The Upside Down Classroom
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This is my 26th year in education. I have been a virtual teacher for grades K-5, kindergarten classroom teacher, 4th grade classroom teacher, preschool teacher, and am currently an early literacy coach. I am constantly creating things to make the job easier for myself or my teachers. Creating fun and interactive materials helps with engagement and participation tremendously. I spend a lot of time with teachers getting back to basics and trimming the educational "fat" that is included in many curriculums and programs. Hopefully something in my store will help you in your educational setting.
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Prefixes and Suffixes Pixel Art Mystery Picture - Avengers Theme
This product is a fun and interactive way for students to practice prefixes and suffixes. This product contains 5 different pixel art mystery picture activities resulting in a different Avenger character reveal. Each of these activities is designed as a supplemental resource or review of certain English Language Arts Common Core Standards. These activities include: Producing root/base words from words containing prefixes. Producing root/base words from words containing suffixes. Produce the word
2nd - 5th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Reading
Also included in:Â Mystery Pixel Art Megabundle!
Figurative Language Pixel Art Mystery Pictures - Pokemon Version!
This product is a fun and interactive way for students to practice certain figurative language and reading skills. This product contains 5 different pixel art mystery picture activities resulting in a different Pokemon character reveal. Each of these activities is designed as a supplemental resource or review of certain English Language Arts Common Core Standards. These activities include: Simile, Metaphor, or Idiom First Hand Account or Second Hand Account First Person or Third Person Point
3rd - 5th
English Language Arts, Graphic Arts, Reading Strategies
Also included in:Â Mystery Pixel Art Megabundle!
Common Core Math and Language Arts Pixel Art Activities for the Young Grades!
5 different Common Core skills practice through high level of interest characters for students. This bundle contains practice with language skills, grammar practice, base 10 numbers, plural nouns, and addition and subtraction. This bundle contains characters from Pokemon, Avengers, Minecraft, Star Wars, and Mario World. Your students will love it!!
1st - 2nd
English Language Arts, Math
Mystery Pixel Art Megabundle!
5 different Common Core skills practice through high level of interest characters for students. This bundle contains practice with figurative language, prefixes and suffixes, Author's purpose, plural nouns, 2 digit x 2 digit multiplication, and 3 digit x 3 digit addition. This bundle contains characters from Pokemon, Avengers, Minecraft, Star Wars, and Mario World. Your students will love it!!
3rd - 5th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Math
Editable Digital Morning Message Slides For Each Month
This resource contains 12 months of themed morning message slides editable for your classroom needs. Contains 25 slides for each month of the year.
K - 8th
For All Subjects
Word Work - Pixel Art Mystery Pictures - Long Vowel Sounds A, E, I, O, and U
This product is a fun and interactive way for students to practice all of their vowel spellings. Each activity contains a different mystery picture centered around one way to make long vowel sounds. The five words on the left are easier than the words on the right. This is intentionally designed. You could use this as an opportunity to provide challenge words or to pair up students of different levels to work together with each being challenged and successful. Each of these activities are design
2nd - 4th
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling
Amplify CKLA Aligned Paragraph of the Week - G4 Unit 2 - Opinion Writing
This is a paragraph of the week product that is specifically designed around the informational texts of Fourth Grade Unit 2 Empires in the Middle Ages. Each week you will take the CKLA theme through the paragraph of the week process from brainstorming on Monday to publishing on Friday. This packet is a supplemental product designed to be used along side the Amplify CKLA program. Monday - Fill in the graphic organizer with an opinion about a topic and 3 supporting reasons using text evidence. Tue
4th
Informational Text, Other (ELA), Writing
Informal Decoding Inventory Data Tracker
This is an electronic way to track and organize your Informal Decoding Inventory (IDI) data from Sharon Walpole's book, "How to Plan Differentiated Reading Instruction" (Walpole, 2027). This file automatically codes each skill category score, correctly or incorrectly depending on the student response. All of the skill categories (short vowels, consonant blends and digraphs, r-controlled vowels, vowel consonant e, and multisyllabic word) are color codedas well for ease of data use. There are p
PreK - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Science of Reading
2 Digit x 2 Digit Multiplication Pixel Art Mystery Picture - Star Wars Theme
This product is a fun and interactive way for students to practice 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication. This product contains 5 different pixel art mystery picture activities resulting in a different Star Wars character reveal. Each of these activities is designed as a supplemental resource or review of certain Mathematics Common Core Standards. The Star Wars Characters include: Darth Vadar R2D2 Yoda C3PO Storm Trooper
3rd - 5th
Arithmetic, Graphic Arts, Math
Also included in:Â Mystery Pixel Art Megabundle!
Theodore Geisel (A.K.A. Dr. Seuss) Interactive Classroom
This is an interactive classroom with a variety of links all related to Dr. Seuss! Links include the following: Original Cat in the Hat short film from 1971 Seussville.com Green Eggs and Ham Video Read Aloud How to Draw Horton Hop On Pop Video Read Aloud 5 Fun Facts about Theodore Geisel The Lorax Video Read Aloud How to Draw Fox in Socks What Pet Should I Get Video Read Aloud A Kid Friendly Biography of Theodore's Life One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Video Read Aloud A Rare Television I
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Also included in:Â Children's Literature Authors Interactive Classrooms
3 Digit Addition Pixel Art Mystery Pictures - Mario World Theme!
This product is a fun and interactive way for students to practice 3 digit plus 3 digit addition. This product contains 5 different pixel art mystery picture activities resulting in a different Mario World character reveal. Each of these activities is designed as a supplemental resource or review of certain Mathematics Common Core Standards. Mario World Characters include: Mario Luigi Yoshi Princess Peach Mushroom
3rd - 5th
Arithmetic, Math, Visual Arts
Also included in:Â Mystery Pixel Art Megabundle!
Language Arts Practice Pixel Art - Minecraft Version
This product is a fun and interactive way for students to practice language arts skills. This product contains 5 different pixel art mystery picture activities resulting in a different Minecraft element reveal. Each of these activities is designed as a supplemental resource or review of certain English Language Arts Common Core Standards. These activities include: Plural nouns Is it a statement or question How many syllables Is it a person, place, or thing Connecting two sentences with and or bu
1st - 2nd
English Language Arts, Grammar
Word Work - Pixel Art Mystery Picture - Long O
This product is a fun and interactive way for students to practice their vowel spellings. Each activity contains a different mystery picture centered around one way to make the long o sound. The five words on the left are easier than the words on the right. This is intentionally designed. You could use this as an opportunity to provide challenge words or to pair up students of different levels to work together with each being challenged and successful. Each of these activities are designed to be
2nd - 4th
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling
Also included in:Â Word Work - Pixel Art Mystery Pictures - Long Vowel Sounds A, E, I, O, and U
Addition and Subtraction Pixel Art Mystery Pictures - Star Wars Theme
This product is a fun and interactive way for students to practice addition and subtraction. This product contains 5 different pixel art mystery picture activities resulting in a different Star Wars character reveal. Each of these activities is designed as a supplemental resource or review of certain Mathematics Common Core Standards. The Star Wars Characters include: Darth Vadar R2D2 Yoda C3PO Storm Trooper
1st - 2nd
Arithmetic, Math
Author's Purpose and Plural Noun Pixel Art - Minecraft Theme
This product is a fun and interactive way for students to practice author's purpose and plural nouns. This product contains 5 different pixel art mystery picture activities resulting in a different Minecraft element reveal. Each of these activities is designed as a supplemental resource or review of certain English Language Arts Common Core Standards. These activities include: Two different versions of the PIE version of author's purpose. Three different versions to practice creating plural noun
2nd - 4th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Reading
Also included in:Â Mystery Pixel Art Megabundle!
Word Work - Pixel Art Mystery Picture - Long A
This product is a fun and interactive way for students to practice their vowel spellings. Each activity contains a different mystery picture centered around one way to make the long a sound. The five words on the left are easier than the words on the right. This is intentionally designed. You could use this as an opportunity to provide challenge words or to pair up students of different levels to work together with each being challenged and successful. Each of these activities are designed t
2nd - 4th
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling
Also included in:Â Word Work - Pixel Art Mystery Pictures - Long Vowel Sounds A, E, I, O, and U
Eric Carle Interactive Bitmoji Classroom
***Updated*** This is an interactive classroom with a variety of links all related to the legendary Eric Carle! Links include the following: Eric Carle Reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar The Mixed Up Chameleon Animated Story Eric Carle Segment on Mr. Roger's Neighborhood The Very Busy Spider Animated Story The Tiny Seed Story Video Read Aloud Art Demonstration of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Eric Carle Illustration Videos Rooster's Off to See the World Story Video Read Aloud The V
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Also included in:Â Children's Literature Authors Interactive Classrooms
Word Work - Pixel Art Mystery Picture - Long I
This product is a fun and interactive way for students to practice their vowel spellings. Each activity contains a different mystery picture centered around one way to make the long i sound. The five words on the left are easier than the words on the right. This is intentionally designed. You could use this as an opportunity to provide challenge words or to pair up students of different levels to work together with each being challenged and successful. Each of these activities are designed to be
2nd - 4th
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling
Also included in:Â Word Work - Pixel Art Mystery Pictures - Long Vowel Sounds A, E, I, O, and U
First and Third Person Point of View Clue Words
The is an interactive activity. Students are identifying words that help to determine if a piece of writing is told from first or third person point of view. This is a back language sort put in a Google Slide format.
1st - 3rd
English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Writing
CKLA Aligned Paragraph of the Week - G4 Unit 1 - Narrative Writing
This is a paragraph of the week product that is specifically designed around the stories of Fourth Grade Unit 1 Personal Narratives. Each week you will take the CKLA theme through the paragraph of the week process from brainstorming on Monday to publishing on Friday. This packet is a supplemental product designed to be used along side the Amplify CKLA program. Monday - Topic and brainstorm in graphic organizer. Tuesday - Write 3 regular sentences and the add a skill to those 3 sentences. We
4th
English Language Arts, Literature, Writing
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About the store
Experience
This is my 26th year in education. I have been a virtual teacher for grades K-5, kindergarten classroom teacher, 4th grade classroom teacher, preschool teacher, and am currently an early literacy coach. I am constantly creating things to make the job easier for myself or my teachers. Creating fun and interactive materials helps with engagement and participation tremendously. I spend a lot of time with teachers getting back to basics and trimming the educational "fat" that is included in many curriculums and programs. Hopefully something in my store will help you in your educational setting.
Teaching style
I am extremely laid back. I love working with others and am a valuable teammate. I am constantly educating myself on current practice trends and research. Literacy is my favorite subject and I am glad I get to do it full time.
Awards & shining teacher moments
2019-2020 Outstanding Person in Education for my district.
My own education history
BA in English Language and Literature
ZA Endorsement
MA in Elementary Curriculum and Instruction
MA in Educational Technology
Additional biographical information
I live in the midwest with my husband, two children, and welsh corgi.
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