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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
FEATURED ITEMS
Cookie Sheet Activities Volume One contains three early literacy activities designed to be used on small cookie sheets. These activities are per...
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How much fun can you have with magnetic letters and a cookie sheet? Your students will love learning sight words with this popular cookie sheet a...
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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 ...
The Cookie Sheet Activities make perfect literacy center and small group instruction activities! Cookie Sheet Challenge Volume 4 includes templa...
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The activities contained within the Make, Take & Teach Phonemic Awareness Activity Pack are ideal for small group intervention. This activity...
Your students will love this activity designed to teach phoneme segmentation. The Make, Take and Teach Breaking Up Words activity is perfect for...
Your students will LOVE this game!! Place a velcro strip on a fly swatter and small velcro dots on each fly. Students take turns swatting flies ...
The Make, Take and Teach Mitten Match is a fun seasonal activity for practicing the skill of rhyme during your small group instruction or within ...
This packet includes step-by-step instructions for teaching the Dolch 220 sight words using a multi-sensory approach. The term "multi-sensory" ...
Your students will love the engaging pictures in this activity designed to teach phoneme segmentation. Make, Take & Teach How Many Sounds? a...
Great activity to teach and reinforce short vowel sounds and consonant vowel consonant (CVC). This activity can either be used during small group...
Make sight word practice fun with Make, Take & Teach's Sight Word Board Games. You will receive 13 game boards with this activity. Nine boa...
Teach the phonemic awareness skill of blending using the Make, Take & Teach Race Car Blending activity. Simply print the race car pages and ...
Great activity to teach phoneme segmentation. This activity includes easy to read directions for teaching this skill during your small group int...
More cookie sheet activities! This volume is great for teaching consonant blends and digraphs during your small group instruction or for use as ...
The Common Consonant Blends and Digraphs Activity Pack contains 15 hands on activities designed to teach and practice common consonant blends and...
The Make, Take and Teach Candy Corn Alphabet game makes a great Halloween or fall themed-based literacy center for our little kiddos just learnin...
Here's another Make, Take & Teach Cookie Sheet Activities volume which is sure to be a hit with your students! Volume 6 is designed for lear...
This activity contains 155 colorful and engaging pictures your students will love! The easy to read teaching directions makes this activity perf...
The activities contained within the Make, Take & Teach Magic e Activity Pack are ideal for use during small group intervention. The Magic e A...
FEEDBACK
Michelle Crawford (TpT Seller)
Your products are amazing. Simple, relevant, practical, and fun for the kids! Thank you - YOU ROCK!!
~Michelle
~Michelle
June 19, 2013
Sara Hayden (TpT Seller)
My kiddos love cookie sheet activities and they loved these too
June 19, 2013
khauch
Nice product. it will be fun to use.
June 18, 2013
khauch
I think my class will really enjoy this activity.
June 18, 2013
khauch
This will be a nice addition to my winter activities.
June 18, 2013
jeanochs
Great center!
Thanks for your hard word!
Thanks for your hard word!
June 18, 2013
jeanochs
Looking forward to using these. Thank you!!
June 18, 2013
jeanochs
Great center! Thank you.
June 18, 2013
angelle07
Love this. Thank you so much for a wonderful hands on activity that is fun but challenging.
June 18, 2013
khauch
This will be a lot of fun to use in class this year.
June 18, 2013
khauch
This will be a fun game to play with my class.
June 18, 2013
khauch
The snowmen will be a fun ABC activity to do in January. Beautiful graphics. I like the fact that at the bottom of the sheet is a list of what the pictures represent. I just wish this was for every snowman and just not some of the letters of the alphabet.
June 18, 2013
sker
great
June 18, 2013
Parks4267
I appreciate you sharing your work!
June 18, 2013
blambert108
thank you!!
June 18, 2013
Katie Port
LOVE these. They will be perfect for my playdoh center! Thanks!
June 18, 2013
jabrama
excellent
June 17, 2013
Ashley Morrell
Loved this! Was a great way to motivate my students to learn high frequency words.
June 17, 2013
Janell83
Looking forward to using this when school starts. My students really love cookie sheet activities.
June 17, 2013
kcaesar
Looking forward to using this next school year!
June 17, 2013
pennyr
A great resource, thank you
June 17, 2013
Cotswife
love
June 17, 2013
ericahart
Have laminated all the differnet activities and are finding them extremely useful for my young learners.
June 17, 2013
Parks4267
Thank you so much for the very practical resource! I appreciate you sharing!
June 17, 2013
Parks4267
Thanks so much for sharing your work!
June 17, 2013
dunnst
cant wait to use it in the fall. Looks great and kids will love it.
June 16, 2013
Teri Martin
My kids love fishing games! Cute!
June 16, 2013
Lorene
Love the fishing!
June 16, 2013
Lorene
I love all your work. I can't wait to use this with my class.
June 16, 2013
Lorene
It looks so fun, I can't wait to use it with my class!
June 16, 2013
Lorene
Thank you so much!
June 16, 2013
Lorene
Lots of great stuff! Thanks for sharing your talents with us.
June 16, 2013
Lorene
I love all your products!
June 16, 2013
Lorene
I bought my golf tees and can't wait to use it! It looks great!
June 16, 2013
Lorene
Lots of fun activities that are practical but also fun.
June 16, 2013
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:
Liz Crow (TpT Seller)
You have absolutely amazing intervention products! I can't believe I hadn't come across your store sooner!!! I see several people have asked about bundling products ... which is what I was going to ask about your "Clip It" activities :-) I would LOVE to purchase a bundle of all of your Clip activities!!!!
June 15, 2013
karenegrimes
Good morning! I am a first grade teacher, formerly PK teacher. I just finished my masters in May (yea!) with a degree in Mind, Brain and Education – a subfield of education. The first program was started at Harvard by Howard Gardner and Kurt Fisher (if you haven’t read any of Kurt Fisher’s work on Skill Theory and you are interested in the cognitive processes involved in learning, you must read his work!)
Cut to the chase. When I moved up from PK to 1st I was shocked by my students’ lack of number sense. I spent an entire year and all last summer trying to figure out what was missing. In Nov I attended a workshop that on number sense. When I heard the presentation I recognized all the “big” names of the research I had been investigating. The workshop was a training session for an iPad app (Native Numbers). It seemed like a valid, robust app, but I am a skeptic and had to know: would this really work.
I am here to tell you that with the first skill set I saw every cognitive model of learning embedded in this app. I also realized that this app is more than a learning tool; it has built in formative and summative assessment as it is adaptive and levels up and down based on student performance and leads to mastery.
Now I am on a “mission” – everything we read tells us our students are lacking number sense. I believe this app is a fabulous tool to remediate those deficits. I have no vested interest in this app except that I am one of those people that has to solve problems and when I think I have found possible answers, I have to share that with others. Our kids are too important not to share---which is why I love reading blogs! I am asking for teachers to simply read the research and then try out the app and give me feedback---or give the feedback yourself to the developers. I am that convinced. I am not a salesman and I feel quite strange in this new role I have taken upon myself…but I have nothing to lose, or gain, except knowing that maybe we can have an enormous impact on our students!
If you have any questions, please e-mail me at tatergraderswife@yahoo.com Check out the app at www.nativebrain.com – you can find the background of the developers and read about the research behind the app. You can also watch a video on that site or go to these YouTube links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF20_4GRtks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uuw0jtvfYI
I know this was long, so thanks for reading. Please let me know if you have questions!!!
Rene Grimes, M.Ed.
Cut to the chase. When I moved up from PK to 1st I was shocked by my students’ lack of number sense. I spent an entire year and all last summer trying to figure out what was missing. In Nov I attended a workshop that on number sense. When I heard the presentation I recognized all the “big” names of the research I had been investigating. The workshop was a training session for an iPad app (Native Numbers). It seemed like a valid, robust app, but I am a skeptic and had to know: would this really work.
I am here to tell you that with the first skill set I saw every cognitive model of learning embedded in this app. I also realized that this app is more than a learning tool; it has built in formative and summative assessment as it is adaptive and levels up and down based on student performance and leads to mastery.
Now I am on a “mission” – everything we read tells us our students are lacking number sense. I believe this app is a fabulous tool to remediate those deficits. I have no vested interest in this app except that I am one of those people that has to solve problems and when I think I have found possible answers, I have to share that with others. Our kids are too important not to share---which is why I love reading blogs! I am asking for teachers to simply read the research and then try out the app and give me feedback---or give the feedback yourself to the developers. I am that convinced. I am not a salesman and I feel quite strange in this new role I have taken upon myself…but I have nothing to lose, or gain, except knowing that maybe we can have an enormous impact on our students!
If you have any questions, please e-mail me at tatergraderswife@yahoo.com Check out the app at www.nativebrain.com – you can find the background of the developers and read about the research behind the app. You can also watch a video on that site or go to these YouTube links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF20_4GRtks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uuw0jtvfYI
I know this was long, so thanks for reading. Please let me know if you have questions!!!
Rene Grimes, M.Ed.
June 8, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi Rene- sounds interesting. It's best to find emails on blogs and contact them in that manner rather than put something like this in a Q and A section on TpT. Thanks. Julie
June 11, 2013
lallcorn re: Magic e Intervention Kit for Teachers
Do you sell this activity not made!! Just the copies
June 6, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
The activity pack (Magic e Activity Pack) are the printables for the activities that are contained in the kit--you can find them in my store. With the kit, I print the activities for you and send you all the materials you need. Hope this helps. Julie
June 11, 2013
MarjAdel re: Phonemic Awareness Intervention Kit for Teachers
I am interested in your kits but I am only teaching one child. Do you make kits for only one? Or could you put one together for only one?
Thank you
Marjorie
Thank you
Marjorie
June 3, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi Marjoire- yes I do make parent kits. You can find the kits on my website www.maketaketeach.com
June 3, 2013
jkreed re: Cookie Sheet Activities Volume 6- Word Families
I ordered all 6 of the cookie sheet activities but can only get number 6. Was there a mixup in the order?
June 3, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
I'm not really sure what could have happened if you purchased all the activities. Can you please contact TpT technical support. They are always very helpful. Please email me at julie.vanalst@gmail.com if you are still having issues with downloading the activities.
June 3, 2013
warnerfour re: Write It- Consonant Blends Phonics Cards
Do you have a special if you buy all the "write it" sets?
June 1, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
I am considering bundling them this summer but have several more sets to add. Other than bundling, I'm not sure how to offer discounts for multiple purchases through TpT. Sorry, if there is a way that you know of, please send me an email julie.vanalst@gmail.com
June 3, 2013
taylorberry re: Fly Swatting Letters- Giant Flies
Hi i visited your blog and love your kits however i do not know where to start. I have a daughter entering kindergarten in the fall. I homeschooled her for preschool and decided to do virutal home schooling for kindergarten. I want to start reading readiness this summer as to go into reading and writing sight words but i have no idea where to start. She knows most of the letter sounds so should i go strajght into a sight words kit or should i start at a kit with letter sounds to make sure she has those down? Im so confused, this is my first time doing any of this and just want to make sure shes learning correctly. Please help me!
May 30, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
It's great that she knows most of her letters and sounds. You will want to be sure she is now able to put the letters together to make simple consonant-vowel-consonant words (e.g. cat, top). So start putting the letters together to build words. If you are looking at the kits- the Short Vowels/CVC kit would be the next step. You can begin to introduce some simple sight words at the same time. Many of the sight words cannot be sounded out, so it can be confusing for our little learners. Be sure to read with her too. I picked up a few leveled readers at Walmart (Biscut Books) for my children and they loved them. Take a look at Walmart or at your local book store- there are usually leveled books. You can progressively work through the levels. For children entering kindergarten, having a good handle on letters and sounds and blending them together is the best thing. I wouldn't worry too much about the sight words until the sounds are solid. Hope this helps. Julie
June 3, 2013
Jenna Uder (TpT Seller) re: Write It- Consonant Blends Phonics Cards
Julie I love your cookie sheet centers! I was wondering if you had a special if someone purchased them all?
May 30, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
I would certainly consider that but I'm not sure how to do that on TpT. I've considered bundling them, but my plan is to keep adding more and the file size is very large even as a single activity due to the amount of graphics. I'll try to figure something out this summer as there have been several requests for bundling. Thanks--sounds like a good summer project. Julie
May 30, 2013
jrosefish re: How Many Sounds? - Phoneme Segmentation
Are the sample pages the only pages included or are there more in these packs? For example, the how many sounds? activity only shows the directions and then 2 pages. ARe there more than the 2 pages?
May 30, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Yes there are way more. That's just the preview file. The activity contains pictures for 2, 3, 4 and 5 phoneme words. Look towards the bottom of the product description it will say how many pages are included in the file. Hope this is helpful. Julie
May 30, 2013
vandemmeltraadt re: Word Family Sliders
When I go to download, and when it shows up in Microsoft word it comes out all giberish, how do I fix this
May 29, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
I'm not sure what's happening. I created the document in Publisher but that shouldn't matter because it was saved as a pdf. Sometimes it has to do with the version of adobe you have on your computer. Your best bet is to contact the tech support on TpT. They are always quick and helpful. Julie
May 30, 2013
juju2 re: Dolch Sight Word Game Boards
Do you need dice to play these games or do you use sight word cards?
May 27, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
You will need dice to play the game and game pawns (bingo chips will do). Hope this helps. Julie
May 28, 2013
surestartmary re: Cookie Sheet Activities Volume 6- Word Families
Julie, Do you have a package that includes all the kindergarten cookie sheets into one dowload and purchase? ALso, what size paper do you need for printing?
May 27, 2013
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi--sorry it took me awhile to respond. I don't have the cookie sheets bundled by grade level. I may do that this summer. In terms of paper- it's just office paper. Julie
May 28, 2013
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
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
The directions to play the game are in the manual. You have to be sure to glue them on the sticks as they are listed on the sheet or else it won't work well. Sorry I'm so late in responding--if you are still having troubles, email me at julie.vanalst@gmail.com and I'll send email you the directions.
May 28, 2013
Joanne Sims (TpT Seller) re: Cookie Sheet Activities Volume 5- 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
Kirsten Bean
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
Kirsten Bean 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
Beth Cha
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
Julie Van Alst (TpT Seller)
Hi Christy- I am so sorry. Somehow I missed your questions. Not sure really how, but I was scrolling down and saw an empty reply box. In terms of my art, I contract with my own artist and it's a part of my branding so I don't sell it separately. I think there may be a few artists that you can find on Esty that'll do custom work. Hope this helps. Julie
June 13, 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
Nina Azuola 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
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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