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I am a Nationally Board Certified Mid-Level Generalist and have been a teacher for 20+ years. I have always taught the sixth grade and just LOVE them! Prior to teaching I worked in the health insurance industry as a Marketing Representative. I love integrating technology into the curriculum as much as possible. My blog: yoursmarticles.com focuses on strategies for technology integration. Through conferences, seminars and training sessions I share my experience with other teachers as much as possible!
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Inferring with Alma
This product is a companion sheet for the video Alma . https://youtu.be/irbFBgI0jhM. Your students will be RIVETED by this film!! This video features an adorably animated little girl strolling through the city on a winter day. Oddly, she spots a doll in a window of a shop, and the doll looks exactly like HER!! As the story unfolds, students are provided with 'stop' points featuring a variety of inferring skills: ✨Inferring Author's Purpose ✨Inferring Tone ✨Inferring Character Behavior ✨Infer
5th - 8th
English Language Arts, Instructional Technology, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RL.6.1
, RL.6.2
, RL.6.3
+1
Also included in: Animated Shorts for Reading Instruction - BUNDLE!! Distance Learning
Flashback/Foreshadowing with an Animated Short Film
Introducing BIBO! This print and go lesson provides links and stop points for the award winning movie titled Bibo about a loyal and devoted robot that has found himself in unimaginable circumstances. (Video is on both Vimeo and YouTube) This well written story integrates critical reading skills for Middle Schoolers. In seven minutes, the authors of this wordless film take the viewer on a journey that embeds inferring, flashback, foreshadowing, symbolism, irony and MANY more higher level crit
5th - 9th
Instructional Technology, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RL.6.1
, RL.6.2
, RL.6.3
+1
Also included in: Animated Shorts for Reading Instruction - BUNDLE!! Distance Learning
Teaching the CER Game
Are you trying to get your students more effective at writing a CER for Science? This FUN and ENGAGING activity really helps! In this printable are 9 complete CER examples, except, they’ve been cut apart into Claims... Evidence… and Reasoning cards. Students first sort to identify the claims in their sets. Then, they sort for evidence statements. Finally, they locate the reasoning cards. Once all the cards are sorted, you can challenge them to match up the cards to create 9 complete CER re
4th - 8th
General Science, Physical Science, Science
Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Mixture Sort
We had a MONSTROUSLY fun time learning about MIXTURES with this Homogeneous/Heterogeneous mixtures sort! Students evaluated 45 examples of mixtures on small slips of paper and determined whether they were homogeneous or heterogeneous mixtures. Once they decided, they were guided to a grid location on a blank grid. As each slip was placed, they slowly pieced together to reveal a truly monstrous image!!! This FUN and ENGAGING activity really helped to secure their understanding of different typ
5th - 8th
Chemistry, Physical Science
NGSS
MS-PS1-1
Scientific Drawing Lesson Plan
If you're teaching Next Generation Science Standards, providing students with a good foundation in Scientific Drawing Skills is a critical part of supporting the Science and Engineering Practices! This Scientific Drawing Lesson is a Google Slide show that provides you with a COMPLETE lesson to guide your student in best practices for scientific drawing. Show students the importance of titles, labels, lines, details, shading, magnification with zoom bubbles and MORE. This presentation even pro
4th - 8th
General Science, Physical Science, Science
Law of Conservation of Matter (Mass) BOOM™ Cards
This deck of BOOM™ Learning cards focused on NGSS standards MS-PS1-5 by reinforcing the Law of Conservation of Matter or the Law of Conservation of Mass in that the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. The deck provides a series of Chemical Equations asking students if any mass/matter was lost or gained during the displayed reactions. It provides students with the 'anatomy' of a chemical reaction (reactants and products) and then gives great
5th - 8th
Chemistry, Physical Science, Science
NGSS
MS-PS1-5
Tinkercad - Create an Invention
3D Modeling and design provide AMAZING ways for students to practice their STEM (STEAM) skills. This EDITABLE GOOGLE DOCUMENT combines digital skills AND writing skills, persuasive writing, argumentative writing, creative writing as well as economic awareness as it guides students through the design and invention process by simulating a patent application. Students will: Create an invention disclosure document by stating what problem they will solve in society (research and argumentative writi
4th - 7th
Economics , Other (Science), Writing
MakerSpace: Lego Wall Secret Code Riddles
Do you have a LEGO wall in your classroom, STEAM space or MakerSpace? If so, this FUN activity will delight your students and provide them with a bit of a challenge. I've created a LEGO Code page where each LEGO is assigned a letter of the alphabet. You can display this code page along side of a riddle. Students read the riddle and then use the LEGO decoder and the group of LEGOS to decipher the answer to the riddle! 10 different riddles are provided....one for each week of a Marking Period!
4th - 7th
Computer Science - Technology, Other (Arts), Other (Science)
Criteria and Constraints Lesson Plan
This COMPLETE lesson plan will support your Next Generation Science classroom by teaching students to distinguish between criteria and constraints when working with Engineering Design Challenges! (MS-ETS1-1 and MS-ETS1-2) In this lesson, you'll get a digital interactive notebook page using Google Slides (with matching printable pages!) The materials have text on the page to help teach the concepts of criteria and constraints and an interactive option for students to demonstrate their understan
4th - 8th
Engineering, General Science, Science
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-1
Merge Cube - Solar System Scavenger Hunt
This Merge Cube lesson plan works with the Galactic Explorer Solar System app. The poems lead students to explore the solar system within the app and determine which planet each poem is describing. As they collect planet names, they are lead to the solution of a riddle!
Not sure what Merge Cube is?? Merge Cubes are one of the hottest new trends in Educational Technology at the moment and can be CHEAPLY obtained at local retailers. Integrating AR/VR principles, a merge cube allows you to ho
3rd - 6th
Astronomy
Also included in: Merge Cube BUNDLE!
Reading a Graduated Cylinder BOOM™ Cards
Do your students struggle reading the graduations on a graduated cylinder? Mine did, so I made this deck to help them practice not only reading the meniscus, but reading graduated cylinders with a variety of graduations. Included in this card deck are cylinders of MANY different volumes and graduations so students can practice reading cylinders filled with liquid, at the meniscus. The graduations include increments of .2, .5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 etc. It's a veritable graduation party!
5th - 9th
Chemistry, Measurement, Science
Accuracy vs. Precision Lesson Plan
This COMPLETE lesson plan will support your Next Generation Science classroom by teaching students to distinguish between precision and accuracy AND by helping them to recognize WHY being accurate and precise is so important in Science! In this lesson, you'll get a digital interactive notebook page using Google Slides (with matching printable pages!) The materials have an embedded video to help teach the concept, and an interactive options for students to demonstrate their understanding. A 25
5th - 8th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Qualitative vs. Quantitative Data
Getting students to recognize the importance of data collection in Science class is NO EASY TASK! Use this thorough instructional set to help students recognize (and practice identifying) the 2 types of data: qualitative and quantitative. Included in this COMPLETE LESSON PLAN is an instructional slide deck with dozens of practice examples, a printable worksheet for students to read AND complete practice examples as well as an image for students to independently analyze and identify qualitati
4th - 7th
General Science, Physical Science, Science
Energy Transfer STEM Project (with CER template)
Creating a Rubber Band Car is an AMAZING way for students to practice collecting data and making observations to support energy transfer (kinetic to potential) while students exercise their STEM (STEAM) skills. Meet NGSS Standard: MS-PS3-5 Construct, use and present an argument to support the claim that when work is done on or by a system, the energy of the system changes as energy is transferred to or from the system. This EDITABLE DOCUMENT provides a template, material list, data collectio
4th - 7th
Other (Science), Physical Science, Science
NGSS
MS-PS3-5
Merge Cube BUNDLE!
In this Merge Cube BUNDLE, you'll get six Merge Cube lessons ready to use in your classroom. Included in this Merge Cube lesson set is: DIG: Create holographic worlds and incorporate evidence based writing with the FREE DIG app. Galactic Explorer: A scavenger hunt to use with Galactic Explorer featuring all of the planets in the solar system THINGS!: Use the HEART in the FREE THINGS! app and decode anagrams to evaluate all of the functions of the heart. Vocabulary, diagram and reading passag
3rd - 7th
Computer Science - Technology
Digital Interactive Notebook Claim Evidence Reasoning Template
This Science CER Digital Interactive Notebook template is a great way support your Science Class! With Distance Learning we are all using more Google Slides™ for instruction. This interactive page provides guide statements for the claim, evidence and reasoning paragraphs to help students start their sentences in their CER Reports and also has space for students to type their responses. You can push it out as an activity slide by itself or add it to your own Digital Interactive Notebook! You'll b
5th - 8th
General Science, Physical Science, Science
QR Scavenger Hunt -Making Predictions QR Codes
Have your students practice their predicting skills while integrating technology! This QR Code Scavenger hunt is designed to be used with a Wifi enabled device with a QR code scanning app. Each question leads to a website that features a reading passage and question. When the question is answered, students are given a "Secret Code" That code leads them to an envelope with another Predicting question. When answered correctly, students receive a solution piece to a riddle.
Students will pred
4th - 8th
Computer Science - Technology, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
Science and Engineering Practices
Use this Science and Engineering practices printable to teach and reinforce the Science and Engineering practices that are integrated into the Next Generation Science Standards. Each practice is described in terms that STUDENTS can understand! This full color poster can be enlarged to hang in your classroom, printed as a handout or even reduced to 90% to include as a reference page in your students' interactive notebooks! If you're teaching the practices, you might also want to consider this
4th - 8th
General Science, Science
Makerspace: Lego Wall Task Cards
Do you have a lego wall in your Makerspace?? We do, and the students LOVE it! These task cards are designed to provide LEGO wall challenges to students and are great aiding the kids in creating displays and projects on the lego wall. Just print this Google Slide document, laminate each page and add a ring to the entire bundle of 22 ideas and hang next to the lego wall. Student creativity will be firing on all cylinders! If you like this LEGO Wall activity, check this LEGO Wall Riddle Act
4th - 8th
Computer Science - Technology
Determining Volume through Water Displacement
Do your students struggle to identify the volume of an irregularly shaped object through the method of water displacement? (thank you Archimedes!!). This is a COMPLETE lesson plan to support this skill! Included is a Google Slide Deck that allows you to show a video and teach the skill along with self-correcting examples. The slides include a dozen examples for students to respond to either as a whole group or for you to use with Peardeck or Nearpod. There are 2 digital interactive notebook p
5th - 8th
General Science, Physical Science, Science
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Experience
I am a Nationally Board Certified Mid-Level Generalist and have been a teacher for 20+ years. I have always taught the sixth grade and just LOVE them! Prior to teaching I worked in the health insurance industry as a Marketing Representative. I love integrating technology into the curriculum as much as possible. My blog: yoursmarticles.com focuses on strategies for technology integration. Through conferences, seminars and training sessions I share my experience with other teachers as much as possible!
Teaching style
Unquestionably my teaching style is student-centered. Student inquiry and project based activities are my strengths coupled with technology integration.
Awards & shining teacher moments
FInd me on TikTok!! @MaryHoward118
Author: Artificial Intelligence to Streamline Your Teacher Life
National Board Certified Teacher
2018 and 2020 NYS Teacher of the Year Finalist
Certified BrainPop Educator
Apple Teacher
Google Certified Teacher Level 2
Lee Bryant Outstanding Technology
Teacher of the year 2014-2015
Published in 2013 NYSMSA'S In Transitions journal
Published in AMLE Magazine
Published iBook on Student ENgagement
Presenter at ISTE, NYSMA, NYSCATE and many other conferences on technology integration
Author of Yoursmarticles.blogspot.com and yoursmarticles.com
My own education history
1991 Graduated from Michigan State University
2001 Obtained Masters Degree
and teaching certificate PRE-K through 6
60+ hours above masters credit
Additional biographical information
Mother of 3 sons (and a charming cavalier spaniel), runner and ice hockey player. I love my job and put all of my energy into doing what's best for students.
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