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"I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes, and the dreamer of improbable dreams." -The Doctor

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Writing Plan Pack-Teach them to write a 5 paragraph essay the "easy way"

By craneflowercreativity

This is my tried and true way of teaching students (especially those that struggle with organizing their writing) to write a 5 paragraph essay. I taught this method at a professional development seminar for teachers from 3 different schools. This is

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.1, W.4.1, W.4.2, W.4.4, W.5.1, W.5.2, W.5.4, W.6.1, W.6.2, W.6.4, W.7.1...

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Parts of a Book Activity version 2

By craneflowercreativity

This is the 2nd version of the activity that I created for K-1st (suitable for 2nd as review). We used the 2nd version to review the skills. Students color or draw shapes to identify the parts of the book (title, author, illustrator/photographer,

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Worksheets, Activities

$1.00

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Parts of a Book Activity

By craneflowercreativity

I created this as a hands on activity for K-1st students to practice their understanding of the main parts of a book (title, author, illustrator/photographer, front cover, and back cover). It also works on them following directions and some hand-eye

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts

$1.00

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Water Filter Experiment- packet

By craneflowercreativity

This experiment is great for understanding water filtration. We use 2 liter bottles with the bottom cut off. Students preplan in their groups what materials to use and how to place them in the upsidedown 2 liter. Once the prepare their "filtration

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Critical Thinking, General Science

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Laboratory

$3.00

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Newsletter Template for the Creative Teacher (microsoft word version)

By craneflowercreativity

This is a great template for letting parents know what is going on at school. This is very similar to my other newsletter template but it was changed slightly for formatting in Word. Enjoy!

Subjects:

For All Subjects

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Handouts, Professional Documents, Classroom Forms

$1.50

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Christmas Order of Operations

By craneflowercreativity

This is a quick fun way to review order of operations and inequality symbols. Plus it's a coloring activity. Who doesn't love that?!

Subjects:

Algebra, Order of Operations, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

$1.00

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Order of Operations Scavenger Hunt

By craneflowercreativity

Doctor Who themed scavenger hunt on order of operations with a murder mystery twist! Whew! This has printable "clue" problems that can be hidden around the room. Included are detective sheets similar to what you see in a game of clue. Students

Subjects:

Algebra, Order of Operations, Problem Solving

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Centers

$3.00

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Point-Slope Christmas Coloring Page

By craneflowercreativity

Students use information given to write an equation in point-slope form. The correct answer will lead them to the correct color to color in items on the coloring sheet.

Subjects:

Math, Algebra

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Homework

$1.50

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Party Planning with a Budget

By craneflowercreativity

This project is always a big hit! In this project, students have a $10,000 budget to plan an outrageous party. They have to plan everything and track expenses with a budget. They have to research to use real prices and site sources. If students

Subjects:

Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Projects

$1.00

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Circumference and Area- riddle

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Students solve circumference and area problems. The answers lead them to the letters needed to solve the riddle. An answer key with a basic breakdown of how to solve each problem is included. ***DIGITAL VERSION ADDED***

Subjects:

Algebra, Geometry, Measurement

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

$2.00

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DIGITAL Who Stole the LAST Cookie? Escape Room

By craneflowercreativity

Someone took the last cookie! In this fun and interactive COMPLETELY DIGITAL activity, students use a CLUE game approach to eliminating answers to the mystery, search for clues in a digital scavenger hunt, before filling in their final answers on a

Subjects:

Math

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

CCSS:

5.NBT.B.7

$5.00

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Conditional Statements Cut N Paste

By craneflowercreativity

This is for those visual/hands on students who need a different way to practice conditional statements. There are 3 sentences that each need to be made into a conditional statement, the converse, the inverse, and contrapositive. Answer key is

Subjects:

Geometry

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Centers

$1.50

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Tracking Standards for each Student on Tests

By craneflowercreativity

This took some time to perfect, but it works great. This allows you to track standards covered on a test you give, to show clearly who passed a standard and who did not. It also automatically will calculate the test grades for you. This way you

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Excel Spreadsheets, Professional Documents

$5.00

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Angle Relationships BLANK foldable

By craneflowercreativity

I used this with my Geometry students to cover basic angle relationships (adjacent, complementary, supplementary, vertical, and linear pair). I printed it front and back. We folded them in half, wrote in our notes. We chose to do a definition and

Subjects:

Algebra, Geometry, Study Skills

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Graphic Organizers

$1.00

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Newsletter template for the creative teacher

By craneflowercreativity

This is the basic layout of my weekly newsletter. I change the pictures weekly. The bottom right box has been "student of the week" "homework heros" and "riddles". Hope you enjoy!

Subjects:

Other (Specialty), Classroom Management

Grades:

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

Types:

Classroom Forms

$1.50

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Weekly Class Behavior Tracker (with formulas)

By craneflowercreativity

This took considerable time and effort to create. With this you can track your class's behavior according to your color chart, give corresponding grades (both number and letter), track class percentages, and even print out weekly behavior slips for

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Assessment, Professional Documents

$5.00

Digital Download XLS (0.09 MB)

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Elementary Smiley Behavior Tracker

By craneflowercreativity

I made this for my co-worker who teacher kindergarten. If you would like it adapted to fit your schedule, I would be happy to change it. Just contact me and I will add/subtract any classes you need.

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

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

Types:

Classroom Forms, For Parents, Rubrics

$1.50

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Multi Color Lesson Planning Template

By craneflowercreativity

This is a colorful and very inclusive lesson planning template. It has tabs for each subject. You can add everything you need for the week here and they are easy to print. The colors make it fun and easy to follow.

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Lesson

$3.00

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Survivor Wars Review Game

By craneflowercreativity

I have taken parts from other games that I liked and created a review game for my class. Included here is a "How to Play" (editable) printable to put up AND a powerpoint template for putting your review questions and answers on. They all have the

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Games

$5.00

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Create a Political Poster

By craneflowercreativity

This year in particular, with the presidential race, this was really great. However, there are primaries and local races all the time. This pushes students to understand propaganda, advertising, and political issues. We talk in length about ads

Subjects:

Elections - Voting, Government, Business

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Projects

$1.00

Digital Download DOCX (0.02 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Taught as a floater for entire district K-12 for 1 1/2 yrs. Taught 1st grade for one semester after a teacher retired. Taught 4th grade for 2 years at a charter school. Taught Reading K-7, Title 1 Math and Title 1 ELA for 4th-7th grade. I taught Algebra 1 and Geometry at a high school. I taught at a Boys' Home where I taught any level math needed ranging 2nd up to Pre-Calculus for 3 years. Now I am teaching 5th grade!

MY TEACHING STYLE

Noisy, interactive, kinesthetic, vocal, differentiated, individualized, personal, fun, memorable, unpredictable

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Won an award for most creative integration of math out of the 28 charter schools in our group.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

BS in Elementary general education K-6. Licensed in that and in math 6th though Pre-Calculus.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Busy wife and mom of 5 when not teaching

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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, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Algebra, Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Geometry, Measurement, Order of Operations, Science, Basic Principles, Earth Sciences, Social Studies, Elections - Voting, Government, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Special Education, Other (Specialty), Other (Social Studies), Life Skills, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Business, Study Skills, General Science, Problem Solving, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Winter, Black History Month, For All Subjects, Informational Text