This is my twentieth year working in education in Michigan. I spent 18 years teaching 5th grade and have worked as an ELA curriculum specialist for the past three years. I am the author of Wild About Fifth Grade. I am also 'Wild' About Reading! I love sharing teaching tips, ideas, resources and sharing all the books with my teacher friends like YOU. All of my products are classroom tested and created to support the workshop method of instruction in reading, writing and math!
My products are designed to support reading, writing, and math workshop in the classroom.
District School Improvement Chair - 16 years
M.A. as a Literacy Specialist K-12 from the University of Michigan B.A. in Elementary Education, Language Arts and Social Studies from Alma College
I have a teacher husband (high school English) and two children (11th grade and a sophomore in college). We are a family dedicated to learning!
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, Not Grade Specific
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Algebra, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Order of Operations, Other (Math), Arts & Music, Music, Computer Science, Other (Specialty), ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Life Skills, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Professional Development, Character Education, Word Problems, Instructional Technology, Library Skills, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Halloween, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Decimals, St. Patrick's Day, Place Value, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Test Preparation, End of Year, Close Reading, Classroom Community