This Little Reader
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Massachusetts, United States
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I began my teaching career as a classroom teacher, teaching grades 1, 2, and 3. After discovering my LOVE for teaching reading, I went to graduate school for a Master's degree in Reading Education. I am now a K-4 Literacy Specialist in a public school in Massachusetts.
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Reading Fluency Strategies for Parents
Looking for ways to help support your students' reading fluency at home? These reading fluency strategies for parents are a great place to start! Although we as teachers might have some great ideas for teaching reading with fluency strategies, our students' families may be struggling with the best ways to support your efforts. This resource will help teach families about the different parts of fluency and give them practical, easy tips for how to help with reading fluency at home. $$ SAVING BUN
1st - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RF.1.4
, RF.1.4a
, RF.1.4b
+6
Also included in: Reading with Fluency Strategies BUNDLE
Summer Reading Packet for Rising First Graders - Summer Reading Activities
Help prevent that dreaded summer slide by sending home this summer reading packet for your rising first graders. This easy to edit and print packet is full of summer reading activities including helpful resources for families, a 1st grade summer reading list full of engaging titles, motivating templates and reading logs, editable family letter, kindergarten and 1st grade sight word lists (editable options also included!) and other fun, but easy to implement ideas for getting in that daily readi
K - 1st
English Language Arts, Reading
CCSS
RF.K.4
, RF.1.4
, RF.1.4a
+1
Summer Reading Packet for Rising Second Graders - Summer Reading Activities
Help prevent that dreaded summer slide by sending home this summer reading packet for your rising second graders. Summer reading activities don't have to be a chore or boring! Help set your students up for success with this easy to edit and print packet. It's full of helpful resources for families, a 2nd grade summer reading list of 75+ engaging titles, motivating templates and reading logs, editable family letter, pre-primer, primer, 1st grade, and 2nd grade sight word lists (editable options a
1st - 2nd
Close Reading, English Language Arts
CCSS
RF.K.4
, RF.1.4
, RF.1.4a
+1
Decodable Sentences for Glued Sounds Welded Sounds
Use these decodable sentences for glued sounds/welded sounds to send your students on a word hunt! In this printable glued sounds activity, students will have an opportunity to search for glued sounds in context. The easily decodable sentences allow students to get lots of practice reading these tricky words. After teaching glued sounds, provide students with these decodable sentence cards to help them practice reading words with glued sounds. In this resource, students will read simple sentenc
1st - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CCSS
RF.1.3
, RF.1.3b
, RF.2.3
+1
Decodable Sentences for Digraphs - Consonant Digraphs Worksheets
Turn your readers into little detectives by inviting them to go on a word hunt for consonant digraphs with this printable decodable sentences activity! Students will have an opportunity to search for digraphs (ck, ch, sh, th, and wh) in context. The 112 easily decodable sentences allow students to get lots of practice reading words with these partners. Consonant digraph worksheets for a no-prep option are also included. After teaching each consonant digraph, provide students with these decodabl
K - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CCSS
RF.K.3
, RF.1.3
, RF.1.3a
+2
Reading Response Template and Rubric
Do you students need support with writing strong reading responses? These step-by-step directions, templates, rubric, and student resources provide your students with a clear path to answering reading response questions! This resource provides students with five steps to complete their response: - Restate the Question- Answer- Support- Conclude- Re-read, Edit, and ReviseGreat for modeling and providing guided and independent practice for frequent reading responses and standardized test prep!
3rd - 5th
Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.5
+4
Glued Sounds Worksheets
Use these glued sounds worksheets to help your students sort and recognize words with glued sounds (also known as welded sounds)! Word sorts are a research-based strategy that help students learn common word patterns to build automaticity with reading and writing words. Many beginning readers need extra and repeated practice to solidify their skills with glued sounds. These glued sounds worksheets provide lots of opportunities for your students to recognize, sort, and read words with a variety
1st - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CCSS
RF.1.2
, RF.1.2b
, RF.1.2c
+4
Consonant Digraphs Worksheets
Use these consonant digraphs worksheets to help your students sort and recognize words with digraphs! Word sorts are a research-based strategy that help students learn common patterns to build automaticity with reading and writing words. Many beginning readers need extra and repeated practice to solidify their skills with consonant digraphs. These digraph worksheets provide lots of opportunities for your students to recognize, sort, and read words with a variety of patterns. These word sorts
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CCSS
RF.K.1b
, RF.K.2a
, RF.K.2c
+10
Short Vowels Worksheets
Teach your students how to sort word families with these short vowel worksheets! Word sorts are a research-based strategy that help students learn common patterns to build automaticity with reading and writing words. Many beginning readers need extra and repeated practice to solidify their short vowel skills. These worksheets for short vowels provide lots of opportunities for your students to recognize, sort, and read words that belong in the same word family. These word sorts are great to us
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CCSS
RF.K.1b
, RF.K.2a
, RF.K.2c
+10
CVC Sentences Activity
Send your students on a word hunt with this printable CVC sentences activity! Word hunts are an extremely effective research-based strategy that provides students with an opportunity to practice learned phonics skills in context. After teaching word families, provide students with these decodable sentence cards to help them practice reading CVC words. In this resource, students will read simple sentences on numbered cards and search for a word with a specific phonics pattern. Each sentence inc
K - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CCSS
RF.K.2c
, RF.K.2d
, RF.K.3
+8
Short a Word Family Flashcards
The cards are 3x5in (same as a standard index card), and can be printed, laminated, and whole punched in the top left corner. Put all words on a metal or plastic ring so that students can read them over and over to build automaticity! Each page in this document contains 4 of the same card for easy printing and cutting.
Included in this set:
-Cover card that says "My Short a Word Families" and includes a space for student name
-13 common short a word families: -ab, -ack, -ad, -ag, -am, -amp,
K - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Short a Word Family Sorts FREE
Teach your students short a word families with these word sorts! Students will practice the ag and ap word families. This FREEBIE is a sample from my complete short vowel word family sorts. Make sure to check out the full set here! ***Word Sorts for Short Vowels.***Word sorts are a research-based strategy that help students learn common patterns to build automaticity with reading and writing words. Many beginning readers need extra and repeated practice to solidify their short vowel skills. The
K - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
CCSS
RF.K.1b
, RF.K.2a
, RF.K.2c
+10
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About the store
Experience
I began my teaching career as a classroom teacher, teaching grades 1, 2, and 3. After discovering my LOVE for teaching reading, I went to graduate school for a Master's degree in Reading Education. I am now a K-4 Literacy Specialist in a public school in Massachusetts.
Teaching style
I try to not only teach my students to read, but to also teach them to be lifelong readers. Motivation and engagement are essential components of reading instruction, and I am constantly trying to think of new and creative ways to get my students excited about reading. Having engaging tasks and most importantly, engaging texts, is a key to reading growth, especially for our struggling readers. After reading countless research articles in graduate school, I also try to aim to incorporate authentic reading and writing tasks into my lessons.
Additional biographical information
When I'm not teaching, I love spending time with my husband and two young boys. I also enjoy a good novel, iced coffee, reality TV show (huge Bravo fan), and a day at the beach.
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