How to Teach Hands-On Phonics

Do your students struggle with beginning reading skills? Do they need a multi-sensory hands-on approach to learn how to decode words with short vowels, digraphs, blends, and long vowels? I know my students did. I have tried so many ways to help them with decoding phonics sounds within words. One day I found a large box of popsicle sticks and who knew it would be just the thing I needed!

2nd Grade Teacher Survival Kit

Are you looking for a ton of forms, activities, and assessments to start the beginning of the year off right in 2nd grade! This back to school teacher survival kit has it all! It includes a teacher planner with FREE yearly updates, student gift tags, social emotional feelings check-in, back to school activities and forms, parent letters, emergency sub plans, ELA and Math assessments activities and more!

1st Grade Teacher Survival Kit

Are you looking for a ton of forms, activities, and assessments to start the beginning of the year off right in 1st grade! This back to school teacher survival kit has it all! It includes a teacher planner with FREE yearly updates, student gift tags, social emotional feelings check-in, back to school activities and forms, parent letters, emergency sub plans, ELA and Math assessments activities and more!

How to Teach Writing?

Do your students struggle with writing? As a special educator I have found writing to be the most difficult subject for my students. Handwriting can be physically challenging. I created a writing intervention program that not only teaches students how to write at all different levels, but engages them with writing. My students were motivated to write and found success with these activities. Best of all, they had fun!