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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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Foreshadowing Definition and Practice Worksheet (Distance Learning)
Help Your Students Better Understand Foreshadowing with This COMPLETE Lesson Plan!Help your students unlock the power of foreshadowing with this comprehensive lesson plan! Designed to support students' understanding of this key literary device, this resource combines interactive presentations, practice activities, and exit tickets to ensure that students grasp and apply the concept of foreshadowing in their reading and writing. What’s Included:Interactive Slide Show:A complete instructional slid
4th - 8th
English Language Arts, Reading
CCSS
RL.6.3
, CCRA.R.3
, CCRA.R.5
Socratic Seminar Packet
Product Description This Socratic Seminar Packet includes: -Student directions and descriptions of a socratic seminar and how it is conducted. -Teacher directions -Socratic Seminar Prep Sheet for students -During the seminar notesheet -Post seminar exit slip -Teacher assessment guide -Teacher assessment rubric -Poster with stem/guide questions TECH TIP: (How to enlarge 8 1/2 x 11 sheets for printing: In the event you have a high resolution sheet, go to www.blockposters.com. This site will allow
5th - 9th
English Language Arts, Reading
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
Comparing a story to a video - The Monkey's Paw
This Monkey's Paw Pack really packs a CCSS punch!
This lesson provides a link to an engaging and compelling 29 minute video of The Monkey's Paw story by W. W. Jacobs. http://vimeo.com/20009303 The companion worksheet focuses on the mood of the video and how the producer develops that mood at the outset of the story.
In addition to the video, students are given a link to an abridged version of the story. After reading the story, students are asked to compare the story events, the setting
5th - 7th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
CCSS
RL.5.3
, RL.5.9
, RL.6.1
+2
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
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
Allusions - Lesson Plan and Video Links
This packet takes students step by step through the concept of Allusions. It begins by building background through the use of a clip featuring the phrase "These are not the droids you are looking for": https://youtu.be/ihyjXd2C-E8Students then view two additional clips from other movies where that precise segment is alluded to. The lesson continues by providing students literary examples of allusions and challenges them to identify the piece of popular literature or Pop Culture that the allus
5th - 8th
English Language Arts, Literature
CCSS
RL.6.5
, RL.7.5
, RL.8.4
+2
Generalizations - A Reading Strategy Worksheet (DISTANCE LEARNING)
This EDITABLE worksheet and lesson focuses on defining the reading strategy of making generalizations. Students learn what a the adjective general means and see how it relates to the verb (generalize) and the noun (generalization). Then they read 3 passages and identify the generalization that the author has made. Finally, students evaluate similar statements and write their own generalizations about those statements. Need more READING RESOURCES? Try ANIMATED SHORT FILMS!! ✨ Fact and Opinio
4th - 8th
English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
Criteria vs. Constraints Worksheets
This set of worksheets focus on the concept of distinguishing criteria from constraints in the engineering design process. Aligned with NGSS standards, this set provides a reading passage to help students understand the concept and then provides several examples of engineering design challenges and asks students to identify the highlighted section...is it a criteria or is it a constraint. The reading passage that thoroughly describes the concepts of criteria vs. constraint and has students com
6th - 8th
Engineering, Science
NGSS
MS-ETS1-1
Fidget Spinners - Print and Go
This PRINT AND GO lesson is a great way to explain the science behind SPINNERS. A READING PASSAGE briefly explains the science behind a spinner including critical vocabulary words such as FRICTION, INERTIA and CENTRIPETAL force. This two page printable is perfect to fill a 30 - 40 minute period with a reading passage, comprehension questions and a scramble for students to solve. If you are looking for a PERFECT sub plan, this is for you!!
As always, thanks for
✨Using Your Smarticles✨
5th - 8th
Informational Text, Other (Science)
Criteria and Constraints BOOM™️ cards
If you're working with NGSS Standard MS-ETS1-1 or 3-5-ETS1-1 and looking to support student understanding of the concepts of criteria and constraints when conducting engineering design tasks, then this BOOM™️ card deck will help! The first 4 cards introduce the concept of criteria vs. constraint and guide students towards understanding. Then, students are provided with 16 examples of criteria vs. constraint that are similar to what they might see in an engineering design task. Students click
3rd - 8th
General Science, Physical Science, Science
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
Measuring with a Ruler Practice BOOM™ Cards
Looking for a little extra ruler/measurement practice for your students? Check out these BOOM™ cards! The cards focus on METRIC measurement for the science/Math classroom and provide more than a dozen examples of items for students to measure and identify the correct measurement (sometimes in millimeters, sometimes in centimeters). The ruler on the cards is moveable so the students have to correctly line it up against the item and read the measurement. Such great practice!!! Boom™ cards are
4th - 7th
Other (Math), Physical Science, Science
Scientific Variables Worksheet
The variable set of worksheets focuses on the DIFFICULT concept of identifying variables such as the Independent, Dependent and Control Variable. Aligned with NGSS standards, this set reinforces student's initial understanding of the definition of independent, dependent and controlled variables. It provides students with actual examples of investigations with sections highlighted. and students are to analyze the investigations and determine whether the highlighted section is the independent, dep
5th - 8th
General Science, Science
Osmo Customizable Spelling Powerpoint Template
Have you seen Osmo?? Osmo has surfaced on the scene as the next generation in interactivity for the iPad. Check it out!! https://www.playosmo.com/
This product was created to help you customize content for your Osmo device! If you haven't seen Osmo, check it out first...It's pretty amazing! The Words app for Osmo is PERFECT for the classroom. It lets students slide tiles in front of the iPad screen (equipped with Osmo device) and answer questions, solve challenges. The best part is it c
Not Specific
Spelling
Anatomy of a Wave (Print and Go). (MS-PS4-1)
Here's a great worksheet to assess (and support) your students learning about the features of a waves. This Next Generation Science Standard Resource supports MS-PS4-1 and guides students as they learn amplitude, frequency, wavelength, crest and trough. This 2 page print-and-go resource provides reading passages that thoroughly explain these features along with a labeled illustration of a wave. The second page of the resource is a comprehension check designed to give you a quick glance at yo
6th - 8th
General Science, Physical Science, Science
NGSS
MS-PS4-1
Selfie Poetry with Similes and Metaphors (EDITABLE) for Distance Learning
This EDITABLE lesson is the perfect way to integrate technology into your classroom and to engage your Distance Learners. Using the popular Snapchat or MSQRD face filters and elements of figurative language, students will morph their face with a lens and describe the lensed image using figurative language (simile or metaphor). The stanza will follow a specific form as seen in the picture book titled My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss. Project is designed to be turned in via a virtual classro
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Poetry
CCSS
RL.6.4
, W.6.6
Tone - Establishing Tone in Writing
This Tone pack defines the concept of tone and provides a mnemonic to help remember the word. The packet also provides opportunities for students to rewrite scenarios. Students are given a setting (Bob and June are in the woods listening to the river) and asks them to rewrite the scenarios providing 2 ways in completely different tones. Included in this pack are author's lists of tones both in a consolidated format as well as longer lists for that young authors can add new words to. As always
4th - 7th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing
Accuracy vs. Precision Worksheet
This accuracy and precision set of worksheets focuses on the concept and importance of scientists being accurate and precise in their work. Aligned with NGSS standards, this set reinforces student's initial understanding of the definition of accuracy and precision and then it provides students with a helpful video to support learning the concept and then a reading passage to further deepen their understanding. The assignment also includes a reading passage that thoroughly describes the concepts
5th - 8th
General Science, Science
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
+1
Law of Conservation of Mass Matching
This GREAT print-and-go resource provides students with 12 examples of products and 12 reactants. Their task is to match each product with the reactant to create balanced equations demonstrating the Law of Conservation of Mass (Law of Conservation of Matter). You'll love how easy this is to adopt and use! Complete with answer key and easily adaptable for distance learning. Thanks for ✨Using Your Smarticles✨ ✨Have You Seen Merge Cube Products??✨ Mr. Body BRAIN Scavenger HuntSolar System Scaven
5th - 9th
Physical Science
Sound Wave BOOM Cards
If you're working with the Next Generation Science Standards MS-PS4-1 and MS-PS4-2, you'll love this robust resource! Designed for secondary students, each slide is sleek and sophisticated. The slides begin with the anatomy of a sound wave (crest/trough and wavelength/amplitude. Then the concept of frequency is reviewed. Finally, students are provided several examples to continue to help them make connections between the shape of sound waves and how they represent each of those features. T
5th - 9th
Physical Science
NGSS
MS-PS4-1
, MS-PS4-2
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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
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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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