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I have a total of 27 years teaching experience . After I received my M.Ed. from the University of Florida (hence the name "HappyEdugator"), I began teaching in elementary school, where I taught pull-out remedial classes for grades 2-5 and a section of K-1. Then I taught Pre-K for 5 years, before I went up to Middle School, where I have been in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. Last year, I went back to 1st grade in a private setting. I have traveled worldwide and am also fluent in Spanish.

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I have a total of 27 years teaching experience . After I received my M.Ed. from the University of Florida (hence the name "HappyEdugator"), I began teaching in elementary school, where I taught pull-out remedial classes for grades 2-5 and a section of K-1. Then I taught Pre-K for 5 years, before I went up to Middle School, where I have been in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. Last year, I went back to 1st grade in a private setting. I have traveled worldwide and am also fluent in Spanish.
Christmas Activity - Teaching Vocabulary with Lyrics from Jingle Bells
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Christmas Activity - Teaching Vocabulary with Lyrics from Jingle Bells

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Christmas Activity - Teaching Vocabulary with Lyrics from Jingle Bells. Here's an engaging December or winter activity to teach vocabulary by using the familiar Christmas carol Jingle Bells. The lyrics for all four verses are large enough for a transparency or LCD projector. The words highlighted in red and green are the vocabulary words. There is a list of words, also made for the overhead or LCD, and a key. This was designed as a Christmas lesson for kids in upper elementary and middle grades, but it can be used for higher levels as well. - HappyEdugator
Thanksgiving: The First Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving: The First Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving: The First Thanksgiving. Teaching the history of Thanksgiving? The First Thanksgiving fill-in the blank story or cloze activity will add to your unit. Students can fill in the blanks of the story using the Word Bank. This is a fun vocabulary building activity and provides historical background for the holiday as well. 1 page worksheet and 1 page key. - HappyEdugator
St. Patricks Day Writing
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St. Patricks Day Writing

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St. Patrick's Day Writing with Sentence Writing Checklist. 5 different writing prompts with drawing boxes and a simple writing checklist for students to use when writing basic sentences. Students evaluate their writing by checking neatness, capitalization, punctuation, completeness, and ideas. Includes 4 steps to the writng process. The clover graphic organizer makes it a useful checklist for around St. Patrick's Day! - HappyEdugator
Halloween Dead Words
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Halloween Dead Words

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Halloween Dead Words and Dead Verbs Handout. Great for Halloween writing activities, or even throughout the year. Dead words are overused words that have lost their power. List of dead words, dead verbs, and some more interesting alternatives that should be used instead. There is a place for students to add to the list. A useful tool for students to use for reference when they write and revise. 2 pages. - HappyEdugator
Back to School Classroom Expectations PowerPoint
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Back to School Classroom Expectations PowerPoint

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Back to School Classroom Expectations PowerPoint. Just what you need at the beginning of the year. Use at Open House, Back to School Night, or Parent Night. A basic slideshow template of classroom expectations for students at the beginning of the year. Fill in your own specifics. Back to school expectations include behavior, routines, etc. Project it on your SmartBoard for the first day of school. Editable. Revise for yourself as necessary. I also play it continuously looping at Open House at individual student computers, set up like kiosks. - HappyEdugator
Thanksgiving Now and Then SmartBoard Activity
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Thanksgiving Now and Then SmartBoard Activity

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Thanksgiving Smartboard activity - Thanksgiving Now and Then. Venn diagram comparing the food of the first Thanksgiving to Thanksgiving today. Add to your Thanksgiving activities. Students drag the Thanksgiving foods to where they think they should go on the diagram. Then they can check the key to see if they are right on the next page, and link to an interesting informational article to read about the first Thanksgiving! Fun November activity! -HappyEdugator key words: Thanksgiving, Smartboard, Thanksgiving Venn Diagram, Thanksgiving activities, Thanksgiving interactive whiteboard, Thanksgiving critcal thinking, Thanksgiving history, Thanksgiving research, Thanksgiving food, Thanksgiving common core Standards RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.3
Veterans Day Puzzles - Word Scramble and Word Search
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Veterans Day Puzzles - Word Scramble and Word Search

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Veterans Day Word Scramble and Veteran's Day Word Search. Fun word puzzles for Veterans Day. This word scramble has 16 words related to Veterans Day - such as heroes, honor, patriotic, military, veteran, etc. Like a jumble, students have to unscramble the letters to come up with the words. The Word Search has 24 words hidden in the puzzle. This is a fun activity that helps develop vocabulary, word recognition, and sorting and classification skills. Answer keys are provided. - Happy Edugator
Behavior Chart - Traffic Light
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Behavior Chart - Traffic Light

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Behavior chart is a traffic light that you can display and use to manage classroom behavior. Fun for race car theme. Great to set up at the beginning of the year when you go back to school. This is a classroom management tool that should encourage better work and study habits. You can blow up poster size, print out, tape together and laminate. (Blow the poster up to poster size with a poster maker or have enlarged at a copy center.) Print out the 48 unique car name tags, laminate, and write names on them with transparency markers so that you can wipe them off and reuse them. You can attach cars to the posters using restickable glue sticks, which make them act like sticky notes. -HappyEdugator
Thanksgiving Hunting Homophones PowerPoint
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Thanksgiving Hunting Homophones PowerPoint

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Thanksgiving Homophones PowerPoint. Fun November Activity - a homophones search! It's an interactive Thanksgiving story to read. Students have to look for two incorrect homophones on each slide. There are twenty homophones (or homonyms)to find in all, two on each slide, and then students check themselves at the end. Key included on last slide. Fun and engaging, this original Thanksgiving story is about a little boy who travels across the country to visit his grandparents for a typical Thanksgiving holiday. Develops reading vocabulary and comprehension, spelling skills, and correct usage. Supports common core standards. - HappyEdugator Keywords: Thanksgiving, Homophones, Thanksgiving PowerPoint, Thanksgiving interactive, Thanksgiving activities, Thanksgiving word study, Thanksgiving vocabulary development, Thanksgiving reading, making inferences, frequently confused words, Thanksgiving common core
End of the Year Memory Book
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End of the Year Memory Book

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End of Year Memory Book for Any Elementary Grade. An end of the year memory book or end of the year scrapbook that is easy to print out on standard copy paper and put together. Start the summer right! A memory book is a fun way to end the school year. Each memory book page is bordered in palm trees. Title page has an ABC background. Includes a place for a class picture, pages for school, teacher, friends, lunch, favorite things, etc. Like a scrapbook, each page has lots of space for drawings, stickers, photos, and personal mementos. Includes a farewell poem from the teacher and a page for autographs. Memory book can be used for any elementary grade, and can be adapted for middle grades as well. Also, if you want a smaller and sturdier book, go to print set up and set up your printer to print out on index cards. Then you can hole punch the pages and tie together with ribbon. 14 pages. - HappyEdugator
Digital Paper - Back to School
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Digital Paper - Back to School

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Digital Paper - Back to School. High quality digital papers for your creations. 12 different styles of Fall leaves backgrounds. Great for autumn or back to school. 12 X 12, 300 dpi. JPEG file format. Personal or commercial use. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator
Pretend to Be an Animal Cards
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Pretend to Be an Animal Cards

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Pretend to Be an Animal Cards. A fun circle time dramatic play activity. Students come up and draw a card on a stick (or just a card if you do not wish to use sticks) and then act out the animal they selected in the middle of the circle. They may ask for ideas from other students if they do not know how to act like the animal they chose. When finished, the student selects another classmate to select a card. Play continues until all the students have had a turn. There are a total of 32 cards to choose from. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator
Inspirational Posters - Bird Theme Set 1
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Inspirational Posters - Bird Theme Set 1

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Inspirational Posters - Bird Theme. 10 Motivational posters with isnpirational quotes for your clasroom decor. Sized 81/2 X 11. Print and laminate, or project on your whiteboard as a daily message for students to see as they walk in the door. These can also be used as daily writing prompts. Have students reflect on the meaning of the poster and the image. Set 1 of 4 sets. Also available as a bundle. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator
Learning Checklist
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Learning Checklist

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Leaning Checklist - self evaluation sheets for daily learning for the classroom, homeschool, or summer school. Lots of uses. Can be used in cooperative groups, centers, or as exit ticket for whole group instruction. Great learning tool for interactive notebooks. Students can use the checklist to monitor their own progress. Includes a checklist for Monday - Saturday. Each checklist has a box for - I read, I wrote about, I investigated, I discovered , I created, I practiced, I completed, My favorite activity, and My overall effort. A large box at the bottom of each page allows for drawing, additional writing, notes, or comments. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator.
Digital Paper - Snowflakes
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Digital Paper - Snowflakes

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Digital Paper - Snowflakes. 12 different styles. 12 X 12, 300 dpi. JPEG file format. High quality digital papers for your creations. Personal or commercial use. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator
Snowflakes Digital Paper - Winter Colors
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Snowflakes Digital Paper - Winter Colors

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Snowflakes Digital Paper - Winter Colors. Colors and Gray and White. 24 different styles. 12 X 12, 300 dpi. JPEG file format. High quality digital papers for your creations. Personal or commercial use. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator
Digital Paper - Fall Leaves
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Digital Paper - Fall Leaves

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Digital Paper - Fall Leaves. High quality digital papers for your creations. 12 different styles of Fall leaves backgrounds. Great for autumn or back to school. 12 X 12, 300 dpi. JPEG file format. Personal or commercial use. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator
Digital Paper - Paw Prints
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Digital Paper - Paw Prints

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Digital Paper - Paw prints. 12 different styles. 12 X 12, 300 dpi. JPEG file format. High quality digital papers for your creations. Personal or commercial use. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator
Columbus Day PowerPoint
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Columbus Day PowerPoint

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Columbus Day PowerPoint - Why Do We Celebrate It? Columbus Day - the story of Christopher Columbus and his voyages. Fun nonfiction with animated graphics to read aloud. Includes a fun word activity at the end as well! Supports Common Core. Happy Columbus Day! - HappyEdugator Common Core Standards RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3
Christmas Alliterations Activity
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Christmas Alliterations Activity

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Christmas Alliterations Activity. A printable handout for Christmas explaining how alliterations and tongue twisters are formed, with an area for your students to come up with ten of their own. Have your students create their own Christmas alliterations on this handout. Wonderful winter work. December is definitely delicious! Includes cards with holiday related words for students to turn into alliterations and place on a wreath. - HappyEdugator