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Nonfiction Earthworm Articles Differentiated with Common Core Assessment

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In second grade we focus so much of our time on the life cycle of different animals. In my class we use a unit that includes this fundamental science concept with an everyday creature. The superheroes of soil, earthworms! This unit can completely

Subjects:

General Science, Poetry, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

GATE, Printables, Lesson

$6.75

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Counting Coins with Number lines

By Platypus Designs

Counting with coins is really difficult, especially for children who have challenges with number sense and computation. With this resource as a guide, your students will be able to count any coins! What makes this so powerful is the process that

Subjects:

Numbers, Basic Math, Place Value

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$2.50

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Parts of Speech with IVAN A CAPP- A fun way to learn about all kinds of words!

By Platypus Designs

Teaching Parts of Speech can be difficult and boring for many students. I found students love a good story as a means by which to remember information. In order to help them I introduce them to a character using the acronym IVAN A CAPP. Through this

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Grammar, EFL - ESL - ELD, Poetry

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

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Activities, Lesson

$3.50

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Vocabulary Contract:Home/Class work-flexible enough to use w/any vocabulary set

By Platypus Designs

Do you struggle to provide your students with vocabulary homework that utilizes higher-order thinking skills, is easy enough for them to complete independently, yet still helps them achieve a higher level of retention and understanding of the words?

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Vocabulary, For All Subject Areas, ESL / ELL / EFL

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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Activities, Homework, Lesson

$5.75

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Nonfiction Informational Text Benjamin Franklin Reading CCS Aligned

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This unit is nonfiction reading focused on aspects of Ben Franklin’s life. It has projects that can be completed “as is” or enriched. Here’s what you will find inside this package:• Introduction- this introduction to the unit is in PDF (in case you

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U.S. History, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

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

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Interactive Whiteboard, Printables, Lesson

$8.50

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Informational Text Non-Fiction Article: Seed Dispersal w/CCS Assessment

By Platypus Designs

If you've enjoyed my other informational text articles, Komodo Dragons, Earthworms, and Ben Franklin, then you will love this one too. This informational text focuses on seed dispersal, a second-grade Next Gen Science Standard. The non-fiction

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Biology, Informational Text

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Centers

CCSS:

RI.2.1, RI.2.2, RI.2.4, RI.2.5, RI.2.6, RI.2.7, L.2.4c, L.2.6, CCRA.R.10

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Metric System Conversion

By Platypus Designs

This paper is step one in converting metric units. Students color the top arrow green, because moving that way increases the number of units. Write x10 next to it, because each column is an increase multiplied by ten.The bottom arrow should be red,

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Measurement

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Worksheets

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Informational Nonfiction Text Komodo Dragon Differentiated w/CCSS Assessment

By Platypus Designs

This informational text or nonfiction article can be a stand-alone activity or used to complement the adopted curriculum (I use it after reading HM "Dragon Gets By". It is differentiated and can also be used in small-group instruction.Text is

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Word Problems, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

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

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Unit Plans, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

2.OA.A.1, 2.OA.C.3, RI.2.2, RI.2.4, RI.2.6, RI.2.10

$7.99

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Spelling Cards/Lists Differentiated & Research-Based for Grades 1,2,3

By Platypus Designs

It’s hard enough to prepare Spelling Lists for students while making sure that they all get what they need. The problem is they all need different things, don’t they? What if you could track their different needs and provide differentiated word

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Basic Reading

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Classroom Forms, Centers

$4.99

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The Story of the Metric King

By Platypus Designs

This silly powerpoint is a quick story to intorduce the idea of metric conversion through the story of King Henry. The poor man was allergic to choclate milk. So guess what? He drank it and died. :( Use with the free conversion worksheet for a

Subjects:

Measurement

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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PowerPoint Presentations

$1.00

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$Non-fiction Informational Text Unit about Planet Keplar 22B$

Non-fiction Informational Text Unit about Planet Keplar 22B

By Platypus Designs

If you’ve enjoyed my other nonfiction units like Ben Franklin, Komodo Dragons, or Earthworms, then this is perfect for your Community of Learners. This non-fiction article includes informational text activities focused on the discovery of a planet,

Subjects:

Reading, Physical Science, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson

$7.50

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Reader Response Second Grade Home Reading Log

By Platypus Designs

We all know we want kids reading at home. How do we KNOW that they are reading, and actually understand it; let alone get anything out of it? I created a simple template that includes academic language and several different student friendly

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Homework, Classroom Forms

$1.25

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Counting Coins with Money Pinchers

By Platypus Designs

Thanks to the US Mint there are so many versions of coins! That makes it so hard to help kids identify coins, let alone count them and make change. This bundle includes it all. It comes full of ways to modify and differentiate! It includes 2 sets of

Subjects:

Other (Math), Word Problems, Decimals

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

$7.50

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$How Much are Your Words Worth- Spelling, Math, Word Work, Money$

How Much are Your Words Worth- Spelling, Math, Word Work, Money

By Platypus Designs

Daily Word Work with a twist! Students need their own list of words and will refer to a grid in which each letter has a coin value--adding the coins to find the total value for each word. Here's the twist:Fronts and backs of coins are used so images

Subjects:

Spelling, Decimals, Place Value

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Centers

$3.00

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Units of Measurement: 12 inches in 1 foot The story of the Twelve-Toed King

By Platypus Designs

How can we help our students memorize that there are twelve inches in a foot? Students often have a hard time memorizing simple units of measurement, especially when they've been "trained" in the base ten world! We know that when students link

Subjects:

Math, Measurement, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

CCSS:

2.MD.A.2

$3.50

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Parts of Speech with IVAN and Essential Vocabulary Bundle

By Platypus Designs

This bundle includes the IVAN A CAPP lessons (described below) and the Essential Vocabulary templates (both the regular version and the differentiated version). It's a complete system to teach multifaceted words that continues to build on that

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Vocabulary

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.L.1

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$5.40

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Polysyllabic Syllable Scramble to practice decoding

By Platypus Designs

We need to teach our students how to blend syllables, understand their structure, and dissect them. With practice, kids can quickly decode polysyllabic words. These lessons will introduce students to 48 different common syllables in just a few days.

Subjects:

Reading, Other (ELA), Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

$3.50

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Alphabet Tiles/ Cards--Color-coded for easy discrimination

By Platypus Designs

The only way to have multiple groups of students playing with letters to make words is to have a few different sets. In this 16-page pack you get a multiple sets of each letter or sound. Of course, you can print I find that it’s easier for kids to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Spelling, Basic Reading

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Flash Cards, Centers

$2.50

Digital Download PDF (0.17 MB)

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$Math Center Activities: Number Trains-Math Facts for Doubl$

Math Center Activities: Number Trains-Math Facts for Doubles, Doubles +/-1

By Platypus Designs

Number Trains are a great way to bring together the use of purposeful practice, manipulatives, pictorial, and abstract thinking! Students will make use of counters (which you will need to provide), draw out their equations, fill in a number bond,

Subjects:

Arithmetic, Numbers, Basic Math

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Centers

$2.25

Digital Download PDF (0.34 MB)

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Compound Nouns with the Common Core for Second Graders

By Platypus Designs

Compound words can be fun and engaging! Help kids understand how words can be manipulated to form compound nouns. This package of Compound Noun activities focuses on the Common Core Standard of finding the meaning of compound words through word

Subjects:

Vocabulary, EFL - ESL - ELD, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Lesson, Centers

$4.75

Digital Download ZIP (4.55 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I'm a third generation teacher, but a first generation American! I love teaching; I was made for it! For more thant twenty years I've taught everything from preschool to graduate students at the university level and even a few splits along the way.

MY TEACHING STYLE

My class is a creative, outside the box organized Community of Learners. Together we meet the Common Core, but we do it "Mandy*style" because for me there is no other way. It feeds my soul to create and inspire. I'm really just a big kid in the classroom.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Tri-Counties GATE Education Award Member of staff earning a Title One Achievement Award from CA

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential+Masters in Cross-Cultural Education...I'm CONSTANTLY reading about Cognitive Neuroscience or Educational Brain Research.

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