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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
Vocabulary Task Cards
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This vocabulary bundle includes all of the task cards listed below. Recording sheets and answer keys are provided with all products. Important: All these Task Cards sell for $45; as a bundle they are 35% off, for $29! Vocabulary Task Cards Bundle Contents (18 Products): ♦ Analogies (Grades 3-5) ♦ 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
English Task Cards Bundle
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English Task Cards Bundle

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ELA: This ELA bundle includes all of my English Language Arts Task Cards as listed below. Recording sheets and answer keys are provided with all products. Important: All these Task Cards sell for $200; as a bundle they are 60% off, for $79! 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: 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
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!
Irregular Verbs Word Search
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Irregular Verbs Word Search

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Irregular Verbs Word Search: This also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included. Vocabulary Terms Included: ♦ Dig ♦ Drank ♦ Drink ♦ Dug ♦ Fed ♦ Feed ♦ Held ♦ Hold ♦ Sat ♦ Sit Thank you to TeachersScrapbook who provided the images
Author's Purpose Task Cards (PIE)
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Author's Purpose Task Cards (PIE)

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These author's purpose task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the concept of the Author's Purpose. This activity has students reading various passages to each other, 20 in total, and then asked to determine which of the following types of author's purpose is being described: Persuade, Inform or Entertain.
Cause and Effect Task Cards
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Cause and Effect Task Cards

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These author's purpose task cards are a great way for students to have fun while identifying cause and effect relationships in text. This activity has two types of passage sets: 1. Given two statements, students identify which is the cause and which is the effect 2. Students identify cause and effect from a short passage
Homophones
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Homophones

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Homophones Word Search: This also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included. Vocabulary Terms Included: ♦ Berry ♦ Billed ♦ Build ♦ Bury ♦ One ♦ Sail ♦ Sale ♦ Tea ♦ Tee ♦ Won
Idioms
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Idioms

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Idioms Word Search: This also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included. Idioms Included: ♦ All Ears ♦ Apple Of My Eye ♦ Break A leg ♦ Cold Feet ♦ Lost My Head ♦ Money Talks ♦ On Cloud Nine ♦ Out On A Limb ♦ When Pigs Fly ♦ Zip Your Lips
Creative and Critical Thinking Task Cards
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Creative and Critical Thinking Task Cards

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These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their creative and critical thinking skills. There are 26 creative and critical thinking questions that will engage your students in a fun way. This product is great for fast finishers.
Drawing Conclusions Task Cards - Inference
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Drawing Conclusions Task Cards - Inference

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Drawing Conclusions: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their skills with inference. This activity has students reading 16 short passages to each other and then asked to make an inference based off the passage. A Multiple choice version and open ended version is provided. A recording sheet and an answer key are also included.
Figurative Language Task Cards
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Figurative Language Task Cards

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These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning the different types of figurative language. This activity has students reading 26 statements to each other and then asked to identify the type of figurative language that was used. A recording sheet and an answer key are also included. Figurative Language Included: Alliteration Hyperbole Idiom Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Pun Simile
Idioms Cootie Catchers
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Idioms Cootie Catchers

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Idioms: These idioms cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about idioms. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. Idioms: This activity has students visually seeing a picture and determining what phrase it is and its meaning. Idioms included: Break a leg Cat got your tongue Costs an arm and a leg Crying my eyes out Crying over spilled milk Head in the clouds It's written all over your face Let the cat out of the bag Lost my head On cloud 9 Open a can of worms Raining cats and dogs Two heads are better than one Walk on eggshells When pigs fly Zip your lips Thank you to Monster Wrangler Mike who provided the images
Similes
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Similes: These similes cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about different Similes. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. 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
Personification Cootie Catchers
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Personification Cootie Catchers

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Personification Cootie Catchers: These are a great way for students to have fun while learning about different examples of personification. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students visually seeing a picture and determining what phrase it is. The following examples of personification are included: My heart raced The clock shouted the time The tree was dressed in snow My computer died The sun reached out and grabbed me The leaves danced in the wind The wind whistled a tune The cupcake is calling my name Thank you to Monster Wrangler Mike who provided the images
Story Elements Accordion Booklet
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Story Elements Accordion Booklet

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Story Elements: This story elements booklet is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. This booklet is great for... 1. Students to learn and organize each story element for a book or story 2. Describe or define what information is used for each story element This Booklet contains assembly instructions and the following story elements: Characters, Plot, Setting, Conflict, Solution
Tone and Mood Cootie Catchers
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Tone and Mood Cootie Catchers

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This activity has students reading a vocabulary word and then giving its definition. Tones and Moods: Fear/ Sadness Logical/ Neutral Humor/ Happiness Anger/ Tranquility Fantasy/ Romance Arrogance/ Sarcasm Vocab: Apathetic, Candid, Ecstatic, Elated, Erudite, Facetious, Foreboding, Forthright, Incredulous, Indignant, Jubilant, Malicious, Melancholy, Morose, Scornful, Somber, Affectionate, Amorous, Caustic, Content, Exuberant, Fanciful, Flippant, Haughty, Insolent, Jovial, Meditative, Nostalgic, Serene, Soothing, Spiritual, Whimsical ***** 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
Nonfiction Text Features Cootie Catchers
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Nonfiction Text Features Cootie Catchers

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Nonfiction Text Features: These nonfiction text features cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different types of non fiction text features. These cootie catchers contain the following vocabulary terms: 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 These non fiction text features cootie catchers come in color and black & white, and also come with a version where students can add their own definitions. All of this totals 12 usable pages which has students identifying vocabulary terms about non fiction text features (with pictures) based from the definition.
Figurative Language Cootie Catchers
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Figurative Language Cootie Catchers

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Figurative Language: These Figurative Language Cootie Catchers: are a great way for students to have fun while learning the different types of figurative language. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. Figurative language contents: (with pictures illustrating the concept) Alliteration: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers Hyperbole: This bag weighs a ton Idiom: Raining cats and dogs Metaphor: Time flies Onomatopoeia: AARGH! and PFOOM! Personification: The news travels quickly Pun: Seal of approval Simile: As quiet as a mouse Figurative Language Versions Students identify the... Figurative language type from the picture representation Figurative language type based from its definition Students can create their own definition for each type of figurative language.
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
Text Structures Cootie Catchers
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Text Structures Cootie Catchers

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Text Structures: This text structure cootie catcher is a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different types of text structures. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students reading 8 short passages to each other and then determining which type of text structure was used: Sequence Compare/ Contrast Cause and Effect Question/ Answer Problem/ Solution Description ***** 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