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St. Patrick's Day Reading Comprehension Activity

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Engage your students in the festive spirit of St. Patrick's Day with this engaging reading comprehension activity! This resource provides a carefully crafted passage on the history and traditions of St. Patrick's Day, accompanied by comprehension

Subjects:

Reading, Other (Social Studies - History), St. Patrick's Day

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables

$1.50

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Black History Month Mega Bundle: 8 Engaging Resources for February

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Grab this comprehensive Black History Month MEGA BUNDLE – 8 resources packed with engaging content. Stay updated with free additions to this bundle. Watch students shine as famous Black Americans in reader theaters. Explore digital scavenger hunts,

Subjects:

Reading, Social Studies - History, Black History Month

Grades:

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

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Projects, Printables, Google Apps

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Black History Biography Report Bundle: 25 Reading Passages & Quilt Templates

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Explore this impactful Black History Month mini BUNDLE featuring 25 biography reading passages about influential Black Americans. This resource also includes hexagon biography report templates, perfectly aligned with the reading passages. Assign

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Black History Month, African History

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Projects, Printables

$8.00

$6.00

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FREE 2024 Chinese New Year Dragon Coloring Pages | Print & Go | No Prep

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2024 is the year of the DRAGON. Grab these Chinese New Year coloring pages for FREE. They are NO PREP & include two different dragon pages. Do you want more Chinese New Year Activities? Grab the Chinese New Year BUNDLE ▶︎2024 Chinese New Year

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Visual Arts, The New Year

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Independent Work Packet

FREE

Digital Download PDF (16.00 MB)

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Women's History Month Reader's Theater for older grades: 3 Scripts & Rubric

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Help your students learn about famous women and Women's History Month using these engaging, READER'S THEATER scripts. Students build reading fluency, subject knowledge, communication skills, teamwork, and confidence. This includes 3 informational

Subjects:

Reading, Social Studies - History, Women's History Month

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Scripts

$4.00

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Presidents' Day Reader's Theater for older grades: 3 Scripts & Rubric

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Help your students learn about presidents & President's Day using these engaging, READER'S THEATER scripts. Students build reading fluency, subject knowledge, communication skills, teamwork, and confidence. This includes 3 informational based

Subjects:

Reading, Social Studies - History, Black History Month

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Scripts

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (34.29 MB)

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Black History Month Reader's Theater for older grades: 3 Scripts & Rubric

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Help your students learn about Black History Month using these engaging, nonthreatening READER'S THEATER scripts. Students build reading fluency, subject knowledge, communication skills, teamwork, and confidence. This includes 3 informational based

Subjects:

Reading, Social Studies - History, Black History Month

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Scripts

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (27.77 MB)

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FREE Black History Month Reading Passage for grades 6-8: Print & Digital

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Do your students know the history of Black History Month? Grab this FREE grades 6-8 reading comprehension passage. Students use textual evidence, critical thinking, & vocabulary skills to answer questions. It's NO PREP & comes in a

Subjects:

Reading, Social Studies - History, Black History Month

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Google Apps, Independent Work Packet

FREE

Digital Download PDF (14.20 MB)

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Black History Month Biography Reading Passages for grades 6-8: Print & Digital

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Are you looking for Black History Month reading passages that assess your middle school students' comprehension? Students use textual evidence, critical thinking, & vocabulary skills to answer questions. Passages about the history of Black

Subjects:

Reading, Social Studies - History, Black History Month

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Google Apps, Independent Work Packet

$3.50

Digital Download ZIP (38.15 MB)

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2024 Chinese New Year Activity BUNDLE | Hands-on print & go activities

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Students love celebrating Chinese New Year and figuring out their zodiac animal & trait. Grab this bundle of engaging hands-on, printable, no prep Lunar New Year activities. This includes 3-D Zodiac Animal Wheels, 20 question scavenger hunt

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, The New Year, For All Subjects

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

$8.00

$6.00

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Women's History Month Wheel: Interactive Mini-Biography Report Templates

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Have students create hands-ons biography wheel reports using any of the 20 influential women templates. Then use the bulletin board lettering to create an interactive Women's History Month display. Each biography template focusses on an important

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Writing, Women's History Month

Grades:

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

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Projects, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

$5.50

Digital Download ZIP (41.49 MB)

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The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Whole Book Quiz & Vocabulary Activities

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Follow up your reading of "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson with this engaging vocabulary Google Slides digital notebook and Google Form Quiz. The quiz is over the vocabulary words AND the entire short story. The digital vocabulary notebook

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Short Stories

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.8

$3.50

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The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Discussion and Comprehension CHOICE BOARD

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Follow up your reading of "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson with this engaging discussion and comprehension Google Slides CHOICE BOARD. Students select one of the "stones" and are taken to a higher-level, CCSS aligned discussion & activity

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Short Stories

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.8

$3.00

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Terms of an Argument: Google Slides Digital Notebook|Editable & CCSS Aligned

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

This Google Slides TERMS OF AN ARGUMENT digital clipboard is a fun and interactive way to learn and then practice the CCSS aligned terms of an argument (claim, reasons, evidence, and counterargument). Each of the 7 editable slides have hyperlinked

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Critical Thinking

Grades:

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

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

CCSS:

RI.6.8, RI.7.8, RI.8.1, RI.9-10.1, W.6.1, W.6.1a, W.6.1b, W.7.1, W.7.1a, W.7.1b, W.8.1...

$3.00

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Public Speaking Activity: Broadcasting Group Speech|Google & Print|CCSS aligned

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Are you looking for a creative public speaking group activity? Have students work in collaborative groups to create a television broadcast. Students won't even realize the critical thinking, speaking and listening, and public speaking skills they

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Oral Communication

Grades:

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

Types:

Rubrics

CCSS:

SL.4.1, SL.6.4, CCRA.SL.4

$2.75

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Memorial Day Digital Scavenger Hunt: Google Slides & Google Form Activity

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Are you ready for your students to have a little friendly competition while learning about Memorial day this May? Memorial Day Digital Scavenger Hunt is a Google Slides and Google Form cooperative learning, comprehension, and inferencing activity.

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

$3.75

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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"The Triangle Factory Fire" Google Slides, Form Quiz, & Peardeck Activities

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

This is a comprehensive, digital and standards-based Google Slides, Google Form, and Peardeck resource to guide students through the reading and comparing of two informational texts on the Triangle Factory Fire by Albert Marrin and Zachary Kent.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

CCSS:

RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.5, RI.7.6, RI.7.9, L.7.4, L.7.4b

$7.50

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Google Drive™ folder

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March Digital Scavenger Hunt BUNDLE|Women's History Month & St. Patrick's Day

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Get TWO engaging DIGITAL (Google Slides and Google Forms) SCAVENGER HUNTS for the month of March. Help students learn about Women's History Month and St. Patrick's Day with these two cooperative learning and interactive resources. Students use

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Black History Month, African History

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Google Apps

$7.25

$5.50

Bundle

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Women's History Month Digital Scavenger Hunt: Google Slides & Form Activity

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Women's History Month Digital Scavenger Hunt is a Google Slides and Google Form March cooperative learning, comprehension, and inferencing activity. Students read, examine, and extract information from CLUE BOARDS to answer questions about Women's

Subjects:

U.S. History, Holidays/Seasonal, Women's History Month

Grades:

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

Types:

Activboard Activities, Google Apps

$3.75

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Debate Topics: 120 argumentative debate, discussion, & writing prompts/editable

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Debate Topic Cards includes 120 argumentative prompts that can be used for debates, discussions, and writing. 60 of the debate topics are serious and 60 are less serious/funny. You will never have to search for engaging debate topics again. Just

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Oral Communication

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables

$3.00

Digital Download ZIP (10.20 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I've taught elementary, multi-age, middle school, and have coached high school speech and debate. I am currently teaching 7th grade and LOVE it!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I believe in bringing learning alive each and everyday. I love to create and teach engaging lessons to students. I believe that ALL students can succeed and it is my job to create those memorable moments.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Teacher Year Finalist (final four)- 2012 Teacher of the Year 2012

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Masters +30-- I've started my doctorate.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I have four beautiful daughters and am married to an awesome teacher. I love to travel, scrapbook, act, and create engaging lessons.

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Science, Social Studies, Elections - Voting, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Physical Education, Drama, Health, ELA Test Prep, Other (Social Studies), Other (ELA), Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, End of Year, Close Reading, Women's History Month, African History, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning