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Julie Van Alst
United States - Michigan - Cadillac
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Specializing in hands-on materials for small group instruction and classroom literacy and math centers
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Your students will love practicing math skills on a cookie sheet! Cookie Sheet Activities Volume 2 contains 3 early math activities designed to ...
Your students are absolutely going to love practicing addition facts to 20 with the Make, Take & Teach Monster Addition game. This game is p...
Students LOVE the fly swatting games! When you download this game, you'll receive 140 flies for your kiddos to "swat"! Simply print and cut out...
Your basketball fans will have tons of fun practicing addition and subtraction facts to 20 with the Make, Take & Teach Swoosh! game. Student...
Fun game to teach addition facts to 12. Each player has 11 baseballs with the numbers 2-12. Players take turns rolling dice and adding the numb...
Your students will love this sweet little seasonal math activity. The goal is to be the first player to fill their robin's nest with eggs. This...
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Math Centers
In the Counting Bugs! activity students clip the correct number of bugs on paint sticks. Directions for assembling this activity can be found on...
The Make, Take and Teach Halloween themed 4-In-A-Row game boards make for a fun math center activity. When you download this activity you will r...
This fun little freebie makes for a fun and engaging activity for either your small group instruction or math centers. Student simply match the ...
The Make, Take & Teach Football Addition activity is fun way of practicing addition facts to 12. The activity can also be modified for subtr...
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mimiandme
awesome!
May 19, 2013
redingkar
Another great resource-thanks!
May 19, 2013
redingkar
Great activity for my literacy stations!
May 19, 2013
redingkar
Another awesome resource! I love your stuff.
May 19, 2013
barbwindsor
Thanks for the great products!
May 19, 2013
jenniferclaassen
These look like these will work great for my firsties next year! I am excited to use them.
May 19, 2013
mcampion11
Great practice for my kinders!
May 19, 2013
ziggy1962
Love this idea. It will work well for my exceptional students.
May 18, 2013
sarahjoyce
great stuff!
May 18, 2013
Meggiemoo
Great Idea!
May 18, 2013
Richlyn100
Unique word sort that covers the long vowels sounds. Fun for the kids, too.
May 17, 2013
armbuster
I wish I remembered that I had this during the winter. I look forward to using this next year.
May 17, 2013
knbean
Julie Makes everything RIGHT!
May 17, 2013
ResourceAide
Great resource for keeping track of our students words. Thanks so much.
May 17, 2013
jlpnewcomb
Love it. Thank you!
May 16, 2013
cwhaccent
Thank you for all of the sight word practice you have developed to be done while having fun. I appreciate your Dibels information. I do not administer Dibels, but see the assessment in my tutoring business. This will help me, as well as the parents. Thanks so much
May 16, 2013
calpolygurl
Great intervention activities!
May 16, 2013
bcorcor
:)
May 16, 2013
ellieb
Excited to give this a try with small groups
May 16, 2013
msproc
love this lesson
May 16, 2013
daleje
very helpful
May 16, 2013
daleje
very nice!!!
May 16, 2013
ycats1973
Great item!
May 15, 2013
ycats1973
Ready to use them for summer school. Thank you!
May 15, 2013
pickering
Great!
May 15, 2013
lmccardle
great activity!
May 15, 2013
tlive
Awesome! Thanks!
May 15, 2013
tlive
Awesome! Thanks!
May 15, 2013
tlive
Awesome! Thanks!
May 15, 2013
tlive
Awesome! Thanks!
May 15, 2013
tlive
Awesome! Thanks!
May 15, 2013
rchlhaanskorf
A definite. I plan on using these in my classroom this year. Thank you!
May 15, 2013
motty58
Great resource. Exactly what I wanted.
May 14, 2013
missmindymath
Thank you, such a good idea. Thanks
May 14, 2013
chriscavinesswicker
Love this
May 14, 2013
chriscavinesswicker
Great for reading group activity
May 14, 2013
chriscavinesswicker
Great!
May 14, 2013
chriscavinesswicker
Great
May 14, 2013
chriscavinesswicker
Great center
May 14, 2013
Julmik725
I will use these at the beginning of next year, thanks!
May 14, 2013
andreakinder
Used this today without the clothespins and the kids still loved it! Great idea!
May 14, 2013
andreakinder
Love these cute caterpillars!
May 14, 2013
Mindy Olson-Pizzey (TpT Seller)
I love, love, love this! I have been looking for something like this for so long! Thank you for all of your hard work!
May 14, 2013
cdmckone
So many great activities here!
May 14, 2013
sbrail
Looking forward to using in my centers. Thank you!
May 14, 2013
jbrandt1
Love these products!
May 14, 2013
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:
elavrentyeva
Hi, I purchased your Consonant Blends and Digraphs Activity Pack (which I absolutely love) - thank you for making it! There is a game with dominoes for blends/digraphs but I can't quiet figure out the rules for it and how to cut the pictures and letters for my students to play. Can you please explain? Thanks
Lena
Lena
May 14, 2013
Joanne Sims (TpT Seller) re: Volume 5- Cookie Sheet Activities: Blends and Digraphs
Hi Julie! I purchased the Volume 5 cookie Sheet Blends & Digraphs and when I was printing them off last week, I realized there's not a sorting sheet for "th" "wh". There's one for "sh" "ch" and one that contains all 4 (which I printed in multiples!) I was wondering if you could check on your end and update the file? Or maybe I'm missing something?? Thanks so much...love your work!
Joanne
Joanne
May 5, 2013
Judy Buckley (TpT Seller) re: Handwriting Practice- Alphabet
Do you have a version with the pictures in grayscale so the students can color them too? The copy machine at our school makes color pictures so dark they're hard to distinguish making it difficult for our ELL students.
Thanks
Thanks
May 5, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi Judy- Right now I don't have them in grayscale, but I will contact my artist and have her redo the pics in grayscale so that they are clearer on a copy machine. I've laminated my pages so I didn't run it through a typical machine. If could email me at julie.vanalst@gmail.com I will send them to you when she's finished. It may be a little bit as she's working on another project for me. Thanks. Julie
May 5, 2013
pamsneal re: Fly Swatting Sight Words Dolch Sight Word Lists 1-9
Hello, I just have a question about the Swat game- do your kids play this game with partners, or a small group? I have not yet found a successful way to play it with a small group of children. Do you have any suggestions? When I lay out all the flies/words, and I call out a word, it's hard to tell who swatted it first when they all swat it at pretty much at the same time. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks.
May 5, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Actually, I play this game in small groups (typically no more than 3 students) and we hand the swatter from student to student. I put velcro on the swatter and the flies and just have the students swat any words. They read the word that was picked up by the swatter. It seems really simple, but the kids really love it. Hope this helps.
Julie
Julie
May 5, 2013
rettafamily
I just purchased several of your Cookie Sheet Activity Volumes. You mention that you used magnetic letters from Banks School Supplies as your template. I went to their website and they have several different sets. Can you give me the exact name, or a link, of the set you used? Thanks!
May 3, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
The letter I use are the 31 Uppercase Letters and 31 Lowercase Letters. The lowercase item number is 01388120A and the uppercase item number is 01388121A. Here's a link to the uppercase letters, but not sure if you can click on it here in the comment section.
http://banksschoolsupplycatalog.com/31_upper_case_magnetic_letters_assorted_colors-p-10059446.html
Hope this helps and enjoy your activities.
Julie
http://banksschoolsupplycatalog.com/31_upper_case_magnetic_letters_assorted_colors-p-10059446.html
Hope this helps and enjoy your activities.
Julie
May 5, 2013
knbean
Fishing For Sight Words- Dolch Sight Word Lists 4-6
Actually I think it's just missing a page--
the words: too, got, take, where, every, pretty, jump, green,
are missing from your packet.
Actually I think it's just missing a page--
the words: too, got, take, where, every, pretty, jump, green,
are missing from your packet.
May 3, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Can you please email me at julie.vanalst@gmail and I'll send you the missing page. Sorry. Julie
May 5, 2013
userpj re: Write-It Phonics Cards for R-Controlled Vowels
Hi - Do you have a bundle pack and price for these Write-it Phonics Cards. If not, could you? I already have the Magic e one and it is so great. Thank you for your time.
May 2, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
I do not currently have them bundled. I plan to add a few more Write It Card packs (long vowel sounds). I may bundle them by skills per grade over the summer. Thanks for the idea
May 5, 2013
knbean re: Fishing For Sight Words- Dolch Sight Word Lists 4-6
Is there a reason why page 7 and 8 are both fishes? Usually you alternate between fish and words, but on page 7 and 8 there are two fish pages in a row. Makes printing less fun.
THANKS!!
Kirsten
THANKS!!
Kirsten
May 2, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Thanks for letting me know. I'll work on revising that. Sorry. Julie
May 2, 2013
TeachingResourceResort (TpT Seller) re: Creepy- Crawly Caterpillar Beginning Sounds
Hi Julie! Can you please tell me how you get the dotted line around your objects? THANKS! :)Dawn
May 1, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi Dawn. I have my own artist who draws the dashed lines around the clip art. So she'll draw the art and then with the dotted lines. I'm not sure there is a way to do it in Publisher- she uses the program that she uses to create the clip art. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
May 2, 2013
kidzreadingteach re: Dolch Sight Word Game Boards
Hi Julie,
Do you have any game boards for the FRY word lists?
Thanks,
Yvonnee
Do you have any game boards for the FRY word lists?
Thanks,
Yvonnee
April 25, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Yvonnee- we use Dolch in our districts, but since I've had quite a few requests, I will also make the activities using the Fry list. I'll be one of my summer projects. Thanks for asking. Julie
April 27, 2013
dianem21092 re: Creepy- Crawly Caterpillar Beginning Sounds
Hi Julie,
I just purchased this activity for my Kindie class. Unflortunately, it won't open...says it's damaged. How can I fix this? Thanks!
I just purchased this activity for my Kindie class. Unflortunately, it won't open...says it's damaged. How can I fix this? Thanks!
April 21, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
I'm sorry you're having a problem downloading the activity. Please contact TpT technical support- they are very helpful and can trouble shoot tech issues easily. Would you please email and let me know if you were able to get it resolved. Thanks. Julie julie.vanalst@gmail.com
April 24, 2013
kidzreadingteach re: Write It- Phonics Cards for Ending Sounds
Hi Julie,
Would you consider bundling your Write- It products?
Thank so much,
yvonneeyrg@gmail.com
Would you consider bundling your Write- It products?
Thank so much,
yvonneeyrg@gmail.com
April 20, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
I may bundle some products this summer. Bundling all the Write-Its would make for a very large file. I may need to bundle them by grade level. Thanks for the idea. Julie
April 24, 2013
kidzreadingteach re: Fly Swatting Sight Words- Giant Flies
Hi Julie,
Would you be willing to bundle your fly swatter games?
Thanks so much,
Yvonnee
Would you be willing to bundle your fly swatter games?
Thanks so much,
Yvonnee
April 19, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Thanks for the suggestion. I wasn't thinking about bundling the fly swatter games, but I certainly will consider it. Julie
April 24, 2013
teachertami316 re: Croaked! Dolch Sight Word Lists 7-9
It appears as though the croaked cards are missing, it that so?
April 14, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Can you email me at julie.vanalst@gmail.com and I'll send you the pdf. Julie
April 15, 2013
alicia220 re: Cookie Sheet Activities Volume 3: Sight Words
Do you print these out on legal size paper?
April 12, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
No, these are printed on regular office sized paper. They fit on a small sized cookie sheet. Hope this helps. Julie
April 15, 2013
prefontaine re: Phonemic Awareness Intervention Kit for Teachers
What DRA level are these kits geared for?
Thank you.
Becky
Thank you.
Becky
April 11, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
You really can't correlate the phonemic awareness kit to a DRA level. Phonemic awareness is a foundational skill. If you are screening using the DIBELS Next, it would correlate to the First Sound Fluency assessment and the Phoneme Segmentation Fluency assessment. This kit is most appropriate for kindergarten and beginning to mid-first grade. Hope this helps. Julie
April 12, 2013
Mary081 re: Robin's Nest Addition
I love this activity. However, there were blank pages where I thought there should have been eggs. Pages 12, 14, 16, and half of 15 only had the background print. Is this correct or did I do something wrong?
April 10, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Those pages are put in there so that you can print the eggs back to back and have the color on top of the egg. You don't really need to print them that way, but they look nicer if you do. Hope this makes sense. Julie
April 10, 2013
kelleybaxley re: Robin's Nest- Beginning Sounds
Also about how many eggs are there per letter?
April 9, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
There is a range from 3-5 eggs per nest. Most letters have 4 or 5. The "e" has 3. There is no "x" because the /ks/ is not a beginning sound. Here's the count:
1 nest- 3 eggs
7 nests- 4 eggs
17 nests- 5 eggs
Hope this helps.
Julie
1 nest- 3 eggs
7 nests- 4 eggs
17 nests- 5 eggs
Hope this helps.
Julie
April 12, 2013
kelleybaxley re: Robin's Nest- Beginning Sounds
Is there any way you could take off the letters from the bird? I teach pre-k and would love to only make a set of 6 file folders and I can easily switch out what letters they can be sorting between. Instead I would laminate alphabet pieces and velcro them on the bird.
April 9, 2013
bchacha
I'm a first year teacher in 1st grade and I want to say a big THANK YOU for doing all this marvelous work for other teachers to buy and use. I am so thankful to have found you. I don't have a question for you, but I wanted to give you a shout-out of gratitude.
You are appreciated!
You are appreciated!
April 3, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
That is so, so sweet. Thanks so much for sending me this comment. Julie
April 6, 2013
suenguyen re: Write-It Phonics Cards for Initial Sounds
Hi, are the cards/words the same for the "Write It Phonics Beg/Initial sounds and the "Clip It"Beginning sounds? Thanks!
April 1, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
There are 47 cards in the write-it activity and 60 for the clip it. When I counted the overlapping pics, there were approximately 20. Hope this helps. Julie
April 6, 2013
laurasmcd re: Build A Snowman- Alphabet
I bought the snowman alphabet a while back and it doesn't have e i o u. Did you update and I missed it somehow? Can you send me an update?
Thanks,
Laura McDaniel
Thanks,
Laura McDaniel
March 25, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
I did, Laura. Can you email me and I will send it to you. My email is julie.vanalst@gmail.com
March 25, 2013
Christy Rollins (TpT Seller) re: Creepy- Crawly Caterpillar Beginning Sounds
Hi Julie,
I just love this activity. Do you do your own graphics? I have been looking for a caterpillar like this one that has parts for an activity I'm making. Would you sell your graphics if these are yours? Or if not could you lead me in the right direction to find some like this? Thanks so much.
I just love this activity. Do you do your own graphics? I have been looking for a caterpillar like this one that has parts for an activity I'm making. Would you sell your graphics if these are yours? Or if not could you lead me in the right direction to find some like this? Thanks so much.
March 21, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi Christy. I am so lucky to have my own artist who creates the art around my ideas. Since the art is my branding I do not sell it. I haven't seen any other caterpillar like it. I have, however, seen products with a caterpillar very, very similar to the Hungry Caterpillar available through an Etsy shop. It's so similar that I would think it would be a copyright violation. Sorry, I'll keep a look out, though. Julie
March 25, 2013
Christy Rollins (TpT Seller)
Hi Julie,
I absolutely love your work. I would like to know if you do your own graphics. I'm trying to put together an activity using caterpillar sections and I noticed your creepy-crawly caterpillars. It is just exactly what I have been searching for. Do you sell your graphics or could you tell me where you got it? I would really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Christy Rollins
I absolutely love your work. I would like to know if you do your own graphics. I'm trying to put together an activity using caterpillar sections and I noticed your creepy-crawly caterpillars. It is just exactly what I have been searching for. Do you sell your graphics or could you tell me where you got it? I would really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Christy Rollins
March 21, 2013
VivSherman re: ABC Turtle
Julie,
Where are the vowel cards for ABC Turtle? It appears that you provide only consonants.
Mary
Where are the vowel cards for ABC Turtle? It appears that you provide only consonants.
Mary
March 21, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi- this freebie doesn't contain all the letters of the alphabet.
March 21, 2013
VivSherman re: ABC Turtle
Julie,
Where are the vowel cards for ABC Turtle? It appears that you provide only consonants.
Mary
Where are the vowel cards for ABC Turtle? It appears that you provide only consonants.
Mary
March 21, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi- The freebie doesn't contain all the letters of the alphabet.
March 21, 2013
VivSherman re: ABC Turtle
Julie,
Where are the vowel cards for ABC Turtle? It appears that you provide only consonants.
Mary
Where are the vowel cards for ABC Turtle? It appears that you provide only consonants.
Mary
March 21, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
This freebie doesn't contain all the letters of the alphabet.
March 21, 2013
VivSherman re: ABC Turtle
Julie,
Where are the vowel cards for ABC Turtle? It appears that you provide only consonants.
Mary
Where are the vowel cards for ABC Turtle? It appears that you provide only consonants.
Mary
March 21, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hey- the activity doesn't contain all the letters of the alphabet.
March 21, 2013
VivSherman re: ABC Turtle
Julie,
Where are the vowel cards for ABC Turtle? It appears that you provide only consonants.
Mary
Where are the vowel cards for ABC Turtle? It appears that you provide only consonants.
Mary
March 21, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi- The freebie doesn't contain all the letters of the alphabet.
March 21, 2013
VivSherman re: ABC Turtle
Julie,
Where are the vowel cards for ABC Turtle? It appears that you provide only consonants.
Mary
Where are the vowel cards for ABC Turtle? It appears that you provide only consonants.
Mary
March 21, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi- the freebie doesn't contain all the letters of the alphabet.
March 21, 2013
VivSherman re: ABC Turtle
Julie,
Where are the vowel cards for ABC Turtle? It appears that you provide only consonants.
Mary
Where are the vowel cards for ABC Turtle? It appears that you provide only consonants.
Mary
March 21, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi- the freebie doesn't contain all the letters of the alphabet.
March 21, 2013
Christy Rollins (TpT Seller)
Hi! I'm a great fan of your products. I am trying to make a game with caterpillar clip art and I noticed your Creepy-Crawly Caterpillars. They are exactly what I've been searching for. Do you do your own clip art and do you sell any of it? I would love to work with this.
Thanks,
Christy
Thanks,
Christy
March 20, 2013
Starbright7 re: Easter Egg Matching- Beginning Sounds
Would you be able to make a set of these with numbers? I was thinking of having the numeral at the top, then that number of objects in the middle, and the number word written out at the bottom. For example - 3, three bunnies, and the word "three". I don't know if you do number activities though. I was just looking for 0-10. Thanks! :)
March 19, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
That's a great idea. I'm not sure I can get it done and posted before Easter though. I will try. Thanks for the idea-- right now I'm tending to focus on reading (first love), but I will start creating more activities for math as I'm getting more and more requests. Julie
March 21, 2013
londonrocks
Hi Julie No problem after i asked the question i clicked on to the ones i had paid for and it said " you own this download now, so i did, and everything is great" I am so happy i found this site.
March 17, 2013
azuolan re: Cookie Sheet Activities Volume 6- Word Families
Regarding you word family mats, which six word families are included?
Thank you.
Nina
Thank you.
Nina
March 16, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
The word families in the cookie sheet activities include: am, ad, at, ag, an, ig, in, ed, et, en, op, og, ub, ug and un. So there are 15 different word families. I'm thinking that you are getting the "6" from the volume. This is the 6th in a series of cookie sheet activities. Hope this makes sense. Let me know if I can help any further. Julie
March 17, 2013
londonrocks
Hello i just payed for three downloads , how long do they take , because i have not recieved?
March 16, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Sorry there's an issue. Please contact TpT technical support. They are very helpful. Julie
March 16, 2013
londonrocks
Hello i just payed for three downloads , how long do they take , because i have not recieved?
March 16, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi- if you haven't received the downloads, then there is an issue. Please contact TpT technical support. They are very helpful and quick. Just click on the Contact Us. Sorry you're having this issue. Julie
March 16, 2013
dgrieb
Julie any chance you lived in Nashville, TN during 1989 - 1993? Any recommendations for working with 4th graders struggling to catchup with their peers on their phonics skills?
March 16, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Nope--Michigan all my life. Sounds like you may have known someone by my name (Van Alst is my married name). If you go to my blog www.blog.maketaketeach.com I have a post under learning disabilties labeled my favorite resources for dyslexia. In that post are free phonics cards. The cards start from basic letters/sounds and go through the advanced phonics skills. You can start there with assessment. There is a book that goes along with the cards that describes intervention. That book is really helpful. Feel free to email me if you need other resources julie.vanalst@gmail.com
March 16, 2013
Lisaedance re: Cookie Sheet Challenge Volume 1: ABC Order, Rhyme, Making Words
I bought the volume 1 and when I go to print it, it has little black lines across it. It doesn't come up that way on the computer. I have tried on two separate printers. I am not too sure why that is happening.
March 15, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi Lisa- Can you please contact TpT technical support (under contact us) they are really good at figuring these out--and quick too! Thanks and sorry you are having an issue. I have no idea why that would be happening. Julie
March 16, 2013
Cynara Quintela (TpT Seller) re: Write It- Phonics Cards for Beginning Sounds
Hi....just to let you know!! the speling in boat is wrong ___aot instead of ___oat.
March 11, 2013
pEGGysEGGs re: Fly Swatting Sight Words Dolch Sight Word Lists 1-9
Hi Julie... I just purchased the Fly Swatting Sight Words 1-9 for $3.00; sadly, I must have done something wrong as the only thing that downloaded was the 3 page sample. Would you please help? Thanks... pEGGy Nevermind! My mistake! : )
March 10, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Good, glad you have it resolved. Happy cutting. Promise they'll be worth the effort. Julie
March 10, 2013
Katrinas20 re: Write It- Phonics Cards for Magic e
Do you offer a bundle with all the Write It Phonics cards?
March 8, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi Katrina- I don't right now because my plan is to continually add to them incorporating more advanced phonics skills. I'm not planning to bundle them in the near future. Maybe eventually, I will group them by skills taught by grade level. Thanks for the idea. I'll put some though into it. Julie
March 10, 2013
kidzreadingteach re: Short Vowel Cue Cards
Hi Julie,
I love this set. Did you create a set for the long vowels? Thanks
yvonneeyrg@gmail.com
I love this set. Did you create a set for the long vowels? Thanks
yvonneeyrg@gmail.com
March 6, 2013
kidzreadingteach re: Short Vowel Sorting Pictures
Hi Julie, Did you also create a long vowel set?
Thanks,
yvonneeyrg@gmail.com
Thanks,
yvonneeyrg@gmail.com
March 6, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
My artist is working on pictures for vowel teams. Hopefully I'll have them ready to make activities this summer.
March 6, 2013
kidzreadingteach re: Creepy- Crawly Caterpillar Beginning Sounds
Hi Julie,
Do you think that you will bundle some of your beginning sound games together?
Thanks,
yvonneeyrg@gmail.com
Do you think that you will bundle some of your beginning sound games together?
Thanks,
yvonneeyrg@gmail.com
March 6, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
I haven't thought of it, but that's a good idea. I'll have to put some thought into exactly how I'd want to do it. Thanks for the idea. Julie
March 6, 2013
beemergirl510
I just bought the Activity Pack for Magic E for $8.50. It will not open. It is very frustrating. I get an error message which says...There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and can not be repaired.
Krissi
Krissi
March 3, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi Krissi- sorry you are having trouble with the file. Can you please contact the TpT tech support. They are very, very helpful. I will also contact them. Please email me at julie.vanalst@gmail.com if you cannot get it resolved soon. They are usually very quick to respond.
March 4, 2013
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Designs (TpT Seller)
I just saw your icon on the front page of TpT's website and I had to stop in!
Your shop is sooo stinkin' cute! I'm your newest follower! (#2648)
Take Care,
Beth
Your shop is sooo stinkin' cute! I'm your newest follower! (#2648)
Take Care,
Beth
March 3, 2013
Susan Hardin (TpT Seller)
I just wanted to thank you so much for offering the products that you do. This past summer was critical to my own child's reading instruction. She was about to enter 3rd grade and was still struggling so much with reading. Although I am a 3rd grade teacher and had two older children who read beautifully, my youngest did not. I was so unsure as to the best and fastest method to get her reading. She just seemed to have a block. Mid-year in second, we hired an outside tutor, a retired Reading Recovery teacher, who worked with her 3 hours each week. She made a lot of progress, but it was up to me to fill in the rest of the gaps over the summer. I loved the "already-made" phonics resources you offered. We drilled with those "r-controlled" flash cards from your Lucky You!... game (a purchase we made), and sorted picture sounds over and over (your freebies). I also bought Consonant Blends and Diagraph Dominoes. Thank you again so much! Although reading as FINALLY clicked with this little one, I still share your materials with other teachers. If you have a blog, or pinterest page, I would love to follow it. Again, THANK YOU! You were such a life-saver, literally!
-Susan
-Susan
February 23, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Susan- Thanks so much for leaving me this message. Ironically, my third child had a difficult time learning to read and that's really why I started making the games. I remember the panic and the worry and working with her over the summer months to catch her up. The only way I could possibly get her to work on anything reading-related was to make it into a game. She's 16 now- time sure flies. Reading Recovery is great and glad that worked for your daughter. My blog address is www.blog.maketaketeach.com I post quite a bit of free activities on the blog that are not here on TpT. I LOVE Pinterest!! I have a link on my blog for Pinterest as well as a newsletter sign up form if you'd like. Thanks again for the sweet message. Julie
February 28, 2013
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Hi Julie,
I've been following you for quite a while and downloaded several of your centers and activities. Here's my question: Other than the flat centers, how do you store the games. . . like the fishing box for fishing for dolch words center? I've been slowly printing, laminating and collecting more activities to help me differentiate in my kindergarten, but storage is a big problem. Any ideas or places to demonstrate ideas would be helpful.
Thanks again for sharing so many activities for us!
Karen Cassels
I've been following you for quite a while and downloaded several of your centers and activities. Here's my question: Other than the flat centers, how do you store the games. . . like the fishing box for fishing for dolch words center? I've been slowly printing, laminating and collecting more activities to help me differentiate in my kindergarten, but storage is a big problem. Any ideas or places to demonstrate ideas would be helpful.
Thanks again for sharing so many activities for us!
Karen Cassels
February 19, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi Karen-- I store the activities in plastic Sterilite containers. I group them by skill. If you want to check out my website, I have a picture of the containers www.maketaketeach.com You can find the containers at Walmart or Home Depot. They stack nicely. Hope this helps. Julie
February 28, 2013
foophen re: Cookie Sheet Challenge Volume 1: ABC Order, Rhyme, Making Words
Hello,
Do you have the Cookie sheet Challenges 1-6 in a bundle?
Do you have the Cookie sheet Challenges 1-6 in a bundle?
February 15, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Sorry, I have not bundled them yet. I've considered it, but each volume has so many pages. Also, I keep adding to series. Thanks for asking.
February 28, 2013
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
I am a RtI Coordinator working closely with K-3rd grade teachers providing hands-on support and professional development in the area of reading. My focus is using assessment data to guide classroom instruction as well as intervention for at-risk learners. Make, Take & Teach is my way of providing teachers with the materials they need for their small group intervention. Most activities can also be used in literacy centers. Teacher intervention kits contain 15 activities (already printed for you in color and on 90lb cardstock) which align to one of the Big Five Ideas and commonly adminstered assessments (e.g. DIBELS Next). Visit www.maketaketeach.com as I have parent resources too!
MY TEACHING STYLE
Supporting differentiation and targeted, data-driven small group intervention.
HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT
Provided numerous in and out-of-district training on topics relating to Response to Intervention and Using Data to Guide Instruction and Intervention. RtI Initiative won the Michigan Association of School Boards Excellence In Education Award in the category of services to at-risk learners. Presenter at the Michigan Drop-out Prevention Summit.
MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
I graduated from Central Michigan University with an Elementary Education certificate and a Masters Degree in Communication Disorders. I have worked as a Speech/Language Pathologist, a teacher for children with autism spectrum disorder and as an inclusion consultant/coordinator for children with disabilities. I am currently a Teacher Consultant for our ISD-wide RtI initiative. I have received Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS)-Trainer of Trainers training at the state level as well as Phonics First (Orton-Gillingham based) training from the Reading and Language Arts Center.
ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
I live in beautiful Northern Michigan with my husband and three teenage children.
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