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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
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
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 Sentences Cootie Catchers
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Types of Sentences Cootie Catchers

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Types of Sentences: These types of sentences cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different types of sentences. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. These cootie catchers contain the following: 1. Students identify the type of sentence from the sentence. 2. Students identify the type of sentence from the definition. Vocabulary: Simple Compound Complex Declarative Imperative Exclamatory Interrogative Conditional
Author's Purpose Cootie Catchers
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Author's Purpose Cootie Catchers

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Author's Purpose: These fun authors purpose cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the concept of the Author's Purpose. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students reading short passages to each other and then determining which of the following types of the author's purpose is being described: Persuade, Inform, Explain, Entertain, Describe
Beginning of the Year Word Search/ Coloring Book
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Beginning of the Year Word Search/ Coloring Book

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Beginning of the Year: This beginning of the year word search is perfect for those moments when students finish early! This word search also doubles as a coloring book!. The solution to the puzzle is included. Beginning of the Year Vocabulary Terms: ♦ Backpack ♦ Books ♦ Computer ♦ Gym ♦ Lunch ♦ Pencil ♦ Ruler ♦ School ♦ School Bus ♦ Science ♦ Social Studies ♦ Teacher
Inference
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Inference

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Inference: This Inference bundle includes all 5 of my cootie catchers involving inference which is outlined below: All these lessons sell individually for $9.75; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $7.80! 1. Setting 2. Making Predictions 3. Character Traits 4. Inference 5. Drawing Conclusions
Greek and Latin Roots Cootie Catchers Bundle
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Greek and Latin Roots Cootie Catchers Bundle

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Greek and Latin Roots: This Bundle includes all 4 of my cootie catchers covering Greek and Latin Roots which is outlined below: All these lessons sell individually for $7.80; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $5.95! 1. Science 2. English Language Arts 3. Math 4. Common Roots
Analogies
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Analogies

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Analogies: This analogies bundle includes cootie catchers for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th elementary school grade levels which is outlined below: All these lessons sell individually for $5.85; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $4.68! 1. 3rd Grade Analogies 2. 4th Grade Analogies 3. 5th Grade Analogies
Analogies
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Analogies

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Analogies: This analogies bundle includes cootie catchers for the 6th, 7th, and 8th middle school grade levels which is outlined below: All these lessons sell individually for $5.85; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $4.68! 1. 6th Grade Analogies 2. 7th Grade Analogies 3. 8th Grade Analogies
Prefixes and Suffixes Cootie Catchers Bundle
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Prefixes and Suffixes Cootie Catchers Bundle

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Prefixes and Suffixes: This prefixes and suffixes bundle includes cootie catchers for each topic and is a great way for students to have fun while they practice working with prefixes and suffixes. All these cootie catchers sell individually for $3.90; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $3! Each product includes two cootie catchers (a total of 4) with the following content: 1. Students add one of four choices of prefixes/ suffixes to a base word within a sentence. 2. Students fill in the blank in a sentence with the correct word, given four choices. 1. Prefixes 2. Suffixes
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots Cootie Catchers Bundle
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Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots Cootie Catchers Bundle

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Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots: This bundle includes cootie catchers for each topic and is a great way for students to have fun while they practice working with prefixes, suffixes, and root words. All these cootie catchers sell individually for $10; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $7.95! This bundle contains the following products: 1. Prefixes 2. Suffixes 3. Greek and Latin Roots 4. Root Words
Writing Prompts Cootie Catchers
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Writing Prompts Cootie Catchers

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Writing Prompts: This writing prompts bundle includes cootie catchers for each topic shown below and is a great way for students to have fun while improving their thinking, discussion, and writing skills. All these cootie catchers sell individually for $6.6; as a bundle they are 25% off, for $4.95! This bundle contains the following products: 1. Creative and Critical Thinking 2. Reading Response 3. Would You Rather? 4. Writing Prompts
Punctuation
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Punctuation

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Punctuation: This punctuation cootie catcher bundle is a great way for students to have fun while they practice working with commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks. All these cootie catchers sell individually for $5.65; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $4.50! This punctuation bundle contains each of the following products: 1. Apostrophes 2. Commas 3. Quotation Marks
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