I have 6 years experience teaching reading in middle school, 2 years experience teaching reading in elementary school and 4 years experience teaching reading to my own two kids!
Do your students have trouble writing retells? Do you struggle getting students to determine important information in Nonfiction text? Use this 5 finger retell form for nonfiction text! Each space of the retell (topic, fact 1, fact 2, fact 3, I wonder...) is written on an individual finger and broken down to give students to write in each part. This helps students visually see that they should have 5 parts and there are little hints for each finger. This works great with ELLs!
This is a 1 page P
Do your students have trouble writing summaries? Do you struggle getting students to pick out the most important details from a text? Use this 5 sentence summary! I broke down each finger and gave writing space for each part. This helps students visually see that they should have 5 parts and there are little hints for each finger. This works great with ELLs! This is a 1 page PDF file of the 5 Sentence Summary Template.
Do your students have trouble writing retells? Buy this combo pack of 2 graphic organizers to use for 5 finger retells of both nonfiction and fiction texts. I broke down each finger and gave writing space for each part. This helps students visually see that they should have 5 parts and there are little hints for each finger. This works great with ELLs! This is a 2 page PDF file of the 5 Finger Retell for Nonfiction and 5 Finger Retell for Fiction Templates.
Want a cute way to display the beginning blends and digraphs in your room? Use this adorable polka dot owl download to show them off in poster size all around your room! Set includes beginning blends (bl, cl, fl, gl, sl, pl, tw) and beginning digraphs (ch, sh, th, br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr, thr). Downloadable file is an 8X10 PDF but you can print it to whatever size you would like!
Do you have a classroom library full of leveled books that need to be labeled? Do you want to use adorable polka dot and owl theme labels? If you said yes to those, then this is the product for you! This set is 32 pages- 26 alphabet labels, 4 blank labels, 1 "labels", and 1 page of directions. The file is an 8X10 PDF but can be sized however you want when printing, so you pick what works best for you!
Are you thinking of giving you student a cute gift for Christmas/Winter break? Do you need an adorable gift tag to put on the present? Use this Owl gift tag to keep your presents organized and make sure they go to the right person!
Do your students struggle with gaining meaning from sections in nonfiction text or chapters in fiction text? This graphic organizer would be perfect for you! The product is 2 pages- one graphic organizer for Nonfiction Text using section headings and one graphic organizer for Fiction Text using chapter titles.
Here's how it works:
For the nonfiction graphic organizer:
1. Have the book and the organizer and tell students to write the original section title in the first box. Then ask them to write
Are you thinking of giving you student a cute gift for Christmas/Winter break? Do you need an adorable gift tag to put on the present? Use this gift tag set to keep your presents organized and make sure they go to the right person!
File includes 3 different types of tags- owl, fox, and Happy Holiday design. The digital file for each design includes 3 larger size and 4 smaller size tags and can obviously be reproduced to make as many tags as you need.
Do your students have trouble writing retells? Do you struggle getting students to pick out the most important details from a text? Use this 5 finger retell for fiction texts! I broke down each finger and gave writing space for each part. This helps students visually see that they should have 5 parts and there are little hints for each finger. This works great with ELLs!
This is a 1 page PDF file of the 5 Finger Retell for Fiction Text Template.
*Or search for the 5 Finger Retell Combo Pack to
Do your students struggle with finding the main idea of a nonfiction text? Are they ONLY looking at pictures, or ONLY looking at bold words? If so, try using this graphic organizer to help them understand the features of a nonfiction text and how exactly they help to form the main idea. The organizer asks students to look for important words, important visuals, titles, and key details- all in order to put those pieces together to form a proper main idea of a nonfiction text. With this organizer,
This 63 page packet includes sight word owls based off the Dolch sight word lists from pre-primer to 3rd grade. There are 220 totals sight words in the packet. Each page has 4 owls with a sight word on it. Use them in sheets for practice 4 at a time or cut out the owls and use them one at a time! The ideas are endless with this adorable owl theme to help your students learn their sight words!
This 10 page St. Patrick's Day Graphic Organizer packet for reading and writing for grades 1-5 contains 9 different graphic organizers- all with an adorable St. Patrick's Day theme!
Include Graphic Organizers are:
Main Idea/Details
Beginning, Middle, End
Story Map
Cause/Effect
First, Next, Then, Last
Character Traits
Active Reading Strategies
KWL
Compare/Contrast
This are also common core aligned to meet your standards for your grade level!
Want a cute way to display the beginning digraphs in your room? Use this adorable polka dot owl download to show them off in poster size all around your room! Set includes beginning digraphs (ch, sh, th, br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr, thr). Downloadable file is an 8X10 PDF but you can print it to whatever size you would like!
My son, who is 3.5, struggles with his speech and the letter s is causing him lots of difficulty! After some research, I found that this is super common and so I created this adorable polka dot owl packet for teaching s sounds. It includes:
1 page introduction
1 Page of "s" Owls to tap and say the sound.
1 page of steps to make "s" words by tapping the owl and tapping the ending.
1 page of cut-out "s" owls to use for making words using tactile techniques.
1 page of cut-out endings to match up wi
This is a form to use when conducting reading conferences with students in 5th grade. The short version form, as you can see in the preview, has the CCSS, a spot to note achievement, and a space for teacher comments. This form is two pages and has the 5th Grade Literature and the 5th Grade Informational Text standards. Use this form on paper to take notes or go paperless and upload it to notability for on the go notes and easy to share documents.
5th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Literature
Want a cute way to display the beginning blends in your room? Use this adorable polka dot owl download to show them off in poster size all around your room! Set includes beginning blends (bl, cl, fl, gl, sl, pl, tw). Downloadable file is an 8X10 PDF but you can print it to whatever size you would like!
Download these adorable polka dot owl table number cards! The file is an 8X10 PDF but you can print it to whatever size you want! Keep your tables nice and organized with these cute and functional numbers! The file also includes 2 blank pages and directions for printing!
This is a form to use when conducting reading conferences with students in 5th grade. This detailed version form, as you can see in the preview, has the CCSS, a spot to note achievement AND the EVIDENCE of proficiency, and a space for teacher comments. This form is four pages and has the 5th Grade Literature and the 5th Grade Informational Text standards. Use this form on paper to take notes or go paperless and upload it to notability for on the go notes and easy to share documents.
5th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Literature
Need help in speech with the letter S? Looking for fun holiday themed words to practice? Look no further! Use this adorable Holiday S Practice pack to work with 5 different holiday words with bright colored pictures. Just say the name of the picture on each page and practice your S sounds!
Use these adorable Polka Dot Owl Voice Level Signs to keep order in your classroom! The file has 5 pages- one main page with all the voice levels and also an additional page for each level so you can display the page you want when you need it!
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About the store
Experience
I have 6 years experience teaching reading in middle school, 2 years experience teaching reading in elementary school and 4 years experience teaching reading to my own two kids!
Teaching style
My teaching style is to be innovative and creative and always focus on providing the best opportunity to succeed to my students.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Speaker at ETT Summit Chicago (EdTech Conference) on the topic of Going Green in the Classroom.
Speaker at T21CON at Illinois State University (4X) on the topics of Going Green and Using Technology to Improve Reading Instruction.
My own education history
Graduated from Illinois State University in 2008 with a degree in Middle Level Education and a Reading Teacher Endorsement.
Graduated from Olivet Nazarene University in 2012 with a Reading Specialist Masters Degree.
Additional biographical information
Mom of two (Brayden who is 5 and Olive who is 3) and wife to a middle school math teacher!
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