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
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
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with making inferences. A recording sheet and answer key is included.
This activity has students reading 16 short passages to each other and then asked to make a prediction about what is most likely to happen next. Students are also asked to support their answers with details from the passage.
Suffixes and Prefixes: This bundle includes task cards for both prefixes and suffixes as outlined below:
These lessons sell individually for $5.1; as a bundle they are 35% off, for $3.30!
These activities has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in each product, and then asked to choose the correct prefix or suffix for a given word in the sentence. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
These parts of speech cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different types of parts of speech.
Contents:
1. Students identify the part of speech from its definition
(an example sentence is given in the answer with the part of speech underlined)
2. Students identify each part of speech within a sentence
(The correct words are underlined in the answer section)
3. Students identify the part of speech from example words
The following parts of speech are used within this product:
Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections
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♦ 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
This word search on the -dge and -ge word endings also doubles as a coloring sheet!. The solution to the puzzle is included.
Terms Included:
♦ Badge
♦ Bridge
♦ Cage
♦ Judge
♦ Package
♦ Page
♦ Stage
♦ Valley
♦ Wedge
This word search on the letter O also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Oars
♦ Oboe
♦ Octopus
♦ Olives
♦ Onion
♦ Orange
♦ Orchid
♦ Ostrich
♦ Otter
♦ Owl
♦ Ox
♦ Oyster
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to practice their skills with synonyms.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ
♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions
♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
Genres: Types of Genres Cootie Catchers: These are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different types of genres. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
This activity has students reading a definition in order to identify each type of genre. There is also a version for students to add their own definition. A picture of a related book is given as an example to illustrate the genre. The following genres are included:
#1:
Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Fable, Science Fiction, Autobiography, Biography, Historical Fiction
#2:
Mythology, Fairy Tale, Poem, Realistic Fiction, Suspense/ Thriller, Comic, Horror, Tall Tale
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♦ 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
Verb Tenses: These verb tenses cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while improving their ability to identify verbs and their tense 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 verb and its tense (past, present, or future).
Half of the questions come with multiple choice and the other half does not.
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♦ 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
Parts of Speech: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their skills with the different types of parts of speech. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
There are 3 question types in this activity:
1. Students identify the part of speech from its definition
2. Students identify each part of speech within a sentence
3. Students identify the part of speech from example words
The following parts of speech are used within this product:
Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections
Adjectives: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they improve their ability to identify adjectives within sentences.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the adjective within the sentence. A multiple Choice (MC) version and an open ended version is provided. An answer sheet and an answer key are also included.
Appositives: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice identifying appositives within sentences.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the appositive word or phrase. A multiple Choice (MC) version and an open ended version is provided. An answer sheet and an answer key are also included.
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with simple, compound, and complex sentences. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Problem Types:
1. Students identify simple, compound, and complex sentences
2. Students add or take away phrases to change the sentence type as well as combining or separating sentences. These require students to be familiar with independent and dependent clauses and conjunctions.
Fragments and Run-Ons: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their ability to identify sentence fragments and run-on sentences.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify each as a sentence fragment, a run-on sentence, or a complete sentence. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
This word search on bossy r -ar words also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Ark
♦ Artist
♦ Barn
♦ Car
♦ Card
♦ Garden
♦ Harp
♦ Heart
♦ Scarf
♦ Shark
♦ Star
♦ Target
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to practice their skills with identifying the meaning of idioms.
Full “Letter” sized cards as well as smaller sized cards are provided.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ
♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions
♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Large Sized Cards and Smaller
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to practice their skills with identifying verbs within sentences.
Contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ
♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions
♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
This bundle includes all of the escape rooms listed below.
Important: All these products sell for $65; as a bundle they are 35% off, for $42!
Each escape room has the following contents:
♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ
♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions
♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels
♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key
♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room
Important Note: Each topic utilizes the same types of puzzles
Included Topics:
♦ Adjectives
♦ Adverbs
♦ Apostrophes
♦ Appositives
♦ Collective Nouns
♦ Commas
♦ Contractions
♦ Helping Verbs
♦ Parts of Speech
♦ Plural Nouns
♦ Prepositions
♦ Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
♦ Verbs
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their paraphrasing skills.
This activity has students reading various fun trivia sentences about Science, History and the world in general to each other and then asked to paraphrase the sentences in their own words. Example paraphrased answers are included.
Example:
Original: Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is one out of an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the universe.
Paraphrased: There are about 100 billion billion galaxies in the universe, which includes our Milky Way.
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while answering a question using a complete sentence.
This activity has students reading 26 questions to each other and then asked to restate the question to answer in a complete sentence. A recording sheet and answer key with sample answers is included.
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice their comparing and contrasting skills.
This activity has students reading 16 text passages (some are informational passages) to each other and then asked to compare and contrast the information within the passage. Students may record their answers on the provided answer sheet. An answer key is also included.