This bundle includes 3 one-sheet resources to aid students with their vocabulary skills, most in both English and Spanish: Vocabulary Strategies ChecklistContext Clues Poster/Visual Aid Multiple Meaning Words Poster/Visual Aid (with word list)Common Prefixes & Prefix Families Poster/Visual Aid (English only)
Handout to supplement the 8th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 2: Food Choices). Contents: Excerpt from Michael Pollan's novel The Omnivore's Dilemma ("The Birth of Organic Food" section)Vocabulary (determining meaning using context) questionComprehension questionsOpen-ended writing prompt (using evidence to support an inference)
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies
Handout to supplement the 8th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 1: Latin American Folklore). Contents: Excerpt from Wonderopolis passage about el Chupacabras with translated versionVocabulary matchingComprehension questionsProtocol (optional): 1. Preview text (title, images, questions). 2. Read the text and have students write the gist 3. Answer vocabulary and comprehension questions, re-reading for clarification where necessary.
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies
Enjoy these classroom posters for 12 high frequency academic vocabulary words - in both English and Spanish! Contains posters for: Analyze, Compare, Contrast, Evaluate, Infer, Predict, Explain, Describe, Support, Trace, Formulate
This is a one-page reference sheet (with Spanish version) for the different types of context clues students can look for to help them determine the meaning of unknown words in a text - definition, examples, synonym, antonym, or inference. Includes an explanation of each and color-coded examples.
Streamlined close reading checklist and posters (in English and Spanish) that are especially great for students with speech/language impairments and/or learning disabilities. Resources display 3 strategies that students can use BEFORE they read (preview, predict, chunk) and 3 strategies they can use WHILE they read (define, annotate, check), with accompanying visuals to aid with memorization. Listing includes: bookmark checklist classroom posters
Chunked and scaffolded informational text from the 8th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 1: The Lost Children of Sudan, Lesson 5). Includes paragraph-by-paragraph breakdown of informational text "The Lost Boys of the Sudan" with visuals, spaces to write the gist and define unknown vocabulary words (write the definitions and use them in sentences), and a comprehension check.
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading Strategies
Help students understand the relationship between question stems and their responses - in English and Spanish. Use this as a visual reference sheet for students or cut out the lower portion and fold to use as a bookmark.
This is a one-page reference sheet (English and Spanish) for determining the correct definition of multiple meaning words. Includes a (non-exhaustive) word list of multiple meaning words.
This bundle includes bilingual resources to aid students with their comprehension and higher-level thinking skills: Close Reading Strategies Bookmarks/Posters (includes a student checklist)Question-Answer Relationships (QAR) Visual Aid/BookmarkInferences Poster/Handout/Visual AidPredictions Poster/Handout/Visual Aid
One-page reference sheet in English and Spanish with explanation of how to make an inference. Includes helpful vocabulary, sentence starters, and graphic organizer.
This is a student-facing tool to help visualize progress over time. Each tracker has a rubric with a color-coded key, progress monitoring dates, and space for each of the student's goals, with bubbles to indicate progress as the year progresses. The listing contains: 1, 2, 3, or 4-goal versions, suitable for students with different needsA template using "Independence Level" as a measure of progress, following a six-week progress monitoring cycleA blank template for you to input your own measur
Chunked and scaffolded informational text from the 6th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 2: Critical Problems and Design Solutions, Unit 2: Lesson 5). Includes two pages (2 paragraphs per page) of informational text "The Hippo Roller" with visuals, comprehension checks, and vocabulary questions.
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Vocabulary
Handout to supplement the 6th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 1: Greek Mythology). Contents: "Medusa" myth (Unit 2: Lesson 3)Central idea questionVocabulary questionsProtocol (optional): 1. Preview text (title, images, questions). 2. Read the text and have students write the gist separately 3. Answer vocabulary and comprehension questions, re-reading for clarification where necessary.
Series of quick handouts for teaching and reviewing parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions) with tasks for sorting, labeling, and generating words in each grammatical category. Includes 5 half-pages (front and back) with: Nouns and VerbsAdjectives and AdverbsConjunctions and PrepositionsReview & PracticeMore Review & PracticeGreat for entrance/exit tickets! Practice sheets include sentences pulled from EL Education curricular texts, with sentence frame t
These are figurative language posters for classroom display ideal for a bilingual classroom or therapy room. Includes definitions and examples of: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Imagery, Hyperbole, Pun, and Verbal Irony
Chunked and scaffolded model essay from the 8th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 2: Food Choices, Lesson 8). I used this in the therapy room with my students with speech/language disabilities, analyzing one paragraph per session. Includes paragraph-by-paragraph breakdown of model essay "CSAs" with vocabulary (definitions, sentences, and visuals), comprehension questions, and an exit ticket question.
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays
Handout (with Spanish translation) to supplement the 6th grade Imagine Learning EL curriculum (Module 1: Greek Mythology). Contents: "Hestia" myth (Unit 3: Lesson 2)Central idea questionVocabulary questionsProtocol (optional): 1. Preview text (title, images, questions). 2. Read the text and have students write the gist separately 3. Answer vocabulary and comprehension questions, re-reading for clarification where necessary.
Includes: List of 20 common prefixes with definitions, examples, and visualsLonger list of prefix "families" with definitions and examplesGreat for students who need visuals to learn! Works as a reference sheet, or print as a larger poster.
Current middle and high school bilingual speech-language pathologist
Teaching style
Individual, group, and push-in therapy services aligned with the general education curriculum and state learning standards
My own education history
- M.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP)
- Teacher of Students with Speech-Language Disabilities; Bilingual Extension (TSSLD-BE)
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