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STAAR Reading Resources - HUGE Growing Bundle

$237.73

$125.00

STAAR Reading - Task Card - Bundle - Fiction,...

$12.00

$9.60

STAAR Prep Nonfiction Videos - Test Prep

$7.00

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STAAR Reading - Drama Task Cards

By Tales from Room 801

There are a total of 24 drama task cards. Each card has a short excerpt from an drama text. Each of the cards has a STAAR-like question. The questions are designed to look like questions students may see on the STAAR test. The questions that are

Subjects:

Reading, Drama, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

$4.00

190

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STAAR Reading - Video Warm Ups - Bell Ringers - Boot Camp Edition

By Tales from Room 801

Included in this are 50 STAAR reading bell ringers / warm ups that are great for helping your students prepare for the state test. There are videos included to cover 6 of the tested genres – fiction, nonfiction, literary nonfiction, poetry, drama

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7

$9.00

111

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STAAR Reading - Fiction Review Stations

By Tales from Room 801

These stations are ready to go. Just print, copy, laminate and go. Very little prep needed!!I love using stations in my classroom. My students love them too. I find these stations to be an excellent review for my students. It also gives me the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Centers

$12.00

$9.50

116

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STAAR Reading - Nonfiction Review Stations

By Tales from Room 801

These stations are ready to go. Just print, copy, laminate and go. Very little prep needed!! I love using stations in my classroom. My students love them too. I find these stations to be an excellent review for my students. It also gives me the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Centers

$12.00

$9.50

134

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STAAR like Reading Poetry Bell Ringers - Middle School

By Tales from Room 801

This product is designed to be used in middle school classrooms. In this product you will find warm-up questions about short poems in the public domain. The poems included are:“Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost“Little Things” by Ebenezer Cobham

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

CCSS:

RL.8.10

$5.50

Digital Download PDF (1.04 MB)

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Escape Room - Reading Test Prep - Middle School

By Tales from Room 801

This escape room / breakout box is intend to be used to help students review before state assessments - STAAR, PARCC, FSA.This escape room contains 5 different tasks. Task 1 – Fiction – Students will read a short passage. Then they will answer the

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Informational Text

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Games

$5.00

197

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Escape Room - Nonfiction text - Test prep - Middle School

By Tales from Room 801

This escape room / breakout box is intended to be used to help students master the nonfiction skills of main idea, author’s purpose, fact and opinion and text structure.This escape room contains 4 different tasks.•Task 1 – Main idea – Students will

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Games

$5.00

Digital Download ZIP (2.96 MB)

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STAAR Reading Literary Terms - Task card BUNDLE

By Tales from Room 801

Included in this product are a total of 92 task cards:26 nonfiction terms task cards, 31 fiction terms task cards, and 35 poetry and drama terms task cards. These cards are to be used to review the literary terms associated with the genre. Each

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

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

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

$7.50

$6.00

123

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STAAR Poetry Boot Camp - Test Prep - Middle School

By Tales from Room 801

This is a one-week test prep for poetry. This activity bundle serves as a great review for all things poetry to help get your students ready to take state assessments. This is great for STAAR, FSA, AIR, SBAC, PARCC and other state assessments.

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.4, RL.6.5, RL.6.10, RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.10, RL.8.1...

$12.99

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STAAR Prep Video Bell Ringers - Videos that Review Fiction and Literary Terms

By Tales from Room 801

Test prep doesn't have to be boring. These English - reading video bell ringers / warm ups are a great way to get your students instantly engaged in your class from the minute they walk in the door. There are 54 slides (3 per week for 18 weeks)

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Video Files

$9.00

Digital Download PDF (2.06 MB)

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TPCASTT Foldable - Poetry

By Tales from Room 801

This product is a foldable to be used to help introduce students to the steps of TP-CASTT. TP-CASTT is a wonderful way to scaffold students understanding of a poem. Working through these steps help students annotate and analyze a poem. This

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Graphic Organizers

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.67 MB)

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Escape Room - Team Building

By Tales from Room 801

This escape room is intended to be used to help students, staff, or school faculty learn to work together as a team. This is a great activity for both the classroom or for professional development with teachers and staff. This is a fun back to

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Professional Development, Back to School

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Staff

Types:

Games, Professional Development

$5.00

Digital Download ZIP (2.75 MB)

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Literary Terms Review Games - STAAR Review

By Tales from Room 801

This product includes five separate games to help your students review literary terms for the Reading STAAR test. This is intended to be a review for middle school.Literary Terms BingoI have included 42 game cards and the calling words/definitions

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Test Preparation

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games

$5.00

Digital Download ZIP (3.29 MB)

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STAAR Reading Task Cards - Poetry edition

By Tales from Room 801

There are a total of 24 poetry task cards. Each card has a different short poem on it. The cards include poems from poets such as: Robert Frost, William Wordsworth, Walt Whitman, Samuel Coleridge, Robert Browning, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and many

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (0.83 MB)

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STAAR Reading - Drama Review Stations

By Tales from Room 801

These stations are ready to go. Just print, copy, laminate and go. Very little prep needed!! These drama stations focus on stage directions, dialogue, character analysis, academic vocabulary, author's purpose, and so much more.I love using stations

Subjects:

Drama, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Centers

$9.50

Digital Download ZIP (9.10 MB)

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Elf - Movie Guide

By Tales from Room 801

This product is designed to accompany the watching of the movie Elf. In this movie guide you will find 47 questions having to do with many different literary elements. Setting Character Inference Figurative Language Vocabulary Fact and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Movie Guides

$2.50

Digital Download PDF (0.79 MB)

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STAAR Reading Resources - HUGE Growing Bundle

By Tales from Room 801

Included in the bundle, you will find ALL of my STAAR reading resources. STAAR task cards, STAAR stations, STAAR Warm ups/Bell ringers, STAAR exit tickets, STAAR writing prompts, STAAR question stems, STAAR review games and the STAAR literary terms

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$237.73

$125.00

Bundle

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Teaching Imagery with Pictures

By Tales from Room 801

This product is designed to be used in middle school classrooms. This product is used to teach or review the elements of imagery. There are 20 pictures. Each picture lends itself to a vivid description in terms of imagery. Each picture asks the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$2.25

Digital Download PDF (9.24 MB)

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Parts of Speech Foldable

By Tales from Room 801

This is a foldable for all 8 parts of speech. Whether you are just introducing these terms for the first time or it is review, this parts of speech foldable is so helpful. This is also a great addition to an interactive notebook. I have included

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Interactive Notebooks

$2.50

Digital Download PDF (1.74 MB)

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STAAR Reading Task Card Bundle-Vol. 2- Drama, Nonfiction and Literary Nonfiction

By Tales from Room 801

This is a bundle of three of my STAAR Task Card products. There are a total of 72 task cards. Each of the cards has a STAAR-like question. The questions are designed to look like questions students may see on the STAAR test. The questions that are

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

$12.00

$9.60

117

Bundle

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have taught in a Title 1 school for 10 years. I have taught inclusion classes, regular classes and pre-ap classes. I also work with English language learners.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I really try to use engaging and manipulatives whenever possible!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Teacher of the Year 2013-2014

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

B.A. English - Texas State University B.A. Mass Communication - Public Relations - Texas State University M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction - Texas State University

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I really love teaching and creating products for TPT!