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I am an Ontario teacher with 18 years of teaching experience. I have spent my career teaching grades 3-6. I hold both my Reading Specialist and ESL Specialist. I love designing resources that help teachers deliver high-quality lessons that embrace inquiry, differentiation and universal design.
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ELL Personal Dictionary
One important tool that most ELLs need is a dual language picture dictionary. Sometimes we have these in our schools but most of the time we may not. Or if we do have great dictionaries they do not always have subject specific vocabulary. Here is a great freebie that I have used with my new students. When they encounter a new word they can add it along with a picture to their personal dictionary. There is also space to put the word and the definition in their first language. This will help
5th - 7th
Vocabulary
Inferring Graphic Organizer with Pictures
Use this graphic organizer with your whole class while also supporting ELL and special needs learners. The pictures will help to cue your students about the key parts of how to infer.
5th - 8th
Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies
ELL Reading Modifications
This document first explains for teachers how to modify for beginner ELL students using your curriculum.
Secondly it includes the reading for meaning expectations from the Ontario Curriculum at each grade level modified for beginner ELL students.
1st - 8th
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About the store
Experience
I am an Ontario teacher with 18 years of teaching experience. I have spent my career teaching grades 3-6. I hold both my Reading Specialist and ESL Specialist. I love designing resources that help teachers deliver high-quality lessons that embrace inquiry, differentiation and universal design.
Teaching style
I am a always looking to improve my practice as a teacher. This results in new ideas of student inquiry, student centered approaches, differentiated instruction, and targeting learning styles of students. I believe that the teacher is the leader in the classroom and guides students through their own inquiry. In my classroom students sit in groups from day one. We work as a team to make things run smoothly. Students work where they are comfortable even if that means under my desk, in a closet, or laying on the floor. I try to use technology as a tool to bring the world into my classroom. I love my job!!
Awards & shining teacher moments
It is an Honour when people write you to tell you what a difference that you made for a student. I always post these where I can see them and they are worth more to me than any trophy.
"I have never come across a teacher yet, whom cares so much about her students and always goes above and beyond, your compassion is truly admirable" -Parent
"When I feel that I can not do it you lift me up..." - Student
"this class is full of children that are in a much better place because of you" - Educational Assistant
"I am a better me because of you" - Student
My own education history
CYW Diploma
Contemporary Studies Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Education
Reading Specialist
ESL Specialist
Additional biographical information
I am a wife to a wonderful husband, and mother to two beautiful girls and one very busy boy.
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