary skills. Students need to match the process skill with its definition, and then read a scientific scenario and decide which process skill is being used. Study guide and test are only 2 pages each, making it a quick and easy assessment of process skills.
Answer key is included.
3rd - 5th
Basic Principles, Science
Also included in: Science Process Skills Activities Bundle
Science Process Skills Activities Bundle
Science Process Skills are essential skills for any elementary science classroom. In this unit, students will be using sea shells to learn about each of the process skills (observe, classify, measure, infer, predict, communicate). If you don't have a sea shell for each student, you could either use sea shell photos or rocks. Bundle includes: 1. Lesson plans for teaching the process skills (5 lessons) 2. Student journal for recording information during lessons 3. Science Process Skills poster
2nd - 5th
Basic Principles, Science
Science Process Skills Posters and Anchor Charts
Use these engaging posters to remind students of these essential science process skills! Posters come in color and in black and white. Shrink the posters for a great interactive notebook insert. These posters are also included in Science Process Skills Bundle, which includes lesson plans (5 lessons) for teaching process skills with sea shells, a student journal to follow along with lessons, these posters, a study guide, and a quiz/assessment. Please remember that your purchase is for a sin
3rd - 5th
Basic Principles, Science
Also included in: Science Process Skills Activities Bundle
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About the store
Experience
I currently teach 5th grade and love every minute with my students! Even though I am quite busy, I love what I do. I have taught 20+ years in the elementary classroom, grades 1-5. I am a teacher consultant with the National Writing Project, and also earned my National Boards Certification in "Middle Childhood Generalist." My undergrad degree and Master's degree are both in Elementary Education (Master's had a focus on reading and writing instruction). I am currently working toward obtaining my Reading Endorsement.
Teaching style
I teach using a project based/inquiry perspective of my curriculum. I love to let my students experience as much of their learning as they can so they can remember what they learned. Anytime I can bring food into the classroom to teach a concept is epic!
Awards & shining teacher moments
National Boards certification, Teaching Writing certificate from Clemson University, I have presented different Reading/Writing/Technology sessions at ASCD and various state (SC) and local conferences (Greenville).
My own education history
Masters from Clemson University
Additional biographical information
I've always wanted to be a teacher, ever since I was in 2nd grade. I loved learning then, and I love seeing my students light up when they understand a new concept. My goal as a teacher is to, not only teach my students what they need to know to be successful in life, but also to teach them to think and inspire them to be life long learners.
You can follow my blog at http://theowlspotblog.com
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