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Parent Teacher Conference Sign Up Sheet - EDITABLE! Back to School Night

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

Make Parent Teacher Conference Sign Ups a breeze this year with this fully editable Sign-Up Sheet. Print it out and pass it around on a clipboard during Back to School Night for parents to claim a spot! Fully EDITABLE for you to type in your own

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables, Classroom Forms, For Parents

$1.29

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All About Me - D&C Icons Pennant Banner! {GATE Back to School!}

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

Color your own “All About Me” Depth and Complexity Pennants! This is a fun and creative way to apply Depth and Complexity Icons and a student-centered approach to decorating your classroom for Back to School Night, Open House, or all year long! A

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Back to School

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

GATE, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$2.49

138

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All About Posters with D&C Icons - {Me, Family, Class, and Book}

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

Complete your own “All About Me,” “All About Our Classroom,” “All About My Family,” and “All About This Book,” Depth and Complexity Posters! This is a fun and creative way to teach and apply Depth and Complexity Icons as students share about

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Back to School

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

GATE, Printables, Posters

$4.99

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Carpet Rules for 1st Grade, Kindergarten, TK, Pre-K, and Preschool Students

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

Carpet Rules using Positive Language and Clipart Images that focus on Eyes, Ears, Mouth, Hands, and Body. Great for 1st Grade, Kindergarten, Transitional Kindergarten (TK), Pre-K, and Preschool students who need those visual reminders of what to

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Classroom Management, Character Education, Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Printables, Posters

$1.29

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Depth and Complexity for Beginners - Lesson Plans for Introducing D&C Icons

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

Are you new to Depth and Complexity Icons? Not sure how to begin teaching your students about the prompts of Depth and Complexity? This product has a day-by-day lesson plan that shares the most simplest way I would teach Depth and Complexity

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Gifted and Talented, Back to School, For All Subjects

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

GATE, Printables, Lesson

$14.99

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Accelerated Reader AR Reading Log - EDITABLE Student Recoding Sheet!

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

Students independently keep track of their Student AR Reading Levels with this Accelerated Reader Reading Log - Student Recording Sheet! Fully EDITABLE!!! - Delete/Change the "Directions" and details to fit your own classroom needs and expectations

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Classroom Management

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Classroom Forms

$1.49

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Back to School Night Presentation - EDITABLE with Cute Clipart

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

Save yourself some time and energy creating your Back-to-School Night presentation. This is a FULLY EDITABLE version - just delete and/or change words to fit your specific grade level and classroom needs. Packed with themed clipart images to match

Subjects:

Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Staff

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PowerPoint Presentations

$5.49

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Positive Reinforcement Individual Student Behavior Contract with Pictures

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

Use this Daily Student Behavior Contract to celebrate "Good Choices" made throughout the day. When Good Choices are made, student receives a stamp or a teacher's initial for positive reinforcement! Great for students who need a little extra

Subjects:

Life Skills, Classroom Management, Study Skills

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Printables, Classroom Forms

$1.29

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STEM Design Thinking Recording Sheets with D&C Icons {STEM / STEAM}

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

This product is a perfect tool for students to use to record their thinking during STEM / STEAM activities in your Depth and Complexity using class. If you are already doing various STEM/STEAM activities (or plan to), these recording sheets will be

Subjects:

Science, Physical Science, Engineering

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Laboratory, GATE, Centers

$2.49

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Task Cards for ANY Literature Unit - Graphic Organizers w/ D&C Icons (SET of 7)!

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

This Task Card Set is full of learning tools and strategies for teaching Common Core Literature Units and higher level Reading Strategies! Use these in combination with ANY Reading Unit or Literature Study. Task Cards have graphic organizers that

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Literature

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

GATE, Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

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$8.49

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D&C Icon Blank Frames - Variety Pack of 4

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

Use for a variety of student and grade level needs! Choose the one that fits your grade level/teaching goal for each Depth and Complexity lesson! The 4 Depth and Complexity Frames Included: 1) Blank NO LINES (for drawing illustrations) 2) Some

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Writing

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

GATE, Printables, Graphic Organizers

$2.49

$1.99

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Gradebook Recording Sheets - 2 versions - Fully EDITABLE and reproducible!

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

Directly type in your students' names into the grids using this Word Document before printing out blank recording sheets. Add more names or delete name grids to match your needs. There is a line/boxed area to write the title of the recording

Subjects:

Classroom Management, For All Subjects

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Teacher Manuals, Assessment, Classroom Forms

$1.49

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Student Interest Inventory - Student Questionnaire for Student - Back to School

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

We often send home a student questionnaire sheet or child survey form for our students' parents to fill out in the beginning of the school year. Equally important, we should have students fill out a "Get to Know You" form to help us get to know them

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Character Education, Back to School

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Classroom Forms

$1.29

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HM D&C Icons - Keeping Quilt,Anthony Reynoso,Talking Cloth,Dancing Rainbows

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

A third grade teacher’s (and/or GATE teacher’s) MUST HAVE! Use these Depth and Complexity Icon Frames as an extension to your Third Grade Level 3 Houghton Mifflin Reading Curriculum. After reading the stories individually or in your HM anthology,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

GATE, Graphic Organizers, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6

$3.99

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D&C Icons Note Taking Cards - Common Core, GATE, Depth of Knowledge

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

Depth and Complexity Prompts Note Taking Cards for teaching Common Core State Standards and/or GATE! Use D&C Prompts to guide students to think critically about everything they are learning about in the classroom. Use them in Literature Units,

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Literature, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Printables, Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10

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$4.49

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HM D&C Icons {Dogzilla, Mysterious Giant, Raising Dragons, Garden Abdul}

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

GATE, Graphic Organizers, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6

$3.99

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Tale of Despereaux Literature Unit – with D&C Icons and Graphic Organizers

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

A 33 page 100% Common Core Aligned Literature Study Unit incorporating Graphic Organizers and Icons for the novel, The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo. A fantastic resource for teaching higher-level thinking in a general education English

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Higher Education

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, GATE, Graphic Organizers

$17.99

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Duck on a Bike by David Shannon - Listening Center - Reading Comprehension Skill

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

This is a Listening Center Activity that focuses on Reading Comprehension Sequencing Skills (Beginning, Middle, and End) using a Flow Map (Thinking Maps) for the story: Duck on a Bike by David Shannon This is a reproducible worksheet to use as a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3

$1.00

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HM D&C Icons - {Pepita Talks Twice, Poppa's New Pants, Ramona Quimby}

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

GATE, Graphic Organizers, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6

$3.49

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HM D&C Icons -{Nights of the Pufflings, Seal Surfer, Two Days in May}

By Purposeful Teaching Tools

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

GATE, Graphic Organizers, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6

$3.49

Digital Download PDF (16.61 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Over 10 Years of experience teaching Kindergarten, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade!

MY TEACHING STYLE

Passionately teaching students to reach their fullest potential while utilizing some of the best teaching practices to reach Common Core State Standards: Writer's Workshop, Guided Reading, Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) in Mathematics, Depth and Complexity Prompts, and Thinking Maps!

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, Reading Specialist Credential, and Master of Science in Education.

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