Reading Specialist at Sunrise Point Elementary in Blue Valley School District. I strive to teach children to find JOY in learning to read. 📚💙

Joined May 2020
4th graders were so excited to get to be the “teacher” and lead our reading group through some syllable division practice! @IMSEOG @SPEPatriots @katie_turkle
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My 5th grade reading students helping my 1st grade reading students! This makes my heart so happy. ❤️ They all have said this morning routine is one of the best parts of their day! @SPEPatriots @SPELibrary ✏️📖📚
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First graders using letter tiles to build words by substituting one sound at a time. An engaging & multi-sensory way to practice blending and spelling! ✏️📓📖 @IMSEOG
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Teamwork makes the dream work! Supporting all kids and teachers to@learn new spelling routines. @SPEReading @KCWiens
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I love making syllables FUN to learn! I use a syllable safari theme and students get so excited to learn about each animal’s division pattern! @IMSEOG @SPEPatriots 🐹🐯🐢🦁🐝
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It has been such a JOY getting to model lessons in each of the grade levels this week. 💗 Second graders rocked 🎸closed/not closed syllables and want to teach you all about them!@SPEPatriots
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Replying to @SPEReading
@SPEReading helping us get off to a great start w/ Closed Syllables.
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I love summer tutoring, especially how much I get to know each of my students since it’s primarily one-on-one. Here is my back-to-school treat for my littles! ✏️📚📖
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So excited to read this new book written by a @bvschools educator! Dr. Jenson helped lead our Covid task force during the 2020-2021 school year. @AfterTheMask
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Spending the day learning about our new phonics resource. @SPEReading
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I don’t think I was supposed to see this until Monday but sometimes work calls on the weekend. 🤪 This was truly the sweetest surprise and definitely put a big smile on my face! Thank you to our amazing families for the darling door decoration. 💗 @SPEPatriots
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Teaching syllable division patterns (ways to cut words apart) and syllable types (guides to pronunciation) gives readers have a map to discover how to read longer phonetic words. As strategies are applied more skillfully and automatically, the landscape of reading is widened.📖📚
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Syllable Division strategies can unlock the world of reading for older students who struggle to decode words. Older students may have a strong oral vocabulary and once they can decode the word they are then able to put that word into the context of their reading.
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How do students move from slowly decoding, word by word to being able to read words quickly and easily? You can thank orthographic mapping for that. bit.ly/3xjMA75
My little Kinders are rockin their digraphs! Their excitement for the sand tray makes me so happy. 🥰 @SPEPatriots @IMSEOG
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An exciting day of learning from some of the best in the field of reading! 📚#2021literacysummit @IMSEOG
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Where are our first grade teachers at?! Retweet AND tag two teachers for a change to win an IMSE Customizable Grade 1 Slide Set! We will be giving away one slide set for every 50 retweets....how many can we give away? #teachertwitter
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When you read a book about mixing colors, you just have to incorporate paint into sight word practice! 🎨📚@SPEPatriots
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I did a thing. Six things actually. I’m beyond thrilled to have written the first set decodable readers for Heggerty. Look for them in June. Preorders in May! #decodablereaders
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Gentle Cindy Cheer and drawings to help us remember the job of signal vowels e, i & y. 😀@IMSEOG @SPEPatriots
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