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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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Theme - Reading Strategy Lesson Plan
Master the Concept of Theme with this Complete Lesson Plan!Looking for an all-inclusive lesson plan to help your students understand and identify themes in literature? This Identifying Theme Complete Lesson Plan provides everything you need to teach your students how to uncover the deeper messages within stories. With engaging activities, practice worksheets, and a creative extension project, this resource ensures that your students not only grasp the concept of theme but can apply it independe
4th - 7th
English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Short Stories
CCSS
RL.5.2
, RL.6.2
, CCRA.R.2
An Interactive Notebook for ANY Novel with QR Code Tutorials
This Interactive Notebook set is designed to be used with ANY novel study! Each page has a terrific interactive template with lines for cutting and folding AND IF THAT’S NOT ENOUGH, each page has a QR code that links to a FOLDING TUTORIAL on the page. Each tutorial expressly shows HOW to fold the interactive and HOW to fill it out using TEXT EVIDENCE to support the student’s response.
Foldable interactives include:
✨Author’s Craft
✨Plot Diagram
✨Setting
✨Predicting
✨Inferring
✨Figurative Lan
4th - 7th
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Types of Sentences with Stickman
Use the website drawastickman.com to help students learn about the 4 types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, exclamatory and imperative! Stickman is a GREAT interactive that allows students to draw their own features that interact within a scene. The dialogue to this scene is included on the worksheet so that students can add punctuation and evaluate what types of sentences are being used by Stickman in his adventure!! Try it!! www.drawastickman.com also works on a tablet!! For mo
3rd - 5th
English Language Arts, Grammar
Science Safety Rules
I needed safety rules to glue into my interactive notebooks. Maybe you do too?? Here's a short and sweet printable copy of some rules. Enjoy! As always, thanks for ✨Using Your Smarticles✨ In need of MORE NGSS Resources for your Middle School Classroom??? ✨✨✨MORE NGSS SCIENCE RELATED ITEMS✨✨✨ ✨ CER Pack✨ CER Matching Game✨ Scientific Drawing Lesson Plan✨ Sound Energy Sort (MS-PS4-1) ✨ Electromagnetic Waves Hyperdoc (MS-PS4-2) ✨ Erosion and Weathering Digital Postcard (MS-ESS2-2) ✨ Enginee
4th - 8th
General Science
QuiverVision Earth Map
Have you seen the QuiverVision coloring pages? They're AMAZING! Students color a page and see it come to life within the QuiverVision app! This product is a companion page to the FREE QuiverVision Earth Map!! What you get with this product is a set of directions for labeling and coloring the QuiverVision Earth Map along with a rubric for grading. Once the map is colored, students can view their creations within the QuiverVision App ( Found here)This product is NOT affiliated with Quiver
4th - 7th
Geography
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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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