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Hello! I’m Carla, and welcome to my site! My goal with this site is to share teaching tips for all areas of literacy including 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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Takes a little time to prep, but, wow, what a fun and functional resource! My students loved using the summarizing paper bag book. It really helped them solidify this concept in a neat, creative way. Thank you for all you do!
Ariane O.Third Grade Teacher
Oh my goodness!!! Not only is the seller so quick to respond to questions, she is so sweet!! This set is absolutely amazing! Not only does it have a great variety of holidays and seasons, but there are so many to choose from!!! I love that there are mock ups for both digital and printable resources. I am in love with your work! Thank you so much for these great quality mock ups!
Alisha SatterwhiteBusy Me Plus Three
I have two students who struggle with reading. I needed something to help build their self-esteem, but I didn't want to reinvent the wheel either. This was perfect! We do a poem each week. Monday, we read through it together. After they each do a cold read for me, we highlight our struggling words. Then Tuesday-Thursday, we do the activities. On Friday, they read it once more for me, and we chart their improvement. Their self-esteem has grown so much. They love taking them home to read each week.
My Learning StyleThird Grade Teacher
I have bought and love all of your concept of word poems and activities! Now with the updated version, there is so much more to love! Great for teaching Kinders concept of word which is so important to reading! Thank you!
Mary G.Kindergarten Teacher
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Stephanie S.Teacher
Using these with my reading small groups has been such a great addition to instruction. The fluency skills have improved and they are able to attempt words they might have just skipped over otherwise.
Running Through 4th Grade TpT Seller
I wish I could just use these instead of my reading series! I planned to use this on a short week when I didn't want to assign a new story in the reading book. It ended up being used by my sub since we were quarantined. The students LOVED it! I will be using these again and purchasing other author studies as well. Thank you!
Donna B.3rd Grade Teacher
Literacy resources in my shop
Vocabulary Activities for Any Word List
20+ Activity Options
Concept of Word Mega Bundle
78 Poetry Sets for K-1 Students
Jan Brett Author Study
11 Book Units in PDF and Digital
Paper Bag Books for Comprehension
13 Projects for Grades 3-5
Poem of the Week Yearly Bundle
55 Original Poetry Sets
Ezra Jack Keats Author Study
6 Book Companions Included
Spelling Activities for Any Word List
25 Activity Options in PDF and Digital
Word Study Choice Boards
Editable Boards in PDF and Digital
Alphabet Paper Bag Books
26 Books-One Per Letter
Character in the Classroom Poetry Bundle
24 Original Sets Included
Patricia Polacco Author Study
13 Book Units Included + Author Lapbook
Guided Reading Binder
78 PDF Pages for Before/During/After
Rhyming CVC Words Paper Bag Books
5 Books Included
Kevin Henkes Author Study
5 Books Included
Concept of Word Nursery Rhymes Edition
12 Poetry Sets Included
Partner Plays for Big Kids
15 Partner Plays Included
Cynthia Rylant Author Study
10 Book Companions in PDF and Digital
Alphabet Activities for Kindergarten
17 Alphabet Activities Included
Kindergarten Screening and
Monitoring Tool
Monitoring Tool
Literacy Workstations
Activities in Digital and PDF for All Areas
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