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Dear Basketball Poem Questions (Poem Included) by Kobe Bryant

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The sudden loss of Kobe Bryant has sent shock-waves throughout our children. I wanted to cover him in class for those that loved him. After looking and looking for a good set of questions and not finding any to suit my needs, I took his "Dear

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Assessment, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5, CCRA.L.6

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Elaboration Practice for Essays: FSA

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One of the hardest elements of preparing my students for the FSA Writing Test is good elaboration (even understanding what it means to elaborate). In response, I created this PowerPoint giving a brief definition and example of elaboration and then

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English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

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Primary Source or Secondary Source...that is the question!

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This is an easy, yet effective way to assess whether your kids understand the concept of primary vs. secondary sources, which can be quite confusing. I give this each year as a simple quiz and it lets me know how well they understood what I have

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Handouts, Assessment

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Assessment Chapters 15-17: Test Prep

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Assessment for Chapters 15-17 written to comply with Common Core reading standards, as well as test prep for standardized testing. This assessment was written because I couldn't find assessments that fit the

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Assessment

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Tri-Fold Comprehension Unit

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This is a compact, yet very effective and thorough unit on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I made this several years ago and have used it every year since and each chapter's activities do not take a long time, but the unit covers a wide

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English Language Arts, Literature

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Assessment Chapters 1-5: Test Prep

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I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone with my class every year. They absolutely love it. What I always struggled with is finding tests that properly prepared them for state assessments. I know all state assessments vary, but this will do a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Literature

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Assessment

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Assessment Chapters 6-10: Test Prep

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This is the next test in my series of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone tests. I wanted a test that would not only prepare my students for state assessments, but would do a thorough job at seeing if they paid attention to the story, though

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English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Literature

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Assessment

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Christmas Reading: Text Structures, Primary/Secondary Sources, Main Idea/Details

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This contains 2 separate short handouts to review text structure and primary/secondary sources and main idea/details. This is made to where it is not to intensive, but is a relevant activity in the spirit of the holidays as a way for your kiddos to

Subjects:

Reading, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Handouts, Assessment, Centers

CCSS:

RI.4.2, RI.4.5, RI.4.6

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Questions for Gertrude McFuzz and The Big Brag by Dr. Seuss

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Included is a one page question sheet to get your kids thinking and talking about Gertrude McFuzz and The Big Brag by Dr. Seuss. Great for cooperative groups, small group work, centers, and comprehension assessments.

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Assessment

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Kindness Unit: Valentine's Day, Back to School, Character Education

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Celebrate Valentine's Day or Back to School by teaching about kindness to one another. This is a unit that is not holiday focused, but character based. There are 2 original articles: one on how to be kind and one on why we should be kind. There

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English Language Arts, Reading, Writing-Essays

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Assessment Chapters 11-14; Test Prep

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This is the 3rd test in my series of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Assessment series. This test is built around common core style questions with charts to bubble in and covering a wide range of reading comprehension skills. My children

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Assessment

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Multiplication and Division Christmas Riddle Activity

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This was something I put together to help my students practice division in a fun, but meaningful way. I wanted them to have some review of multiplication too, so I made the one with multiplication and division problems. I then decided to focus

Subjects:

Math, Word Problems, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

4.NBT.B.5, 4.NBT.B.6, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.9

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Structural Elements of Poetry: Lewis Carroll and Emily Dickinson

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My students needed a lot of practice with the structural elements of poetry and I couldn't find any good resources that fit the needs of what I was looking for, so I created this PowerPoint to help them practice. It includes two poems, "How Doth

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment

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Thanksgiving Reading Skills

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Let your upper elementary class learn some interesting facts about the Mayflower voyage and the First Thanksgiving/Thanksgiving in general while assessing their knowledge of their reading skills, such as text structure, main idea and details, and

Subjects:

Reading, Social Studies - History, Thanksgiving

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Handouts, Assessment, Printables

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Structural Elements of Poetry

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I took Lewis Caroll's poem "Matilda Jane" and made a Power Point slide show with various structural element questions. There are 1 to 2 questions per slide and the poem is on every slide so the children can see it easily. The last slide has the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment

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Grabber or Not Quiz

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This is a simple, yet very effective way to assess whether your students have a good understanding of what a grabber is. Although writing is highly subjective, I have included an answer key with the answers that I feel are the best choice. If you

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Assessment

$2.00

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Writing Essays organizers/checklists: FSA

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I have included 3 organizers/checklists in this bundle. There is a "Steps to Planning" which takes them step by step through the planning process for FSA. The next item is an itemized "checklist" designed for them to make sure each desired element

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Handouts

$2.00

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Yertle the Turtle Questions

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Included is one page of questions to get your students thinking and analyzing Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Assessment

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I am in my 15th year of teaching 4th grade in Florida. I have had lots of time to hone my craft and improve my work. Still looking for innovative ways to teach things! :)

MY TEACHING STYLE

I focus in on the four key components or reading, thinking, talking, and writing. I am a big fan of cooperative learning and things like Socratic Seminars. I love to get children thinking and analyzing, while making it interesting, yet relevant in any way possible.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I have been grade chair twice, DBQ person for my school for several years, STEM teacher for 4 years, and have been chosen to speak to the curriculum person for the county for my school.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I attended the University of Michigan, where i obtained a Bachelor of Science in Education degree with a major in English and a minor in social studies. I attended the summer programme at Oxford University in Oxford, England in he summer of 2012, where I stayed at Exeter College and studied Shakespeare and Chaucer. I went back to the University of Michigan and took more literature and writing classes in preparation to go back to Oxford for my Masters, but ended up getting a job in Florida and moving here.

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Reading, Math, Social Studies, ELA Test Prep, Literature, Word Problems, Writing, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Thanksgiving, Poetry, Close Reading