Multiple years of teaching experience in elementary and middle schools. Instructional coach and curriculum specialist. Expert in professional development and structured literacy.
Prepare your fifth graders for your state test! Or, use as a distance learning end-of-year reading review. This fun, engaging review covers 5th grade ELA eligible content including: poetry vocabulary (idiom, metaphor, personification, alliteration)nonfiction vocabulary (main idea, compare contrast, opinion, chronological, heading)fiction vocabulary (theme, setting, resolution, climax)parts of speech (conjunction, preposition, correlative conjunctions, interjectionsand more including antonym, s
Prepare your 7th graders for the PSSA , PARCC , STAAR or other state test! Or help them review at the end of the year! Could easily be played with your class in Zoom or other distance learning platform. This fun, engaging review covers 7th grade ELA eligible content including: poetry vocabulary (idiom, metaphor, personification, alliteration)TDA vocab and strategies (evidence, analysis)nonfiction text structure (cause/effect, problem/solution, chronological, compare/contrast)fiction vocabulary
It can be hard to get student interested in reviewing grammar. That's why you need this fun Jeopardy game! This is a fun, engaging way to review the 8 parts of speech with your students: noun,verbadjectiveadverbconjunctionprepositionpronouninterjectionStudents will review definitions, identify parts of speech in a sentence and more! This product is completely editable and NO PREP. Other products you may enjoy:How to Read Graphic NovelsFantasy Reading UnitPrefix and Suffix GamesGreek and
Prepare your 3rd graders for your state test! Or, use as a fun end-of-year reading review. This fun, engaging review covers 3rd grade ELA eligible content including: antonyms and synonymspoetry vocabularyaffixes (suffixes and prefixes)homophonestesting vocabulary (compare, contrast, problem, solution, setting, cause, effect, narrative)This is completely editable.Related Products: 3rd grade math review trashketball4th grade reading jeopardy5th grade reading jeopardy6th grade ELA jeopardy7th gra
Do your students need to get ready for the big state test? (PSSA PARCC, STAAR, etc.) This game makes test prep fun! It's also great for an end of year review! This product is completely editable and easy to customize for your students! This fun, engaging review covers 6th grade ELA eligible content including: poetry,vocabulary (idiom, metaphor, personification, alliteration)TDA vocab and strategies (evidence, analysis)nonfiction text structure (cause/effect, problem/solution, chronological, c
This a great end of the year review! It's also a fun way to help your students review for the math PSSA's, PARCC or STAAR or other state test. Get your students up and out of their seats while solving these 4th grade math curriculum review problems! This game is fun, engaging, no prep and gets all students involved! The resource includes:Directions for the teacher24 slides: each slide contains a fourth grade math review problemBonus "free throw" slides where students can earn extra pointsAnswer
This a great end of the year review! It's also a fun way to help your students review for the math PSSA's, PARCC or STAAR or other state test. It's a trivia game show power point file. Topics covered include algebra, time, money, fractions and geometry. Students will fill in the missing blanks for equations, solve word problems, count and make change, identify the number of sides on polygons, determine the fractions of sets and wholes and much more in this fun, motivating review. This pro
This a great end of the year review! It's also a fun way to help your students review for the math PSSA's, PARCC or STAAR or other state test. Get your students up and out of their seats while solving these 5th grade math curriculum review problems! This game is fun, engaging, no prep and gets all students involved! The resource includes:Directions for the teacher24 slides: each slide contains a fifth grade math review problemBonus "free throw" slides where students can earn extra pointsAnswer k
Teach your students to read graphic novels, in this fun, engaging, five day reading workshop unit of study. Students will learn to use expert graphic novel vocabulary (panel, gutter, emanata, etc.), how to correct read each panel in order, to infer between panels, to pay attention to shapes of bubbles and font in order to read with fluency and expression, and more. This unit is wonderful for the week before winter break, during testing season, summer school or any other time where you want to k
A great review for the end of the year! Or prepare your fifth graders for the ELA PSSA or STAAR! Could easily be played with your class in Zoom or other distance learning platform. This fun, engaging review covers 5th grade ELA eligible content including: poetry vocabulary (idiom, metaphor, personification, alliteration), nonfiction vocabulary (main idea, compare contrast,opinion, chronological, heading), fiction vocabulary (theme, setting, resolution, climax), parts of speech (conjunction, p
This is a fully editable Jeopardy game that helps teachers and students review Greek and Latin word parts (roots, suffixes, prefixes, affixes). Could easily be played with your class in Zoom or other distance learning platform. Students will be engaged and ready to learn as you play this fun Jeopardy game! Some of the word parts reviewed in the game include: ped, cred, ology, gloss, audi, phobia, geo, poly, polis, super, anti, therm, trans, zoo, tri, milli, centi, luna, and kilo. There is a
This a great end of the year review! It's also a fun way to help your students review for the math PSSA's, PARCC or STAAR or other state test. Get your students up and out of their seats while solving these 3rd grade math curriculum review problems! This game is fun, engaging, no prep and gets all students involved! The resource includes:Directions for the teacher24 slides: each slide contains a third grade math review problemBonus "free throw" slides where students can earn extra pointsAnswer k
This Jeopardy game is fully editable and will keep your students engaged as they review prefixes and suffixes! Could easily be played with your class in Zoom or other distance learning platform. Some of the affixes included in the review: -ful, -ment, -tion, -ty, re-, un-, mis-, dis-, super-, hyper-, kilo-, -less, -ness, -ish, -en, milli-, and many more! There are six fun categories with a total of 30 questions, all editable to fit your students' needs! Game includes Daily Double and Final Je
Engage your readers with a fun game of Would You Rather, reading edition. This game will ask students questions like would you rather read inside or outside, would you rather read with a partner or independently, would you rather read a paper book or an online one? This is a great game to get to know your readers in the beginning of the year, for reading conferences, as an end of unit reading celebration or whenever you just want to have fun with reading! Great for distance learning or in pe
This bundle contains two great resources for Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds: This is a companion for Look Both Ways, a novel by Jason Reynolds. Included are:► Silent read-around prereading activity► 28 high-level question discussion cards, with possible answer key, that cover ideas such as: character traits symbolism author's craft theme character motivations setting conflicts ► Comprehension activities and worksheets that cover -setting -theme -character traits -writing long and strong abou
Included in this bundle are THREE great digital games to help prepare your third graders for state tests: 3rd grade reading jeopardy3rd grade math review trashketball3rd grade math jeopardy3rd grade reading jeopardy:Prepare your 3rd graders for your state test! Or, use as a fun end-of-year reading review. This fun, engaging review covers 3rd grade ELA eligible content including: antonyms and synonymspoetry vocabularyaffixes (suffixes and prefixes)homophonestesting vocabulary (compare, contrast,
This is a fully editable Jeopardy style trivia gameshow to review the novel Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher. Could easily be played with your class in Zoom or other distance learning platform. Questions include facts about characters that specific to the novel. Questions also include literature terminology such as conflict, climax, theme, setting, point-of-view, author's purpose, genre, narrator, resolution, and narrative. There is a Daily Double and Final Jeopardy Question. Jeopardy music play
Included are loads of games to help your students learn and master prefixes and suffixes. Included are Jeopardy, Suffixes I have who has, Prefixes I have who has and Bingo.
Engage your students as they play Would You Rather, weather edition. Ask students questions like Would you rather end all tsunamis, or hurricanes? Would you rather play in the snow or the rain? Great for distance learning or in-person instruction. 20 fun, colorful slides with questions.
Prepare your fourth graders for your state test! Or, use as a distance learning end-of-year reading review. This fun, engaging review covers 4th grade ELA eligible content including: poetry vocabulary (idiom, metaphor, personification, alliteration), nonfiction vocabulary (main idea, compare contrast, opinion, chronological, heading), fiction vocabulary (theme, setting, resolution, climax), parts of speech (conjunction, preposition, correlative conjunctions, interjections) and more including ant
Multiple years of teaching experience in elementary and middle schools. Instructional coach and curriculum specialist. Expert in professional development and structured literacy.
Teaching style
Every day should include a little play and fun. I enjoy getting students up out of their desks and moving around. Professional development should be practical and immediately useful!
Awards & shining teacher moments
My students are my greatest honor and reward
My own education history
M.Sc. in Elementary Education.
Reading Specialist and Principal certifications.
Additional biographical information
I have my personal zoo: 2 dogs, 2 cats, several fish and a few hermit crabs.
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