Anne Walner
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North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States
About the store
I jump started my teaching career as a Director of Head-Start in the Bronx. Then I moved back to Rhode Island and taught for 11 years in Warwick as a kindergarten teacher. When I had my son I dreamed of opening my own school. My dream cane true when he was three My husband and I built from scratch a private nursery and kindergarten school in my back yard on 5 acres of land in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. The school was modeled after an old fashioned schoolhouse, but a modern colorful interior. My dad took sick nine years later, and I sold the school and moved with my son to Florida to help and support my parents. I taught 21 years for Broward County in Florida. I started as a kindergarten teacher, but I also taught pre-first, first, and currently second grade at Atlantic West Elementary. In 1998 I created a website for teachers, parents, and students called Mrs. Alphabet where I could share my knowledge and resources with the cybernet community. I write a free newsletter which integrates the available internet resources with a theme. I am currently teaching second grade gifted at a Title One school as part of the Effective Teacher Program in Broward County.
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Reading Test: Rock and Roll
I created this Powerpoint Presentation to highlight an original song I wrote to teach students strategies when they are taking a reading test. The visual and auditory combination helps students to be better prepared and organized while taking a test. I am thrilled with how my students apply the strategies in the song, and their scores reflect the success of this project. Match words with pictures by pressing the return button.
1st - 5th
Balanced Literacy, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies
Wearable Word Wall
The creation of the Wearable Word Wall is a celebration of the distinct and diverse words we ask children to learn to read. There are 96 words arranged in alphabetical order. Each word reflects a different procedure which a child needs to apply and recall as a successful reader and speller. If you scan the endings of the 96 words you will notice none are the same. Every word prompts a mini lesson for the instructor to teach the child to discover all the possible word combinations. In additi
PreK - 3rd
Balanced Literacy
Mrs. Alphabet's Family
One hundred and fifty nine pages of creative and imaginative visual and rhythmic stories to teach alphabet recognition, phonics, and printing authored by a retired teacher of 47 years, who was voted Teacher of the Year for Broward County 2013-2014, a contest run by the Sun Sentinel and Joe Di Maggio Hospital. Anne Walner AKA Mrs. Alphabet invented these characters to entertain her class. The illustrator Alphabet with his phenomenal foresight and imagination conceived the birth of Mrs. Alphabet
PreK - 1st
Drama, Handwriting, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Building Phonemic Fluency
Building Phonemic Fluency: Phonological Poems For Letters, Blends, Diagraphs, Vowels and Vowel Teams
I created these poems to help children build their phonological fluency and awareness. Through dramatic play and acting out children own what they learn and remember what they hear and experience.
Silly rhymes and humorous stories create a magical fantasy for children to capture and store away to help them recall, memorize, and recollect.
PreK - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading Strategies
Alpha Games
These are games and activities to enhance the learning, engaging, and experiencing the alphabet, phonics, and sight words. The variety, diversity, and assortment extends the opportunity and advantage for children to learn and discover the enjoyment of knowledge and information through creative and hands on learning.
I have embraced observing and witnessing the joy that the children receive and savor performing these games and activities, in the classroom, and as a tutor. Building a strong fo
PreK - 1st
Balanced Literacy, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Poetry
Stop a Bully
I created this Powerpoint to highlight the song I wrote with pictures to show the strategies that children should implement to Stop a Bully. My class especially likes the cha cha cha rhythm of the song, and now they can connect and visualize better using the Powerpoint with the song.
PreK - 5th
Character Education
Building Math Fluency
This guide is dedicated to all my students who learned to love math because of the myriad of hands on, engaging, and enlightening centers, poems, songs, and mini lessons that I utilized teaching math.
PreK - 3rd
Basic Operations, Measurement, Numbers
How To Take A Math and Reading Test
Give your child/student the gift of acquiring and learning new techniques, guidelines, and procedures. As testing becomes more frequent and important in the school curriculum students experience increased pressure to perform well. Learning how to take tests becomes an important skill to master at an early age. This system not only teaches children how to test well, but also reinforces logical and orderly thinking, builds a strong foundation for student self confidence, and provides a model tha
K - 3rd
Basic Operations, Math, Reading
CCSS
K.CC.B.4
, K.CC.B.4a
, CCRA.L.3
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What's Up?: Math Test
I created a Powerpoint to accompany a song I wrote to help students to understand how to take a math test. My students really enjoy the hip hop beat, and now with the graphics there is more dimension and clarity.
1st - 5th
Basic Operations, ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep
N.O.T.E.S.
N.O.T.E.S. is a graphic organizer to guide students how to solve math word problems. The teacher models specific step-by-step strategies to assist the student as he/she deciphers the math word problem.
K - 3rd
Basic Operations, Math, Order of Operations
Odd Or Even Numbers
Poems, songs, and hands on activities to guide children to learn the differrnce between odd and even numbers.
PreK - 3rd
Basic Operations, Math, Order of Operations
CCSS
K.CC.B.4
, K.CC.C.6
What Kind Of Story Did You Read?
Guides students to understand the genre they are reading with examples written in a poetic and easy to follow fashion, and offers activities to reinforce the knowledge they are learning.
K - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Literature, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RI.K.8
, CCRA.L.3
Our Promise
This is a second grade class pledge where we unite and promise to do our personal best.
PreK - 4th
English Language Arts
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About the store
Experience
I jump started my teaching career as a Director of Head-Start in the Bronx. Then I moved back to Rhode Island and taught for 11 years in Warwick as a kindergarten teacher. When I had my son I dreamed of opening my own school. My dream cane true when he was three My husband and I built from scratch a private nursery and kindergarten school in my back yard on 5 acres of land in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. The school was modeled after an old fashioned schoolhouse, but a modern colorful interior. My dad took sick nine years later, and I sold the school and moved with my son to Florida to help and support my parents. I taught 21 years for Broward County in Florida. I started as a kindergarten teacher, but I also taught pre-first, first, and currently second grade at Atlantic West Elementary. In 1998 I created a website for teachers, parents, and students called Mrs. Alphabet where I could share my knowledge and resources with the cybernet community. I write a free newsletter which integrates the available internet resources with a theme. I am currently teaching second grade gifted at a Title One school as part of the Effective Teacher Program in Broward County.
Teaching style
Visual aids, didactic and hands on materials, classical and dance music, mnemonic devices, drama, and strong and well defined procedures are some of the most integral and important aspects of my classroom which define my style of teaching. Many of the activities I create are "go green" as I am very resourceful and conscious of what items are inexpensive, reusable, available, and free for teachers.
Awards & shining teacher moments
National Board Certified Teacher: NBCT:ECGEN 11/2000
Rockin Teacher of the Year: 2013-2014 Broward County Fl.
My own education history
I received a BS degree in Early Childhood Education at the University of Rhode Island and my MA at the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College. In addition, I am certified to teach gifted students.
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