Cathie Packer

US History teacher in Comal ISD

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STAAR kick off day was a success! Great conversations were had as students “dumped” their knowledge from the year and helped each other remember key facts. Never seen so much excitement about Federalists and Anti-federalists!

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@CoachBurgerMVMS @Principal_MVMS @SecondaryComal They turned out so good! I will have to post some of mine soon.

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Last day of Red Ribbon Week was dress like your favorite holiday because we celebrate being drug free. Had to get a pic with my students who picked 4th of July!

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Every year this lesson on the Boston Massacre evolves. This time I added a period costume and CSI music! @PrmsVipers @IllianaGonzales

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Brought in an investor today to hear my students pitch out their colonial regions! My students knocked their sales presentations out of the park with slides, costumes, brochures, treat handouts made from products grown in their regions, and even a music video! @IllianaGonzales

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@FisherFunCISD @PrmsVipers You looked amazing as usual!

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@Kennedy56Dustin @SSSuccess1 @SecondaryComal @PrmsVipers Check out Social Studies Success TPT store for lots of creative/fun review games! Have you ever played spoons with playing cards? Same concept but you must get 4 cards in your hand that each describe the same event, vocab term, person, etc.

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STAAR Review is in full swing. Court Cases of the Early Republic Spoons, Industrial Revolution Guess in 3, and Jenga Trivia for the win. Thanks @SSSuccess1 for the great resources! @SecondaryComal @PrmsVipers

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@BSmithEducator Great questions! Each team had an answer sheet. When they pulled out a Jenga piece they recorded their answer to that numbered question. If they made the Jenga tower fall they put a -5 on the top of their papers. At the end I gave them the answer key to check their answers.

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Collaborative brain dump was a great activity to kick off STAAR review! @SecondaryComal @PrmsVipers

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Reviewing Reconstruction today Escape Room style. 20 minutes before school started I remembered the library had some boxes and 4 digit locks so that added even more fun! @SecondaryComal

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Just fulfilled my civic responsibility to vote! As a U.S. history teacher I need to practice what I preach. @PrmsVipers @ComalSocStudies @poormankim

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@CoachBurgerMVMS @ComalSocStudies @anglooney98 I’m glad you did this activity!

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BostonMassacre CSI is one of my favorite lessons. Students are engaged in reading primary source eyewitness accounts, collaborating, debating, and creating a statement to the jury on whether British troops committed murder or acted in self defense.@poormankim @ComalSocStudies

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Took my little BBES Trailblazer and SVMS Mustang to help out the PRMS Vipers on National Clean Up Day!#webleedblueandpurple

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@CoachBurgerMVMS @ComalSocStudies Such a great activity!

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Filming our invention infomercials today! Our amazing principal even made a cameo in a few. @ComalSocStudies @IllianaGonzales @poormankim

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Once you are my student, you will always be my student! When a former student personally invites you to come watch them in the Nutcracker you make sure to be there!!!

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Finding this in my 2nd grader’s folder made my U.S. History teacher heart so happy! My favorite part was her saying “you cannot hate” the flag. @ComalSocStudies @poormankim @IllianaGonzales

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Spent a lot of time last weekend creating writing workshop, guided essay template, & peer editing to help students create well written essays for our Colonial Stock Prospectus PBL. Seeing results as I grade them make it all worth it! @poormankim @ComalSocStudies @PrmsVipers