Ms Nelson Is Not Missing

06/16/2026

Thank you!❤️

06/16/2026

So… I retired. And then I did the most "me" thing possible: I went all-in on the shop.📣

📚After years in the ELA classroom, I hung up my lanyard - but I wasn't ready to hang up the creativity teaching requires. Building units, lesson plans, activities, stations, and slide decks that make a teacher's week a little easier? That's the work that still lights me up. And now, in retirement, I finally have the time to do it the way I always wanted.🍎

Here's what I keep coming back to: supporting a small business doesn't have to cost you a single dollar. A share. A like. A quick comment. Tagging a colleague who "NEEDS this." Posting a pic of a resource in action. Leaving a review. Those tiny gestures are everything to a small creator, and they cost nothing but a moment of your day.👍

So to everyone who has cheered me on through the classroom years and into this new chapter - thank you. 🩵 You're the reason MsNelsonIsNotMissing isn't slowing down. It's just getting started.

And of course, Jersey🐈‍⬛ - my resident Quality Assurance Officer and the world's most opinionated gray cat - has personally reviewed this post and given it her official paw of approval.🐾 She's also delighted to report that retirement means significantly more lap availability.

Here's to the next chapter, friends. 🥂

🛒 Browse the full shop:

Browse over 110 educational resources created by Ms Nelson Is Not Missing in the official Teachers Pay Teachers store.

06/16/2026

Jersey has known the ending this whole time. She's just not going to tell your students.🎭That's dramatic irony — and this 2-day unit makes all three types finally click: verbal, situational, and dramatic. Scaffolded warm-up to exit ticket, with two print-and-go handouts and an answer key built in. You teach; she supervises.🐈‍⬛
Q.A. approved by management.🐾

06/16/2026

💫Don't take my word for it — take theirs.👀
See what teachers are actually saying about these secondary ELA resources.🍎Real reviews, real classrooms, zero fluff. Jersey (Head of Quality Assurance) approves. 🐾
🔗Everything's linked in my bio.

06/15/2026

Another great idea! Gotta love Edutopia❤️

06/15/2026

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6-8👇
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9-12👇
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06/14/2026

The QA department has spoken. 🐾 Jersey gave my Staying Safe in the Digital Age unit her official fluff-approval — and yes, I animated her with a little AI magic, because she refused to do her own stunts. 🎬
This is a full 4-unit, 25-lesson digital citizenship & cybersecurity curriculum for grades 9–12: role-playing, debates, real-world case studies, rubrics, and CCSS-aligned everything. Print-and-go, ready to teach, and built to save you weeks of planning.
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06/13/2026

06/12/2026

Every teacher knows the moment: you ask students what makes something satire, and you get "it's funny?" 😅
This 2-day unit takes them past the laugh to the argument underneath — exposing the target, the technique, and the real point the satirist is making. It's built for grades 11-12 and AP Lang, fully scaffolded from warm-up to exit ticket, with two print-and-go student handouts and a teacher answer key included. Open it and teach.
And yes — Jersey, Head of Quality Assurance, personally inspected every slide. 🐾✅
Grab it here👇
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Satire-PowerPoint-with-Worksheets-Answer-Key-Rhetorical-Analysis-11-12-16655980

06/12/2026

Paws up for Friday!🐾 Have a great weekend🐈‍⬛