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Elementary school teacher for 8 years. Adult Literacy tutor for 9+ years.
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A Ball For Daisy (c) Reader's Theater Script
Chris Raschka's A Ball For Daisy is the Caldecott Winning Picture Book for 2012. His story is a wonderful wordless book that should be enjoyed several times before and many times after a Reader's Theater presentation. The illustrations are wonderful for prediction discussions. The story's themes highlight emotions, the value of making new friends and overcoming loss.
Using this Reader's Theater Script for four voices in conjunction with sharing the wordless book with students will help student
K - 3rd
Drama, Literature, Reading
Family Fun Activities With Pixar's Wall E
A printable flyer of activities, story book suggestions, and menu to expand the entertainment value of Wall E into an educational and memorable school or family event. This flyer is a great double-sided handout to give to parents for encouraging at-home literacy development. Laminate to jump start a literacy take-home book bag in your classroom or create your own preschool/daycare event based on this popular children's movie.
PreK - 8th
English Language Arts
Adult Literacy Alphabet Bundle
These are the worksheets for use with Adult Literacy Lesson 1 Alphabet Identification videos on the HappinessHomemade4u YouTube and Facebook page otherwise known as "Bad Ass ABCs for Adults". These worksheets correspond to video instruction lessons for alphabet letter identification, print, and cursive handwriting. These worksheets use a variety of fonts for letter identification and D'Nealian font in print and cursive with the alphabet across the top to keep track of where the letter is in or
Adult Education
Coyote in Love Reader's Theater Script
A Native American Folktale telling the story of how Crater Lake was created in Oregon. For six voices or more, Coyote in Love is retold and illustrated by Mindy Dwyer in a delightful picture book published by Alaska Northwest Books. ISBN 0-88240-485-7
3rd - 6th
Drama, Native Americans, Reading
Family Fun Activities with Pixar's Ratatouille
A printable flyer of activities, story book suggestions, and menu to expand the entertainment value of Wall E into an educational and memorable school or family event. This flyer is a great double-sided handout to give to parents for encouraging at-home literacy development. Laminate to jump start a literacy take-home book bag in your classroom or create your own preschool/daycare event based on this popular children's movie.
PreK - 8th
English Language Arts
Adult Literacy CURSIVE Handwriting Worksheets
These are the worksheets for use with Adult Literacy Lesson 1 Alphabet Identification videos on the HappinessHomemade4u YouTube and Facebook page otherwise known as "Bad Ass ABCs for Adults". These worksheets correspond to video instruction lessons for alphabet letter identification. There is one sheet per letter totaling a pdf of 26 worksheets. These worksheets use D'Nealian font with the alphabet across the top to keep track of where the letter is in order in relation to the rest of the alph
Adult Education
Also included in:Â Adult Literacy Alphabet Bundle
Adult Literacy PRINT Handwriting Worksheets
These are the worksheets for use with Adult Literacy Lesson 1 Alphabet Identification videos on the HappinessHomemade4u YouTube and Facebook page otherwise known as "Bad Ass ABCs for Adults". These worksheets correspond to video instruction lessons for alphabet letter identification. There is one sheet per letter totaling a pdf of 26 worksheets. These worksheets use D'Nealian font with the alphabet across the top to keep track of where the letter is in order in relation to the rest of the alphab
Adult Education
Also included in:Â Adult Literacy Alphabet Bundle
Adult ABCs Level 1 Alphabet Identification Worksheets
These are the worksheets for use with Adult Literacy Level 1 Alphabet Identification videos on the HappinessHomemade4u YouTube and Facebook page otherwise known as "Bad Ass ABCs for Adults". These worksheets correspond to video instruction lessons for alphabet letter identification. There are two sheets per letter totaling a pdf of 52 worksheets. These worksheets are for Adults Only as they contain an expletive at the top. Teachers of children under the age of 18 are strongly cautioned to white
Adult Education
Also included in:Â Adult Literacy Alphabet Bundle
Early Childhood Literacy Promotion in the Home
A quick reference guide for teachers and parents to promote early literacy skills
Incentive for
Family Involvement
According to K.S. Goodman and Y.M. Goodman
in their article entitled
Learning to read is natural (1979),
"Those parents and families who are able to give their children the best chance at becoming literate have
learned to observe children thoughtfully,
(2) arrange the environment to support language development,
(3) interact with chi
PreK - 8th
English Language Arts
Signing Activities for use with Froggy Gets Dressed
Activities to enhance the reading experience with emergent readers.
PreK
English Language Arts
Early Childhood Literacy: Listening
Encouraging listening in the home to promote use of language among emergent readers and speakers.
PreK - 3rd
Literature, Reading, Vocabulary
Signing Activities for use with Baby Signs for Bedtime
Activities to enhance the reading experience with emergent readers.
PreK
English Language Arts
Signing Activities for use with Good Boy, Fergus
Activities to enhance the reading experience with emergent readers.
PreK
English Language Arts
Signing Activities for use with Baby SIgns for Mealtime
Activities to enhance the reading experience with emergent readers.
PreK
English Language Arts
Signing Activities for use with Counting Kisses
Activities to enhance the reading experience with emergent readers.
PreK
English Language Arts
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About the store
Experience
Elementary school teacher for 8 years. Adult Literacy tutor for 9+ years.
Warning: Approach with Caution. Please look carefully if your resource is made for children or adults.
"Adult Literacy" resources are for adults only.
Teaching style
Dynamic lessons promoting classroom community and individual achievement. Often uses popular movies, music, and books as a springboard for pedagogically inspired yet fun to do activities.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Instructional Design & Technology Student Research Grant Award recipient to study educational prospects within virtual reality. I worked with many of our Vietnam POW veterans on a museum experience about how they were released from captivity. I was awarded many official permissions for use of a wide variety of copyrighted material from the actual veterans that created the materials. The latter is the greater honor.
This prototype project is available 24/7 for free access in Second Life Metaverse platform for educators to explore.
*Second Life is an adult platform for adults only*
This link will take you to the prototype if you have an account for the platform.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Gidzenko/171/171/50
This link will take you to the video and playlist that was created for the first phase of the project:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgP6YmjCWt-zC6qgbFrX498WFfwnMovKB&si=8nelUHPL5vbJ0Ggv
My own education history
Associate of Arts degree from Southwestern Oregon Community College
Bachelor of Science in Education degree from Eastern Oregon University
Master of Education with an endorsement in Reading degree from Southern Oregon University
Additional biographical information
Prior Family Section Columnist for www.mailtribune.com
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