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Using Your Smarticles

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Grand Island, New York, United States

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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!

Inferring Skills BUNDLE

Merge Cube BUNDLE!

Escape Room - Students Create Their Own

Animated Shorts for Reading Instruction - BUNDLE!! Distance Learning

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✨Reading Skills w/Animated Short Films✨

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Captain Underpants Book Study

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Transform Your Classroom with a Complete Captain Underpants Novel Study Unit!This novel study is no "brief" lesson plan—it's a comprehensive, ready-to-use unit! With perfectly paced instructions and engaging activities, all you need to do is print and go. Your students will be captivated by the adventures of Captain Underpants while developing their reading and writing skills. What's Included in This Unit: ✨Chapter Summaries✨ Comprehensive summaries to keep students on track with the story.✨Scop

3rd - 5th

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

CCSS

RL.3.1

, RL.3.3

, CCRA.R.1

Fact and Opinion with an Animated Short Film

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This product is a companion sheet for the video High Diving Giraffes: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPrWo5pEvyk or Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/76684408 This adorable and lifelike video features a group of dare-devil giraffes (but not a baby giraffe) taking over a pool house and performing splendid dives from the high-dive. This whimsical video is sure to delight you AND your students. Along the way, your students will learn facts about giraffes, learn to distinguish facts from fa

3rd - 6th

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

Mongolian Civilization - Trading Card Game

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Teaching early Mongolian civilization? Need a FUN and INTERACTIVE way to share the content? This card game allows students to read about important aspects of the Mongols while also allowing them to interact with peers. Seventeen trading style game cards feature topics critical to understanding the Mongolians, including their use of horses, the yurt, trade, flaming naphtha, catapults and MORE. Students deal out the cards and conduct the game in a very similar fashion to GO FISH....but can be

4th - 10th

Ancient History, Social Studies, World History

Tinkercad Cuneiform Tablet

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Interested in incorporating more STEM? Fascinated by 3D Design? Whether or not you have a 3D printer, you can give this project a try! Included are STEP BY STEP directions AND a video tutorial to help you on your students on their way to designing a Tinkercad project that corresponds with instruction of Ancient Mesopotamia....a cuneiform tablet! This project provides a printable handout of background historical information about cuneiform and guides them through the process of using Tinkerca

4th - 10th

Computer Science - Technology, Social Studies, World History

Google Cardboard - 360 Photosphere Book Report

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This one is almost too techy to believe!!! Have your students write (and create) a 360 photosphere book report that can be viewed through Google Cardboard (or viewed as a 360 image online....NO GOOGLE CARDBOARD NEEDED! Simple step-by-step directions are provided along with an EDITABLE GoogleSlide template to allow students to complete a book report based on ANY book and then convert that book report into a photosphere. See one here: https://kuula.co/post/7lG96 A creative and unique way to

5th - 10th

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Palindrome Game (I Have, Who Has)

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Celebrate Palindrome day with this FUN Print and Go I Have, Who Has Game. With 19 examples of Palindrome sentences, your students will have fun challenging themselves to solve the palindrome sentences and complete the I Have/Who Has Loop Game. There are a couple of way to play this game! WHOLE CLASS#1. Make one set of the I Have, Who Has Cards. #2. Distribute the cards throughout the class (there are 19 cards) #3. Allow students a moment to determine what possible fractions, decimals or

3rd - 8th

English Language Arts

Merge Cube/CoSpacesEDU Chinese Lantern

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This FREE project might make a nice STEM/STEAM addition to your Chinese New Year Celebrations...customize a Merge Cube Chinese Lantern!! This printable includes step-by-step directions on how to make the lantern. It's best if you have a LITTLE experience in building with Merge Cube/CoSpacesEDU. If not, there are some great tutorials on my YouTube channel to help! If you're in need of a CoSpacesEDU Account, feel free to use my code: COSMARYHO. If you're in need of Smarticles? Well, I alway

4th - 7th

Chinese

Also included in: CoSpaces Creations Bundle (with Merge Cube)

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About the store

Experience

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.