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Laugh and Learn: Authentic Daily Oral Language...

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End of Year ELA Review: Brain Games and Puzzles

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Socratic Seminar and Activities: Poetry...

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End of Year ELA Review: Brain Games and Puzzles

By Reflective Thinker

A challenging, fun ELA review! Sure to keep students' minds engaged! Great classroom management extension activities for those who finish work early. This brain games and puzzles resource for Grades 4-8 includes 10 challenging brain games or

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, End of Year

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

CCSS:

L.5.1, L.5.3, L.5.4c, L.5.5, L.6.1, L.6.2b, L.6.3, L.6.4, L.6.5, L.6.5a, L.7.1...

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Laugh and Learn: Authentic Daily Oral Language Fix-It

By Reflective Thinker

Fun and engaging bellringers or daily oral language practice! Help students grasp the importance of proofreading their work. Set high expectations concerning correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and sentence structure, for effective communication

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

L.4.1, L.4.2, L.5.1, L.5.2, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.7.1, L.7.2, L.8.1, L.8.2, L.9-10.1...

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Socratic Seminar: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, Standards Aligned

By Reflective Thinker

This Socratic seminar contains a great message for the beginning of the school year! Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills. Introduce your students to Socratic seminar with this

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Back to School, Autumn

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.4, RL.6.5, RL.6.6, RL.6.10, RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.4, RL.7.10, RL.8.1...

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Transitional Words: Spice Up Writing with Standards-Based Activities

By Reflective Thinker

Use the 32 slides with engaging activities, appropriate primarily for Grades 4-8, to convince students to use transition words to spice up their writing. High school students, who need differentiated instruction concerning the use of transitional

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

W.4.1, W.4.3, W.5.3c, W.6.1c, W.6.3c, W.7.1c, W.7.3c, W.8.1c, W.8.3c, W.9-10.1c, W.9-10.2c...

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21st Century Collaboration & Communication Skills: Developing Group Norms

By Reflective Thinker

Perfect for establishing norms before students engage in collaborative work! A great resource for beginning of the school year. Students must learn how to effectively work together and be taught how to build positive and supportive relationships

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management, Professional Development

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, ...

Types:

For Principals & Administrators, Professional Development, Lesson

CCSS:

SL.6.1, SL.6.1b, SL.7.1, SL.7.1b, SL.7.1d, SL.8.1, SL.8.1b, SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.1b, SL.9-10.1d, SL.11-12.1...

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Socratic Seminar and Activities: Poetry Analysis of “If” by Rudyard Kipling

By Reflective Thinker

Fun and engaging! An easy to implement Socratic seminar and more! A great way to introduce Socratic seminar, promote active learning, and begin or end the school year with a positive, inspirational message. Socratic seminar is an excellent way to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, End of Year

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.10, RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.10, SL.8.1, SL.8.1a, SL.8.1b...

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Socratic Seminar: "Nothing Gold Can Stay" (The Outsiders novel), Activities

By Reflective Thinker

Try this easy-to-implement seminar this fall. Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills. The PowerPoint resource consists of 55 slides or pages with Common Core aligned Socratic seminar

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Back to School, Autumn

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.10

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Socratic Seminar and Activities: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Frost

By Reflective Thinker

Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills. This 55-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar featuring the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4, RL.5.10, SL.7.1, SL.7.1a, SL.7.1b, SL.7.1c, SL.7.1d, SL.7.5, SL.7.6...

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Socratic Seminar and Activities: Poetry Analysis of The Spider and the Fly

By Reflective Thinker

Fun and engaging! This easy to implement resource is much more than a Socratic seminar. It includes high interest activities and a differentiated quiz. Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Oral Communication, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Printables

CCSS:

W.4.2, W.4.10, W.5.2, W.5.2b, W.5.2d, W.5.3c, W.5.9, W.5.10, SL.4.1, SL.4.1a, SL.4.1b...

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230 Entry and Exit Tickets: Organized by Bloom's Taxonomy, Critical Thinking

By Reflective Thinker

Use the 230 ENTRY and EXIT ticket choices across the curriculum and throughout the school year with any content topic to promote critical thinking, review content material, differentiate instruction, and collect data as a formative assessment for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, ...

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment, Printables

CCSS:

RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.4.5, RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.3, RI.5.5, RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3...

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“I Dream” Poetry and Speech Analysis Activities (Standards-Based)

By Reflective Thinker

This well-organized “I Dream” poetry and speech analysis resource consists of teaching slides as well as 20 analysis tasks. Students identify, explain, and citing text evidence concerning theme, mood, tone, main idea, point of view,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$5.85

102

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Socratic Seminar and Activities: Mother to Son, a poem by Langston Hughes

By Reflective Thinker

Need an easy-to-implement, step-by-step, interesting Socratic seminar resource? Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills. This 56-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

W.6.1, W.6.2, W.6.2d, W.6.4, W.7.1, W.7.1a, W.7.2, W.7.4, W.8.1, W.8.4, W.8.9b...

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Exploring Learning Styles & Learning Style Inventory, Data Driven Bulletin Board

By Reflective Thinker

Great back to school resource and bulletin board idea! One of the best ways to find out how students learn best is to have them complete a learning styles inventory or learning styles survey such as the one found in this resource. This highly

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Bulletin Board Ideas

CCSS:

RI.3.7, RI.3.10, RI.4.7, RI.4.10, RI.5.7, RI.5.10, RI.6.7, RI.6.10, RI.7.10, CCRA.L.1

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Laugh and Learn: Fall Themed Daily Oral Language Funny Fix-It

By Reflective Thinker

High interest! Engaging! Fun! Sure to bring lighthearted laughter in your classroom! Spice up language lessons with "Falling into Fall," a resource filled with high-interest passages and pictures created to add pizzazz and humor to Daily Oral

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Back to School, Autumn

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

L.2.1, L.2.2, L.3.1, L.3.2, L.4.1, L.4.2, L.5.1, L.5.2, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.7.1...

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Humorous and Ironic No Prep Reader’s Theater Play: The Cop and the Anthem

By Reflective Thinker

Do you need a laugh? Do your students need one, too? This fun and engaging resource was designed to entertain students as they learn. The 28-slide PowerPoint resource is a fun-filled reader’s theater version of O. Henry’s short story “The Cop and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Short Stories

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Scripts, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.3, RL.8.1, RL.8.3, RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3, RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.3, W.7.1e, W.7.3c, W.7.4...

$3.99

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Brain Games: Challenging Vocabulary Puzzle Activities to Teach Author’s Tone

By Reflective Thinker

Looking for challenging puzzles? Great summer fun for adults and students! This fun resource contains entertaining brain games and challenging puzzles designed to teach students about author’s tone while simultaneously engaging them in a cognitive

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Summer

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, ...

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

CCSS:

RL.6.4, RL.7.4, RL.8.4, RL.9-10.4, RI.6.4, RI.7.4, RI.8.4, RI.9-10.4, W.6.2d, W.7.2d, W.8.2d...

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Teaching Collaboration: A 21st Century Skill

By Reflective Thinker

Do you teach collaboration skills? This is a great resource to use before students engage in a collaborative project or activity! The activities in this resource can be used in any content area across the curriculum to teach collaboration skills.

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Professional Development, Back to School

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Centers

CCSS:

SL.5.1, SL.5.1d, SL.5.2, SL.5.6, SL.6.1, SL.6.1d, SL.6.6, SL.7.1, SL.7.1d, SL.7.6, SL.8.1d...

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Sensory Detail Puzzle and Descriptive Writing Activities (Standards-Based)

By Reflective Thinker

SENSORY DETAILS improve writing! This resource encourages students to use sensory details in their writing. These engaging, descriptive writing lesson activities are aligned to writing standards and are appropriate for Grades 4-8. In Activity 1,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

W.4.3, W.5.3d, W.6.3d, W.7.3d, W.8.3d

$3.99

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Socratic Seminar & Poetry Analysis Activities: A Poison Tree by William Blake

By Reflective Thinker

A fun resource that builds community in the classroom! Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills. This 63-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar featuring the

Subjects:

Literature, Character Education, Poetry

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.9, RL.9-10.10, SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.1a, SL.9-10.1b, SL.9-10.1c...

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Socratic Seminar & Activities: Poem Analysis “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe

By Reflective Thinker

Socratic seminar is an excellent and engaging way for students to practice higher order thinking skills and speaking and listening skills. This 62-slide PowerPoint resource with printables is a Socratic seminar featuring the poem “Annabel Lee” by

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Poetry

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.4, RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.10, SL.7.1, SL.7.1a...

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

35 years of classroom teaching and teacher of staff development

MY TEACHING STYLE

Utilize Differentiated Instruction; Infuse 21st Century Skills; Create Independent Learners; Give options and choices in learning; Listen to my students; Interested in how they best learn

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Yet to be added

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Masters and Specialist Degree in Secondary and Middle Grades Language Arts and Social Studies; Curriculum and instructional curriculum courses at the Doctorate level

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I enjoy creating curriculum materials for all subject areas and grade levels. I was born to teach and am blessed to have had that figured out since eighth grade. I'm adventurous and a reflective thinker. I love hiking, biking, and kayaking.