A Go Figure Debut for a Reading Specialist Who Is New

Nicole has taught kindergarten and first grade, is a Certified Bilingual Teacher for Spanish in the state of Texas as well as a Master Reading Teacher. During her two years as a reading specialist, she met with reading groups ranging from kindergarten to fifth grades, in conjunction with mentoring and coaching teachers. Her favorite part of being a reading specialist was getting to know and working with so many unique teachers and students. Like most teachers, she loved witnessing the progress of young minds growing and learning so much in just one short school year.

Nicole describes her classroom as a hands-on, differentiated learning environment where children are encouraged to question as much as they are encouraged to learn. She likes planning engaging and differentiated lessons that reach and challenge all learners. Presently, Nicole is a stay-at-home mother of two small children.

Her hobbies are running, cooking, and baking. She especially likes finding yummy healthy recipes. (I could use a few of those!) She likes spending time with her family, taking her children to the park, and visiting her mom, sister, nieces and nephew. When her extended family gets together, she claims that they are all about cooking and eating!!

Free Resource

Nicole’s Teachers Pay Teachers store is called Teacher of 20. It contains a total of 81 resources with four of them being free. 

Her products are perfect for the PreK-2nd classroom, and are mainly for independent centers/work stations in literacy and math. One of those free items is Word Work for October. It features three different activities – a Zig Zag Puzzle, Roll an October Word and Spin and Jump.

Only $9.99

She also has a 330 page CVC Pack of Printables and Literacy Activities. By purchasing this bundle, you save $7.00. Here are just a few of the items included in this resource.

• 6 student printable books of short vowel words
• 68 "sound it out" 3 piece puzzles with 2 different accountability sheets
• 68 zig zag puzzles with 2 accountability sheets
• 12 color "Spin it!" games and 21 black and white "Spin It!" no-prep printables
• 4 "Write It!" black and white no-prep printables
• A word wall for each short vowel

…and much, much more. 

If you are a primary teacher, take some time and check out her store as I am sure Nicole’s quality and reasonably priced products will save you time!