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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

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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
Fluency Passages Cootie Catchers
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Fluency Passages Cootie Catchers

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Fluency Passages: These fluency passages cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while improving their their oral reading fluency. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. There are 16 short passages (fiction and non-fiction) for students to practice their fluency of phrases and sentences. These cootie catchers can be used in the following ways: * Reading with Partneres * Individual Reading * Small fluency Groups * Reading to the Class * Reading Circles * Warm Ups * SPED ***** Enjoy this Lesson? Do a search for my other Cootie Catchers: ***** ♦ 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
Collective Nouns Cootie Catchers
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Collective Nouns Cootie Catchers

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Collective Nouns: These collective nouns cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while improving their ability to identify collective nouns. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 16 in total, and then asked to identify the correct collective noun. Answers are included. ***** Enjoy this Lesson? Do a search for my other Cootie Catchers: ***** ♦ 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
Helping Verbs Cootie Catchers
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Helping Verbs Cootie Catchers

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Helping Verbs: These helping verbs cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while they practice identifying helping verbs within sentences. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 16 in total, and then asked to identify the helping verb or helping verbs within the sentence. Answers are included. ***** Enjoy this Lesson? Do a search for my other Cootie Catchers: ***** ♦ 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
Synonyms and Antonyms Cootie Catchers Bundle
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Synonyms and Antonyms Cootie Catchers Bundle

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Synonyms and Antonyms: This bundle includes cootie catchers for each topic and is a great way for students to have fun while they improve their vocabulary by practicing synonyms and antonyms. These cootie catchers sell individually for $3.90; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $3! Synonyms and Antonyms Contents: This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 32 in total (16 for each topic), and then asked to identify the synonyms or antonym of a vocabulary word within the sentence. Multiple choice options are given along with the correct answer. This bundle contains the following products: 1. Synonyms 2. Antonyms
Similes and Metaphors Cootie Catchers Bundle
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Similes and Metaphors Cootie Catchers Bundle

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Similes and Metaphors: This bundle includes cootie catchers for each topic and is a great way for students to have fun while they learn about similes and metaphors. These cootie catchers sell individually for $3.90; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $3! Similes and Metaphors Contents: 1. Similes: This activity has students visually seeing a picture and determining what phrase it is. The following similes are included: Cool as a cucumber Face lit up like a light bulb Fast as lightning Slept like a log Blind as a bat Toes were as cold as ice His anger erupted like a volcano Proud as a peacock Thank you to Monster Wrangler Mike who provided the images 2. Metaphors: This product includes two cootie catchers (totaling 16 metaphors) which require students to interpret the meaning of a metaphor used within a sentence. Students are given multiple choice options for the answer choices, and answers are included.
Martin Luther King Jr. Task Cards
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Martin Luther King Jr. Task Cards

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These task cards are a great way for students to learn about Martin Luther King Jr. This product contains 18 cards with multiple choice questions about Martin Luther King Jr. A recording sheet and an answer key are included. Blank cards are also included for questions to be added, if wanted. The same 18 cards are also available in a non-multiple choice option as well.
Adverbs and Adjectives
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Adverbs and Adjectives

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Adverbs and Adjectives: This bundle includes cootie catchers for both adverbs and adjectives as outlined below: How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 32 in total, and then asked to identify the adverbs or adjective in the sentence. These lessons sell individually for $3.9; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $3.10!
Nouns and Verbs
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Nouns and Verbs

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Nouns and Verbs: This bundle includes cootie catchers for Nouns and Verbs as outlined below: How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 32 in total, and then asked to identify the noun or verb through multiple choice answers. These lessons sell individually for $3.9; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $3.10!
Prefixes and Suffixes Task Cards
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Prefixes and Suffixes Task Cards

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Suffixes and Prefixes: This bundle includes task cards for both prefixes and suffixes as outlined below: These lessons sell individually for $5.1; as a bundle they are 35% off, for $3.30! These activities has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in each product, and then asked to choose the correct prefix or suffix for a given word in the sentence. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Antonyms and Synonyms Task Cards
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Antonyms and Synonyms Task Cards

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Antonyms and Synonyms: This bundle includes task cards for both Synonyms and Antonyms These lessons sell individually for $5.1; as a bundle they are 35% off, for $3.30! These activities have students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in each product, and then asked to identify the synonym or the antonym of the underlined word. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Ecosystems Task Cards
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Ecosystems Task Cards

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This bundle includes task cards for animal habitats and biomes which are outlined below: Important: All these Task Cards sell for $5.10; as a bundle they are 35% off, for $3.30! 1. Habitats 2. Biomes These task cards are a great way for students to improve their skills and knowledge of the different biomes and habitats. This product contains 54 cards with multiple choice questions about the different types of habitats and biomes. A recording sheet and an answer key are included. Blank cards are also included for questions to be added, if wanted. The same 54 cards are also available as open ended questions.
Adverbs and Adjectives Task Cards
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Adverbs and Adjectives Task Cards

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Adverbs and Adjectives: This bundle includes task cards for adverbs and adjectives as outlined below: This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 52 in total, and then asked to identify the adverb or adjective through multiple choice answers. These lessons sell individually for $5.10; as a bundle they are 35% off, for $3.30!
Homophones and Homographs Task Cards
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Homophones and Homographs Task Cards

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Homophones and Homographs: This bundle includes task cards for Homophones and Multiple Meaning Words (Homographs) as outlined below: All these lessons sell individually for $5.1; as a bundle they are 35% off, for $3.30!
Nouns and Verbs Task Cards
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Nouns and Verbs Task Cards

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Nouns and Verbs: This bundle includes task cards for Nouns and Verbs as outlined below: This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 52 in total, and then asked to identify the noun or verb through multiple choice answers. These lessons sell individually for $5.10; as a bundle they are 35% off, for $3.30!
Adjectives
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Adjectives

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Adjectives: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they improve their ability to identify adjectives within sentences. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the adjective within the sentence. A multiple Choice (MC) version and an open ended version is provided. An answer sheet and an answer key are also included.
Figurative Language Lapbook
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Figurative Language Lapbook

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Figurative Language: This figurative language Lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research or show what they have learned by writing facts about each type of figurative language. A completed figurative language lapbook with answers is included. Figurative language lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page) Figurative Language Lapbook Contents: 1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook Figurative language types: Alliteration, Metaphor, Pun, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Idiom, Simile, Hyperbole 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each term
Nonfiction Text Features Lapbook
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Nonfiction Text Features Lapbook

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Nonfiction Text Features: This nonfiction text features lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research or show what they have learned by writing facts about each type of nonfiction text feature. Completed lapbooks with answers is included. Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page) These Non fiction text features lapbook contains the following: 1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook 2. Completed facts for each type of figurative language: Title page, Title, Subtitle, Glossary, Heading, Index, Table of contents, Guide words And Timeline, Cut-away/ Cross section, Table, Close-up, Map, Photograph/ Illustration, Diagram, Graph And Electronic menu, Bullet points, Caption, Icons, Sidebar/Textbox, Labels, Keywords, Hyperlink 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts for each term 4. Check out the preview for more details
Types of Birds Lapbook
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Types of Birds Lapbook

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This lapbook is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. Students may research different facts about each type of bird and write what they find on the provided blank lines. A completed lapbook with answers is included. Note: This lapbook fits inside of composition books (as shown on the cover page) Contents: 1. How to use and Assembly Instructions for the lapbook 2. Completed facts for each term: Penguin, Vulture, Ostrich, Peacock, Turkey, Eagle, Owl, Chicken 3. Blank versions for students to write their own facts