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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
Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences Cootie Catchers
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Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences Cootie Catchers

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Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences. These cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about and understanding the three types of sentences: simple, compound, and complex. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. There are 2 cootie catchers of the following 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. This cootie catcher requires students to be familiar with independent and dependent clauses and conjunctions. ***** 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
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Metaphors: These metaphors cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while they practice interpreting metaphors. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This product includes two cootie catchers (totaling 16 metaphors) which require students to interpret the meaning of a metaphor used within a sentence. Students are given multiple choice options for the answer choices, and 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
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Commas Task Cards

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Commas: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning how to properly use commas to punctuate sentences. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the correct position for a comma within a sentence. A multiple Choice (MC) version and an open ended version is provided. An answer sheet and an answer key are also included.
Apostrophes Task Cards
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Apostrophes Task Cards

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Apostrophes: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning the proper placement of apostrophes. This activity has students correctly identifying the appropriate use of an apostrophe in a word as well as to tell wheather the word is a contraction, a singular possessive noun, or a plural possessive noun. An answer sheet and an answer key are included.
Verb Tenses Task Cards
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Verb Tenses Task Cards

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Verb Tenses: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they improve their ability to identify verbs and their tense within sentences. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the verb and its tense (past, present, or future). About half of the questions are multiple choice (MC) and the other half are open ended questions. An answer sheet and an answer key are also included.
Irregular Verbs Task Cards
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Irregular Verbs Task Cards

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Irregular Verbs: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning how to use irregular verbs. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to choose the correct verb form in a given sentence. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Nonfiction Text Features Task Cards
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Nonfiction Text Features Task Cards

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These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different types of non fiction text features. This activity has students identifying different types of nonfiction text features (with pictures) based from its definition. A recording sheet with an answer key is provided. Included Terms: Title page, Title, Subtitle, Glossary, Heading, Index, Table of contents, Guide words Timeline, Table, Photograph/ Illustration, Diagram, Graph, Electronic Menu Bullet points, Caption, Sidebar/Textbox, Labels, Keywords, Hyperlink
Parts of a Book Task Cards
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Parts of a Book Task Cards

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These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different parts of a book. This activity has students reading the descriptions of the different parts of a book and then asked to identify the term. Vocabulary: Copyright page, Spine, Index, Front cover, Table of Contents, Bibliography, Glossary, Title Page, Caption, Heading, Publisher, Illustrator, Preface, Dust Jacket, Dedication, Footnotes, Epilogue
Story Elements Task Cards
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Story Elements Task Cards

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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
Types of Genres Task Cards
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Types of Genres Task Cards

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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
Point of View Cootie Catchers
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Point of View Cootie Catchers

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Point of View: These point of view cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the concept of point of view. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students reading short passages (16 passages over 2 cootie catchers) to each other and then determining which type of point of view was used: First, Second, Third Person Limited, Third Person Objective, Third Person Omniscient ***** 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
Transition Words Cootie Catchers
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Transition Words Cootie Catchers

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Transition Words: This transition words cootie catcher is a great way for students to have fun while learning about the different types of transition words to use within sentences and paragraphs. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students reading 8 short passages to each other and then determining which transitional word best fits. ***** 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
Literary Devices Cootie Catchers
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Literary Devices Cootie Catchers

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Literary Devices: These literary devices cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning the different types of literary devices. A version is also available with the definition removed so that students may add their own definition for each literary device. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This product includes the following terms, with pictures illustrating the concept: Cootie Catcher 1: Allusion, Analogy, Characterization, Connotation, Denotation, Euphemism, Hyperbole, Paradox Cootie Catcher 2: Conflict, Flashback, Foreshadow, Irony: Dramatic, Irony: Situation, Irony: Verbal, Metaphor, Oxymoron, Understatement ***** 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
Clauses
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Clauses: These independent and subordinate clauses cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while identifying independent and subordinate (dependent) clauses. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. This activity has students reading 16 sentences (over 2 cootie catchers) to each other and then asked to identify each clause as being either independent or subordinate. ***** 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
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
Clauses Task Cards
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Clauses Task Cards

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Clauses: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while identifying independent and subordinate (dependent) clauses. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify each clause as being either independent or subordinate.
Collective Nouns Task Cards
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Collective Nouns Task Cards

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Collective Nouns: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their ability to identify collective nouns. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the correct collective noun. A multiple Choice (MC) version and an open ended version is provided. An answer sheet and an answer key are also included.
Prepositional Phrases Task Cards
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Prepositional Phrases Task Cards

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Prepositional Phrases: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their grammar skills. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the prepositional phrase. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Helping Verbs Task Cards
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Helping Verbs Task Cards

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Helping Verbs: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice identifying helping verbs within sentences. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the helping verb or helping verbs 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.
Adverbs Task Cards
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Adverbs Task Cards

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Adverbs: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they improve their ability to identify adverbs within sentences. This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the adverb within the sentence. An answer sheet and an answer key are also included.