Literacy is my passion. Hello! I’m Carla. Welcome to my site! My goal with this site is to share teaching tips for all areas of literacy-phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing for grades K-8. I love sharing resources with teachers, and it makes me happy to help take a little off the overflowing platters of teacher duties. I hope you'll find my site helpful and my resources worthy of using with your students.
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Character development is a common skill for upper elementary students, and one of the best ways to teach character change and character traits is through literature. In this post, I'm going to share a gem of a book I discovered last spring along with teaching ideas. It is one of the featured books ...
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It's Back to School time, but it's anything BUT a normal beginning. With a long to-do list, I thought I'd share fun back to school activities for community building and establishing norms, for skill review, and for great picture books. Regardless of the setting your district has chosen, I think ...
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Whether you're planning ahead, need to keep a child busy, or just need a little review, Boom Cards are for you! In this post, I'd like to share how Boom Cards have made learning fun and meaningful for my readers in and out of the classroom. In this post, I'll share nine key benefits I've discovered ...
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