SpecificallySpecial
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Severna Park, Maryland, United States
About the store
I've been a special educator in Baltimore City Public Schools since 2011. I split my time between co-teaching with other educators in the inclusive setting, pulling students out for resource special education, consulting with teachers on how to help their students meet their IEP goals, and monitoring my caseload of students across grades Pre-K to 5th grade. My biggest educational belief is that instruction should be designed to meet ALL learners right from the beginning! In 2016, I attended an Orton-Gillingham training and it completely changed my outlook on the scope and sequence of teaching reading! Check out some of my OG products to help support your own OG lessons!
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FREE Pre-Primer Dolch Sight Word Tracker
This FREE download can be used to assess and track progress of Dolch Sight Word mastery. Use this tool for individual students or guided reading groups that are targeting the same set of words. This FREEBIE includes a color and black and white version of the Pre-Primer list. See additional products for ALL DOLCH SIGHT WORDS Pre-Primer through 3rd grade!
Not Specific
Reading, Reading Strategies
Guided Reading Sight Word Tracker
An alternative to Dolch Word Lists! Using the Dolch Word List, this list was created to more closely align with Guided Reading Levels. Not sure which words to choose to use for your early readers? Use this list as a reference with easy assessment, progress monitoring, and independent practice built in!
PreK - 3rd
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.K.3c
, RF.1.3g
, RF.2.3f
FREE Weekly Orton-Gillingham Assessment Template
Assessment template for Orton-Gillingham based instruction. I use this template as a pre-test before I start teaching a new sound/spelling and as a check in once we complete instruction on that same sound/spelling. "Green" words are containing the sound/spelling of the week, "red" words are sight words of the week, and the sentence contains both! Let students see their progress immediately!
Not Specific
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling
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Experience
I've been a special educator in Baltimore City Public Schools since 2011. I split my time between co-teaching with other educators in the inclusive setting, pulling students out for resource special education, consulting with teachers on how to help their students meet their IEP goals, and monitoring my caseload of students across grades Pre-K to 5th grade. My biggest educational belief is that instruction should be designed to meet ALL learners right from the beginning! In 2016, I attended an Orton-Gillingham training and it completely changed my outlook on the scope and sequence of teaching reading! Check out some of my OG products to help support your own OG lessons!
Teaching style
I structure all my lessons in any subject area using the gradual release model where I slowly lead students towards independence by explicitly modeling my expectations, working as a team, and then finally working independently. I believe that a strong foundation in phonemic awareness and phonics are essential to emergent readers, so I use a range of multi-sensory strategies to engage young readers in my lessons. Overall, my teaching style relies heavily on creating positive relationships with my students and letting them know I'm here to help them make the progress we both know they can.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Literacy Leader Award from Loyola University - 2016
My own education history
I graduated from Towson University with a dual-certificate in Elementary Education and Special Education. I've been a special educator in Baltimore City Public Schools since 2011 and I've recently graduated from the Loyola University with a masters in literacy education and a reading specialist certification.
Additional biographical information
In my time away from teaching you can find me cooking, running, or relaxing on a beach!!
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