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Kelly Heyen

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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela

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The Westing Game Code Breaking Activity

By Kelly Heyen

My students had so much fun cracking this code using their copies of The Westing Game! When completed, the code reveals a key quote from the novel. This is a great activity to begin a discussion of major themes in the novel and how they are revealed

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

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Activities, Games

CCSS:

RL.5.2, RL.5.10, RL.6.2, RL.6.10

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R.A.F.T. Writing Idea Sheets

By Kelly Heyen

R.A.F.T. is a great creative writing activity that gives students practice adapting their writing to fit different tasks and purposes! Students must focus their writing on a certain Role, Audience, Format, and Topic. The included lists work great

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

W.3.4, W.3.10, W.4.4, W.4.10, W.5.4, W.5.10

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Literature Circle Group Project Rubrics

By Kelly Heyen

Editable rubrics for 5 different literature circle projects: themes, plot graphing, conflicts/solutions, character mapping, and setting. Includes a brief explanation/guidelines for each project!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles

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The Westing Game Literature Response Projects

By Kelly Heyen

A culminating activity for The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin. Includes 13 editable literature response project ideas/guidelines for students to choose from. Can also be adapted for other novels!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

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City Planning Arrays and Multiplication Project

By Kelly Heyen

This fun individual or group project provides a creative way for students to apply their knowledge of arrays, area, and multiplication! The guide can be printed and handed to students along with a sheet of graph paper or graph posterboard-- it walks

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations, Critical Thinking

Grades:

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

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Projects, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

2.MD.B.5, 2.MD.C.8, 3.MD.C.5, 3.MD.C.5a, 3.MD.C.5b, 3.MD.C.6, 3.MD.C.7, 3.MD.C.7a, 3.MD.C.7b, 4.MD.A.3, 2.NBT.A.1...

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Tally Charts and Bar Graphs Activity

By Kelly Heyen

Activity includes...Discussion/reflection questions to introduce students to bar graphs and guide them through comparing/contrasting bar graphs and pictographs."Coin Grab" activity: students reach into a bag of coins and create a tally chart and bar

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations, Graphing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

2.MD.C.8, 2.MD.D.10, 2.NBT.A.2, 2.NBT.B.5

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"A Wrinkle in Time" Companion Tasks

By Kelly Heyen

Companion resources for "A Wrinkle in Time," by Madeleine L'Engle. Includes...Graphic organizers connecting the novel to the universal theme "Journeys." (I always made "Journeys" the overarching "Big Idea" during this novel study. My students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.10, RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.3, RL.5.10

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Idioms Visual Sentences

By Kelly Heyen

This activity helps students distinguish between idioms' literal and figurative meanings. It includes eight editable sentences using idioms. Students must draw a picture of each idiom's silly, literal meaning, then use context clues to determine

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Centers

CCSS:

L.4.4a, L.4.5, L.4.5b, L.5.4a, L.5.5, L.5.5b

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$1.00 Word Sort

By Kelly Heyen

Students can work individually or in small groups to determine which of the words are "$1.00 words!" $1.00 words are words that would add up to 100 if each of the letters of the alphabet were assigned a number in order. This is an easy bellringer,

Subjects:

Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

1.NBT.A.1, 1.NBT.B.2, 1.NBT.C.4, 2.NBT.A.2, 2.NBT.A.3, 2.NBT.B.5, 2.NBT.B.6, 2.NBT.B.7

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Close Reading for Nouns

By Kelly Heyen

Students must find and capitalize all proper nouns in a short biographical text about Abraham Lincoln's early years.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Homework

CCSS:

L.3.1, L.4.1, L.4.2, L.5.1, L.5.2

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I taught 5th grade ELA for two years, and have spent two years as an elementary Gifted Education teacher and Differentiation Coach!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I love structuring my units around Socratic seminars and pulling strategies from Kaplan's research on Universal Themes and Depth and Complexity. My favorite moments as a teacher have been during Socratic seminars. I am constantly blown away by the insightful conclusions students draw, and the connections they can make between reading and real life. Teaching literature is my absolute favorite!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Union University: Student Teacher of the Year, 2014 Graduated in Three Years, Summa Cum Laude, 2014

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and Learning Foundations; Union University Endorsement in Gifted Education; Union University

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