I have taught at both the elementary and high school levels. I also homeschooled my own children for seven years. I have taught high school English and SAT/ACT prep courses. I have also taught English as a Second Language for several years at schools in France, Hungary, and Slovakia.
I have taught at both the elementary and high school levels. I also homeschooled my own children for seven years. I have taught high school English and SAT/ACT prep courses. I have also taught English as a Second Language for several years at schools in France, Hungary, and Slovakia.
Singapore, This Kid’s Life is a booklet that focuses on how a child lives daily life in a different country, compared to how people live in their own country. This particular book tracks the life of a girl named Mikayla who lives in Singapore.
Included:
Pre-test about Singapore
Word Search Puzzle
Secret Code Puzzle
Make a Singaporean Doll
Make a Singapore 3D Flag
Postcard Writing Activity
Living on an Island Writing Activity
Malay Phrases
Crossword Puzzle about Singapore
Color a Girl from Singapore
Singapore Facts Organizer
Similarities and Differences Organizer and Writing Activity
Facts about Singapore and Discussion Questions
Denmark, This Kid’s Life is a booklet that focuses on how a child lives daily life in a different country, compared to how people live in their own country. This particular book tracks the life of a girl named Emma who lives in Denmark.
Included:
Pre-test about Denmark
Word Search Puzzle
Secret Code Puzzle
Make a Danish Head Wreath
Make a Danish Woven Heart
Postcard Writing Activity
Living on an Island Writing Activity
Danish Phrases
Crossword Puzzle about Denmark
Color a Girl from Denmark
Denmark Facts Organizer
Similarities and Differences Organizer and Writing Activity
Facts about Denmark and Discussion Questions
All artwork is original and create by myself.
Thanks for looking at my products,
Yvonne Crawford
Indonesia, This Kid’s Life is a booklet that focuses on how a child lives daily life in a different country, compared to how people live in their own country. This particular book tracks the life of a boy named Putu who lives in Indonesia.
Included:
Pre-test about Indonesia
Word Search Puzzle
Secret Code Puzzle
Make a Indonesian Doll
Make a Ketupat Card
Postcard Writing Activity
Komodo Dragon Writing Activity
Malaysian Phrases
Crossword Puzzle about Indonesia
Color a Boy from Indonesia
Indonesia Facts Organizer
Similarities and Differences Organizer and Writing Activity
Facts about Indonesia and Discussion Questions
All artwork is original and create by myself.
Thanks for looking at my products,
Yvonne Crawford
Antonyms and Synonyms Task Cards for Middle School is a book filled with cards that you can use to create fun activities. They can be used in your language arts centers or workstations. They can also be used as an activity for early finishers. This book includes 40 different task cards for practicing antonyms and synonyms. Great for fifth grade up to eighth grade. Check out the preview to make sure it is the correct level for your students.
In this book you will find four different units, each featuring ten task cards for your students to complete. Each unit features a scenario sheet that you can use to introduce the scenario to your class. It also includes the Common Core standards used in the unit so that you will know what skills your students are practicing in each unit.
Answer keys are provided in this booklet.
All graphics are original and created by myself.
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Yvonne Crawford
This book is a continuation of French for Little Boys. In this second level your student will continue his exploration of the French language while engaging in activities that will help to motivate him. He will design his own monster, make his own spaceship, open a sweet shop and much, much more.
Lesson 1 - Ocean Creatures
Lesson 2 - Creepy Monster Faces
Lesson 3 - Out of This World Numbers
Lesson 4 - Polite Pirates
Lesson 5 - Circus Fun
Lesson 6 - Sports Time
Lesson 7 - Sweet Shop
Lesson 8 - Day at the Beach
Lesson 9 - Race Cars
Lesson 10 - A Kingdom of Knights
All artwork is original and created by myself.
Black and White Decor is a fun, partially editable packet to help you decorate your classroom! My graphics are original, unique and created by me so this is the only classroom decoration set with these graphics!
Included:
Welcome Pennants
Welcome Signs for Kindergarten through 6th grade
Days of the Week
Today's Day is, Tomorrow will be, Yesterday was
Months
Numbers to 20 with ten frames
Seasons
Weather
Word Wall (Editable)
Alphabet
Tables (numerals and words)
Number labels
Numbers of days we've been in school sign
Bookmark
Newsletter
Nameplates (editable) - two types
Classroom jobs (editable) - two types
Passes
Labels
Decorations - Graphics for your bulletin board
Coordinating paper
The editable files are editable in Power Point. You will need Power Point in order to add a text box and add text to the files.
Please email me at yvonne@mixminder.com with any questions you have and I will gladly help you.
For classroom or personal use only!
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Yvonne Crawford
This French workbook is designed to target the obsessions of little boys: cars, trains, bugs, and more. You and your students will open the door to the French language while coloring trains, playing memory games with different types of bugs and racing his favorite toy car down an exciting race track full of obstacles. This workbook is created especially for parents and teachers who do not have any prior knowledge of French. You and your students can embark on a journey of learning a foreign language together. Everything you need is inside this workbook, including a pronunciation guide, dictionary and teaching hints.
Lessons included are:
Lesson 1 - Hello Bugs!
Lesson 2 - Polite Pets
Lesson 3 - Trucking through Numbers
Lesson 4 - Colors
Lesson 5 - Flying with More Numbers
Lesson 6 - Robots
Lesson 7 - All Aboard!
Lesson 8 - At the Zoo
Lesson 9 - Slimy Friends
Lesson 10 - Rescue Vehicles
All artwork is original.
Interactive Writing and Grammar Notebook for Sixth Grade - 165 pages!
This writing and language notebook is completely hands-on and interactive. Each chapter in this interactive writing journal includes a divider for the standard that is covered in the chapter, a hands-on activity for students to put in their writing and language notebooks, and at least one page that you can use as an assessment or as a worksheet for additional practice. In addition, each chapter has a page of graphics that your students can color, cut out, and paste into their writing and language notebooks. There are also pictures of children using this notebook to give you ideas about how to set up your Common Core writing and language notebooks.
All Common Core writing and language standards for 6th grade are covered in this book.
Topics covered:
Writing Opinions
Writing Informative Texts
Writing Narratives
Producing Writing
Developing Writing
Publishing Writing
Research Projects
Gathering Information
Finding Evidence
Writing Routinely
English Grammar
Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
Knowledge of Language
Word Meanings
Word Relationships
Using Words and Phrases
Make sure to look at the preview for more details about this fun and interactive way to teach writing and language skills in your classroom!
All graphics are originals and created by myself.
Thanks for visiting my store,
Yvonne Crawford
Most people learn a foreign language best when they are properly motivated. This workbook is designed to target the obsessions of little girls: princesses, tea parties, horses, and more. You and your students will open the door to the French language while coloring flowers, playing memory games with different types of toys and hosting their own tea party in French.
This workbook is created especially for parents and teachers who do not have any prior knowledge of French. You and your daughter can embark on a journey of learning a foreign language together. Everything you need is inside this workbook, including a pronunciation guide, dictionary and teaching hints.
Lessons included are:
Lesson 1 - Hello Toys!
Lesson 2 - Polite Pets
Lesson 3 - Growing with Numbers
Lesson 4 - Colors
Lesson 5 - More Magical Numbers
Lesson 6 - Pretty Princesses
Lesson 7 - Let's Go Horseback Riding
Lesson 8 - A Day at the Zoo
Lesson 9 - Sugar, Spice and Everything Yummy
Lesson 10 - Tea Time
All artwork is original.
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Yvonne Crawford
Math Puzzles for the fifth grade are aligned to the Common Core.
Are your students bored of doing the same old math problems? Try this book that has unique types of math puzzles. All puzzles are Common Core Aligned for the first grade.
Math Stories - Math Stories combine reading and mathematics in a fun and silly way! Until you solve the math problems, you’ll never know how the story goes. (multiplication and division - 5.NBT.5, 5.NBT.6)
Bubble Math - Compare number and color in the bubbles to find a hidden picture. (decimals, 5.NBT.3)
Picture Math - Draw a picture using equal parts of your imagination and math. (adding decimals, 5.NBT.7)
Math Grid Puzzles - Draw different items onto a grid depending on the answers to the math problems. (multiplication and division, 5.NBT.5, 5.NBT.6)
Math Number Search - Solve some addition and subtraction problems, then search for them in a grid full of numbers (expressions with parentheses and multiple operations, 5.NBT.1).
Products included in Bundle:
The original (no season)
Autumn
Halloween
Thanksgiving
Christmas
Winter
Spring
Valentine’s Day
Easter
Back to School
This bundle comes with a 15% discount.
All graphics are originals and designed by myself.
Thanks for looking at my products,
Yvonne Crawford
Interactive Notebook Bundle for Sixth Grade for English Language Arts - 564 pages!
This bundle of interactive notebooks contains three interactive notebooks - Reading, Grammar and Writing. These notebooks are completely hands-on and interactive. Each chapter in these journals includes a divider for the standard that is covered in the chapter, a hands-on activity for students to put in their interactive notebooks, and at least one page that you can use as an assessment or as a worksheet for additional practice. In addition, each chapter has a page of graphics that your students can color, cut out, and paste into their interactive notebooks. There are also pictures of children using this notebook to give you ideas about how to set up your Common Core notebooks.
All Common Core reading, language and writing standards for 6th grade are covered in this book.
Reading topics covered:
Drawing Inferences
Themes
Characters and Plots
Word and Phrase Meanings
Craft and Structure
Points of View
Comparing Versions
Comparing and Contrasting
Reading and Understanding Literature
Drawing Inferences
Central Idea
Analyzing Texts
Word Meanings
Analyzing Developments
Point of View and Purpose
Integrating Information
Reasons and Evidence
Comparing Authors
Comprehension
Writing and language topics covered:
Writing Opinions
Writing Informative Texts
Writing Narratives
Producing Writing
Developing Writing
Publishing Writing
Research Projects
Gathering Information
Finding Evidence
Writing Routinely
English Grammar
Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
Knowledge of Language
Word Meanings
Word Relationships
Using Words and Phrases
Grammar topics covered:
Pronouns
Intensive Pronouns
Shifts in Pronouns
Vague Pronouns
Variations of Standard English
Nonrestrictive/Parenthetical Elements
Spelling
Sentence Patterns
Style and Tone
Context Clues
Greek and Latin Roots
Reference Material
Meaning of a Word
Figures of Speech
Word Relationships
Connotations of Words
Vocabulary Knowledge
Make sure to look at the preview for more details about this fun and interactive way to teach in your classroom!
This bundle is valued at $43.85 and comes with a 20% discount.
All graphics are originals and created by myself.
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Interactive Grammar Notebook for Kindergarten has 173 pages!
This grammar interactive notebook is completely hands-on and interactive. Each chapter in this interactive grammar journal includes a divider for the topic that is covered in the chapter, at least one hands-on activity for students to put in their grammar notebooks and an assessment. There are also pictures of children using this notebook to give you ideas about how to set up your grammar notebooks. This interactive notebook is aligned with the common core standards.
Topics covered:
Print Upper and Lowercase Letters
Nouns and Verbs
Form Plural Nouns
Question Words
Prepositions
Sentences
Capitalization
End Punctuation
Sounds
Phonetics
New Word Meanings
Inflections
Categories
Opposites
Words and Their Use
Shades of Meaning
Learning New Words
Make sure to look at the preview for more details about this fun and interactive way to teach grammar and mechanics in your classroom!
If you are interested in the math version of this book for kindergarten click here.
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All graphics are original and created by myself.
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Yvonne Crawford
Interactive Grammar Notebook for Second Grade has 195 pages!
This grammar interactive notebook is completely hands-on and interactive. Each chapter in this interactive grammar journal includes a divider for the topic that is covered in the chapter, at least one hands-on activity for students to put in their grammar notebooks and an assessment. There are also pictures of children using this notebook to give you ideas about how to set up your grammar notebooks. This interactive notebook is aligned with the common core standards.
Topics covered:
Collective Nouns
Irregular Plural Nouns
Reflexive Pronouns
Past Tense of Irregular Verbs
Adjectives and Adverbs
Simple and Compound Sentences
Capitalization
Commas
Apostrophes
Spelling Patterns
Reference Materials
Formal and Informal English
Context Clues
Prefixes
Root Words
Compounds Words
Glossaries and Dictionaries
Words and Their Use
Shades of Meaning
Acquiring Words
Make sure to look at the preview for more details about this fun and interactive way to teach grammar and mechanics in your classroom!
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If you are interested in the reading version of this book for 2nd grade click here.
If you are interested in the writing and language version of this book for 2nd grade click here.
If you are interested in the math version of this book for 2nd grade click here.
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All graphics are original and created by myself.
Thanks for visiting my store,
Yvonne Crawford
Mother’s Day around the world Endless (39 pages and growing) is a bundle filled with reading passages and literacy activities. Your students will learn about how 6 different countries celebrate Mother’s Day around the world through letters from Children. At least 4 countries will be added each year! They will learn about traditions, Mother’s Day, customs and language while they take a Mother’s Day trip around the world. As they complete each unit, they can track their progress in both the passport and the Mother’s Day around the world booklet found in the back of this packet. If there is a country you’d like me to add, just send me an email and I’ll try to add it.
This unit is a growing bundle. The price will increase as the unit increases. At least 4 new countries will be added each year.
Countries covered in my Mother’s Day Around the World unit:
Mexico
France
Japan
Ethiopia
Australia
Sweden
All artwork is original and created by myself.
Thanks so much for looking at my products,
Yvonne Crawford
Interactive Writing Notebook for Eighth Grade - 183 pages!
This writing and grammar notebook is completely hands-on and interactive and completely different from my Sixth and Seventh Grade Writing and Grammar Interactive Notebooks. Each chapter in this interactive writing journal includes a divider for the standard that is covered in the chapter, a hands-on activity for students to put in their writing and language notebooks, and at least one page that you can use as an assessment or as a worksheet for additional practice. In addition, each chapter has a page of graphics that your students can color, cut out, and paste into their writing and language notebooks. There are also pictures of children using this notebook to give you ideas about how to set up your Common Core writing and language notebooks.
All Common Core writing and language standards for 8th grade are covered in this book.
Topics covered:
Writing Opinions
Writing Informative Texts
Writing Narratives
Producing Writing
Developing Writing
Publishing Writing
Research Projects
Gathering Information
Finding Evidence
Writing Routinely
English Grammar
Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
Knowledge of Language
Word Meanings
Word Relationships
Using Words and Phrases
Make sure to look at the preview for more details about this fun and interactive way to teach writing and language skills in your classroom!
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If you are interested in this book for 1st grade, click here .
If you are interested in this book for 2nd grade, click here .
If you are interested in this book for 3rd grade, click here .
If you are interested in this book for 4th grade, click here .
If you are interested in this book for 5th grade, click here .
If you are interested in this book for 6th grade, click here .
If you are interested in this book for 7th grade, click here .
All graphics are originals and created by myself.
Thanks for visiting my store,
Yvonne Crawford
Interactive Grammar Notebook for Third Grade has 250 pages!
This grammar interactive notebook is completely hands-on and interactive. Each chapter in this interactive grammar journal includes a divider for the topic that is covered in the chapter, at least one hands-on activity for students to put in their grammar notebooks and an assessment. There are also pictures of children using this notebook to give you ideas about how to set up your grammar notebooks. This interactive notebook is aligned with the common core standards.
Topics covered:
Parts of Speech
Plural Nouns
Abstract Nouns
Verbs
Simple Verb Tenses
Agreement
Adjectives
Conjunctions
Types of Sentences
Capitalization
Commas
Dialogues
Possessives
Spelling & Suffixes
Spelling Patterns
Resource Materials
Choosing Words
Spoken and Written English
Context Clues
Affixes
Root Words
Glossaries
Meanings of Words
Words & Their Use
Shades of Meaning
Domain Specific Words
Make sure to look at the preview for more details about this fun and interactive way to teach grammar and mechanics in your classroom!
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If you are interested in the reading version of this book for 3rd grade click here
If you are interested in the math version of this book for 3rd grade click here
If you are interested in the writing version of this book for 3rd grade click here
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All graphics are original and created by myself.
Thanks for visiting my store,
Yvonne Crawford
Interactive Grammar Notebook for First Grade has 225 pages!
This grammar interactive notebook is completely hands-on and interactive. Each chapter in this interactive grammar journal includes a divider for the topic that is covered in the chapter, at least one hands-on activity for students to put in their grammar notebooks and an assessment. There are also pictures of children using this notebook to give you ideas about how to set up your grammar notebooks. This interactive notebook is aligned with the common core standards.
Topics covered:
Print Upper and Lowercase Letters
Common, Proper, and Possessive Nouns
Matching Nouns and Verbs
Personal, Possessive, and Indefinite Pronouns
Past, Present and Future Verbs
Adjectives
Conjunctions
Determiners
Prepositions
Producing Sentences
Capitalization
End Punctuation
Commas
Spelling Patterns
Spelling Based on Phonics
Context Clues
Affixes
Root Words
Categories of Words
Attributes of Words
Words and Their Use
Shades of Meanings
Acquiring Words and Phrases
Make sure to look at the preview for more details about this fun and interactive way to teach grammar and mechanics in your classroom!
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If you are interested in only the reading version of this book for 1st grade click here.
If you are interested in only the writing and language version of this book for 1st grade click here.
If you are interested in only the math version of this book for 1st grade click here.
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All graphics are original and created by myself.
Thanks for visiting my store,
Yvonne Crawford
Interactive Grammar Notebook for Fifth Grade has 186 pages!
This grammar interactive notebook is completely hands-on and interactive. Each chapter in this interactive grammar journal includes a divider for the topic that is covered in the chapter, at least one hands-on activity for students to put in their grammar notebooks and an assessment. There are also pictures of children using this notebook to give you ideas about how to set up your grammar notebooks. This interactive notebook is aligned with the common core standards.
Topics covered:
Grammar and Mechanics
Conjunctions, Propositions and Interjections
Perfect Verb Tenses
Verb Tenses
Shifts in Verb Tense
Correlative Conjunctions
Punctuation in Series
Commas and Introductory Elements
More Comma Usage
Titles of Works
Spelling
Structuring Sentences
Varieties of English
Context Clues
Greek and Latin Affixes and Roots
Reference Materials
Figurative Language
Idioms, Adages & Proverbs
Synonyms, Antonyms & Homographs
Domain-specific words
Make sure to look at the preview for more details about this fun and interactive way to teach grammar and mechanics in your classroom!
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If you are interested in only the reading version of this book for 5th grade click here.
If you are interested in only the writing and language version of this book for 5th grade click here.
If you are interested in only the math version of this book for 5th grade click here.
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All graphics are original and created by myself.
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Yvonne Crawford
Halloween Math Goofy Glyph is an activity where students can hone their abilities in mathematics while putting together a fun art project that you can showcase on your classroom wall. Whether your students answer the questions right or wrong will dictate the way their glyphs look in this potentially silly craftivity. They will end up with a vampire boy, a vampire girl, or a pink, fluffy bunny! The math problems are designed for students taking Algebra 1.
Common Core (CCSS) standards covered:
9-12.APR.A.1
9-12.APR.C.4
9-12.SSE.B.3
9-12.REI.B.3
At the back of this booklet are templates that your students can use to help design their glyphs; otherwise, they can choose to create their own artwork.
Also at the back of a book is a graph that you can use to visually see how the students all view different questions from the glyph.
All artwork is original and created by myself.
For the Halloween Math Goofy Glyph for First Grade, click here.
For the Halloween Math Goofy Glyph for Second Grade, click here.
For the Halloween Math Goofy Glyph for Third Grade, click here.
For the Halloween Math Goofy Glyph for Fourth Grade, click here.
For the Halloween Math Goofy Glyph for Fifth Grade, click here.
For the Halloween Math Goofy Glyph for Sixth Grade, click here.
For the Halloween Math Goofy Glyph for Seventh Grade, click here.
For the Halloween Math Goofy Glyph for Eighth Grade, click here.
For the Halloween Math Goofy Glyph for Algebra, click here.
Thanks for stopping by my store,
Yvonne Crawford
Interactive Grammar Notebook for Sixth Grade has 175 pages!
This grammar interactive notebook is completely hands-on and interactive. Each chapter in this interactive grammar journal includes a divider for the topic that is covered in the chapter, at least one hands-on activity for students to put in their grammar notebooks and an assessment. There are also pictures of children using this notebook to give you ideas about how to set up your grammar notebooks. This interactive notebook is aligned with the common core standards for 6th grade.
Topics covered:
Grammar and Mechanics
Pronouns
Intensive Pronouns
Shifts in Pronouns
Vague Pronouns
Variations of Standard English
Nonrestrictive/Parenthetical Elements
Spelling
Sentence Patterns
Style and Tone
Context Clues
Greek and Latin Roots
Reference Material
Meaning of a Word
Figures of Speech
Word Relationships
Connotations of Words
Vocabulary Knowledge
Make sure to look at the preview for more details about this fun and interactive way to teach grammar and mechanics in your classroom!
All graphics are original and created by myself.
Thanks for visiting my store,
Yvonne Crawford