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📚 Reading Interventionist 📓 Structured Literacy 💪 Growth Mindset 😊 SEL 🧠 Scaffold & Support Learners 💙
I've been doing the teaching thing for 20+ years (what!) in all kinds of different positions: computer teacher, academic support/Title I, first grade teacher, and mostly as a reading interventionist in grades K-5. Along with developing small group lessons targeting the needs of struggling readers, I also provide classroom teachers with interventions and strategies that support their learners.
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Shapes Activity/Identifying and Using Shapes
This is a great activity to use as a center or as a bulletin board. Students create a shape using hexagons, trapezoids, triangles, rhombuses, and squares. Then they need to write down the number of shapes they used and then the total number of shapes used. To make the activity more challenging, you can tell them that all the shapes need to be touching on their sides. There is a sample of a completed activity. The shapes are included, and they are the same size as the manipulatives used in c
K - 1st
Geometry, Math
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📚 Reading Interventionist 📓 Structured Literacy 💪 Growth Mindset 😊 SEL 🧠 Scaffold & Support Learners 💙
I've been doing the teaching thing for 20+ years (what!) in all kinds of different positions: computer teacher, academic support/Title I, first grade teacher, and mostly as a reading interventionist in grades K-5. Along with developing small group lessons targeting the needs of struggling readers, I also provide classroom teachers with interventions and strategies that support their learners.
Teaching style
I believe that the teachers have a very challenging job, addressing the academic, social, and emotional needs of children and guiding them towards independence.
Best Practices in Teaching:
*Social-Emotional Learning & strong teacher-student relationships
*Growth Mindset
*Science of Reading: direct, explicit, cumulative, multi-sensory phonics instruction & knowledge-building activities
*Differentiated & Scaffolded Instruction: Meeting students where they are and providing supports as necessary
I am constantly growing and learning about how kids learn best!
Awards & shining teacher moments
Education Support Professional of the Year -- 2017-2018
Additional biographical information
I love teaching children and how much they teach me. I could do without the rest of the nonsense.
I work with the most caring, creative, and innovative educators who have helped me grow as a teacher.
I am making a valiant effort to chronicle my teacher "adventures" and ideas in this blog: https://workshopclassroom.blogspot.com.
I *love* creating resources that help you and your students!
Please leave me a rating or feedback so I can make adjustments as needed!
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