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Verb Task Cards and Printables Bundle {Action, Helping, & Linking Verbs}

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Verbs are everywhere! This bundle includes two of my favorite (and best-selling) grammar products: VIGOROUS VERB PRACTICE and VEERING THROUGH VERBS TASK CARDS AND CHEAT SHEET. Look no further for a way to practice, teach, and/or assess your

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

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

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Printables, Task Cards, Lesson

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$4.95

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Non Fiction Task Cards {Text Features & Text Structure}

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

Are you teaching non-fiction text features and the different text structures? Build your students' knowledge with these 24 Non-Fiction/Text Structure Task Cards. They not only give the definitions but have the children APPLY their understanding by

Subjects:

Reading, Tools for Common Core, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

$3.00

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Poetic Devices Task Cards and Poetry Vocabulary Resource

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

Teaching poetry? Check your students' understanding with these 24 "Poetic Devices/Figurative Language" Task Cards. Students will APPLY their knowledge on similes, metaphors, types of poetry, onomatopoeias, imagery, rhyming words, rhyme scheme, and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

$3.00

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Text Structure: Clue/Signal Words Resource

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

This is the perfect resource for your students when teaching how to identify the 5 main expository text structures! Great tool for test prep as well.If you download this activity, please leave much-appreciated feedback. Thank you! Did you know? If

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Test Preparation

Grades:

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

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Handouts

$1.00

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Alliteration Activities and Game (Tongue Twisters)

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

Alliteration is Alive! This is, without a doubt, my very best seller. Full of activities, suggested open-ended activities, books to read, and more. Fun, fun!This download includes: A fun Tongue Twister game (my students giggle to no end when we play

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

$3.00

155

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Context Clues Task Cards (32 Vocabulary Cards): Common Core Aligned

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

Build your students' vocabulary skills with these 32 Context Clues Task Cards. Task Cards are perfect for partner work, center/station work, SCOOT game, Quiz Quiz Trade, Inside Outside Circle, or whole group activity.Students read a sentence with an

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

L.3.4a, L.4.4a, L.5.4a, L.6.4a

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138

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Author's Purpose Sorting Activity - PIE & PIE-ED

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

Teaching author's purpose? Use this sorting activity at your literacy center/station, as whole group or small group, tutoring, early finishers, in a game format and more to assess whether your students understand the reason an author writes

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Centers

$2.25

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Sensory Poem Template & Rubric: Poetry For Any Subject

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

Sensory poems are a blast! My students just finished a "Thanksgiving Sensory Poem." The final products were incredible. I want to do more sensory poetry! Therefore, I created a template and rubric that would fit ANY subject.This download includes a

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Homework, Rubrics

$1.50

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Inferencing Characters' Feelings: 24 Task Cards

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

Build your students' higher-level inferencing skills with these 24 task cards. Each card includes a character in the sentence and context clues as to how that character feels. There are 3 choices on each card to choose from.DOWNLOAD the PREVIEW to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

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

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

$2.50

170

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Greek/Latin Roots and Prefixes Task Cards BUNDLE (3 Sets)

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

We all know vocabulary stumps even our best kids. Teach them the Greek/Latin Roots and Prefixes so they can figures out any unfamiliar word! All 3 sets are COMMON CORE and TEK ALIGNED.This BUNDLE comes with:SET 128 Greek/Latin Roots & Prefixes

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

L.5.4b, L.6.4b, L.7.4b, L.8.4b

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Back to School Parent Survey: Get to Know Your Students Quickly

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

Get to know your students from a parent's point of view.Included in this download is a parent survey (color and black & white options provided) that I use each year. It's always extremely helpful in learning about my new students quickly so I

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Back to School, For All Subjects

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

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Handouts, Classroom Forms, For Parents

$1.00

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Context Clues Task Cards - Halloween (Common Core and TEK Aligned)

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

Build your students' vocabulary skills with these 28 Halloween-Themed Context Clues Task Cards. Task Cards are perfect for partner work, center/station work, SCOOT game, Quiz Quiz Trade, Inside Outside Circle, or whole group activity.My favorite?

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Reading Strategies, Halloween

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

L.3.4a, L.4.4a, L.5.4a, L.6.4a, L.7.4a

$3.00

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Context Clues Task Cards (Upper Level): Common Core and TEK Aligned

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

Build your students' vocabulary skills with these 28 UPPER-LEVEL Context Clues Task Cards. Task Cards are perfect for partner work, center/station work, SCOOT game, Quiz Quiz Trade, Inside Outside Circle, or whole group activity.Students read a

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

L.5.4a, L.6.4a, L.7.4a, L.8.4a, L.9-10.4a

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Titanic Task Cards: Context Clues (Common Core & TEK Aligned)

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

Build your students' vocabulary skills with these 28 Titanic Themed Context Clues Task Cards. Task Cards are perfect for partner work, center/station work, SCOOT game, Quiz Quiz Trade, Inside Outside Circle, or whole group activity.Students read a

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Other (Social Studies - History), Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

L.3.4a, L.4.4a, L.5.5a, L.6.4a, L.7.4a, L.8.4

$3.00

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Greek/Latin Roots and Prefixes Task Cards (SET 1)

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

Build your students' vocabulary skills with these 28 UPPER-LEVEL Greek/Latin Roots & Prefixes Task Cards. Task Cards are perfect for partner work, center/station work, SCOOT game, Quiz Quiz Trade, Inside Outside Circle, or whole group activity.I

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

L.5.4b, L.6.4b, L.7.4b, L.8.4b

$2.75

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Verbs Cheat Sheet: Grammar Resource for Interactive Notebooks or Binders

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

This helpful resource is a handy tool to include in writing notebooks, folders, or binders. It's a quick reference to action, linking and helping verbs.If you download this resource, please leave much-appreciated feedback. Thank you! If you want

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Outlines

$1.00

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Cinquain Poetry Template & Rubric: Creative Writing Form

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

My students LOVE writing poetry. Writing a cinquain is one of their favorite poetry forms.This download includes:A cinquain poetry template with detailed directions, an example of a "cinquain" to guide your students' writing and provided lines to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Graphic Organizers, Rubrics

$1.50

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Black History Context Clues Task Cards

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

Build your students' vocabulary skills with these 24 Context Clues Task Cards while learning about important and influential African Americans. Students read a sentence with an underlined word and then choose the correct meaning (3 choices are

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month

Grades:

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

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

RL.3.4, RL.4.4, RL.5.4, RL.6.4

$2.50

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Author's Purpose Task Cards & Vocabulary Resource: Persuade, Inform, & Entertain

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

Do your students know an author's purpose for writing a particular piece of writing? Find out with this Author's Purpose set!This download includes the following:**Author's Purpose Vocabulary Resource (perfect for student notebooks/binders)**24 Task

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Test Preparation

Grades:

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

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (4.57 MB)

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ELA Growing Task Card Bundle (LIFETIME ACCESS): Reading & Vocabulary Skills

By Positively Passionate About Teaching

BUY THE BUNDLE NOW AND SAVEAlmost $60 value for $34.99 (9 products free)NO PREP TASK CARDS FOR ELA (3-7): **Many would be appropriate for 8th grade as well, depending on your students.The price of this bundle will increase as the units are

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

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

Types:

Task Cards, Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

L.3.4a, L.4.4a, L.5.4a, L.6.4a, L.7.4a

$59.00

$34.99

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I've taught third, fifth, and sixth grades in the public schools and have tutored grades K-10. I'm now an ELA interventionist. I have taught since 1994.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I have a passion for teaching and making learning fun and meaningful. I enjoy seeing smiles on the sea of faces in front of me. I like to keep my students moving and engaged. I feel that if students can teach a concept, they truly understand it; therefore, I encourage students to teach other students often.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Nominated for Disney's Teacher of the Year, Voted "Best Mannered Teacher, " Who's Who Among Teachers, and Globe Teacher of the Year 2018

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

The teachers who inspired me the most were those who created a rapport with me and let me know that I was more than just a body in their classroom... I was actually someone who was special and unique...someone they truly cared about.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I'm married, have one "miracle child," and 3 "fur children" (3 cats). I enjoy reading, gardening, and spending time with friends and family.