I have been a science teacher in an urban School District for 7 years. During this time I have had the opportunity to experience teaching within classrooms at all levels of performance abilities, including full inclusion, and highly advanced classes.
I have taught middle school science (both the 7th and 8th grade) and at the high school level (9th to 12th grade science) including Anatomy, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, and Physical Science
I have a PA Professional Certi
I have been a science teacher in an urban School District for 7 years. During this time I have had the opportunity to experience teaching within classrooms at all levels of performance abilities, including full inclusion, and highly advanced classes.
I have taught middle school science (both the 7th and 8th grade) and at the high school level (9th to 12th grade science) including Anatomy, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, and Physical Science
I have a PA Professional Certi
This word search on the ay Word Family also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Clay
♦ Day
♦ Hay
♦ Pay
♦ Play
♦ Pray
♦ Ray
♦ Spray
♦ Tray
This word search on the ick Word Family also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Brick
♦ Chick
♦ Click
♦ Kick
♦ Lick
♦ Pick
♦ Quick
♦ Sick
♦ Stick
This word search on the ink Word Family also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Drink
♦ Ink
♦ Link
♦ Mink
♦ Rink
♦ Sink
♦ Stink
♦ Think
♦ Wink
This word search on the ock Word Family also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Clock
♦ Clock
♦ Crock
♦ Dock
♦ Flock
♦ Knock
♦ Lock
♦ Rock
♦ Sock
This word search is a great way for students to practice homonyms. The solution to the puzzle is included.
Terms Included:
♦ Arms
♦ Bat
♦ Chest
♦ Crane
♦ Duck
♦ Foot
♦ Nail
♦ Note
♦ Park
♦ Pitcher
♦ Spring
♦ Tie
This word search on VCCV words also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Basket
♦ Button
♦ Chimney
♦ Ladder
♦ Lettuce
♦ Pillow
♦ Pretzel
♦ Puppy
♦ Tunnel
This word search on VCC words also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Ant
♦ Bulb
♦ Desk
♦ Egg
♦ Jump
♦ Moth
♦ Pick
♦ Rest
♦ Stand
This word search on CVVC words also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Boat
♦ Coat
♦ Goat
♦ Meat
♦ Nail
♦ Pail
♦ Roach
♦ Toad
♦ Train
This word search on the -ing word ending also doubles as a coloring sheet!. The solution to the puzzle is included.
Terms Included:
♦ Building
♦ Fling
♦ King
♦ Morning
♦ Ring
♦ Sing
♦ Swing
♦ Thinking
♦ Wing
This word search on long vowels (VCe Words) also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Bike
♦ Cone
♦ Dice
♦ Flute
♦ Grapes
♦ Page
♦ Plane
♦ Smile
♦ Snake
This word search on the en Word Family also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Den
♦ Hen
♦ Ken
♦ Men
♦ Pen
♦ Ten
♦ When
♦ Wren
♦ Yen
This word search on the letter K also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Kangaroo
♦ Kayak
♦ Kernel
♦ Ketchup
♦ Kettle
♦ Keyboard
♦ King
♦ Kite
♦ Kitten
♦ Kiwi
♦ Knot
♦ Koala
This word search on the ot Word Family also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Cot
♦ Hot
♦ Jot
♦ Knot
♦ Pot
♦ Rot
♦ Shot
♦ Slot
♦ Tot
This word search on the ap Word Family also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Cap
♦ Clap
♦ Gap
♦ Lap
♦ Map
♦ Nap
♦ Tap
♦ Wrap
♦ Zap
This word search on the am Word Family also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Clam
♦ Dam
♦ Exam
♦ Ham
♦ Jam
♦ Ram
♦ Swam
♦ Tram
♦ Yam
This word search on the ip Word Family also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Chip
♦ Clip
♦ Dip
♦ Drip
♦ Lip
♦ Rip
♦ Ship
♦ Whip
♦ Zip
This word search on the ig Word Family also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Big
♦ Dig
♦ Fig
♦ Jig
♦ Pig
♦ Rig
♦ Twig
♦ Wig
♦ Zig
This word search on the et Word Family also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Bet
♦ Get
♦ Jet
♦ Met
♦ Net
♦ Pet
♦ Set
♦ Vet
♦ Wet
This word search on the letter U also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Udder
♦ UFO
♦ Ukulele
♦ Umbrella
♦ Umpire
♦ Undershirt
♦ Unicorn
♦ Unicycle
♦ Utensils
Generalizations: These generalizations cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while identifying and explaining valid and faulty generalizations. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
This activity has students reading 16 valid and faulty generalizations (over 2 cootie catchers) to each other. Students must then identify whether each statement is valid or faulty and explain their reasoning. A pre-made explanation is made for each one.
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♦ Reading Strategies:
Authors Purpose
Cause and Effect
Character Traits
Compare and Contrast with Pictures
Compare and Contrast
Creative and Critical Thinking
Drawing Conclusions
Fact or Opinion
Figurative Language
Fluency
Generalizations
Genre Identification
Genre Types
Idioms
Inference
Literary Devices
Main Idea
Metaphors
Nonfiction Text Features
Paraphrasing
Parts of a Book
Personification
Point of View
Predictions
Reading Comprehension
Reading Response Questions
Restating the Question
Sequencing
Setting
Similes
Story Elements
Summarizing
Text Structures
Text Structures: Informational Text Structures
Theme
Writing Prompts
♦ Vocabulary:
Analogies (Grades 3-5)
Analogies (Grades 6-8)
Analogies (Grade 9)
Antonyms
Compound Words
Context Clues
Greek and Latin Roots
Homophones
Homonyms
Multiple Meaning Words
Prefixes
Root Words
Shades of Meaning
Spelling
Suffixes
Synonyms
Tone and Mood
Transition Words
♦ Grammar:
Adjective Identification
Adjectives: Comparative and Superlative
Adverbs
Appositives
Apostrophes
Capitalization
Clauses
Commas
Conjunctions
Contractions
Mentor Sentences
Nouns: Common, Proper, and Plural
Nouns: Collective
Nouns: Common and Proper
Nouns: Irregular Plural
Nouns: Plural Nouns
Nouns: Possessive Nouns
Parts of Speech
Prepositions
Prepositional Phrases
Pronouns: Identification
Pronouns: Possessive
Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
Quotation Marks
Sentence Types
Sentences: Fragments and Run-Ons
Sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex
Subject and Predicate: Complete and Compound
Verb Identification
Verb Tenses
Verbs: Helping
Verbs: Irregular
Verbs: Subject Verb Agreement