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Jake is an Ohio native who began his teaching career in Milwaukee, WI in 2015. Having specialized in literacy and phonics instruction, Jake built a following on social media for his engaging and rhythmic phonics lessons. He is extremely passionate about structured literacy and inclusive classrooms. Jake recently finished his 9th year of teaching, and has since stepped into a new role as a Foundational Literacy Director for PreK-3 at a small school in Milwaukee, WI. Jake is also a national presenter and speaker! On the side, Jake mentors college students as they work through their senior year courses in elementary literacy. Jake is a national speaker and presenter. Find out more on engagewithjake.com !
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Daily Dictation Template
Daily Dictation is a MUST as we continue to implement the science of reading in K-3 classrooms. This template is perfect for students who are engaging in sound to spelling routines during their daily phonics block. Staple them up at the end of the week and send them home, or keep them as a qualitative data!
K - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Spelling
CCSS
RF.1.3
, RF.1.3a
, RF.1.3b
 +2
Editable Phonics Block Slides
Looking for a simple, systematic way to streamline your phonics block? These slides will set you up for an Orton Gillingham-aligned approach to a phonics block with the following elements: Visual Drill, Auditory Drill, Blending Drill, Dictation, and Phrase/Sentence Reading. Add in your own graphemes and words to match where you are on your scope and sequence!
K - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CCSS
RF.K.3
, RF.K.3a
, RF.K.3b
 +9
Sorting & Planning Template: Small Reading Groups
Planning for structured literacy-based small groups can be quite the challenge! Using your dictation samples and other classwork, this template will help you sort your students into umbrellas such as phonology, orthography, and morphology. Furthermore, this template allows teachers and teams to plan for these individual groupings by determining an appropriate warm-up, word work, spelling, and connected text activity.
K - 3rd
Reading, Science of Reading, Spelling
Spelling Deep Dive: Small Groups
Spelling has been largely misunderstood for quite some time as the the inverse of reading. However, spelling requires recall of graphemes, segmentation, working memory, and motor acts in order to properly write a word in correct sequence on a paper. This template will help instructional coaches or teams of teachers sort students into groupings according to what they need next in their spelling journey.
K - 5th
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Science of Reading, Spelling
Spelling Analysis: Small Group Planning Template
Small group planning can be tricky, especially with a class of 30, standardized test scores, and papers everywhere. This simple planning cover sheet allows teachers to analyze a recent dictation/spelling sample from a student and determine next steps. As we know, when we are teaching spelling, we are teaching reading. Plan for some crucial next steps with this cover sheet!
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling
Decodable Read and Draw -- 1st Grade
Looking for a small group activity? Center work? This decodable read and draw is perfect for readers that are ready to decode using blends, digraphs, FSZL/FLOSS, and EE/AY long vowels. Tap the video preview to sneak peak at how readers grow in their confidence. Readers can decode, comprehend, draw, and label!
1st - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RL.1.2
, RF.1.3
, RF.1.3a
 +1
Phonics Artists: Read and Draw
Phonics Artists is an enaging, joyful way to practice recently learned, Tier 1 phonics patterns. At the top of each page, the focus skills will be listed. From FSZL/FLOSS to digraphs and vowel teams, Phonics Artists is a great center activity for bringing mastery to automaticity with early decoding.
1st - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.1.2
, RF.1.3
, RF.1.3a
Student Spelling Profile
Orthographical and phonological errors are not the only sentence-level mistakes. Beginning and ending marks, spacing, understanding, syntax, and more can be observed as well. Whether you are using sentences from morning work, Do-Now work, dictation, or free-writes, we can learn so much from just a single sentence or group of sentences. This form is meant to break down the source of errors as well as help you determine where the lagging foundational skills are.
K - 3rd
Handwriting, Spelling, Writing
Decode and Punctuate
Grammar is often something that is left to the side when there are only so many instructional minutes in a day. Grab this decodable set of sentences that come with a punctuation sort for exclamation point, period, and question mark. Patterns featured in sentences include short vowels, digraphs, blends, and /ar/.
1st - 2nd
Grammar, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CCSS
RF.1.3
, RF.1.3a
, CCRA.L.2
Elementary Writing Templates
Whether you are planning for a narrative or an informative piece, brainstorming and organizing is crucial, particularly for sentence expansion, sentence variety, and revising. These go-to templates range from K (mid-line included) to 2 (one with midlines, one without). These are great supplemental resources for your writing units!
K - 2nd
Handwriting, Writing, Writing-Expository
CCSS
CCRA.W.2
, CCRA.W.3
Procedural How-To Writing Project
My first graders LOVE teaching me how to make things! From "how to make a sandwich" to "how to make slime", this simple project template allows students to get creative with a 6-step (if needed) procedure. After drafting the materials and steps, this product includes a three-page final draft template for students to publish!
1st - 2nd
Informational Text, Writing, Writing-Expository
CCSS
CCRA.W.2
, CCRA.W.4
Back to School Literacy Support Documents
Need a strategic plan? A literacy block broken down? A plan for support? While this work is heavily specific on the district/school, this can be a helpful resource for sharing information with staff and communicating your vision of support. These documents are theory of action with targeted focus areas in mind.
PreK - 5th
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Science of Reading
Strategic Planning in Literacy
As a literacy coach, ELA coordinator, or even school leader, strategic planning is crucial for communicating both your vision as well as the lead measures that it will take to achieve your goals. In this product, I am sharing our personal 3-year strategic plan for implementing science of reading-aligned instruction. As evidenced by year 1's plan, decoding and encoding had not been explicitly taught prior to my arrival, thus the emphasis on foundational skills. At the end of this document, you'll
K - 5th
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Science of Reading, Spelling
Sound Boxes Small Group Template
Perfect for your small group time! Whether your groups are working on CVC words, r-controlled vowels, or anything in between, these are perfect when put in a page projector or laminator. Use them for all your groups during your phonics portion.
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Spelling
CCSS
RF.1.2d
, RF.1.3
, RF.1.3a
 +1
Small Group Phonics Analogy Grid
A simple small group addition for K-3 phonics! After reviewing two recent concepts, allow students to hear the word, decide which pattern it features, and write the word in the correct column. This can be great for differentiating short and long vowels, similarly spelled graphemes for the same sound, or even for something like a doubling or e-drop rule. Place them in page protectors, and they are ready to go!
K - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Spelling
CCSS
RF.K.3
, RF.K.3b
, RF.1.3
 +7
Caregiver Success Letter
Are you a director of curriculum? A director of instruction? An instructional coach? This editable word document will break down some of the key literacy changes to families that align with the science of reading. Additionally, this document will provide a template for outlining your strategic growth plan for both teachers and families.
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling
True or False Fact Fluency
True and false practice for first graders! In this simple center, students can use a red or green marker, colored pencil, or crayon to mark the equation as true or false. For the false equations, students can use the box on the right to correct the mistake!
K - 1st
Basic Operations, Math, Mental Math
CCSS
1.OA.C.6
, 1.OA.D.7
Decodable Sentences
Decodable text is crucial for beginning readers as they put the code-cracking phonics skills to use! These are perfect to cut out, laminate, and use at your small group table for students working with FSZL/FLOSS, digraphs and short vowels, and common HFWs.
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.1.3
, RF.1.3a
, RF.1.3b
First Grade Information Writing Project
Who doesn't love a good animal research project?! This unit includes the following: *Topic Planning Organizer *Introduction Page *Table of Contents template *About the Author *Three chapter writing pages
1st - 2nd
Informational Text, Writing, Writing-Expository
CCSS
CCRA.W.2
, CCRA.W.4
Decodable Passages
Decodables can come in many forms! These passages eliminate the use of picture clues as students put their decoding skills to the test. These passages include the following main focus: FSZL/FLOSS, blends, digraphs, and short vowels.
1st - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.1.3
, RF.1.3a
, RF.1.3b
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Jake is an Ohio native who began his teaching career in Milwaukee, WI in 2015. Having specialized in literacy and phonics instruction, Jake built a following on social media for his engaging and rhythmic phonics lessons. He is extremely passionate about structured literacy and inclusive classrooms. Jake recently finished his 9th year of teaching, and has since stepped into a new role as a Foundational Literacy Director for PreK-3 at a small school in Milwaukee, WI. Jake is also a national presenter and speaker! On the side, Jake mentors college students as they work through their senior year courses in elementary literacy. Jake is a national speaker and presenter. Find out more on engagewithjake.com !
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