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Hello! I taught 6th grade - ancient civilizations and ELA/ELL - for six years, and then taught Chicano Studies, U.S. History and advisory at the high school level.
I now work as an instructional coach and am IN AWE of teachers - we work so hard to both create and deliver content, and my goal is to make the job as efficient and rewarding as possible by sharing best practices.
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5th grade: Writing Rubrics for narrative, informational and opinion essays
Hello, teachers! These three rubrics are simple and clear, and will get your students prepared throughout the year to rock the CAASPP ELA Performance Task in the spring. Based on three simple categories ( organization, elaboration and conventions) these rubrics are based on the Common Core writing standards for fifth grade and will help put your students in the driver's seat as they go through the writing process. I include all three genres because I find it so helpful for students to see t
5th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing
4th grade: Writing Rubrics for narrative, informational and opinion essays
Hello, teachers! These three rubrics are simple and clear, and will get your students prepared throughout the year to rock the CAASPP ELA Performance Task in the spring. Based on three simple categories ( organization, elaboration and conventions) these rubrics are based on the Common Core writing standards for fourth grade and will help put your students in the driver's seat as they go through the writing process. I include all three genres because I find it so helpful for students to see
4th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.W.1
, CCRA.W.2
, CCRA.W.3
+2
3rd grade: Writing Rubrics for narrative, informational and opinion essays
Hello, teachers! These three rubrics are simple and clear, and will get your students prepared throughout the year to rock the CAASPP ELA Performance Task in the spring. Based on three simple categories ( organization, elaboration and conventions) these rubrics are based on the Common Core writing standards for third grade and will help put your students in the driver's seat as they go through the writing process. I include all three genres because I find it so helpful for students to see t
3rd
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.W.1
, CCRA.W.2
, CCRA.W.3
+2
Video: How Can You Write a Great Informational Essay (Including on a CAASPP PT?)
If your students are asked to write an informational essay on the CAASPP / SBAC performance task, what can they do to make it as excellent as possible? This 18-ish minute video walks them through a simple rubric, asking them to improve MY essay by looking through notes on astronauts to come up with a main idea. (Which winds up being that it is difficult but fun to become an astronaut!) It has a "thinksheet" that helps students engage and follow along. I have them scan the questions befor
3rd - 11th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Informational Text
Video: How Can You Write an Excellent Narrative (Including on a CAASPP / SBAC)?
If your students are asked to write a narrative essay on the CAASPP / SBAC performance task, what can they do to make it as excellent as possible? This 15-minute video walks them through a simple rubric, asking them to improve MY essay by describing characters and the setting with details from the sources, including dialogue, and choosing strong words! It has a "thinksheet" that helps students engage and follow along. I have them scan the questions before we start so they have a sense of what
3rd - 11th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing-Essays
Video Introduction to the CAASPP / SBAC Math Performance Task! (with thinksheet)
This is an introduction (or refresher!) to kids about what the math performance task is on the CAASPP / SBAC, and how they can confidently attack it and show what they know. It is a 16-minute video and accompanying thinksheet; you could watch it with students in one go, or have them do half one day and half the next. I have kids look at the thinksheet first, take notes as they watch the video, and then talk with a partner to see if they each got the same answers. You can just watch it yoursel
3rd - 11th
Math, Math Test Prep
Video INTRODUCTION to the CAASPP ELA Performance Task (with Thinksheet!)
This 11-minute video and accompanying thinksheet are a tool for you to use sometime in the first two weeks of school to get your students ready and excited to attack the CAASPP Performance Task at the end of the school year. You can just watch it yourself, to familiarize yourself with the test and what it wants from your students, OR, you can show it directly to your students and have them follow along with their thinksheet to stay engaged and actively participating. I find students do so muc
3rd - 11th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing-Essays
Video Introduction to the CAASPP / SBAC ELA Performance Task (with Thinksheet!)
People have asked me for a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD version of my CAASPP materials, so here's the introduction as a Word Document! This 11-minute video and accompanying thinksheet are a tool for you to get your students ready and excited to attack the CAASPP Performance Task at the end of the school year. It's a great refresher after NOT having taken it for the past two years! You can just watch it yourself, to familiarize yourself with the test and what it wants from your students, OR, you can show i
3rd - 11th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing-Essays
How to Take Meaningful Notes on the CAASPP / SBAC Performance Task (and Beyond!)
Over the years, I have seen how TAKING NOTES is key to a kid's success on the CAASPP Performance Task! This 10-minute video and thinksheet helps encourage kids to grab blank paper as they sit down to take the performance task portion of both the math and ELA CAASPP / SBAC exam. They can fill in the missing words on the sheet as they watch and then compare notes with a neighbor afterwards to see that they heard the same thing. Whether it's drawing out the information on the Math Performance Tas
3rd - 11th
ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep
Video: How Can You Write an Excellent Opinion Essay (Including on a CAASPP PT)?
If your students are asked to write an opinion essay on part 2 of the CAASPP / SBAC ELA performance task, what can they do to make it as excellent as possible? This 15-ish minute video walks them through a simple rubric, asking them to improve MY essay by describing characters and the setting with details from the sources, including dialogue, and choosing strong words! It has a "thinksheet" that helps students engage and follow along. I have them scan the questions before we start so they h
3rd - 11th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing-Essays
Human BINGO! Classroom Community Builder for the First Week
Hi! I find it always takes SO MUCH LONGER than I think it will to type up an activity I want to do, so to save teacher time, here is my version of Human Bingo if you want to download it, make any changes you want and then print it out. You can find me talking through ways I do Human Bingo here in this video at about 2 minutes and 30 seconds in: https://youtu.be/5eC4SUut4p4?si=YUvBV3uwzS7AOjfFI always talk students through the do’s and don’ts as a whole group before we get started, ending by mo
3rd - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Reading
Geography Sing Along and Learn: South America!
Learn all 13 countries of South America AND strategies for learning new information: making mnemonics, color associations, finger tracing and practicing practicing practicing with song! Hear the song and see the countries here: South America: Sing Along and Learn!Have fun! :) And here is the answer key: 1. Brazil 2. Argentina 3. Colombia 4. Uruguay 5. French Guiana 6. Bolivia 7. Peru 8. Suriname 9. Chile 10. Venezuela 11. Ecuador 12. Paraguay 13. Guyana
Not Specific
Geography
Geography Sing Along and Learn: The 195 Challenge! (Learn all 195 countries!)
Here are six maps with six songs to help kids (and perhaps also you!) learn all 195 countries of the world. Starting with a challenge video that explains how we can make mnemonics, take charge of our learning and practice every day to learn anything we choose to, this packet takes people from South America to Oceania. I created them for sixth graders but have found them fun and effective with all ages! Terrific for asynchronous or synchronous work, as well as for homeschooling, this challenge t
Not Specific
Geography, Other (Social Studies), Vocal Music
Information Swap Letter: Classroom Community Builder for the First Week
Hi! I use this information swap letter as my first activity on all of my first days, or when I'm leading professional development for a new community! I always benefit from hearing a colleague explain to me how they do an activity, so if you'd like, you can find me talking through the information swap letter here at 30 seconds in: https://youtu.be/5eC4SUut4p4?si=YUvBV3uwzS7AOjfFThe way it works is that you tell your student something about you (your name and your understanding of why you got y
4th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Reading, Writing
GRAPES for 7th Grade World History (Video and Packet)
First of all, THANK YOU, social studies teachers - the world needs wonderful history educators more than ever! Second, I find this is a great activity for transitioning back to second semester and re-activating kids' brains. There is a video to go with this GRAPES packet because I had a first-year mentee one year who looked at my packet and said, “This is great, but would you mind just walking them through the answers?” Here it is, so that you can just experience walking through the ideas alo
7th
Social Studies, World History
Name Mnemonics Name Game for the First Weeks of School
Hi! I love this activity and find kids do too, even if they feel shy at first. You model a simple motion while you say your name - you can see my description in this video at 6 inutes and 13 seconds in, which makes a lot more sense than on paper. ;) https://youtu.be/5eC4SUut4p4?si=YUvBV3uwzS7AOjfFYou explain that our brains can remember things better when we make a mnemonic to go along with them - a saying or rhyme or motion that helps us recall what we learned. (Like ROY G. BIV for Red Orange
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About the store
Experience
Hello! I taught 6th grade - ancient civilizations and ELA/ELL - for six years, and then taught Chicano Studies, U.S. History and advisory at the high school level.
I now work as an instructional coach and am IN AWE of teachers - we work so hard to both create and deliver content, and my goal is to make the job as efficient and rewarding as possible by sharing best practices.
Teaching style
A person observing my class said, "It is both mellow AND excited in here."
My style is student-centered (they are, of course, the reason we're here, and I think a happy and successful classroom is rooted in respect and appreciation for our individual kiddos) and projects-based. The moment I discovered the concept of "backwards-planning" was the moment everything clicked - yes! We figure out what awesome things students can do to show they've learned the standards, get them excited about those projects at the beginning of each unit, and then they busily learn everything they can to make their project as authentic / interesting / informative as possible!
My objective is to create a classroom that kids look forward to being in - because that makes it a place I want to be too! :)
Awards & shining teacher moments
Class Marshall, Harvard Graduate School of Education (June 2005)
Founding Member Award, Partnership to Uplift Communities (June 2009)
My own education history
I graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor's degree in History in 1999, and then received my Master's degree from Harvard's Graduate School of Education in June of 2005.
Additional biographical information
Mentoring other teachers (and learning so much from them at the same time) is what I love: our job is both an art and a science, and can be deeply fun when we have a team of adults and kids all on the same nerdy page. (Everyone has an inner nerd, and my personal goal as a teacher is to guide each young person to tap into it!)
My goal in joining TpT is to help share best practices - both the documents/activities themselves and videos to help fellow teachers envision the ways they can be used.
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