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Freckle Juice - A Novel Study

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I LOVE this book and I love teaching this unit. I hope that you will too. This 59 page unit includes: A Freckle Juice Folder and Craftivity A Jealousy Pre-Reading Activity Prediction Pages Five Chapter Quizzes to go with each chapter of the

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Activities, Printables

$7.00

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Huge Analogy Packet for Elementary Kids

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Understanding relationships is key to building deep understanding of any subject area. Learning analogies helps students build these skills. This 87 packet is full of analogy activities that are open ended and can be used for students of any age

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities, Printables, Posters

$4.50

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Plants - A Project Based Learning Science and ELA Unit

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This is a HUGE plant unit that can be used just about anyway that works for you. I teach science using a PBL model, so if you would like to use it that way, you can. It an also be used in pieces or without the PBL component. Some images are

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Biology, General Science

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Research, Activities, Printables

$5.50

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The Amazing Super Power of YET! - Fostering a Growth Mindset

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Are you trying to build and foster a growth mindset in your classroom? This packet can help get you off to a great start and set the stage for setting goals and monitoring and adjusting them through the school year (and hopefully a lifetime).

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Character Education, For All Subjects

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Printables, Interactive Notebooks

$5.00

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Stone Soup - A Folktale Literature Study

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This is MY FAVORITE UNIT of the entire school year! I love this folktale and the many versions it is told in. This unit includes: A Stone Soup Flipbook Foldable Reading Response Logs Venn Diagram to compare different versions of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Vocabulary

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

$4.00

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Letter Writing - Friendly, Persuasive and Business Letter Writing Unit

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This is an excellent resource for teaching letter writing in the classroom. This HUGE packet contains: Literature Resources Internet Resources Parts of a Letter Poster Addressing an Envelope Poster Letter Writing Vocabulary Printables to Add to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Vocabulary

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

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Activities, Printables, Rubrics

$4.50

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Those Shoes - A Literature Study based on Wants and Needs

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This Ah-mazing book is perfect for classroom discussion on growing up, feelings, and differenciating between WANTS and NEEDS. The main character Jeremy wants the cool shoes that all his friends have, but their life has little room for WANTS. It

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Literature

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Graphic Organizers

$3.50

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Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Book Study

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This is a 55 page book study on the super cute book, Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, by the great Judy Blume! It includes: prediction pages chapter quizzes for all 16 chapters inference pages for each chapter letter to the character

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Literature

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities, Assessment, Printables

$5.00

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Auntie Claus - A Literature Unit

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This is a fabulous little unit to go with the SUPER cute book Auntie Claus by Elise Primavera. It is over 50 pages of fun. While the story is very cute, the materials all involve higher order thinking skills. Several of the activities are

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Projects, Activities, Printables

$4.50

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Fabulous Fairy Tales - A Common Core ELA Unit!

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This is a 75 page ELA unit on fairy tales. It has the second grade common core objective listed for every activity, but can easily be adjusted for first or third grades. It includes activities for specific fairy tales but all of the main

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Posters

$6.50

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Rosie Revere, Engineer - A "STEM Crashes into ELA" Unit!

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This book is AMAZING! It's a perfect SMASH -UP of STEM and ELA and even a little history! If you don't have it - you need to get it! Rosie, the Great-Great Niece of Rosie the Riveter, is an aspiring engineer who loses her way when she gets

Subjects:

Literature, Character Education, Engineering

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Printables

$4.00

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Owl Moon - A Book Study

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This is an extensive and FUN book study of the beautiful book Owl Moon by Jane Yolen. It is 58 pages of meaningful and deep exploration of the book. It includes: Internet Resources An Owl Moon Folder and Craftivity Pre-Reading Schema

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Projects, Activities, Printables

$4.00

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Irma Rangel Mini-Unit - Texas Second Grade

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Irma Rangel was the first Mexican American Texas State Legislator. She fought for the rights of children, women and the poor. She was amazing, but ask any Texan on the street who she is, and you will get a blank stare. However, learning about

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Graphic Organizers

$2.50

111

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Amazing Amelia Earhart - A Project Based Learning Unit For Elementary Students

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This is a project based learning unit about Amelia Earhart. It is a fabulous first research project for elementary students (2nd -4th grade) because there is so much information about Amelia on their level and she was so INTERESTING! This is a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Poetry

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Assessment

$3.50

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Nonfiction Text Features Slideshow and Digital Worksheets - Google Classroom

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This is a Google Slideshow of nonfiction text features. It covers:title pagetable of contentsheadingsillustrationsphotographsdiagramskeywordsspecial printmapsmap keyshyperlinksglossaryindexcaptionscharts and graphstimelinesThe set contains 19

Subjects:

Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Assessment

$2.50

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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The Mitten - A Literature Unit

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This is a fabulous literature unit on the folktale The Mitten. It focuses on two versions of the story - Jan Brett's and Alvin Tresselt's. Many of the activities are inspired by Reading with Meaning by Debbie Miller. Students will activate

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Critical Thinking

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Literature Circles

$4.50

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Matter Man - A Lesson in Changing Matter!

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Have Matter Man come and visit your class and show them how when you add heat to matter, everything changes! This lesson includes directions for creating "Matter Man", observation recording sheets for students to place in their science

Subjects:

Science, General Science

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Projects, Printables, Lesson

$2.50

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Magnets! Boom Cards

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This is a set of 20 fun and informative BOOM Cards. PREVIEW them here. Students will read information about magnets and answer a variety of questions. You can use these for distance learning, or learning in the classroom. These can be used

Subjects:

Science, General Science

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Flash Cards

$2.50

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Loof Lirpa - April Fool's Prank

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Fake newspaper article to prank your class for April Fool's day! Uploaded as a Powerpoint so it is editable to reflect your town and school name or change as you see fit!

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Printables

FREE

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Nonfiction Text Features Digital Work and BOOM Cards

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This is a Google Slideshow of Nonfiction Text Features. It contains 19 informational slides and 11 digital "worksheets" to assess your students understanding of the information. This bundle also contains a set of 40 interactive, self-checking BOOM

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment, Flash Cards

$5.00

$4.50

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching for 22 years. This is my 13th year to teach 2nd grade. It is my absolute favorite!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I use a variety of styles I guess. I use a lot of Whole Brain Teaching. My classroom is loud and lively - that is the way I like it!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Teacher of the year 2011-2012

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Western Michigan University

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I am a blessed wife and mom to four amazing kids! I love teaching! It is my hobby as much as it is my job. I love creating and looking for new ways to teach subjects!