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Columbus Zoo – October 20, 2018 – Part 5

12/10/201812/09/2018 traci

Part 4 After we finished at the educational building, we went to North America and then the Heart of Africa. We were fortunate the Heart of Africa was open because they are only open in the fall, winter, and spring during better weather. The brown bear was up and about pacing around his exhibit. Since… Continue reading Columbus Zoo – October 20, 2018 – Part 5

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Columbus Zoo – October 20, 2018 – Part 4

12/09/201812/09/2018 traci

Part 3 After we finished with the Islands and Australia, we went to the aquarium. Since it was Boo at the Zoo, they had skeleton divers which was neat to see. It was very crowded in the aquarium since everyone wanted to see the diver. After we left the aquarium, we hopped over to manatee… Continue reading Columbus Zoo – October 20, 2018 – Part 4

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Random Photos from Berne, Indiana

11/15/2018 traci

Before I begin with this blog post, I should tell you they've changed how we write blog posts. It's going to be interesting writing this blog post today. Clock Tower Hubby geocaches. One of his geocaches was located at their war memorial so we headed there first. The Eternal Flame After we finished at the… Continue reading Random Photos from Berne, Indiana

5 Free Resources for Progress Monitoring – Reading Comprehension

As an Intervention Specialist, you are constantly trying to find resources to use for progress monitoring. There are some good resources and some that are not so good. Here are some of my favorite resources that I have utilized during my career. The first one is easyCBM. They have free probes for reading comprehension. What […]

Sight Word Bowling

I have many students who struggle with reading basic sight words. I previously wrote a post about one sight word intervention that I have used with the students. Then I decided to go back to what I did back in the day. In one of my books from my first year of teaching was a […]

Sight Word Intervention

There is much debate on the importance of reading sight words in isolation. Should students being doing that or should they be reading them in phrases? When you have insecure readers, sometimes the best thing is to have them read the words in isolation first. Build up their confidence THEN have them start reading the […]

This Year

April 2017 – My principal came to my room to evaluate me for the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System (OTES). During the time she was in my room, she observed me working one on one with a student on my caseload. When she walked out of my room, she was impressed with me. She saw me […]

Primary Spelling Inventory

Thirteen or so years ago, I took a class about phonics. The professor introduced me to Words Their Way which is a systematic way to teach phonics and spelling. The program Instead of the students having a set spelling list for the week, this program is a word study. Each student is assessed using an […]

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