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Melissa Buell

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United States - California - Fullerton

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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

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"We Love You, California" Fourth Grade History Play

By Melissa Buell

A fourth grade history play written to include our school's entire fourth grade (94 students). You can adjust the groups (miners, railroad workers, etc.) to fit your student population.Four children need to work on a final California history exam. A

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Drama

Grades:

4^th

Types:

Scripts, Cultural Activities

$8.00

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Grammar Posters - THAMO, SWABI

By Melissa Buell

Two grammar posters for your classroom! THAMO (therefore, however, also, meanwhile, otherwise) and SWABI (since, when, after, because, if) with definitions and sample sentences.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Other (ELA)

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$2.00

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SWABI Poster

By Melissa Buell

A poster defining SWABI (since, when, after, because, if) subordinating conjunctions for your classroom.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Grammar

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$1.00

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Grammar Poster THAMO, SWABI - Smaller size

By Melissa Buell

Two grammar posters for your classroom! THAMO (therefore, however, also, meanwhile, otherwise) and SWABI (since, when, after, because, if) with definitions and sample sentences.Smaller sized at 8.5 x 11 for easier printing.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

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

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Handouts, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$1.00

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Grammar Posters Bundle

By Melissa Buell

Both of my grammar posters: FANBOYS and SWABI in one bundle!

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English Language Arts, Grammar

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Not Grade Specific

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Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$2.00

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FANBOYS Grammar Poster

By Melissa Buell

A poster that is perfect for your English classroom! Teach FANBOYS to help students remember the most common coordinating conjunctions (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So) and how to use them in a sentence.

Subjects:

Grammar

Grades:

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

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Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$1.00

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"America: A Melting Pot" Fifth Grade History Play

By Melissa Buell

A fifth grade history play that gives an overview of the many people who have traveled to America and add to the "Melting Pot." Lots of fun while learning! A game show, and several songs are part of this play. You may make changes to the script and

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Arts & Music

Grades:

5^th

Types:

Activities, Scripts

$5.00

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Daisy Alphabet Banner

By Melissa Buell

Decorate your classroom with personalized alphabet banners! Print out the letters that you need or print out the entire ABCs! In pptx format so that you can format it to your choosing.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal, For All Subjects

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Not Grade Specific

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Bulletin Board Ideas

$1.00

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Classroom Posters

By Melissa Buell

Decorate your classroom with these lovely and inspiring posters. 11 posters in all. Feel free to add your own name and decorative embellishments to the posters.

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For All Subject Areas

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$1.00

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Colorful Flower Banners

By Melissa Buell

Decorate your classroom or bulletin boards with these colorful flower banners. Add embellishments or letters on them to personalize them. Two banners per page. A total of 8 pages. Each page has a different color and different flowers.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Arts & Music, Holidays/Seasonal

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas

FREE

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Library Labels

By Melissa Buell

A PDF I created for my classroom library to easily shelve my books. Print out a large version to hang near your library shelves and bring out the small icons to stick on the spines of your library books. stickers library young

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Posters

FREE

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Short Story Magical Realism PreWriting Handout

By Melissa Buell

Use this handout for pre-writing/brainstorming with your students writing a short story with magical realism. (You can use it for any short story!)

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Literature

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Handouts, Homework, Graphic Organizers

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Short Story Corrections and Reflection

By Melissa Buell

Following a narrative writing unit, I found that my students did not make the necessary changes that were recommended during peer editing time and my one-on-one conference with the student. I gave them the opportunity to fix their mistakes and edit

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Short Stories

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Not Grade Specific

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Activities

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Audition Form

By Melissa Buell

Audition Form for school plays. Change with relevant dates and times for your rehearsals and performances.

Subjects:

Drama

Grades:

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

Types:

Scripts

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Colorful Pennants

By Melissa Buell

Print out the pennants in the colors and designs that you want! Decorate your classroom, teacher work room, school office, etc. A total of ten pennants in a variety of colors and designs. Upload into your PDF rewritable program to add letters to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Graphic Arts

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas

FREE

Digital Download PDF (6.93 MB)

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Alphabet Flower Pennant

By Melissa Buell

Print out the letters that you need to create your own message pennant for your classroom. 26 pages in total, one letter on each page.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Graphic Arts, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.18 MB)

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European Authors Webquest

By Melissa Buell

European Authors WebquestAs your class begins to study various authors from Europe, start them off with this "flipped classroom" webquest. Students will pick an author/work of literature from the list and complete the series of introductory

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Homework

FREE

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Book Posters

By Melissa Buell

Decorate your classroom or school library with these fun reading posters.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters, Centers

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Preposition Poster

By Melissa Buell

A poster for your classroom to demonstrate prepositions. "A Cat and a Box" is one of my favorite ways to teach prepositions to students.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

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Noun Poster

By Melissa Buell

An easy way to teach and reinforce possessive nouns.

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English Language Arts, Grammar

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Not Grade Specific

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Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

English teacher and drama teacher for jr. high and high school. Graduated with honors with a B.A. in English from Cal State Fullerton. Published author of young adult fantasy novels, Austenesque short stories and children's picture book. www.authormelissabuell.com

MY TEACHING STYLE

I enjoy drawing students into conversations and making them truly think about a text. If you can do this through drama or crafts, that's wonderful!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Sigma Tau Delta

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

California State University, Fullerton Fullerton College

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GRADES

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Specialty, Social Studies, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Graphic Arts, Drama, ELA Test Prep, Other (ELA), For All Subjects, Literature, Short Stories, Holidays/Seasonal, For All Subjects