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Family Literacy Night Stations Activities - Camping Theme - Editable Materials

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

This fun Family Literacy Night Activities pack is full of materials for implementing your own family night for ELA! Invite parents and families to participate in 7 fun camping themed activities to address reading, writing, speaking, and listening!

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, For Administrators

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Centers

$6.50

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Superhero Family Literacy Night, editable!

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

A fun pack full of materials for implementing your own family night for ELA! Invite parents and families to participate in 7 fun superhero themed activities including reading, writing, listening, speaking, and creating!Includes editable pages in a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, For Parents

$6.00

420

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Christmas Partner Plays - differentiated scripts for two readers

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

This set of Christmas partner plays includes four different reader's theaters for students in grades 2 - 4. These plays include a two-person cast, stage directions, and dialogue. They are perfect for partner work, daily fluency practice, a

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Printables, Centers

$4.25

263

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Movie Family Literacy Night Editable

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

A fun pack full of materials for implementing your own family night for ELA! Invite parents and families to participate in 7 fun movie themed activities that engage kids and adults in reading, writing, thinking, speaking, listening, and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, For Parents

$6.00

235

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Narrative Writing Mini Lesson Unit Bundle | Hands On, Step by Step Lessons

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

Your writing lesson plans are done for over three months with this Narrative Writing Mini Lesson Unit Bundle! This bundle includes a step-by-step approach in using the gradual release model to teach your young writers about the following strategies

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.3, W.3.5, W.4.3, W.4.5, W.5.3, W.5.3a, W.5.5, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.5, W.3.3a, W.4.3a

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$21.00

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Thanksgiving Partner Plays - differentiated scripts for two readers

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

This set of reader's theater scrips includes four different reader's theaters for students in grades 2 - 4. These plays include a two-person cast, stage directions, and dialogue. Partner Plays are two-person plays designed for partners to read

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Thanksgiving

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Printables, Centers

$4.25

240

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Reading Comprehension Lessons Bundle - 12 Comprehension Strategies

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

This is a BIG BUNDLE full of my Reading Strategy MiniPacks! This resource includes twelve strategy activity packs to help you teach reading comprehension strategies explicitly. Each minipack includes a reading comprehension passage, posters,

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$46.00

$41.00

104

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Halloween Partner Plays - differentiated scripts for two readers

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

This set of Halloween partner plays includes four different reader's theater scripts for students in grades 2 - 4. Partner Plays are two-person plays designed for partners to read together! These plays include a two-person cast, stage directions,

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Halloween

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Printables, Centers

$4.25

132

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Good Endings Narrative Writing Lesson Plans + Activities + Anchor Chart

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

Your writing lesson plans are done! In this unit, students will read books with great endings and discuss what makes them great, understand different types of endings, revise writing to improve the endings, and try out good endings in their own

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.3, W.3.5, W.4.3, W.4.5, W.5.3, W.5.3e, W.5.5, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.5, W.3.3d, W.4.3e

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Reading Genre Sort TEKS aligned

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

A hands-on genre review activity! Students demonstrate and build their understanding of reading genres by sorting sample texts, author's purpose cards, and academic vocabulary words into these genre categories: fiction, expository, poetry, drama,

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Test Preparation

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Printables

$4.00

156

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Reader's Workshop Bundle - 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade - Lessons + Noetbooks + Strategy

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

This is the complete set of bundled materials for Reader's Workshop, full of tips and tools to get your Reader's Workshop ready and rolling in a 3-5 classroom! Two editable documents have also been included. To open all files in this zip file, you

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$18.25

$12.50

135

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Spring Partner Plays - differentiated scripts for two readers

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

This set of Spring partner plays includes four different reader's theaters for students in grades 2 - 4. Partner Plays are two-person plays designed for partners to read together! These plays include a two-person cast, stage directions, and

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Spring

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Printables, Centers

$4.50

122

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Guided Reading Binder - Editable

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

Guided reading doesn't have to be stressful! My guided reading materials include everything you need to plan and deliver thorough, purposeful guided reading lessons to students in K-5! Learn how to group students, schedule, plan, and evaluate guided

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Teacher Manuals, Printables, Professional Development

$12.75

191

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Pirate Family Literacy Night Editable

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

A fun pack full of materials for implementing your own family night for ELA! Invite parents and families to participate in 7 fun pirate themed activities that engage kids and parents in thinking, listening, speaking, reading, writing, and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, For Parents

$6.50

113

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$Math Fairy Tales Reader's Theater Scripts$

Math Fairy Tales Reader's Theater Scripts

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

This pack includes the following reader theater scripts for integrating math content into reading. Content Vocabulary integrated: Angles: Acute, Right, and Obtuse, Lines: Perpendicular, Parallel, Intersecting, Symmetry, ReflectionGoldilocks and the

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Geometry

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables, Scripts

$3.50

133

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Reading Responses for Drama and Plays

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

This product is designed to support readers in responding to drama and plays. It includes over 45 pages of strategies with a graphic organizer to record their evidence and thinking and sentence starters to respond to the text using their organizer.

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Literature

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables, Interactive Notebooks

$4.00

174

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Good Beginnings Narrative Writing Lessons + Activities + Anchor Chart

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

Your narrative writing lesson plans are done! In this unit, students will read books with great beginnings and discuss what makes them great, understand different types of beginnings, revise writing to improve the beginnings, and try out good

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.3, W.3.5, W.4.3, W.4.5, W.5.3, W.5.3a, W.5.5, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.5, W.3.3a, W.4.3a

$4.50

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Holiday Partner Plays- the Bundle of differentiated scripts

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

This huge bundle includes partner plays for St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, and a variety of other holidays! For each holiday there are four different reader's theater scripts for students in grades 2

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Printables, Centers

$30.00

$28.25

Bundle

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Partner Plays for Winter, Spring, Summer & Fall - Scripts Bundle

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

This partner play bundle includes four partner plays for each season for readers in grades 2 - 4. That's a total of 16 differentiated plays for two readers! These plays include a two-person cast, stage directions, and dialogue. They are perfect for

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Summer

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RF.2.4, RF.2.4b, RF.3.4, RF.3.4b, RF.4.4, RF.4.4b

$17.25

$15.25

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Third Grade RLA Word Wall Cards, NEW TEKS aligned

By Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms B

Work with the RLA TEKS vocabulary for third grade with these word wall cards that cover all the nouns and verbs from the TEKS! Each of the 361 cards includes the word (or phrase), a student-friendly definition, and a picture to help kids remember

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing

Grades:

3^rd

Types:

Word Walls, Printables

$9.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Elementary school is the best and I spent 14 happy years there! I taught fourth grade for eight years, spent a year in third, and then I served as an Instructional Coach/Leader for my campus. As an instructional specialist for reading and writing, I created tools my own teachers find useful when working with real kids and real learning. Now, as an educational consultant and an instructional coach's coach, I use the best practices I used with my own students to support coaches, teachers, and kids in elementary schools!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I love to work with all content areas and develop my own units rather than use textbooks or programs. Real reading, real writing, real experiences, real conversations :)

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I was Teacher of the Year for my campus for the 2010 - 2011 school year and the 2012-2013 school year. I've presented at IRA conferences as well as a National Writing Project National Meeting.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Partway through my reading masters!

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I live in El Paso, Texas with my husband, two kids, a dog, and a cat! I love coffee, tea, gardening, reading, and crafting!

GRADES

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Staff, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Science, Basic Principles, Earth Sciences, Environment, Social Studies, Civics, Government, U.S. History, World Languages, Spanish, Arts & Music, Drama, Career and Technical Education, ELA Test Prep, Other (Social Studies), Other (ELA), For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Professional Development, School Counseling, Study Skills, Instructional Technology, General Science, Physical Science, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, For Administrators, Coaching, Test Preparation, End of Year, Phonics, Close Reading, Classroom Community