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 sequencing skills. A recording sheet and an answer key is provided.
This activity has students reading 16 short passages to each other and then asked to identify the correct event which occurred before or after another event. Fictional and non-fictional events are used. Students are given multiple choice options, as well as a version without multiple choice.
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 practicing their skills with making inferences. A recording sheet and an answer key is provided.
This activity has students reading 16 short passages to each other and then asked to identify the setting in which the passage takes place. Students are given multiple choice options, as well as a version without multiple choice.
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while reviewing many examples of similes. A recording sheet and an answer key is provided.
This activity has students reading the beginning of 26 different similes to each other and then asked to choose the correct word to complete the ending. Students are given multiple choice options, as well as a version without multiple choice.
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their skills with understanding the different types of story elements.
This activity has students reading 16 short passages to each other and then asked to identify the story element that best fits the passage. A recording sheet and answer key is provided.
Story elements used:
Character, Setting, Conflict, Resolution, Theme
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their summarization skills.
This activity has students reading 16 informational text passages to each other and then asked to summarize the passage in 13 words or less. Students may record their summaries on the provided answer sheet. An answer key with suggested example answers is also included.
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while finding the theme of a story. A recording sheet and an answer key is provided.
This activity has students reading 16 passages to each other and then asked to identify the theme out of two possible choices. There is also a version where students may come up with their own judgement as to what the theme is.
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning how to identify the different literary genres. A recording sheet with an answer key is included.
This activity has students reading 16 passages to each other so that they can identify the following genres:
Biography
Fantasy
Historical fiction
Informational
Mystery
Poem
Realistic fiction
Science fiction
These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their writing skills.
There are 26 questions to get students engaged in an interesting conversation or to write in their journals. This product is also great for fast finishers.
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
This bundle includes all of the reading strategies task cards listed below. Recording sheets and answer keys are provided with all products.
Important: All these Task Cards sell for $80; as a bundle they are 50% off, for $39!
Reading Strategies Task Cards Bundle Contents (18 Products):
♦ 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
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: 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: 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
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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.
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 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 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
These task cards are a great way for students to practice their skills with inferring character traits.
This activity has students reading 20 short passages to each other and then asked to make an inference about the trait of the character in the passage. Students are given multiple choice options, as well as a version without multiple choice.