Debbie Reckner

I created this collection of over 40 spelling and phonics related posters to help teach and reinforce common spelling rules, decoding rules, and phonetic patterns. They are an excellent resource for any phonics or spelling program, but were designed to align with Orton-Gillingham based programs, such as Reading Horizons. The posters utilize mnemonics and visual cues to remind students of the markings and procedure for proving and spelling words. They can be displayed on classroom bulletin b

This assessment packet makes it easier for teachers to closely monitor students' progress and differentiate instruction with skills and concepts covered in the Everyday Math program. It includes written versions of the Oral/Slate Assessments for Units 1 through 10. These can be sent home for parents to review with their children. It also includes End-of-Marking Period tests that serve as a cumulative review of skills for each the first three quarters.

Do your students struggle with reading multi-syllabic words? This collection of games will help students develop fluency in reading words that are two or more syllables. Each of the eight boards in the "4 in a Row Game Bundle" challenges students to apply a different rule of syllabication (see list below). I have included directions for three different versions of the "4 in a Row" game. Once the game rules have been introduced, it's easy to switch game boards each week after a new syllable

You've done the DRA2, now what? Help students keep track of their individual reading goals. The "FACES of Great Readers" bulletin board set includes over 40 important reading strategies or habits practiced by great readers. These can be displayed under the headings: Fluency, Accuracy, Comprehension, Expand Vocabulary, and Self Monitoring. Each strategy card includes a visual clue or mnemonic to help reinforce the concept. Whether used as a component of differentiated instruction or small

This directory is a collection of over 200 math games and math tools, each of which can be accessed in a few seconds by saving the file to your desktop and clicking directly on its link. The games are sorted by math strands/sub skills and are listed in alphabetical order along with a brief description. Topics covered include: Tools and General Resources, Numeration (number word recognition, counting, odd/even, ordering and comparing), Place Value, Operations and Computation (over 40 games for

These "Teacher's Creatures" bookmarks keep decoding strategies right at your students' fingertips. They provide visual reinforcement of strategies by correlating each strategy with an appealing animal. They provide support for beginning readers, ELL, and Learning Support students. The bookmarks can be laminated. During reading conferences, the student's reading goal or target strategy can be circled with permanent marker (and removed with hairspray, rubbing alcohol, or hand sanitizer) when use

This Literacy Web Sites Directory is a collection of over 200 literacy related activities that can be used with whole groups, small groups, and individuals. The activities can be used to introduce and reinforce specific literacy skills. They can also be used independently by students in computer Literacy Centers. Each story/activity can be accessed in a few seconds by saving the file to your desktop and clicking directly on its link. Main Categories include: Read to Self, Listen to Reading (

Grandparents had a ball making these booklets together with their grandchildren when they visited our first grade classroom. Two books are included, one for a grandmother and one for a grandfather. The ten page books have sentence starters for each page and a place for the child and/or grandparent to draw a picture. Older students could interview their grandparents and make these books independently as a gift. Just change the dotted midline on the primary skip-lined paper to a solid line and o

This set of 8 posters uses appealing animal characters to reinforce common decoding strategies. Posters can be displayed on a bulletin board as each strategy is taught and referred to throughout the year. They can be used in conjunction with Teacher's Creatures bookmarks and decoding song.

This Mother's Day Book will be a keepsake that is treasured forever. Students follow story prompts for each page as they write about their own mothers. When assembled, the book is 16 pages long. Templates are included for the cover, title page, skip-lined and regular lined pages, framed pages for pictures, a portrait page, and an author page. Lesson plans for prewriting discussion, sentence starters, a Mother's Day poem, and instructions for assembly are also included, as well as 2 alternat

Engage visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners in this fun multi-media counting activity. Slides are timed to advance automatically so the teacher can demonstrate motions. As students chorally count by 2's to 100 with Aladdin the Magic Genie, have them first hold up their 2 pointer fingers for numbers that end in 2, then add middle fingers for numbers that end in 4, ring fingers for 6, and pinkies for 8. Close fists and "punch forward" for numbers that end in zero and continue the pattern

These Tic-Tac-Toe games are my first graders' favorite partner sight word activity during Literacy Centers. Two game boards can be placed back-to-back in a sheet protector with two colors of Unifix cubes (5 each) and your Literacy Center is ready! Once directions are taught the first week of school, students can work independently as the vocabulary words are changed each week. Copies of the game can also be sent home as an alternative to flash cards. The set of 30 game boards include high fr

This catchy song, sung to the tune of B-I-N-G-O, reminds children of strategies they can use to decode new words. The corresponding poster can be printed on cardstock and assembled by pasting or taping the three pages together at the bottom edge. It can be laminated for durability. The appealing animal characters will remind children of each strategy. The poster and heading can be displayed along with the Teacher's Creatures bulletin board set.

Keep students actively engaged in learning with fun phonics activities! Students can sort Real/Nonsense words, play "Phonogram Categories", and more. This set of 20 spinners covers over 40 phonograms as well as short, long, and r-controlled vowel patterns. It includes the phonograms and vowel patterns used in HM Invitations to Literacy (Levels 1.1 - 1.5). The spinners can be used for differentiated instruction or independently by students in literacy centers.

Do you have students who have difficulty identifying coins, remembering the value of coins, or counting sets of coins? This unique multi-sensory activity pairs coins with base-ten blocks and dollar bills with a hundreds grid to help students visualize the value of coins and learn skip-counting patterns required for counting coins. The "Counting Coins Made Easy" Activity Packet engages students with visual, auditory, and kinesthetic activities that include games, songs, and chants. Games can b