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Charles Town, West Virginia, United States
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I have taught for 32 years, and am certified NK-8. I have a Masters is Education with an emphasis on Teaching, and an endorsement in Gifted Education. I have taught K-4. My most recent position prior to retirement was that of a Gifted Resource Teacher. In this role, I taught lessons that promoted higher level thinking skills K-3 and also created and provided enrichment opportunities for K-5 in all subject areas. I retired from Virginia after 30 years, 18 in Gifted,, and my career took a turn with surprisingly many more similarities than I would have thought! I am now teaching Middle School Reading and Language Arts in the Special Education Environment and loving every minute of it!
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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness/ Famous Americans
These two projects were created for third grade social studies. Both are differentiated, and offer a wide range of interesting choices for your students.
The All American Diner and Famous Americans projects can be tweaked so that they best suit your needs time wise. Both can be independent projects.
BLOOMS- Creating, Evaluating, Analyzing, Applying
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Differentiated Menu
Social Studies
GATE
Civics
VA SOL 3.11
Venn Diagram
Research
Writing
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.1a, W3.1b, W3.4, W3.8, W3.10
3rd
Civics, Social Studies
CCSS
W.3.4
, W.3.7
, W.3.8
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Diary of a Much Missed Middle-Schooler (Third Grader, etc)
DO YOU NEED MEANINGFUL STUDENT WORK WITH EASY PREP DUE TO A MANDATED CLOSING? I created this simple yet effective diary as a take home ELA assignment for my students during our state mandated shut down 3/13/2020. Feel free to tweak it in any way to suit your population. This could be used (with some modifications) grades 1-8. My students were excited about it! This resource is easily differentiated, great for SPED, General Ed, and Gifted.
2nd - 8th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing
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Experience
I have taught for 32 years, and am certified NK-8. I have a Masters is Education with an emphasis on Teaching, and an endorsement in Gifted Education. I have taught K-4. My most recent position prior to retirement was that of a Gifted Resource Teacher. In this role, I taught lessons that promoted higher level thinking skills K-3 and also created and provided enrichment opportunities for K-5 in all subject areas. I retired from Virginia after 30 years, 18 in Gifted,, and my career took a turn with surprisingly many more similarities than I would have thought! I am now teaching Middle School Reading and Language Arts in the Special Education Environment and loving every minute of it!
Teaching style
I am enthusiastic in my pursuit of challenge for all! With so much focus on meeting standards, many of our students who are on or above level are often not given the attention they need, the opportunities for meaningful challenge they deserve... More work, reading a book, etc. is not the solution. "NO child should be left behind", in my opinion, should be reworded to "EVERY child will grow". It is my desire to help lighten the load of teachers by providing challenging activities for you to use in your classroom.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Teacher of the Year, Frederick County, Virginia
Gifted Teacher of the Year, Loudoun County, Virginia
Mommy of the Year- Since 1995!
Harpers Ferry Middle School staff member since 2018!
My own education history
BAEL Shepherd College
Masters in Education, Emphasis on Teaching, Shenandoah University
Gifted Endorsement, University of Virginia
Additional biographical information
My family keeps me busy, I am a sports Mom and LOVE it! My passions in life is my home and school families, helping others and Creating!
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