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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
Homophones
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Homophones: This homophones cootie catcher is a great way for students to have fun while learning all about homophones. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students choosing the correct word for the given sentence. Pictures are also provided which shows the correct form of the word. This activity uses the following homophones: Bury, Berry Billed, Build Flower, Flour Meet, Meat Won, One Plane, Plain Sail, Sale Tee, Tea Thank you to Glitter Meets Glue Designs who provided the images ***** 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
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Contractions: These contractions cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning how to master contractions. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students identifying the correct contraction as well as its correct spelling from the underlined example words in each sentence. Multiple choice options are given along with the answers. ***** 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
Adverbs
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Adverbs: These adverbs cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while improving their ability to identify adverbs 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 adverb. Half of the questions give multiple choice options. ***** 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
Pronouns
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Pronouns: These pronouns cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning how to identify the correct usage of pronouns within sentences. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity contains two cootie catchers, totaling 16 sentences, and contains the following types of problems: 1. Students change the sentence to add the correct pronoun. 2. Students identifying the pronoun within a sentence 3. Students fill in the blank with the correct pronoun ***** 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
Factors and Multiples
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Factors and Multiples: These factors and multiples cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while they practice solving problems involving factors and multiples. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. Factors and Multiples Cootie Catchers Contents: There are 2 cootie catchers in this product, each one having 8 problems for a total of 16 problems. Answers are included. *** Enjoy this Lesson? Do a search for my other Cootie Catchers: *** ♦ Grades 1-3: Addition Arrays Balancing Equations Coins Estimating Sums Expanded Form Fact Families Greater Than Less Than Long Division Missing Addends Multiplication Word Problems Number Bonds Word Problems Skip Counting Subtraction Telling Time ♦ Grades 3-5: Balancing Equations Capacity Comparing Decimals Decimals Elapsed Time Expanded Form Exponents Fact Families Factors & Multiples Fractions Fractions on a Number Line Greater Than Less Than Greatest Common Factors Least Common Multiple Long Division Mean, Median, Mode, & Range Metric Measurement Mixed Numbers Multiplication Number Patterns Order of Operations Percents Place Value Prime & Composite Numbers Prime Factorization Probability Properties of Mult. Rounding Word Problems ♦ Grades 6-8: Customary Measurements Fractions: Add & Sub, Decimals, & Percents Fractions: Equivalent & Reducing Fractions Greater Than Less Than Improper Fractions & Mixed Numbers Integers Operations with Fractions Rational Numbers Ratios Simple Interest ♦ Geometry: 3D Shapes Angle Pair Relationships Area of a Circle & Composite Figures Circumference of a Circle Missing Angles Perimeter Polygons Pythagorean Theorem Quadrilaterals Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms Volume & Surface Area of Cylinders Volume of Cones, Rectangular Prisms, & Triangular Prisms ♦ Algebra: Absolute Value Combining Like Terms Distributive Property Equations Evaluating Expressions Inequalities Linear Equations Polynomials Proportions Quadratic Equations Scientific Notation Simplifying Expressions Slope System of Equations Two Step & Multi Step Equations Writing Expressions
Geography: South America Cootie Catchers
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Geography: South America Cootie Catchers

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Geography: South America Cootie Catchers: These cootie catchers/ fortune tellers are a great way for students to have fun while learning the countries of South America. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This product includes the following 14 countries: Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Falkland Islands French Guiana Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Life Cycles
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Life Cycles

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Life Cycles: This life cycles word search also doubles as a coloring book!. The advantage to this is that students can actually see the concept behind the term they are attempting to find. The solution to the puzzle is included. Life Cycles Word Search/ Coloring Book Vocabulary Terms: Butterfly Life Cycle: ♦ Eggs ♦ Caterpillar ♦ Pupa ♦ Metamorphosis ♦ Butterfly Frog Life Cycle: ♦ Embryo ♦ Tadpole ♦ Tadpole with Legs ♦ Froglet ♦ Frog Plant Life Cycle: ♦ Seed ♦ Germination ♦ Seedling ♦ Plant ♦ Pollination Pumpkin Life Cycle: ♦ Pepitas ♦ Sprout ♦ Vines ♦ Flower ♦ Pumpkin Thank you to Kari Bolt, Scrappin Doodles and Glitter Meets Glue Designs who provided the images
Ecosystems
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Ecosystems Crossword Puzzle: is a fun vocabulary review for students and contains the following: 1. Blank Version without word bank 2. Blank Version with word bank 3. Answer Key 4. Vocabulary Words: ♦ Alpine ♦ Biome ♦ Cave ♦ Coral Reef ♦ Desert ♦ Freshwater ♦ Grassland ♦ Marine ♦ Pond ♦ Rainforest ♦ Savannah ♦ Swamp ♦ Taiga ♦ Temperate Forest ♦ Tundra
Exit Tickets
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Exit Slips: These exit slips are great for any Grade and Any Subject: The exit slips are also used for students to evaluate what they have learned during any lesson. Students can respond to any of the following included prompts: 1. I learned... 2. I still need to learn... 3. I understand... 4. I don't understand... 5. I liked it when... 6. I didn't like it when...
Types of Clouds Crossword Puzzle
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Types of Clouds Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle on the types of clouds is a fun vocabulary review for students and contains the following: 1. Blank Version without word bank 2. Blank Version with word bank 3. Answer Key Vocabulary Words: ♦ Cirrostratus ♦ Cirrus ♦ Cumulonimbus ♦ Cumulus ♦ Fog ♦ Hail ♦ Nimbostratus ♦ Precipitation ♦ Rain ♦ Sleet ♦ Snow ♦ Stratocumulus ♦ Stratus ♦ Thunderstorm
Types of Fossils Crossword Puzzle
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Types of Fossils Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle on fossils is a fun vocabulary review for students and contains the following: 1. Blank Version without word bank 2. Blank Version with word bank 3. Answer Key Vocabulary Words: ♦ Amber ♦ Body Fossil ♦ Cast Fossil ♦ Extinct ♦ Fossil ♦ Fossil Record ♦ Mold Fossil ♦ Paleontologist ♦ Trace Fossil
Volcanoes Crossword Puzzle
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Volcanoes Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle on volcanoes is a fun vocabulary review for students and contains the following: 1. Blank Version without word bank 2. Blank Version with word bank 3. Answer Key Vocabulary Words: ♦ Aa ♦ Caldera ♦ Cinder Cone ♦ Composite ♦ Hot Spot ♦ Lava ♦ Magma ♦ Magma Chamber ♦ Pahoehoe ♦ Pyroclastic Flow ♦ Shield ♦ Vent ♦ Volcanic Ash ♦ Volcano
Habitats Crossword Puzzle
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Habitats Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle on the different types of habitats is a fun vocabulary review for students and contains the following: 1. Blank Version without word bank 2. Blank Version with word bank 3. Answer Key Vocabulary Words: ♦ Cave ♦ City ♦ Coral Reef ♦ Desert ♦ Freshwater ♦ Marine ♦ Marsh ♦ Pond ♦ Rainforest ♦ Swamp
Life Cycle of a Butterfly Crossword Puzzle
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Life Cycle of a Butterfly Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle on the life cycle of butterflies is a fun vocabulary review for students and contains the following: 1. Blank Version without word bank 2. Blank Version with word bank 3. Answer Key Vocabulary Words: ♦ Antenna ♦ Butterfly ♦ Caterpillar ♦ Chrysalis ♦ Eggs ♦ Life Cycle ♦ Metamorphosis ♦ Nectar
American Revolution Crossword Puzzle
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American Revolution Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle on the American Revolution is a fun vocabulary review for students and contains the following: 1. Blank Version without word bank 2. Blank Version with word bank 3. Answer Key Vocabulary Words: ♦ Benjamin Franklin ♦ Betsy Ross ♦ Boston Massacre ♦ Boston Tea Party ♦ Constitution ♦ Declaration of Independence ♦ George Washington ♦ Intolerable Acts ♦ John Adams ♦ John Hancock ♦ Paul Revere ♦ Thomas Jefferson ♦ Treaty of Paris
Branches of Government Crossword Puzzle
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Branches of Government Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle on the Branches of Government is a fun vocabulary review for students and contains the following: 1. Blank Version without word bank 2. Blank Version with word bank 3. Answer Key Vocabulary Words: ♦ Bill ♦ Cabinet ♦ Congress ♦ Constitution ♦ Executive ♦ House of Representatives ♦ Judicial ♦ Legislative ♦ President ♦ Senate ♦ Speaker of the House ♦ Supreme Court ♦ Vice President
The Gilded Age Crossword Puzzle
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The Gilded Age Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle on the Gilded Age is a fun vocabulary review for students and contains the following: 1. Blank Version without word bank 2. Blank Version with word bank 3. Answer Key Vocabulary Words: ♦ Andrew Carnegie ♦ Capitalism ♦ Cornelius Vanderbilt ♦ John Rockefeller ♦ JP Morgan ♦ Labor Unions ♦ Monopoly ♦ Robber Barons ♦ Spoils System ♦ Thomas Watson