I have taught in elementary education for a total of 22 years. 16 of those years were in the classroom and the past 6 years in Title 1 Reading. I have also held the positions of Title 1 Building Coordinator and RTI Coordinator for our school.
Are your students struggling with blending and segmenting onset and rimes? Let this Roll and Write, Roll and Read phonics activities center give them the fun practice that they need! This onset & rime phonics activities center gives students practice blending the sounds, reading the words and deciding if it is a real word or a nonsense word. It also includes beginning digraphs. Differentiated Instruction Cubes work great for these roll and write, roll and read centers but you do not have to hav
RTI Data Tracking Forms Binder will help you to implement RtI graphs for your intervention groups. This item will help you document the progress of your students, keep track of students in the tiers, notify parents of participation in RtI, and help students track their own progress! Find the DIGITAL version of this resource here!Click here to SAVE by purchasing this resource as part of the K-3 RTI Data Tracking Forms Binder Bundle! Or find this resource as part of the K-5 RTI Data Tracking
Help your students learn to identify and write the letters of the alphabet with this fun & engaging activity! Students LOVE to roll cubes and see which letter will be rolled the most! You can also differentiate this resource by choosing which cubes to use for each group's needs. Contents:► 3 different Roll It, Say It, Write It cube sets: • Capitals & Lower Case Letter Pairs • Capital Letters • Lower Case Letters ► 7 Capital & Lower Case Letter Pairs Recording Sheets ► 7 Capital Letter Recording
Letter Recognition Games and Alphabet Activities are such a fun and engaging way for students to learn letter identification and sounds!! These identifying letters and sounds games and worksheet activities are great for small group, centers, morning work and RtI intervention groups! 4 different activities to help your preschool, kindergarten and first grade students recognize and identify letters of the alphabet and their beginning sounds. Contents:✎ ABC chart-capitals/lower case with pictures
Do your students need practice blending and reading words with blends and digraphs? This Blends & Digraphs center activity gives students practice blending the sounds, reading the words and deciding if it is a real word or a nonsense word. This product works best if you have the Differentiated Instruction Cubes from teacher stores, but works great in a pocket chart as well. Students can have a lot of fun rolling these dice to blend words! Click here to SAVE by purchasing this resource as part of
It is important for beginning readers to be able to differentiate between letters, words, and sentences. With this fun literacy center activity, you have all you need to give readers this practice! Great activity for RtI time, small groups or literacy centers! Included you will find:✎ 3 chart headings: Letter, Word, & Sentence ✎ Letter cards A-Z: both capitals and lower case ✎ Word cards: all words are from the preprimer Dolch sight word list ✎ Sentence cards: sentences are constructed using
Are your students struggling with blending and segmenting short vowel cvc words? Let this Roll and Write, Roll and Read phonics activities center give them the fun practice that they need! This short vowel phonics activities center gives students practice blending sounds together, reading the words and deciding if it is a real word or a nonsense word. Slip the letters into the cubes, roll the cubes and blend the sounds together making words. Your students are going to have so much fun rolling, b
Letter Naming Fluency & Data Tracker Forms Alphabet Games will help students build fluency with letter identification. This fun roll a monster cube will help motivate them to learn their letters quickly! With your help they can keep track of their own progress with the data graphs. Students love to roll a monster! Contents:✎ 14 Letter Fluency Sheets including capitals, lower case, mixed capitals & lower case, and confusing letters ✎ 2 dice template sheets ✎ 3 assessment sheets including cap
Are you looking for a fun activity to do with families at your school for a Literacy Night? This Scavenger Hunt makes a great activity that families can do together! Families read the clues to find letters you have hidden around your school. Then those letters they find and record are then used to complete a book quote. Families can just complete the activity together or you can have them return completed hunts for a prize! Easy prep, families can come and go to allow them to complete it w
All the Roll and Write and Roll and Read phonic activities for blending sounds are bundled together in this one bundle! Students roll, blend, write and read the sounds to make words. Students roll each cube, then blend the sounds together, deciding if the words are real or nonsense words. Fun cards like Roll Again, blending mats and recording sheets are included. CVC short vowels, blends and digraphs, onset and rime, long vowel silent e, bossy r, and more phonics skills are included for some rol
Data Tracking Forms Assessment Binder is a tool for organizing and keeping all of your individual student and whole class assessment data in one place. It is packed with record sheets for you to keep data organized. Keep track of kindergarten and preschool skill progress! Contents:► Two different binder covers ► Capital letter cards ► Lower case letter cards ► Number cards 1-20 ► Basic colors identification cards ► Basic shapes identification cards ► 2 number grids for writing numbers ► Name c
With these Letter Identification activities students spin their way to learning their ABCs and beginning sounds with this fun spinner activity! Students spin a paperclip, say the letter or letter sound, and write the capital or lower case letter the paperclip landed on in the boxes. They keep spinning until they have a winner! These sheets are printer friendly and can be used with whole groups or small groups, in centers, or RtI Intervention groups. Contents:✎ 1 page for each letter of the
Do you use picture sorts as part of your word work during Small Group Reading? These beginning sounds picture sorting cards are just what you need! Help your students hear beginning sounds and determine which letter is making that sound. More Picture Sorting Cards:CVC and CVCe Picture Sorting Cards for Small Group Reading and Literacy CentersBlends and Digraphs Picture Sorting Cards for Small Group Reading and Literacy CentersContents:► 152 Picture Cards Total ► Picture cards for all 26 lett
This Monster Craft and Writing activity goes great with the book Go Away Big Green Monster! Students will create a fun monster and write about their monster using the the writing frames or monster themed writing paper. So much monster fun and makes a colorful display for your room! ContentsHair, eyes, ears, nose, teeth, mouth, head, shirt, and shirt decorations for creating a monster craft 2 writing frames to go with the books Go Away Big Green Monster and Glad Monster, Sad Monster Words to fil
Buyers have asked for my Kindergarten Assessment Binder to be bundled with all of my Phonemic Awareness Packs. You asked & I listened! Go to each link below to see what the binder and packs each look like assembled and to download previews. Included are the data binder, all 5 literacy activities/ assessment packs and Kindergarten Assessment Binder all in one place. If you buy the bundle rather than all the packs separately, it is like getting one pack for free!! ► Kindergarten Assessment Bind
PreK - 1st
Alphabet, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Science of Reading
RTI Data Tracking Forms Binders are all my RTI Data Binders for Teachers and Students are bundled together in this one file! Included is a data binder for teachers and student folders for tracking RTI progress for grades K-3. This is a great way to track and document RTI progress for your students! Click here to SAVE by purchasing this resource as a part of the K-5 RTI Data Tracking Forms Binder Bundle!Included are all 4 RTI Data Binders with Graphs and Pages for RTI progress tracking for stude
PreK - 4th
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Are you looking for a way for students to learn new sight words and review sight words in a fun and engaging way? This Super Heroes Dolch PrePrimer Pack is what you need! Each high frequency word page contains sections that allow students to learn a new sight word PLUS review 2 other sight words! I have ALSO included sight word cards that can be placed into centers for students to use to read, review, and build with letter beads, magnetic letters, Play Doh, etc... Great for at home distance l
Are your students struggling with phonemic awareness? Give them extra practice with phonological awareness activities like blending and segmenting phonemes. Assessments included! Contents: ► 2 blending/segmenting sounds activities ► 2 assessments: 1 blending phonemes and 1 segmenting phonemes ► Teacher directions ► Blend and Count the Sounds Activity- • Center Direction Card • 28 sectioned phoneme cards • 3 student graphing/recording pages ► Blend the Sounds Activity- • 2 Teacher direction ca
This bundle of letter identification ABCs activities are specially chosen to be together in a bundle to give you 6 different ABC resources! Lots of fun and engaging activities to build letter recognition and letter fluency. These activities are great for using during guided reading, literacy centers and RtI reading interventions. Check out the preview! Save money & check out our CVC Short Vowel Bundle here!Save money & check out our Blends & Digraphs Bundle here!Save money & check out our CVCe L
Build and Strengthen your students' phonemic awareness skills with these center and teacher led activities. These activities provide opportunities for students to practice deleting and manipulating phonemes in a fun and engaging way. If you wish to purchase the binder and all the phonemic awareness packs, they have been bundled for you: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Assessment-Data-Binder-Phonemic-Awareness-Bundle-800567Contents of this Pack:►2 Center Activities: del
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading Strategies, Science of Reading
I have taught in elementary education for a total of 22 years. 16 of those years were in the classroom and the past 6 years in Title 1 Reading. I have also held the positions of Title 1 Building Coordinator and RTI Coordinator for our school.
Teaching style
Best practices and researched based, hands on learning for phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension and writing activities.
My own education history
I have earned a B.S. in Elementary Education, a master's degree in Reading and my reading specialist certificate.
Additional biographical information
Visit my blog for ideas and ways to guide your students to better reading and writing: http://www.conversationsinliteracy.com/
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