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Ecosystems Interactive Activities: Food Webs & Food Chains

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Ecosystems, Food Webs, Food ChainsThe best way for students to understand the flow of energy in food chains and food webs is for them to actually MAKE them! This pack allows students in four different activities to learn about rainforests, forests,

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, Environment

Grades:

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

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Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

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283

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End of Year Review for 3rd & 4th Graders: Bubble Gum Day Activities & Games

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Celebrate the end of the school year with a Bubble Gum Themed Day for grades 3 and 4 while reinforcing essential skills in reading, writing, and math with this engaging, multi-disciplinary unit.This bubble gum integration unit was created with the

Subjects:

Grammar, Math, End of Year

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

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Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Centers

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206

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Close Reading Poems | National Poetry Month: Printable & Digital Formats

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This resource is perfect for close reading poems for National Poetry Month in April!But, poetry doesn't have to be saved for April! Use this pack to practice close reading poems in your classroom to help grow your students' love for poetry. This

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Poetry, Close Reading

Grades:

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

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Activities, Printables, Google Apps

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RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4, RL.5.5, RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.4...

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Mentor Text Reading Activities & Writing Prompts for Volume 1: Better Than Basal

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Why is this better than a basal? Because YOU get to choose the order and even the skills you want to cover with each book! A GOOD mentor text will provide opportunities to teach or review a variety of skills, not the ONE the teacher manual says you

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Activities, Graphic Organizers

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RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.7, RL.3.9, RL.4.1, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.7, RL.4.9...

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Interactive Language Arts Activities Companion: Volume 1 Bundle

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These DIGITAL AND PRINTABLE interactive language arts notebooks are a companion to my Mentor Sentence Units.There is ONE activity for each week to help you work with the focus skill in the mentor sentence lesson and apply it to writing, and each one

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

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

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Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

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L.3.1, L.3.1a, L.3.1g, L.3.1h, L.3.1i, L.3.2, L.3.2c, L.3.2d, L.3.3, L.3.3a, L.3.5...

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507

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Vocabulary BUNDLE for Volume 1 (grades 3-5)

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Vocabulary must be taught in context for students to truly understand the words and build relationships with them, and then in turn use them in writing and speaking. Move away from lists of vocabulary words and looking up definitions, and teach

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Word Walls

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$27.99

328

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Snowflake Bentley - Mentor Text and Mentor Sentence Lessons for Grades 3-5

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Snowflake Bentley is an excellent mentor text example of narrative nonfiction!In this pack, you will receive printable PDF and digital Google app downloads of: ★a mentor sentence lesson for the book★an interactive notebook activity to review/teach

Subjects:

Grammar, Vocabulary, Winter

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

$3.75

183

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Interactive Language Arts Activities Companion: Volume 1, First Ten Weeks

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The DIGITAL AND PRINTABLE language arts interactive activities in this unit address the focus skills in the Volume 1, FIRST Ten Weeks: Mentor Sentence Unit. There is ONE activity for each week to help you work with the focus skill in the mentor

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

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L.3.1, L.3.1a, L.3.1d, L.3.1g, L.3.1h, L.3.1i, L.3.2, L.3.2c, L.3.2d, L.3.3, L.3.3a...

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900

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Mentor Text Reading Activities & Writing Prompts: 2nd Grade Better Than Basal

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This product is JAM-PACKED with Common Core aligned lesson ideas, activities, graphic organizers, and writing prompts for 40 of your favorite mentor texts to use in second grade! (See the complete list below.) With over 100 graphic organizers WITH

Subjects:

Literature, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Workbooks, Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL.2.4, RL.2.5, RL.2.6, RL.2.7, RL.2.9, RL.2.10

$35.00

361

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Mentor Text Reading Activities & Writing Prompts: Nonfiction Better Than Basal

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Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.5, RI.3.6, RI.3.7, RI.3.8, RI.3.9, RI.4.1, RI.4.2...

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596

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Interactive Language Arts Notebook Bundle (Grade 2) - Four Units!

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These interactive language arts notebooks are a companion to my Mentor Sentence Units, but they can be used without completing the Mentor Sentences as well because they cover Common Core language arts skills. Please look at each of the units to see

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Lesson

$24.00

$20.00

260

Bundle

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The Sign of the Beaver Novel Unit

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The Sign of the BeaverThis unit is aligned to the book, The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare. It can be used with a whole class as an extended text or with a small group for guided reading. Many activities I have included are unique to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Guided Reading Books, Literature Circles

$5.50

353

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Do Unto Otters Back to School Mentor Text Unit [Print & Digital]

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By request, I have pulled the Do Unto Otters lessons from Volume 3 for those who love using mentor sentences and mentor texts and wanted to add just this one lesson to their rotation. PLEASE do not purchase this if you already own all of the Volume

Subjects:

Reading, Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Google Apps

$3.75

485

Digital Download PDF (7.39 MB)

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Enemy Pie - Mentor Text and Mentor Sentence Lessons for grades 3-5

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READ all about how I incorporate this text into the classroom to maximize teaching time! OR WATCH the video!By request, I have pulled the Enemy Pie lessons from Volume 1 for those who love using mentor sentences and mentor texts and wanted to add

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

$3.75

150

Digital Download PDF (4.91 MB)

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Mentor Sentences Mini-Unit: Fall/Winter Seasonal Books - Early Emergent Readers

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Mentor sentences model writing through excellent sentences from your favorite read-aloud books! This set is just what you need to implement some fall/winter themed mentor sentences in your Kindergarten classroom. I created these with kindergartners

Subjects:

Reading, EFL - ESL - ELD, Writing

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, Homeschool

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RF.K.1, RF.K.2, RF.K.3, RF.K.4, W.K.3, W.K.5, L.K.1, L.K.2, L.K.5

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240

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Gingerbread Week Thematic Unit Grades 2-4

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Gingerbread Man ActivitiesGingerbread is the perfect theme for a fun, seasonal unit without "celebrating" a holiday. This unit will be perfect for December or January and provides activities to last you for at least a week of gingerbread fun in

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter, For All Subjects

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

$8.00

183

Digital Download PDF (5.06 MB)

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Vocabulary Companion to Volume 1: Unit 1 (grades 3-5)

By ideas by jivey

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Word Walls

$9.00

215

Digital Download PDF (5.24 MB)

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Grammar In Context Writing Lessons GROWING BUNDLE for 2nd / 3rd Grade

By ideas by jivey

This is a growing bundle. Please read the product description carefully to understand which resources are included and which have not yet been added.You can purchase the Write On! Bundle for Grades 2-3 now at a steep discount to get access to all of

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

$56.00

$35.00

Bundle

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How Santa Got & Lost His Job Mentor Texts Unit

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Use this engaging unit with Stephen Krensky's books, How Santa Got His Job and How Santa Lost His Job. Activities in this unit:*refer to details in How Santa Got His Job to list skills Santa needed for his jobs, as well as the things he did that

Subjects:

Literature, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter

Grades:

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

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson

$5.00

305

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Grammar In Context Writing Lessons GROWING BUNDLE for 4th / 5th Grade

By ideas by jivey

This is a growing bundle. Please read the product description carefully to understand which resources are included and which have not yet been added.You can purchase the Write On! Bundle for Grades 4-5 now at a steep discount to get access to all of

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

$56.00

$35.00

Bundle

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Hi! My name is Jessica, affectionately known as Jivey! I have 10 years of classroom teaching experience in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades, and 7 years of professional development delivery experience in ELA and Social Studies. I am currently creating curriculum, sharing ideas, and mentoring other teachers, as well as continuing to deliver professional development sessions on utilizing mentor texts and mentor sentences in the classroom. Although I miss being in the classroom, my passion has always been to help instill best practices in other teachers, and I'm so lucky to be able to call my dream, "a job." It is humbling, yet exciting, to know I am affecting classrooms worldwide!

MY TEACHING STYLE

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HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Teacher of the Year Nominee 2013, 2014

Outstanding Master of Education Student in Early Childhood Education

University of West Georgia Dean's List

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Specialist in Teacher Leadership, Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, December 2012.

Master of Education with a Reading Endorsement, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, July 2007. GPA 4.0

Bachelor of Science in Education, Early Childhood Education, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, December 2005.

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

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Measurement, Numbers, Science, Earth Sciences, Environment, Physics, Social Studies, Native Americans, U.S. History, ESL-EFL-ELL, ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Critical Thinking, Literature, Professional Development, Economics , Character Education, Word Problems, General Science, Physical Science, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Halloween, Winter, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Decimals, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Place Value, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Test Preparation, End of Year, Close Reading, Women's History Month, Classroom Community