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Having taught over 10 years, I find I LOVE to teach in very rural areas. I am now on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation teaching early elementary. Go BRAVES!
My specialty is working with students who struggle to read or have behaviors that make learning a challenge.
I've written children's and young adult books as well as poetry but have not found myself an agent yet to help publish them.
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The Baker's Dozen - Small Group Reader's Theater
This is a small group reader's theater. It was written for five students. It is made for a 4th grade reading level or higher but my 3rd graders DID perform it. They needed extra help and practice time. In the story, Baker 1 is a poor but kind baker who is slowly going out of business. Baker 2 is a rich, greedy, and selfish person who is looking forward to being the only baker in town. But baker 1 has just invented sugar cookies in time for Valentine’s Day. When he gets the idea to create a Bake
3rd - 8th, Adult Education
Character Education, Drama, Short Stories
CCSS
RL.6.10
, RL.7.10
, RF.4.4
+14
Stranger Danger - Small Group Readers' Theater for Character Education
This is a small group reader's theater is for 3 students. In the script, #1 knows that some strangers can be dangerous and so, in order to protect them self, every time they are around strangers they run screaming Stranger Danger. #2 and #3 help to explain the three rules that help keep you safe when there are strangers around so you don’t have to yell all the time. They also discuss WHEN yelling and asking for help would be a good idea. Thanks to them, #1, no longer has to run around shouting
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Short Stories, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS
RL.6.10
, RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
+14
Fractions on Number Lines - Lesson 4
This PowerPoint is for 3rd Grade. It is the fourth lesson in teaching fractions and introduces number lines. Items covered in this lesson are: Review numerator, denominator, and unit fractions. Then students are introduced to number lines and why we use them with fractions. We discuss why the denominator doesn't change while the numerator does using the number line as a visual. Students count up and down the number line past 1. They will compare and contrast those fractions with the whole number
3rd - 4th, Adult Education
Fractions, Vocabulary
CCSS
3.NF.A.2a
, 3.NF.A.2b
Are We There Yet? - Small Group Reader's Theater with Zeno Words!
This Reader's Theater was designed to get kids practicing the Zeno words. The 107 most used sight words. There are parts for 3 students. There are other words in the script but they are low words - used for 1st through 2nd grade. In the script, A kid and their mom and dad are on a car ride. In the script: The kid keeps asking mom and dad if they are there yet. It is making the father mad. They try talking about something else to do but it is not working. The mother tells the kid to play a game
1st - 3rd, Adult Education
Drama, Reading, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.1.4
, RF.1.4a
, RF.1.4b
+12
My First Reader's Theaters - I Wish I Could Fly
This script was designed for mid 1st grade to 2nd grade. It will help students to master the Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade Dolch and Zeno sight words! The plot is as follows:#1 want to know what it is like to fly. #3 wants to do it too but #2 does not want to fly. They are not sure how to do it. #2 helps them think of ways they could fly. They do not want to be birds or bugs. At last they decide to ask their mom and dad to fly with them on a plane. The script can be used as a center.
1st - 3rd, Adult Education
Classroom Community, Drama, Short Stories
CCSS
CCRA.R.10
, CCRA.SL.1
, CCRA.SL.6
+2
All Books Want is to be Treasured - Small Group Reader's Theater
This reader's theater was written for a small group of 4 students for either the first part of the year, Library Week, or any time you need to discuss student's treatment of books. In the script, the librarian at school thinks that things are going well but the books do not. People keep breaking the rules and the books are suffering. They tell the librarian what is going on. Students are eating when they shouldn’t and not handling them with care. The books feel that no one realizes they are ful
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, Short Stories, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS
RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
, RF.3.4b
+13
The Year Santa Got Mixed Up! - Readers Theater for the Entire Class
This is a Reader's Theater for the entire class. It can be performed at any time but is usually performed at Christmas. Reader's Theater is a terrifically fun way to improve your fluency. There is a short writing/discussion prompt at the end for your students to respond to.I would enjoy hearing back from you about what you think. The Year Santa Got Mixed Up! - Reader's Theater for the Entire Class by Melanie Whitesides and Amy Kensley is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unport
3rd - 8th, Adult Education
Drama, Reading Strategies, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
, RF.3.4b
+16
The Principal's New Clothes - Reader's Theater for the Entire Class!
This reader's theater is for the entire class! You will need at least 11 students but more is always better. This ties into my other twisted fairy tales except that it was written to do as a class. I split my class into two groups and both groups practice. When we perform we discuss what things we liked about each group. I use this to introduce the small group reader's theaters I have them do the rest of the year. I have also come back to the script at the end of the year to perform in front of
3rd - 8th, Adult Education
Drama, Reading, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.3.4
, RF.3.4a
, RF.3.4b
+16
Fairy Tales - The Ugly Duckling (Version B) - Small Group Readers' Theater
This is a small group reader's theater is for 3 students. This is the tale of the Ugly Duckling. In the script, A bird is born to a duck. It is not a duck but they don’t know that. Everyone just thinks that it is ugly. All the duck wants is to play with others and have friends. No one will play with him. They all tell him to go away. Some even tease him and tell him that he is ugly. So the ugly duck leaves the farm and goes looking for someone who will play with him. When he can’t find anyone,
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Character Education, Drama, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.2.4
, RF.2.4a
, RF.2.4b
+20
Small Group Readers' Theater - Mother Goose Pack
The scripts in this pack were written for 3 - 4 students Some of them are entirely in rhyme. If the script is told in rhyme, the words that rhyme are in bold. It is a sad but true statement that most students now-a-days have not heard of Mother Goose or many of the poems put together under that title. Students also struggle to read poems using rhyme and rhythm. This is why I have taken some of the poems and made them into reader’s theaters. I use all of my Reader's Theaters to help students im
3rd - 10th, Adult Education
Character Education, Drama, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.4.4
, RF.4.4a
, RF.4.4b
+9
Where is My Shoe? - Early Reader Small Group Reader's Theater
This reader's theater was written for 4 students. It was written for students who are on a 1st grade reading level. The script uses a combination of Dolch and Zeno words.In the script, Pat has lost her shoe. Matt, Nat, and Dan help Pat to look for the shoe. They discuss where it might be and how to find it. If it was Matt’s shoe they could have found it easier because Matt’s shoes stink. It turns out that the dog, Sam has it. There is a small writing/discussion prompt at the end for your stude
K - 3rd, Adult Education
Balanced Literacy, Drama, Short Stories
CCSS
RF.K.4
, RF.1.4
, RF.1.4a
+20
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About the store
Experience
Having taught over 10 years, I find I LOVE to teach in very rural areas. I am now on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation teaching early elementary. Go BRAVES!
My specialty is working with students who struggle to read or have behaviors that make learning a challenge.
I've written children's and young adult books as well as poetry but have not found myself an agent yet to help publish them.
Teaching style
I really believe in the Piaget approach along with the 7 different learning styles. I try to incorporate 3 styles at a time into my lessons to enhance learning. I also focus on high engagement and have yet to follow my lesson plan to the 'T' because of this.
Thus showing how lessons are 'in the moment' and adjust that way to my students.
One of my favorite things is getting rid of grading papers and switching to a quick check at the end of the lesson. Within 3-5 minutes and usually 3 questions, I can identify and mark where each student is and then adjust the lesson for the next day accordingly. Ie. adding more reteach or extensions etc. Yes, there are still papers selected to go into a folder for them to show their parents to celebrate and demonstrate their own success but they are more intentionally selected and made.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Two Americorps tours of duty, 'Driven to Teach' award, National Poet Society Recognition, etc.
Teacher of the Year at T.O. Smith Elementary in Ogden Utah. 2015
My own education history
Two Bachelors Degrees. One in Education and one in Technical Writing.
Additional biographical information
I now live on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Owyhee Nevada. We still miss our dear friends from Monument Valley. If you, too, like teaching in the trenches and want to jump out of the frying pan into the fire, they are a place to go. Both have a desperate need for committed teachers. I have 7 children, am learning (slowly) Spanish, Navajo, and Sign Language, and I love to Crochet!
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