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.
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.
Reading Log - Weekly Reading Log. Includes space to fill in Title, Author, Type/Genre, Starting Page, Ending Page, Total Pages Read, and Parent Signature line. - HappyEdugator
Open House - Parent Donation Cards and Teacher Wish List for Back to School! Put these colorful cards out for Parent Night. Ask for donations to your class with these cute cards. I have made a teacher supply request or teacher wishlist (editable for your specific needs) and a set of sixteen cards that you can print out as few of or as many of as you wish. Included are cards for:
Hand sanitizer, Facial tissue, Disinfecting wipes, Pencils,
Filler Paper, Pens, Markers, Glue or glue sticks, Crayons, Safety scissors, Highlighters, Mechanical pencils, Composition books,
Spiral notebooks, Replacement lead, Cap erasers
I have also included blank cards so you can add items desired that are not included in the list above.
You can put them out on a table for parents to pick up if they want to donate to your class. If you want to be really cute, punch holes in them, tie with ribbon or yarn, and hang on a little tree or jewelry tree in your room for parents to take what they want to donate. I have also included thank you cards. Print out and attach a mint! Have a great year! - HappyEdugator
Teacher Appreciation Goody Bag - Just print these notes off, add the goodies, and pass out to your teachers, colleagues, and team members to thank them for a job well done! Great for Teacher Appreciation Week or the End of the Year!
Goodies not included. :) Here is a list of what you will need:
Hershey’s Kiss
Snickers
Pencil
Paper Clip
Rubber Band
Lifesavers
Toothpick
Bubble gum
Put them all in a plastic zipper bag with one of these notes. Four notes to a page. Thanks and enjoy!
Shades of Meaning Verb Cards - WALK. Cut out and laminate these 16 different cards illustrating different synonyms of the verb "WALK." Helps students understand connotation. With guidance and support from adults, students acquire new vocabulary by defining word relationships and nuances in word meanings, sorting words into categories, choosing and acting out the different meanings.
Aligns to Common Core Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.5d Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing the same general action (e.g., walk, march, strut, prance) by acting out the meanings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.5d Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs differing in manner (e.g., look, peek, glance, stare, glare, scowl) and adjectives differing in intensity (e.g., large, gigantic) by defining or choosing them or by acting out the meanings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.5b Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.5c Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).
Additionally, words can be used for spelling practice, writing practice, and word walls. Includes definitions for the teacher.
- HappyEdugator
OWL Writing Paper - Lined Paper - Owl Theme. Eight different owl designs, two different sizes of lines for writing at different ability levels. Students will have fun writing with some cute little owls to inspire them. - Enjoy! HappyEdugator
Synonyms. Other Ways to Say...Synonyms for Commonly Overused Words. Ten different charts you can use to help your students choose the best words when writing. These can be placed in centers, made on index card rings, or blown up into posters to hang on the wall. Lots of different ways to say common words such as said, walk, run, happy, sad, good, bad, nice, laugh, and like. Great reference tool for students to use when writing. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator
The Hunger Games Survival Challenge Smartboard Game will engage your students! FUN! INTERACTIVE! 12 Different Smart board activities!
Hunger Games Directions: This is a Smartboard game for up to twelve players or teams based on the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. A scorekeeper may be needed to keep track of team scores.
BEWARE Only one player can survive! Will it be you? You may choose up to 12 teams or individual players. Click on the dice to find out your district and see how many points you will start with. There can be two players from each district. If a district has already been claimed, roll again. It is not necessary to have all Districts in play for the game to continue. There will be 12 Challenges. A District will be randomly selected to complete the Challenge. You may win or lose points depending on your performance on the Challenge. The INDIVIDUAL with the most points at the end wins. The password for editing purposes is hunger, in case you wish to change the game. I have the password set up so students can't change it.
Some teachers may wish to vary the game and play the challenges as separate games instead of playing the game with all 12 challenges for a victor. You may adapt how you play it for your class. Just move through the slides and have loads of fun! 25 slides in all. This activity can also be used in math for the practice of adding and subtracting points.
- HappyEdugator
Bell Ringers - Common Core - Context Clues. Thirty vocabulary in context warm-ups. Quick 5-7 minutes of practice that will help students build vocabulary and determine meaning of unknown words in text. Two slides with strategies for using context clues that students can apply to their daily warm-ups. Each slide has a passage that students must read and then figure out the meaning of the underlined word. They are given four multiple choice answers. Each slide has an answer slide so they can quickly check themselves. After they check, they are directed to write the word, their own definition of the word, and to create a sentence using the word. These can also be printed out on index cards and turned into fun task cards. Supports Common Core. - HappyEdugator
Bell Ringers - Common Core - Expository Writing Prompts. Thirty writing prompts based on famous quotations. There are five quotes for each theme of six themes: Success, Inspiration, Self-reliance, Happiness, and Relationships. These can also be printed out on index cards and turned into fun task cards. Supports Common Core. Editable for your classroom needs. - HappyEdugator
Bell Ringers - Common Core - Conventions. ELA Test Prep. Thirty ways to practice spelling, punctuation and capitalization. Quick 5-7 minutes of practice that will help students build writing skill using conventions. Some of the words on the spelling slides are deliberately spelled incorrectly for students to distinguish between correct and incorrect spelling. Includes a couple of slides with information on what conventions are and why they are important. Each slide has an activity and an answer slide so they can quickly check themselves. These can also be printed out on index cards and turned into fun task cards. Supports Common Core. - HappyEdugator
Bell Ringers Bundle - Full Year - Common Core! This is a bundled set of my ELA Common Core Daily Warm Ups on Sentence Editing, Figurative Language, Sentence Structure (simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences), Expository Writing Prompts, Context Clues, and Conventions. Engaging slides with colorful photographs will keep your students learning all year long! Each set has several slides which review the skill. These provide great mini lessons on core standards!
Includes the following sets:
Bell Ringers - Common Core - Context Clues
Bell Ringers - Common Core - Figurative Language
Bell Ringers - Common Core - Expository Writing Prompts
Bell Ringers - Common Core - Conventions
Bell Ringers - Common Core - Sentence Structure
Bell Ringers - Common Core - Grammar and Usage
These sets of thirty Language Arts skills practice activities are available in my store separately for $21.00, but if you buy the full year bundle you only pay $15! - HappyEdugator
Literary Terms Bundle - Grades 4 - 8. I have bundled several of my best selling literary terms products so you can save!
This bundle includes:
Literary Elements PowerPoint
Literary Terms for Fiction Handout.
LiteraryTerms for Fiction TEST
Literature Terms - How Authors Engage the Reader PowerPoint
Literary Terms Interactive PowerPoint
Literary Terms 2 Interactive PowerPoint
Blank Plot Diagram
Story Plot Map
Story Elements Think Tac Toe
All of thes items are available separately for $15.25, but if you buy the bundle, you will save $3.25! It will also be half price for the first 48 hours! Buy the bundle for your best deal! - HappyEdugator
Christmas BUNDLE - Christmas activities for grades 4 - 8. Fun! Includes 26 of my best selling Christmas products in one bundle to save you money. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator
Includes these products:
Christmas Homophones Handout
Christmas Activity - Teaching Vocabulary with Lyrics from Jingle Bells
Christmas Analogies PowerPoint
Christmas Adjective Clause Worksheet
Christmas Coded Words Activity Sheet
Christmas Alliterations Activity
Christmas Similes Activity
Christmas Adverb Clauses
Christmas Holiday Sensory Writing Practice
Christmas - Holiday Word Scramble
Christmas Luminaries Christmas Craft
Christmas Pictionary and Charades Game
Christmas - Holiday Word Search
Christmas Puzzle
Christmas Story Starters
Christmas Story Starters on Decorative Lined Paper
Poinsettias - Christmas Symbol PowerPoint
Christmas Writing Activity - Revising the Lyrics of Christmas Songs
SMARTBOARD - Figurative Language in Christmas Songs Activity
The Gift of the Magi PowerPoint
The Gift of the Magi Vocabulary Matching TEST
The Christmas Coin Reader's Theater
The Velveteen Rabbit PowerPoint
Christmas Activities
Christmas Activity - Writing Letters From Santa
Christmas Activity - Writing Letters to Santa
The Twelve Days of Christmas Gift Coupon Sheet
Christmas Gift Coupons and Bookmarks
Christmas Trivia Sheet
Christmas - Bookmarks
All of these items are available separately in my TPT store. Just click on the links above, where you can see thumbnails and preview the items. Buy the bundle of my most popular Christmas resources and save! If you bought all of these items separately, you would pay more than $51.00. Buy the bundle and pay only $20.00. Save over half off! - HappyEdugator
Thanksgiving Activities. Thanksgiving activities bundle of my most popular Thanksgiving activities. Best for grades 4 - 6, but these Thanksgiiving activities can also be adapted and used for 3 - 8. 126 pages.
Includes:
Thanksgiving ABC Word Wall List
Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems
Thanksgiving Bookmarks Set of 6
Thanksgiving Food Word Scramble
Thanksgiving Maze
Thanksgiving Hunting Homophones
Thanksgiving Quiz
Thanksgiving Reader's Theater - Gobble it Up
Thanksgiving Day Song
Thanksgiving - First Thanksgiving Fill-in
Thanksgiving Word Scramble
Thanksgiving Word Search
Thanksgiving Word Wall Cards
Thanksgiving Writing
Thanksgiving Writing Fun - Pilgrim Comics
Thanksgiving Writing - I am Thankful Sheets
Thanksgiving Skit - A Joyful Harvest
These activities are all available separately in my store for $28.25, but purchase the bundle and save $! :) - HappyEdugator
Phonics PowerPoint Bundle. Includes 8 PowerPoints to help students with decoding and sounding out words:
Letter Sounds PowerPoint.
Short a Sounding Out Words PowerPoint
Short e Sounding Out Words PowerPoint
Short i Sounding Out Words PowerPoint
Short o Sounding Out Words PowerPoint
Short u Sounding Out words PowerPoint.
Word Families PowerPoint.
Word Families.
- HappyEdugator
Parts of Speech Bundle – Parts of Speech Teaching Resources Grades 4 - 8. This 303 page mega unit is a super resource for teaching the eight parts of speech...nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. Preview by clicking on the links below of my parts of speech resources that are included:
Adjective Poem – 1 page PDF
Adverbs Fun Worksheet and Word Search – 2 pages PDF
Adverbs Hunt Worksheet – 2 pages PDF
Collective Nouns of Animal Groups PowerPoint – 20 pages PowerPoint
Confusing Parts of Speech Worksheet – 2 pages PDF
Coordinate Adjectives and Cumulative Adjectives Worksheet - 8 pages PDF
Coordinate Adjectives Handout and Practice Worksheet - 3 pages PDF
Correlative Conjunctions Practice Sheet - 2 pages PDF
Correlative Conjunctions Study Guide - 4 pages PDF
Finding Adverbs in a Sentence Interactive PowerPoint – 59 pages PowerPoint
Interjections Study Guide - 1 page PDF
Irregular Plurals - Unusual Latin and Greek Plural Forms – 18 pages PowerPoint
Parts of Speech Beat the Clock – 20 pages PowerPoint
Parts of Speech Scavenger Hunt - 1 page PDF
Prepositional Phrases – Don’t Let Them Confuse You PowerPoint – 18 pages PowerPoint
Present Perfect Verb Tenses PowerPoint – 13 pages PowerPoint
SmartBoard Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions – 10 pages Notebook
St Patrick’s Day Adjective Hunt - 25 pages PDF
Strong Verb List - 3 pages PDF
Suffixes for Parts of Speech Posters - 5 pages PDF
Suffixes for Parts of Speech PowerPoint – 13 pages PowerPoint
Suffixes for Parts of Speech Practice Sheet - 2 pages PDF
Parts of Speech - The Eight Parts of Speech PowerPoint a comprehensive introduction to Parts of Speech - 58 pages PowerPoint
Parts of Speech: The Eight Parts of Speech Quiz
which can be used for a quick assessment. - 5 pages PDF
Using the Correct Verb Form Worksheet
which can be used for a quick assessment. - 2 pages PDF
Verb Suffixes Vocabulary and Spelling Worksheet - 3 pages PDF
Verb Suffixes Word Search - 2 pages PDF
- HappyEdugator
Bell Ringers - Common Core - Figurative Language. Thirty ways to practice idioms, similes, personification, hyperbole, and metaphors. Quick 5-7 minutes of practice that will help students build vocabulary and apply figurative language to their own writing. Four slides with information on what is figurative language and types of figurative language. Each slide has an activity and an answer slide so they can quickly check themselves. These can also be printed out on index cards and turned into fun task cards. Supports Common Core. - HappyEdugator
This is a high quality photo of a zinnia flower in bloom with a bee inside it. My husband and I take all our own photos. These flowers are in our yard. The image is 300 dpi, fit to 4 x 6 inches.