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Managing the Not Okay-Creating Trauma Informed Classrooms: PD Session Plan

By Thinking Teacher Resources

This is a comprehensive plan to offer educators a workshop that will encourage and strengthen Trauma Informed Classroom environments. Managing the Not Okay PD PlanManaging the Not Okay Note Catcher for Participants

Subjects:

Professional Development, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

DBQs, For Principals & Administrators, Professional Development

$10.00

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Self Assessment of Learning

By Thinking Teacher Resources

This tool will help both you and your students establish goals for learning and assess where students are in the process of learning. This tool can be easily modified based on Essential Standards and Rubrics for Learning. It incorporates a section

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Rubrics

$3.00

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Ekphrastic Expression: Opening Closed Doors of Thinking

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Ekphrastic Expression helps engage students in thinking about connections between Art, Music and the Written Word. This is a PD Session that can be used with students as well. PD Plan

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Professional Development, Lesson

$5.00

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Reading Journal Rubric

By Thinking Teacher Resources

This is a rubric to help both the student and the teacher gauge the learning and quality of their journal for responses to their independent reading in class.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Other (ELA)

Grades:

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

Types:

Rubrics

$2.00

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Eckford and Bryan: Looking at all sides of the Story DBI

By Thinking Teacher Resources

Eckford was one of the first African-American students to attend the newly desegregated Little Rock High School. In the photo, you see her entering the school grounds while a throng of white students jeer, most prominently Hazel Bryan, teeth barred,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Close Reading

Grades:

11^th, 12^th

Types:

DBQs

CCSS:

RI.11-12.6, RI.11-12.7, SL.11-12.1a, SL.11-12.1c, SL.11-12.1d, RH.11-12.7

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Secondary Reading! Daily Workshop Mini-Lesson Texts with Thinking Strategies

By Thinking Teacher Resources

This is a Semester length collection of daily texts (otherwise known as Daily Gifts, so that students share their "Gift" of Thinking!) that allow students to make their thinking visible in a Secondary Workshop setting! Thinking Strategies are

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10

$10.00

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Creating Your Vocabulary Instruction Toolkit

By Thinking Teacher Resources

This Powerpoint Presentation will help you guide teachers through the following objectives. *Put more tools in your “ CODE Teacher Toolbox” *Present information to enhance teaching through use of some effective strategies *Model effective strategies

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Professional Development

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations

$3.00

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Title One Intervention Assessment Template-All Grade

By Thinking Teacher Resources

Use this tool to compare student data with other students in the grade level Title One Intervention groups. The purpose is for generating groups within the Title One Intervention Setting and designing diagnostic instruction for intervention. This

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Assessment, Professional Documents

$1.00

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2nd Grade Document Based Inquiry on Bats

By Thinking Teacher Resources

Here is a general DBI for 2nd Graders. It helps students look at texts critically while engaging in an interesting scientific study on Bats.

Subjects:

Other (Science), Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

2^nd

Types:

Unit Plans, DBQs, Centers

CCSS:

RI.2.5, RI.2.6, RI.2.7, RI.2.8, RI.2.9, W.2.2

$1.00

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Ekphrastic Expression: Professional Development Toolkit for Reading Visual Texts

By Thinking Teacher Resources

How many times do you hear students say, “I hate poetry!”? Ekphrastic Expression is an exciting tool that can help open doors for students to written forms of expression, like poetry! It lends itself to many other forms of writing. Come learn about

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Visual Arts, Poetry

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Professional Development, Lesson

$2.00

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2nd Grade Word Work Menu Sample

By Thinking Teacher Resources

Use this template for Independent Work time if you do a Workshop Model or Daily 5.

Subjects:

Spelling, Reading Strategies, Phonics

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

RF.2.3, RF.2.3a, RF.2.3b, RF.2.3c, RF.2.3d, RF.2.3e, RF.2.3f, RF.2.4, RF.2.4a, RF.2.4c

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Fluency Speed Drill Template

By Thinking Teacher Resources

If you want kids to practice particular words/phrases from their current Phonics Lessons or Texts, this tool comes in handy. You can adapt it weekly for the current instructional focus.

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RF.K.1b, RF.K.1d, RF.K.2, RF.K.2b, RF.K.2c, RF.K.2d, RF.K.2e, RF.K.3, RF.K.3a

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2nd Grade DBI: To What Extent Does Weather Affect Us?

By Thinking Teacher Resources

2nd Grade DBI incorporating many Science standards as well as many Writing and Reading standards.

Subjects:

Reading, Environment, Close Reading

Grades:

2^nd

Types:

Unit Plans, DBQs

CCSS:

RI.2.1, W.2.7, W.2.8

$1.00

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2nd Grade Building Community Unit Plan

By Thinking Teacher Resources

This is a great start up Unit Plan for any classroom, easily adapted.

Subjects:

Character Education, Back to School

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Unit Plans

$1.00

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2nd Grade Thanksgiving DBI Mini Unit Plan

By Thinking Teacher Resources

A Document Based Mini Unit Plan

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Thanksgiving

Grades:

2^nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans

CCSS:

RI.2.3, RI.2.7, W.2.1, W.2.8, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.10

$2.00

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Keep Your Sanity Sub Plans!

By Thinking Teacher Resources

This is the generic Substitute Teacher Sub Plan Template that I keep on Google Drive.It is geared for a Secondary/Block Schedule school setting, but it can be adapted for your needs. As I needed I changed it depending on the time of year, etc., but

Subjects:

Other (Arts)

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Classroom Forms

$1.00

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Structure Word Posters for Sensory Imaging

By Thinking Teacher Resources

*Use this set of posters for questioning students about what they are imaging when given a picture, word, a sentence or a paragraph. *This tool also helps students to begin writing about what they have imaged. *Keep these colorful posters up for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

PreK, 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

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters, Lesson

$1.00

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What's the Moral of the Story?

By Thinking Teacher Resources

The intention of this Unit Plan is to teach children character and moral lessons using Literature Standard 2 for grades 3-5, and then instruct students in writing their own Narrative Moral using Writing Standard 3, (Writing Narratives) through the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Close Reading

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.SL.1, CCRA.SL.2, CCRA.SL.3, CCRA.SL.4, CCRA.SL.5

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Reading Journal Rubric

By Thinking Teacher Resources

This Rubric can be used for any grade level. It helps students understand the expectations of their Reading Journal!

Subjects:

Reading, Writing

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Assessment, Rubrics, Interactive Notebooks

$1.00

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Developing Essential Questions and the PMQ Strategy

By Thinking Teacher Resources

Have you ever tried to write your own Essential Questions and wanted to pull your hair out? These simple activities not only guides you the teacher through writing some fabulous questions, but also gives your students two strategies for formulating

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Professional Development, For All Subjects

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

DBQs, Professional Development, Lesson

$1.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have taught K-5 Title One Reading, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade and been an Instructional Literacy Coach. I am presently a High School Reading Specialist. I am Nationally Board Certified in Literacy and hold a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I believe in empowering students to choose their own learning goals. I establish our instructional setting as a workshop and as a place for students to receive the specific help they need. I am a coach, a mentor and a cheerleader!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Board Certification-Literacy Educator of the Year Nominee-07/08 Idaho Core Teacher Leadership Program Completion

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

M.Ed. University of Idaho

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