Hyperlexia

I'm currently taking my third graduate class towards my masters (what a nightmare) and I recently finished a powerpoint project about hyperlexia and reading comprehension strategies.

This year I have two students who show signs of hyperlexia. Basically, they can read anything they come across, but they really struggle with reading comprehension. I was having a lot of difficulty figuring out what I could do to improve their reading comprehension. Then I mentioned it to my grad professor and she explained hyperlexia to me. I decided to do my class project on hyperlexia so that I could try to find some strategies.

I want to share my powerpoint in case anyone else has similar problems! Hopefully it can give you some ideas!

I also created this file folder activity to help my students with hyperlexia as well as the rest of my class with reading comprehension strategies. They love using it and it really is helping them a lot!

Roll and Write

Another new TPT product!

GO HERE to check out my Sight Words Roll and Write activity for kindergarten Reading Street! It also has recording sheets for lowercase letters a-z!!

Medial Vowel Picture Sort

I just uploaded a medial vowel picture sort product onto TPT!

Go check it out!! :)

CVC Words File Folder Game

Check out my new product on TPT! It is a CVC file folder game in which students choose two consonants and a vowel, and blend the sounds together to read the word. It is great for literacy centers or for students who finish their work early.
Enjoy!
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/CVC-Word-File-Folder-Game-Aligned-with-Reading-Street-985923

Early Childhood Writing Prompt Packet

I've been testing out a new way to make printables, so I made a year-long writing prompt packet to use in early childhood classrooms! I put it up on my teachers-pay-teachers page here. I would love it if you checked it out! It has 42 writing prompts that range in difficulty from fill-in-the-blank responses to open ended responses. 

The themes represented in this packet are as follows:

1. First Day of School
2. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
3. Apples
4. Bugs
5. Fall
6. Pumpkins
7. Spiders
8. Scarecrows
9. Thanksgiving
10. Snow
11. Snow Day
12. Gingerbread Man
13. Snowmen at Night
14. Vacation Plans
15. New Year
16. Penguins
17. Hibernating Bears
18. 100th Day of School
19. Valentines Day
20. What does Love Mean?
21. Groundhog Day
22. Presidents
23. Dr. Seuss
24. St. Patrick's Day
25. Leprechauns
26. Spring
27. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
28. April Showers
29. Earth Day
30. Birds
31. End of the School Year
32. Summer
33. Weekend Plans
34. Past Weekend
35. Friends
36. Favorite Animal
37. I am special
38. Favorite Part of a Book
39. Beginning/Middle/End
40-42. Blank writing papers with borders

The packet is $3.00 on teacherspayteachers, but I will send it to the first three people who comment on this blog for free!

Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks

I've found the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks to be very difficult to quickly navigate. It has always frustrated me that I have to download each framework individually, and often the frameworks are broken up in the document by subject rather than grade level.

So I put all of the Massachusetts Kindergarten Curriculum Frameworks into one easy-to-use document! It is easier to print out, make notes on, and keep track of which frameworks you have hit and which you have not. You can even put check marks next to the ones that you think your class has mastered.

It put it on teacherspayteachers for free. Here it is!

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