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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
Reading Comprehension Task Cards
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Reading Comprehension Task Cards

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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
English Task Cards Bundle
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English Task Cards Bundle

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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
Living and Nonliving Things
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Living and Nonliving Things

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These cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with identifying living and nonliving things. Terms Included: ♦ Soil, Cactus, Shell, Pie, Bacteria, Mushrooms, Crab, Computer These cootie catchers come in color and black & white, and also come with folding instructions and instructions on how to play.
Genetic Engineering
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Genetic Engineering

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These cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about genetic engineering. Terms Included: ♦ Gene therapy, Transgenic animal, Plasmid, Clone, Electrophoresis, Gene, DNA Fingerprinting, Recombinant DNA These cootie catchers come in color and black & white, and also come with a version where students can add their own definitions.
Microscope Parts Activity/ Foldable
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Microscope Parts Activity/ Foldable

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These cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while practicing their skills with identifying and describing microscope parts. Terms Included: ♦ Eyepiece/ Ocular Lens, Stage, Objective Lens, Arm, Lamp/ Illuminator, Coarse Focus Adjustment Knob, Diaphragm, Fine Focus Adjustment Knob These cootie catchers come in color and black & white, and also come with a version where students can add their own definitions.
Heredity/ Genetics Activity
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Heredity/ Genetics Activity

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These cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about heredity. Terms Included: ♦ Allele, Phenotype, Genotype, Punnett Square, Heterozygous, Homozygous, Pedigree, Gene These cootie catchers come in color and black & white, and also come with a version where students can add their own definitions.
DNA Cootie Catchers
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DNA Cootie Catchers

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These cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the structure and function of DNA. Terms Included: ♦ Chromosome, Hydrogen Bonds, Nucleotide, Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine, Mutation, Deoxyribose, DNA, Gene These cootie catchers come in color and black & white, and also come with a version where students can add their own definitions.
Chemical and Physical Changes
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Chemical and Physical Changes

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These cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about chemical and physical changes. Changes Included: ♦ Explosion of fireworks - Chemical ♦ Ice melting - Physical ♦ Chopping wood - Physical ♦ Bread Molding - Chemical ♦ Sugar in water - Physical ♦ Glass breaking - Physical ♦ Burning wood - Chemical ♦ Rusting nail - Chemical
Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple
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Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple

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GCF and LCM: This bundle includes cootie catchers for both greatest common factor and least common multiple and is a great way for students to have fun while they improve their math skills. These cootie catchers sell individually for $3.9; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $3! There are 6 cootie catchers in this product, each one having 8 problems for a total of 48 problems. Answers are included for each problem.
Nouns and Verbs Task Cards
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Nouns and Verbs Task Cards

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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!
Greatest Common Factor & Least Common Multiple Task Cards
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Greatest Common Factor & Least Common Multiple Task Cards

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GCF and LCM: This bundle includes task cards for both greatest common factor and least common multiple and is a great way for students to have fun while they improve their math skills. These task cards sell individually for $5; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $4!
American Symbols Word Search
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American Symbols Word Search

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American Symbols/ National Symbols Word Search: This also doubles as a coloring sheet! The solution to the puzzle is included. Vocabulary Terms Included: ♦ Capitol ♦ Constitution ♦ Eagle ♦ Flag ♦ Liberty Bell ♦ Lincoln Memorial ♦ Mount Rushmore ♦ Statue of Liberty ♦ Turkey ♦ US Seal ♦ Washington Memorial ♦ White House
Irregular Verbs Word Search
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Irregular Verbs Word Search

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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 Thank you to TeachersScrapbook who provided the images
Author's Purpose Task Cards (PIE)
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Author's Purpose Task Cards (PIE)

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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.
Cause and Effect Task Cards
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Cause and Effect Task Cards

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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
Pilgrims and Native Americans Activities Bundle
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Pilgrims and Native Americans Activities Bundle

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These pilgrims and native americans cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about the Pilgrims, the first settlers at Plymouth, MA, and famous Native American's and tribes How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. These lessons sell individually for $5.50; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $4.40! Vocabulary Included: Pilgrims, Plymouth Rock, Samoset, Squanto, William Bradford, William Brewster, Mayflower Compact, Mayflower AND Tecumseh, Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, Sacajawea, Crazy Horse, Geronimo, Black Hawk, Chief Joseph Seminole, Apache, Sioux, Cherokee, Navajo, Iroquois, Chickasaw, Creek
Ratios and Proportions
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Ratios and Proportions

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These ratios and proportions cootie catchers are a great way for students to have fun while they practice their skills with ratios and proportions. How to Play and Assembly Instructions are included. These lessons sell individually for $3.90; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $3.12! There are 2 cootie catchers in this product, each one having 16 problems for a total of 32 problems. The ratio cootie catchers have problems which involve equivalence, word problems, reducing ratios, and determining ratios from patterns. The proportions cootie catchers have step-by-step answers to each problem.
Ratios and Proportions Task Cards
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Ratios and Proportions Task Cards

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These ratios and proportions task cards are a great way for students to have fun while they practice their skills with problems of ratios and solving proportions. This product includes an answer sheet and an answer key. These lessons sell individually for $5.10; as a bundle they are 20% off, for $3.95!
Homophones
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Homophones

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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
Idioms
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Idioms

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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