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The Teaching Zone

Rated 4.66 out of 5, based on 57 reviews

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Ocala, Florida, United States

About the store

I am currently an ESE Specialist for my district. Prior to this, I taught Gifted students (GATE) at four schools in Florida for several years. Prior to that, well, I spent more than 20 years during which I taught almost all grade levels, special needs and general education, and worked as a reading coach, an instructional coach and an assistant principal. I've been working in the school system since 1998.

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Active Listening Quick Response CNN Student News BBC 6 Minute English

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This is a pair of worksheets (printable 2 to a page), one that goes with the CNN 10/Student News program, and one that goes with BBC 6 Minute English videos, both available daily for free on YouTube. Active Listening Quick Response Sheets are terrific bellwork to get students’ minds engaged and busy. They also make a good break from the norm. In my gifted elementary classes, my older students keep a current events journal, with entries from the CNN 10, which gives them a good historical refe

2nd - 10th

English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Introduction to SCAMPER PowerPoint for Gifted GATE Classes

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This PowerPoint introduces Bob Ehrle's SCAMPER strategy in a fun and visual way. In the midst of it, you'll need to read from his book, SCAMPER: Games and Activities for Imagination Development, so if you don't have a copy, you can find it on Amazon. I'm also posting a guide sheet for the next step, which is referenced in the PowerPoint, so be sure to grab that as well.

1st - 5th

Creative Writing

Also included in: Intro to SCAMPER Bundle

Intro to SCAMPER Bundle

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The Teaching Zone

Hopefully this will successfully combine my Intro to SCAMPER PowerPoint and my related guide sheet.

1st - 5th

Creative Writing

Thanksgiving Critical Thinking Bundle for Gifted GATE

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This is a growing collection of Thanksgiving-related resources from my gifted classroom to yours! It includes a game, First Thanksgiving Truth-Truth-Lie (or 2 lies and a truth), Thanksgiving Cryptograms, and a new bonus file - The Great Turkey Escape - a simple logic problem for gifted littles! I plan on adding more, which will automatically become yours if you invest in this little bundle!

K - 6th

Hurricane WebQuest Flippy

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This is a WebQuest about hurricanes, developed for use in an elementary gifted class, although it could be easily adapted for use in higher level classes. It incorporates elements of ELA, Social Studies, Math and Science. Depending on the grade level and motivation of your students, it could take an entire school day, or two to complete.

3rd - 8th

For All Subjects, General Science

Christmas Winter Wonder Bundle

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This is a bundle of all winter holiday / Christmas-themed products in my store. At the moment, that's only 7 things... but the "wonder" part is that I wonder how many things will be added to it in the future! Once you buy it, you'll get them all, forever, as long as you download the updates! So far, this includes A Holiday Problem - a PBL activity, Simple Christmas Matrix logic - an intro to matrix logic for little ones, Reindeer Games Logic 1 and 2 - more complicated matrix logic for upper el

1st - 8th

Great American Women Project for Women's History Month Updated and Improved!

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This is a research project created for use with elementary gifted students in grades 3 - 5, however it could easily be used in a range of grades. This project includes student instructions, teacher instructions, a page of pictures to help with assembly of the flappy, labels and cover for the flappy, differentiated options for presentations and a color-coded rubric to help with scoring. I believe this is significantly improved over last year's original. Please let me know if I can adapt this p

3rd - 8th

U.S. History, Writing

CCSS

SL.5.2

, SL.5.4

, SL.5.5

Coordinate Plane Bundle

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This is a bundle of my coordinate plane resources. It will grow as I develop more.

3rd - 6th

Geometry, Math

First Thanksgiving Truth-Truth-Lie

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This is a couple of critical thinking / inference / reading comprehension worksheets and a related game, tied to the First Thanksgiving. I use this with 4th-5th grade gifted students, but it would be appropriate at these levels, or even in middle school, and the game can be used with any academic content.

3rd - 6th

Reading

CCSS

CCRA.R.1

, CCRA.R.4

, CCRA.R.9

Also included in: Thanksgiving Critical Thinking Bundle for Gifted GATE

The Great Turkey Escape Simple Logic Problem

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This is a simple, silly, Thanksgiving-themed logic problem I created to use with my 1st and 2nd grade gifted students. It could also be used with older students who haven't learned to solve grid-logic problems yet, or who are struggling with more complicated puzzles.

K - 3rd

Also included in: Thanksgiving Critical Thinking Bundle for Gifted GATE

Board Game Quiz Pretest and Project Student Instructions Checklist with Sample

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This is a combo pack of the checklist I designed to help my students make sure they've got all of the necessary elements included in their Board Game Project instructions page, PLUS the pretest quiz I give to help get the buy-in I need from kids, parents and administrators, to help them all see that the Board Games unit has legitimate academic value. This is a key element in the success of my project. I hope you'll love it and use it, and leave me feedback about it!

2nd - 10th

For All Subjects

Also included in: Board Game Project Bundle

Classroom Clue Race

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This product is a fun scavenger hunt / escape room-type critical thinking activity designed for upper elementary gifted classes. It incorporates reading, math and reasoning skills. Kids have a great time reading clues and searching the classroom for the next clue, leading to whatever prize you choose to have in store. This is a lot like an escape room, without having to purchase locks and such, and makes a great Fun Friday, or a great way to lead up to a celebration of any sort, while keeping

3rd - 7th

Winter Holiday Glyphs for Christmas and Chanukah Hannukah

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This product is a pair of glyphs - one Christmas Tree and one menorah, where students respond to a series of questions about their holiday plans by making changes to the Christmas tree or menorah image. It is a relatively simple task, and one that my students complete independently in a center.

K - 3rd

Also included in: Christmas Winter Wonder Bundle

Board Game Project Instructions Checklist and Sample

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This is a companion to my Board Game Project. Many students struggle with writing the instructions for their board games, and leave them missing crucial elements. This is a checklist to help them formulate their instructions, with examples for each element, as well as a "final product" sample from my class. Students can use this product to make sure their instructions are well-thought-out and complete before handing them in!

3rd - 10th

Other (ELA)

Also included in: Board Game Project Bundle

Great American Women Project for Women's History Month - Rubric Only

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The project that goes with this rubric is for sale in my store. Thank you for supporting my work!

3rd - 8th

Writing

Intro to SCAMPER Guide Sheet

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The Teaching Zone

This Guide Sheet goes with my PowerPoint, which introduces Bob Ehrle's SCAMPER strategy in a fun and visual way. In the midst of it, you'll need to read from his book, SCAMPER: Games and Activities for Imagination Development, so if you don't have a copy, you can find it on Amazon. Be sure to download the PowerPoint that goes with this document.

2nd - 5th

Creative Writing

Also included in: Intro to SCAMPER Bundle

Board Game Project Plan

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This is a questionnaire to help students get their thoughts organized as they begin to develop their games for the board game project. This is best handed out after students view the Board Game Project PowerPoint (which I also have for sale) which works with the Board Game Project Rubric (which is also in my store). I also highly recommend the Board Game Quiz Pretest and Project Student Instructions Checklist with Sample. All five of the resources designed to go with this questionnaire are $

3rd - 12th

For All Subjects

Also included in: Board Game Project Bundle

What Now? Websites for Enrichment Time

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This is a list of websites (in a Microsoft Excel file) which I allow my gifted students to visit during their enrichment / free time. They are required to visit each site at least once during the semester, and have to choose one on which they will write a full review. (It has to be one that they gave a rating of 5 on their list.) I am always considering new academically valuable content to add to the list, so please don't hesitate to send me a message with websites that I could add and update

3rd - 8th

Instructional Technology

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About the store

Experience

Teaching style

I believe the key to being an effective teacher is the relationship you develop with your students. To that end, I worked hard to create a classroom that was a warm, welcoming, colorful and happy environment, and I strived to develop lessons and activities that were fun and engaging, which made students want to come to my class. Then, I topped it off with exciting novels which we read together and talked about. I had a lot of fun teaching, and loved my job. I hope that the activities I have created will help you love yours too.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Hmm. I was runner-up for teacher-of-the-year once. Does that count? Even better - I had a middle school student come to Open House at my elementary school just to see me and say, "What you taught me has really helped me a lot!" That was a big honor!

My own education history

K-12, Baker School, Baker, Florida BA - PreK/Primary Education, University of West Florida MA - Exceptional Student Education, University of Central Florida EdS - Educational Leadership and Administration, National Louis University

Additional biographical information

I am an empty-nester single mom, with two children in college, currently working as an ESE Specialist, and treasurer of the local teacher's association, in addition to teaching the 9-10 year old primary class in church. I don't have a lot of time to add to my TPT store these days, but I'm happy to do anything I can to support the folks that are still buying the things I've created. I sincerely hope one day I'll have the opportunity to add a lot more to my offerings.