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For years, I assumed every school used "RTQ" as a core writing strategy for young learners. However, when I moved to my current school, I discovered that wasn’t the case. This inspired me to create resources focused on RTQ, giving K-5 teachers a solid foundation to introduce this essential skill to their students. Recycling the Question helps students stay on topic and encourages concise writing, preventing run-on sentences. I believe RTQ can be introduced as early as kindergarten, and the skill

Utilize these booklets to ensure that your students have mastered reading and writing the top 20 high frequency words most utilized in print. The sentences are built with beginning readers in mind - most of the words follow common phonics patterns and have beginning/ending blends and magic e words mixed in. There are a few more challenging vocabulary words added to expose students to a range of sentence structures. Word list: are, as, with, his, they, be, this, from, have, or, by, one, what, all

Utilize these booklets to ensure that your students have mastered reading and writing the top 20 high frequency words most utilized in print. The sentences are built with beginning readers in mind - most of the words follow common phonics patterns and have beginning/ending blends and magic e words mixed in. There are a few more challenging vocabulary words added to expose students to a range of sentence structures. Word list: a, he, it, is, to, in, of, the, and, for, you, that, was, said, where

Whether you utilize these literacy warm ups for your entire class or for when you pull small groups, they are an easy way to get students prepared to dive into literacy! Running small groups is all about organization and I love having my students spend 2-3 minutes at the beginning of each group with a warm up. It gives students an opportunity to get “centered” and the teacher the opportunity to get set-up for the lesson without students just waiting. Even a few minutes makes a big different in

I can’t tell you how many times that I have walked into a classroom and seen an alphabet on the wall that does not align with the Science of Reading or even the true sounds that each letter represents! I love a cute classroom, but I also believe that everything on a teacher’s walls should have a purpose . This set of alphabet graphics has the purpose of ensuring that students can reference phoneme/grapheme correspondence and practice their alphabet the correct way. This set of alphabet graphics

This pack of ELPAC goal sheets allows your students to take ownership of their growth and ensure that they are aware of the ELPAC expectations. When students are aware of their data, they can demonstrate agency, which is amazing! The ELPAC is a beast of an assessment and we should be doing all that we can to set our multilingual students up for success.   See my other ELPAC and ELD aligned products by clicking here :) I would ❤️ to connect further and help to support your classroom! Follow fo

Play this short vowel review game with your students during spooky season - It will surely be a hit! For this review of the “glued” sounds -an and -am, students will be asked to blend through words that have a CVC pattern, as well as a few words that have beginning blends/digraphs. I would ❤️ to connect further and help to support your classroom! Follow for more resources and to stay in the loop A Few Best Selling Products: ELPAC Goal Setting SheetsELPAC Writing Practice for Lower ElementaryEu

Play this short vowel review game with your students during spooky season - It will surely be a hit! There are 2 versions of the card deck. Version 1 focuses on short vowel review, while also having students work on blends and digraphs. Version 2 focuses on short vowel review using VC and CVC patterns. Both versions have ghost/skeleton cards.  I would ❤️ to connect further and help to support your classroom! Follow for more resources and to stay in the loop A Few Best Selling Products: ELPAC G

Here is a template to use when introducing yourself to families either online or sent home in person. Each template allows for you to edit the information and add any images that you may prefer.  There is a template with a picture and one without. There are also color/B & W options.  I would ❤️ to connect further and help to support your classroom! Follow for more resources and to stay in the loop A Few Best Selling Products: ELPAC Goal Setting SheetsELPAC Writing Practice for Lower Elementary

This activity pack is great for grades K-3. There are options for multiple different start/end dates and there are both drawing and writing activities. This works as both a fun activity and a way to get to know your students better.   I would ❤️ to connect further and help to support your classroom! Follow for more resources and to stay in the loop A Few Best Selling Products: ELPAC Goal Setting SheetsELPAC Writing Practice for Lower ElementaryEureka Math Aligned Pre-Assessments (Available for

Send this family survey out the first week of school to engage your families in partnership and to gain insight into their students and their strengths. After sending out, file or put in a safe place for reference for things such as: knowing who to contact, asking for volunteers, etc.  I would ❤️ to connect further and help to support your classroom! Follow for more resources and to stay in the loop A Few Best Selling Products: ELPAC Goal Setting SheetsELPAC Writing Practice for Lower Element

The Tattle Turtle for Primary StudentsThis product is aimed to minimize the amount of “tattling” that occurs within your classroom. There is a presentation that outlines the difference between tattling and reporting and how students can navigate both. There is a presentation, as well as graphic organizers.  I would ❤️ to connect further and help to support your classroom! Follow for more resources and to stay in the loop A Few Best Selling Products: ELPAC Goal Setting SheetsELPAC Writing Pract

Ensure that students are quick with their partners of 10 by using these activities!  Some are independent learning (cut and paste), while others will allow for collaboration and movement (walk the room and I have, Who has). I would ❤️ to connect further and help to support your classroom! Follow for more resources and to stay in the loop A Few Best Selling Products: ELPAC Goal Setting SheetsELPAC Writing Practice for Lower ElementaryEureka Math Aligned Pre-Assessments (Available for Grades K-2

This free “I have, Who has,” game is a great way to practice r-controlled words with your students. After introducing the r-controlled phonics strategy to your students, make sure that they have mastered the skill with this fun and easy game! I would ❤️ to connect further and help to support your classroom! Follow for more resources and to stay in the loop A Few Best Selling Products: ELPAC Goal Setting SheetsELPAC Writing Practice for Lower ElementaryEureka Math Aligned Pre-Assessments (Avai

This free “I have, Who has,” game is a great way to review short vowel words with your students. After working on short vowel words in class, make sure that they have mastered the skill with this fun and easy game! I would ❤️ to connect further and help to support your classroom! Follow for more resources and to stay in the loop A Few Best Selling Products: ELPAC Goal Setting SheetsELPAC Writing Practice for Lower ElementaryEureka Math Aligned Pre-Assessments (Available for Grades K-2)

This free “I have, Who has,” game is a great way to review ow/ou words with your students. After working on the strategy in class, make sure that they have mastered the skill with this fun and easy game! Included are a regular word list (pink) and a challenge word list (blue). I would ❤️ to connect further and help to support your classroom! Follow for more resources and to stay in the loop A Few Best Selling Products: ELPAC Goal Setting SheetsELPAC Writing Practice for Lower ElementaryEureka

This free “I have, Who has,” game is a great way to practice magic e words with your students. After introducing the magic e phonics strategy to your students, make sure that they have mastered the skill with this fun and easy game! I would ❤️ to connect further and help to support your classroom! Follow for more resources and to stay in the loop A Few Best Selling Products: ELPAC Goal Setting SheetsELPAC Writing Practice for Lower ElementaryEureka Math Aligned Pre-Assessments (Available for

This is a catch-all resource to print out for each of your students.  At the beginning of the school year, I assess my lower elementary students on their foundational skills. I repeat this at the middle and end of the year and use these sheets as conversation starters with families and support staff.  I would ❤️ to connect further and help to support your classroom! Follow for more resources and to stay in the loop A Few Best Selling Products: ELPAC Goal Setting SheetsELPAC Writing Practice fo

This activity pack can be usedThis activity pack can be used for independent work, partner work, or even sent home for extra practice. There are enough exercises to focus on this skill for up to 2 weeks (10 activities). They are also printer-friendly. Enjoy!  Included Activities: Cut and glue word sortWord scrambleSentence fill-insWord SearchPicture connectionsMagic digraphsSentence fixingCut and glue flowers Walk the roomI would ❤️ to connect further and help to support your classroom! Follow

This activity pack can be used for independent work, partner work, or even sent home for extra practice. There are enough exercises to focus on this skill for up to 2 weeks (10 activities). Enjoy!  Cut and glue 1 (scissors, glue)Cut and glue 2 (scissors, glue)ScrambleSentencesWord search & key Picture connectionsMagical letters (white crayon, markers)Sentence fixingFlowers (scissors, glue, crayons)Walk the room activity I would ❤️ to connect further and help to support your classroom! Follow fo