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
This word search on the ai and ay vowel team also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Chain
♦ Clay
♦ Hay
♦ Lay
♦ Mail
♦ Paint
♦ Pay
♦ Rain
♦ Spray
♦ Tail
♦ Train
♦ Tray
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 -nd ending blend also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Band
♦ Diamond
♦ Hand
♦ Land
♦ Pond
♦ Stand
♦ Wind
♦ Wound
♦ Wristband
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 the midwest region of the United States is a great way for students to review the location of each state. The solution to the puzzle is included.
Terms Included:
♦ Illinois
♦ Indiana
♦ Iowa
♦ Kansas
♦ Michigan
♦ Minnesota
♦ Missouri
♦ Nebraska
♦ North Dakota
♦ Ohio
♦ South Dakota
♦ Wisconsin
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
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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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
Homophones: This homophones cootie catcher is a great way for students to have fun while learning all about homophones. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
This activity has students choosing the correct word for the given sentence. Pictures are also provided which shows the correct form of the word.
This activity uses the following homophones:
Bury, Berry
Billed, Build
Flower, Flour
Meet, Meat
Won, One
Plane, Plain
Sail, Sale
Tee, Tea
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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
Contractions: These contractions cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning how to master contractions. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
This activity has students identifying the correct contraction as well as its correct spelling from the underlined example words in each sentence. Multiple choice options are given along with the answers.
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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
Adverbs: These adverbs cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while improving their ability to identify adverbs 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 adverb. Half of the questions give multiple choice options.
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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
Pronouns: These pronouns cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning how to identify the correct usage of pronouns within sentences. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included.
This activity contains two cootie catchers, totaling 16 sentences, and contains the following types of problems:
1. Students change the sentence to add the correct pronoun.
2. Students identifying the pronoun within a sentence
3. Students fill in the blank with the correct pronoun
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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 genre types also doubles as a coloring book!. The solution to the puzzle is included.
Terms Included:
♦ Biography
♦ Comic
♦ Drama
♦ Fairy Tale
♦ Horror
♦ Mystery
♦ Mythology
♦ Science Fiction
♦ Suspense
This word search on CCVCC words also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Award
♦ Blimp
♦ Child
♦ Crest
♦ Crust
♦ Stand
♦ Stump
♦ Sword
♦ Think
This word search on the letter G also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Gears
♦ Gem
♦ Giraffe
♦ Glass
♦ Glasses
♦ Goat
♦ Goose
♦ Gorilla
♦ Grapes
♦ Grass
♦ Grasshopper
♦ Guitar
This word search on the letter I also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Ice
♦ Iceberg
♦ Icicle
♦ Igloo
♦ Iguana
♦ Impala
♦ Ink
♦ Insect
♦ Iris
♦ Iron
♦ Island
♦ Ivy
This word search on the letter L also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Ladybug
♦ Lamb
♦ Lamp
♦ Leaf
♦ Lemon
♦ Leopard
♦ Lettuce
♦ Lily
♦ Lion
♦ Lizard
♦ Lobster
♦ Lollipop
This word search on the letter M also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Magnet
♦ Mailbox
♦ Mask
♦ Melon
♦ Milk
♦ Mitten
♦ Monkey
♦ Moose
♦ Mop
♦ Mouse
♦ Muffin
♦ Mushroom
This word search on the oi and oy vowel team also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included.
Vocabulary Terms Included:
♦ Boil
♦ Boy
♦ Coil
♦ Coin
♦ Enjoy
♦ Joint
♦ Oyster
♦ Royal
♦ Toilet
♦ Toy
♦ Voice
♦ Voyage