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Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes-CCSS Aligned Novel Study

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This is a close reading guide to the book Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes. In the fall of 2016, the first group of students will enter high school consisting of (mostly) kids who were not yet alive during the events of September 11th, 2016.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Printables

$9.00

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Finding Proof-Text Evidence-Making Inferences-Context Clues (NONFICTION READING)

By The Zoo Librarian

This product is designed to pick up where other color-coded text evidence activities leave off. As students get older, they are using more and more of their evidence in their writing. They are expected to provide longer written answers. Still, we

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Winter, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Homework, Printables

$5.00

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Finding Proof-Text Evidence-Inferencing/The Spooky Story Edition/CCSS Aligned

By The Zoo Librarian

GET READY! HALLOWEEN IS COMING!This product is designed to pick up where other color-coded text evidence activities leave off. As students get older, they are using more and more of their evidence in their writing. They are expected to provide

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Homework, Printables

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (12.24 MB)

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Finding Proof-Text Evidence-Inferencing/The Movie Edition/CCSS Aligned

By The Zoo Librarian

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

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

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Activities, Homework, Printables

$5.00

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Rules by Cynthia Lord-Novel Study/CCSS Aligned Novel Study

By The Zoo Librarian

This is a close reading guide to the book Rules by Cynthia Lord. It is a beautiful book in which sweet, kind, 12-year-old Catherine helps her autistic brother, David navigate the world with rules she creates for him. As close reading is such an

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.4.6, RL.5.3, RL.5.4, RL.5.5, RL.5.6, RL.6.3, RL.6.4

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Finding Proof-Text Evidence-Inferencing - Fortnite Edition 1

By The Zoo Librarian

This is a new twist on finding text evidence activities. My students struggle with reading and following directions. it can be challenging to even get them into the habit of consistently reading the directions when they are working independently

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Homework, Printables

$6.00

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Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff/CCSS Aligned Novel Study

By The Zoo Librarian

This is a close reading guide to the book Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff. Your class will fall in love with this sweet and charming book as they read about Albie and his journey through fifth grade. Albie faces the same issue many of our students

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Printables

$8.00

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In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord/CCSS Novel Study

By The Zoo Librarian

This is a close reading guide to the book In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. In Bette Bao Lord's beautiful story of immigration and assimilation, Shirley Temple Wong must learn to make friends and find her way in a country that, at first,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Special Education, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

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

Types:

Homeschool Curricula, Literature Circles, Cultural Activities

$8.00

Digital Download PDF (27.13 MB)

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Finding Proof-Text Evidence-Inferencing-Reading Comp/Famous YouTubers/CCSS

By The Zoo Librarian

The Prove It Or Lose It product line is perfect for your 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade ELA classes, as well as for providing support to your struggling 9th and 10th grade readers. This color-coded-text-evidence product teaches close reading

Subjects:

English Language Arts, U.S. History, Music

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.10

$8.00

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On the Come Up by Angie Thomas - CCSS Aligned novel study

By The Zoo Librarian

This is a close reading guide to the book On The Come Up by Angie Thomas.High school junior, Bri Jackson wants so badly to be a successful rapper like her late father, Lawless, one of the greatest underground rappers of all time. Scratch that. Bri

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

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Activities, Printables

CCSS:

CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.10

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Finding Proof-Text Evidence-Making Inferences-Context Clues/The Growing Bundle

By The Zoo Librarian

My best-selling product is now a growing bundle!!!Get 15 Prove it or Lose It packs for the price of 12!!!At least three more will be added before the summer (so...for real...I'd grab it now, if I were you)!!!This product is designed to pick up where

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$85.00

$60.00

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Alvin Ho by Lenore Look/CCSS Aligned Novel Study

By The Zoo Librarian

This is a close reading guide to the book Alvin Ho Afraid of Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look. Your class will fall in love with this sweet and charming book as they read about Alvin Ho and his journey through second grade. Alvin

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Centers

CCSS:

RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.5, RL.3.6, RL.3.7, RL.3.8, RL.3.9, RL.3.10

$9.00

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Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo/CCSS Aligned Novel Study

By The Zoo Librarian

This is a collect of questions for the book, Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo. I have used it, very successfully, in my classroom to reach all kinds of learners. I use this unit, specifically, to bridge my readers from answering largely literal

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles

$7.00

140

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Fish In A Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt/CCSS Aligned Novel Study

By The Zoo Librarian

This is a close reading guide to the book Fish In A Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. It is a beautiful book in which Ally Nickerson, a sixth grader, who has been in seven schools in seven years, finds more solace in the principal's office than in the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Printables

$10.00

Digital Download PDF (15.99 MB)

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The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart/CCSS Aligned Novel Study

By The Zoo Librarian

I introduced this book with a book talk to my middle school readers, and I was shocked by the response. I didn't even get a chance to put the book down before kids were signing it out. It has been signed out of our classroom all year, and it is

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles

$7.00

Digital Download PDF (0.62 MB)

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Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo/CCSS Aligned Novel Study

By The Zoo Librarian

Bink and Gollie, by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, have to be the most appealing characters in children's literature. While total opposites, they can teach our children so much about friendship. In the first book, Bink and Gollie, children read

Subjects:

Reading, Special Education, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

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

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Literature Circles

CCSS:

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

$5.00

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Finding Proof-Text Evidence-Inferencing/The Hamilton Bundle/CCSS

By The Zoo Librarian

Teaching history can be challenging. How do you make it meaningful for your students? How do you help them to make connections between events in order to understand how one event leads to another? How do you help students connect events from the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, U.S. History, Music

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Activities, Printables

$24.00

$20.00

Digital Download PDF (12.67 MB)

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Finding Proof-Text Evidence-Inferencing/The Black History Edition/CCSS Aligned

By The Zoo Librarian

FEBRUARY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, and it will be time to celebrate Black History Month. Some of us even begin earlier, in January, when we teach our students about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Teachers today are lucky. There is so much more

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Black History Month, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Homework, Printables

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (12.06 MB)

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Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder/CCSS Aligned Novel Study

By The Zoo Librarian

This is a close reading guide to the book Shades of Gray. In Carolyn Reeder's beautiful story of Will Page and the invaluable lessons he learns as he struggles to get past an enormous loss following the Civil War. This book is so important to any

Subjects:

English Language Arts, U.S. History, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Printables

$9.00

Digital Download PDF (4.72 MB)

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Wonder by R.J. Palacio/CCSS Aligned Novel Study

By The Zoo Librarian

This novel study includes everything you will need to have an exciting Wonder experience with you class this year!Included:* Pre-Reading Writing Activity* Chapter questions with plenty of room for student answers* Vocabulary studies* Chapter

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Literature Circles

$10.00

Digital Download PDF (8.55 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Music, PK-12 General Classroom PK, K, 4 English/Language Arts/Literacy 6, 7, 10,11, AP Tutoring PK-12, all subject areas

MY TEACHING STYLE

Specialize in differentiated instruction and small group instruction.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Who's Who in American Education

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Hamden Hall Country Day School (PK-4) Shepherd Glen Elementary School, Hamden, CT (grades 5 and 6) Hamden Middle School (grades 7 and 8) Hamden High School (grades 9-12) Manhattanville College (1997) BMUS New York University (2000) MA Manhattanville College (2011) Literacy

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I began my career in education teaching music. Learning that children in other countries such as Hungary were expected to be musically literate made me wonder why many children in our country slip through the cracks and don't even become "literate". I went on to study literacy and taught in various early elementary level classrooms. I now teach in a school that specializes in differentiated instruction, and I teach upper school English and writing, 6th and 7th grade literacy, and lower school literacy (mostly grades 2 and 3). I also tutor, and I work to prepare students for all types of standardized tests, college essays, and academic support.

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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, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Social Studies, Ancient History, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Graphic Arts, Music, Vocal Music, Special Education, ELA Test Prep, Other (Social Studies), Other (ELA), Life Skills, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Character Education, Study Skills, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Autumn, Winter, The New Year, Presidents' Day, Black History Month, Products For TpT Sellers, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Test Preparation, Phonics, Close Reading