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 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.
Inference: These inferences 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. Students are also asked to support their answers with details from the passage.
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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
Nouns: These nouns cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while identifying the four different types of nouns: common nouns, proper nouns, plural nouns, and pronouns. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
This activity has students reading 16 statements (over 2 cootie catchers) to each other and then asked to identify each type of noun.
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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
Spelling: These commonly misspelled words cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while identifying the correct spelling of many commonly misspelled words. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
This activity has students identifying the correct spelling, given multiple choice options, of 16 different commonly misspelled words outlined below:
Acceptable, Accommodate, Argument, Calendar, Commitment, Consensus, Embarrass, Existence, Foreword,, Inadvertent, Judgment, License, Neighbor, Occasion, Occurrence, Privilege, Proceed, Schedule, Separate Withhold
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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 breakout escape room is a fun way for students to practice their skills with identifying genres.
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
End of the Year: These task cards are a great way for students to reflect about their year and the progress and achievements they have made while having fun at the same time.
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.
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.
Quotation Marks: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while reinforcing quotation mark rules and to practice proofreading.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 17 in total, and then asked to identify the correct usage of quotation marks in the sentence. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
Types of Sentences: These task cards are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with the different types of sentences: Declarative, Imperative, Exclamatory, and Interrogative sentences.
This activity has students reading various sentences to each other, 26 in total, and then asked to identify the type of sentence. A recording sheet and an answer key are included.
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.
This word search on short vowel sounds also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Cup
♦ Fan
♦ Hat
♦ Leg
♦ Lips
♦ Mop
♦ Net
♦ Pig
♦ Truck
This word search on the ut Word Family also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Coconut
♦ Cut
♦ Donut
♦ Gut
♦ Hut
♦ Nut
♦ Peanut
♦ Shut
♦ Strut
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 final consonant blends word search on the -mp ending blend also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Blimp
♦ Camp
♦ Chimp
♦ Dump
♦ Jump
♦ Lamp
♦ Pump
♦ Stamp
♦ Stump
This final consonant blends word search on the -sk ending blend also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Ask
♦ Desk
♦ Disk
♦ Flask
♦ Husk
♦ Kiosk
♦ Mask
♦ Tusk
♦ Whisk
This final consonant blends word search on the -nt ending blend also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Ant
♦ Infant
♦ Plant
♦ Point
♦ President
♦ Rodent
♦ Student
♦ Tent
♦ Trident
This final consonant blends word search on the -nk ending blend also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Bank
♦ Chipmunk
♦ Plank
♦ Sink
♦ Sunk
♦ Tank
♦ Think
♦ Trunk
♦ Yank
This word search on short O CVC words also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Box
♦ Cob
♦ Cop
♦ Dog
♦ Fox
♦ Log
♦ Mop
♦ Rod
♦ Top
These word wall cards are a great way for students to improve their knowledge of the different character traits.
This product contains 16 cards with definitions and images for each term:
♦ Adventurous
♦ Afraid
♦ Bully
♦ Clumsy
♦ Confident
♦ Confused
♦ Curious
♦ Happy
♦ Lazy
♦ Lonely
♦ Loud
♦ Mean
♦ Messy
♦ Quiet
♦ Smart
♦ Talkative