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Social Issues Book Clubs with Daily Discussion...

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Social Issues Book Clubs with Daily Discussion Prompts

By Guide Teach Inspire

Use this product to easily implement a unit that addresses social issues through student book clubs.A variety of talking points are the focus for book club meetings, and the talking points are printed on sticky notes for students to easily

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.3.1

$7.00

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Long A Homophones Packet

By Guide Teach Inspire

Teach students about homophones while also reviewing long a patterns! This set of 24 words (with an additional 8 bonus words) will help your students to understand the concept of homophones, as well as analyze long a patterns in words.This packet

Subjects:

Spelling, Vocabulary, Phonics

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas, Centers

CCSS:

L.3.2f, CCRA.L.5

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Finish Strong - Setting Goals for Ending the School Year with Perseverance

By Guide Teach Inspire

Promote perseverance in your students during the final few weeks and days of the school year with the activities in this packet. Students set personal goals after learning about the definition of perseverance. Options for creating a class banner

Subjects:

Life Skills, Character Education, End of Year

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$4.00

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Candy Cane Science Experiment and Trifold

By Guide Teach Inspire

Use this simple and engaging activity to support student understanding of solids and liquids. Students immerse candy canes into cold water, warm water, and baby oil, and then observe and record changes. Also included is a link to a video about how

Subjects:

General Science, Physical Science, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Centers

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Simple Machines Unit (Based on the 5E Model)

By Guide Teach Inspire

This hands-on unit about the six simple machines is based on the 5E model of instruction developed by Roger Bybee. The 5E model is based on the premise that learners build ideas based upon their previous ideas. Each of the phases within the model

Subjects:

Science, General Science, Physical Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson, Centers

$8.00

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Series Books Unit - I Can Statements and Reflection Activities

By Guide Teach Inspire

This comprehensive unit is all you need to teach a Common Core State Standard aligned unit on Series Books.This resource includes large "I Can..." statements for posting in your classroom as well as smaller matching statements for students to add to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.6, RL.3.9, SL.3.1, SL.3.2

$8.00

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Hockey Science - The Physics of Hockey - Easy Science Investigation!

By Guide Teach Inspire

Students investigate the force and motion used in hockey shots by experimenting with skinny sticks and small wooden circles for hockey sticks and pucks. Your young scientists record data about taking shots from different angles and distances in a

Subjects:

Physics, General Science, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

GATE, Printables, Centers

$1.50

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2022 Winter Olympic Athlete - Independent Study Project and Class Booklet

By Guide Teach Inspire

Your students will love doing easy research on their favorite athletes from the Winter Olympics! This product includes the names of top athletes from the United States predicted to compete in the 2022 Games, and will be frequently updated as more

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Winter

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Projects, Printables

$5.50

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2021 Summer Olympic Athlete Research - Independent Study Project and Booklet

By Guide Teach Inspire

*UPDATED for 2021 OLYMPIC GAMES!Your students will love doing easy research on their favorite athletes from the Summer Olympics! THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES THE NAMES OF 60 OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS FROM THE USA FOR STUDENTS TO WATCH FOR AND RESEARCH.In this

Subjects:

Reading, Graphing, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Projects, Printables

CCSS:

RI.3.5, RI.3.7, SL.3.4, SL.3.6

$5.00

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Contraction Snowman Craftivity

By Guide Teach Inspire

Review words that are used to create contractions throught this cute and fun project. Students cut out the snowman, and then add a hat and mittens. Next, they add the contraction word to the hat, and the two words that make the related contraction

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Spelling, Vocabulary

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

L.2.2c

$2.00

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Using a Thesaurus to Improve Writing Skills

By Guide Teach Inspire

Use this product to introduce and practice using the thesaurus as a resource for finding synonyms for common words. Directions are provided for using the online resource www.thesaurus.com, or for using a thesaurus resource book, to find synonyms

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Vocabulary

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas, Centers

$2.00

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Readers Workshop - Launch with I Can Statements

By Guide Teach Inspire

Establish goals for your daily lessons in launching Readers Workshop through these eye-catching "I Can..." statement posters. Additional smaller copies of the posters are included so students can place them into Reading Response journals to write

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas, Literature Circles

$4.00

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iPad Book Reviews - Create Easy Video/Audio Projects

By Guide Teach Inspire

Students can easily and independently create video/audio book reviews that address CCSS SL2.5, SL3.5, and SL4.2 with the simplified directions in this product. These directions are for creating video/audio book reviews on an IPAD. All suggested

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Computer Science - Technology

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Rubrics, Centers

CCSS:

SL.2.5, SL.3.5, SL.4.2

$3.00

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Contraction Flower Project

By Guide Teach Inspire

This is a fun and colorful way to practice contraction words. First we brainstormed and listed contraction words and the words that they were made from. This list was posted during the independent work time in which the students made the

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Centers

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Snow Science Inquiry Investigation

By Guide Teach Inspire

Use all the snow you've gotten as a learning tool! Students investigate how clean snow is by placing samples on coffee filters overnight. The lesson is introduced by taking a survey on how many students have eaten snow. The learners record

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Environment, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Lesson, Centers

$2.00

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St. Patrick's Day - Leprechaun Idiom Classbook or Literacy Center

By Guide Teach Inspire

Students illustrate the literal interpretation of idioms related to leprechauns and St. Patrick's Day. Included are 30 (two sets of 15)different idioms sheets and matching cards that are added to the illustrations to explain what the idiom means.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RF.3.4

$4.00

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$-TION Two Levels of ELA and Math Activities for Teaching -TION$

-TION Two Levels of ELA and Math Activities for Teaching -TION

By Guide Teach Inspire

Differentiate your instruction while teaching about words with the -tion chunk with this packet of activities. Included are 10 different activities for 2 different word lists. THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN MY DIFFERENTIATED WORD SORT BUNDLE,

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Writing, Phonics

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Lesson

$3.50

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Insect Inquiry Unit w/Bingo Game and Independent Research Project

By Guide Teach Inspire

Use this simple and easy-to-use inquiry unit to introduce basic life science concepts to students. Included are suggested books and iPad apps to support the unit. This inquiry study of insects includes the following: *Suggested Books and iPad

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Biology, General Science

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Thematic Unit Plans, Games

$3.00

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Biography Book Clubs with Daily Discussion Prompts

By Guide Teach Inspire

Use this product to easily implement student book groups while reading biographies.A variety of talking points are the focus for book club meetings, and the talking points are printed on sticky notes for students to easily reference.Instructions are

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RI.3.1, RI.3.3, SL.3.1, SL.3.1a, SL.3.1b, SL.3.1c, SL.3.2, SL.3.3

$7.00

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Story Arc Definition Posters and Activities

By Guide Teach Inspire

Use these eye-catching posters to introduce and review the concept of a story arc. Included are color, and black and white definition posters for four elements of a simple story arc - Introduction, Development, Turning Point, and Resolution. This

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

CCSS:

RL.3.2

$3.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have taught Kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, a split 2/3 class, and elementary gifted and talented education. Additionally I teach a course at a local Concordia satellite campus to beginning teachers, and have taught recertification courses to area educators.

MY TEACHING STYLE

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HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I was honored to be one of two teachers from Wisconsin selected to attend the Mickelson/ExxonMobil Teachers Academy in 2012! In 2019 I was honored to be selected for the Herb Kohl Fellowship program. In 2021 I was selected as the Elementary Educator of the Year in my school district of over 1000 educators.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

BSE - Elementary Education - UW - Whitewater MSE - Educational Psychology - University of Wisconsin

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

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Basic Principles, Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Physics, Social Studies, U.S. History, World Languages, Spanish, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Computer Science, Other (Specialty), ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Life Skills, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Character Education, General Science, Physical Science, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Winter, Valentine's Day, Black History Month, Earth Day, Informational Text, Test Preparation, End of Year, Phonics, Classroom Community