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
Possessive Nouns: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning how to properly punctuate and identify singular and plural possessive nouns.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the possessive noun, by adding an apostrophe where needed, as well as to identify if the word is singular or plural. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Pronouns: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning how to identify pronouns.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the correct pronoun. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Contractions: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while improving their skills with contractions.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the correct contraction as well as its correct spelling. Half of the cards are multiple choice. An answer sheet and an answer key are also included.
These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of the different types of idioms.
This product contains 24 cards with the following terms:
♦ All ears
♦ Apple of my eye
♦ Break a leg
♦ Cat got your tongue
♦ Cold feet
♦ Cost an arm and a leg
♦ Cry my eyes out
♦ Cry over spilled milk
♦ Feeling blue
♦ Head in the clouds
♦ Heart of gold
♦ Let the cat out of the bag
♦ Lose my head
♦ Money talks
♦ On cloud nine
♦ Open a can of worms
♦ Out on a limb
♦ Raining cats and dogs
♦ Tickled Pink
♦ Time flies
♦ Two heads are better than one
♦ When pigs fly
♦ Written all over your face
♦ Zip your lip
Analogies: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice comparing two things through the use of analogies
This activity has students practice 26 analogies which use words appropriate for the third grade level. Students are given multiple choice options, as well as a version without multiple choice. Answers with explanations are included.
Analogies: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice comparing two things through the use of analogies
This activity has students practice 26 analogies which use words appropriate for the fourth grade level. Students are given multiple choice options, as well as a version without multiple choice. Answers with explanations are included.
Analogies: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice comparing two things through the use of analogies
This activity has students practice 26 analogies which use words appropriate for the Sixth grade level. Students are given multiple choice options, as well as a version without multiple choice. Answers with explanations are included.
Analogies: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice comparing two things through the use of analogies
This activity has students practice 26 analogies which use words appropriate for the Seventh grade level. Students are given multiple choice options, as well as a version without multiple choice. Answers with explanations are included.
Analogies: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice comparing two things through the use of analogies
This activity has students practice 26 analogies which use words appropriate for the Fifth grade level. Students are given multiple choice options, as well as a version without multiple choice. Answers with explanations are included.
Analogies: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice comparing two things through the use of analogies
This activity has students practice 26 analogies which use words appropriate for the Eighth grade level. Students are given multiple choice options, as well as a version without multiple choice. Answers with explanations are included.
Analogies: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice comparing two things through the use of analogies
This activity has students practice 26 analogies which use words appropriate for the Ninth grade level. Students are given multiple choice options, as well as a version without multiple choice. Answers with explanations are included.
Antonyms: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with antonyms.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the antonym of the underlined word. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Homophones: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while learning all about homophones. This activity has students choosing the correct word for the given sentence.
Idioms: These idioms cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about idioms. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
Idioms: This activity has students visually seeing a picture and determining what phrase it is and its meaning.
Idioms included:
Break a leg
Cat got your tongue
Costs an arm and a leg
Crying my eyes out
Crying over spilled milk
Head in the clouds
It's written all over your face
Let the cat out of the bag
Lost my head
On cloud 9
Open a can of worms
Raining cats and dogs
Two heads are better than one
Walk on eggshells
When pigs fly
Zip your lips
Thank you to Monster Wrangler Mike who provided the images
Shades of Meaning: These shades of meaning cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while completing sentences to determine the shade of meaning. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
This activity has students reading a sentence with a blank space and determining which is the best word/ synonym to complete the sentence.
***** 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
Drawing Conclusions: These drawing conclusions cootie catchers are a fun way to practice inference. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
This activity has students reading 16 short passages (over 2 cootie catchers) to each other and then asked to make an inference based off the passage. Multiple choice answers are given along with the question.
***** 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
Predictions: These predictions cootie catchers are a fun way to practice inference. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
This activity has students reading 16 short passages (over 2 cootie catchers) 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.
***** 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
Irregular Verbs: This irregular verbs cootie catcher is a great way for students to have fun while learning how to use irregular verbs. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
This activity has students choosing the correct verb form in a given sentence. Pictures are also provided which shows the correct and incorrect verb form.
This activity uses the following irregular verbs:
Blow, Blew
Build, Built
Choose, Chose
Make, Made
Grow, Grew
Drink, Drank
Sit, Sat
Dig, Dug
Thank you to TeachersScrapbook who provided the images
***** 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
Context Clues: These context clues cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while improving their comprehension and vocabularies. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
This activity has students reading 16 short passages (over 2 cootie catchers) to each other and then asked to give the best definition for a particular word used in that sentence. Multiple choice answers are given along with the question.
Context Clues Vocabulary List 1:
Annual, Coax, Distress, Essential, Modest, Queasy, Throngs, Venture
Context Clues Vocabulary List 2:
Anticipated, Awkward, Capable, Eligible, Inevitable, Precisely, Remorse, Treacherous
***** 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
Greek and Latin Roots: These Greek and Latin roots cootie catchers for English Language Arts are a great way for students to have fun while learning common ELA Greek and Latin roots. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
This activity has students identifying the meaning behind many Greek and Latin roots. Each term contains an example of a vocabulary term as well as its definition:
Scribe - To write - Prescribe
Fore - Before/ Earlier - Foresight
Inter - Between - Interfere
Auto - Self/ By oneself - Automobile
Phobia - Irrational fear - Arachnophobia
Multi - Many - Multipurpose
Anti - Against - Antisocial
***** 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