Hi friends,

It’s that time of year again! The time of year where people are looking to show appreciation to the teachers in their lives. Instead of yet another gift card, get them something they really need this year!

This blog breaks down our TOP TEN teacher gifts your child’s teachers or your colleagues are SURE to love.

So I don't know about all of you, but when I started out delivering OG intervention I was trying to figure what supplies and materials I absolutely needed for my classroom and small group intervention. I knew I would need writing materials, reading supplies, games, activities, word lists, the list went on and on. We’ve put together a list of Orton-Gillingham necessities to help make your life a little easier!

Is there anything worse than combing through piles of worksheets to find the ONE you’re looking for?

As a part of our organizational series, this week we are sharing our process for keeping all of our worksheets & full-page activities organized! Keep reading to learn our top 3 tips for keeping worksheets organized!

Have you ever found yourself rifling through a drawer full of task cards, looking for the set that you need, only to pull out torn pages and crumpled, incomplete sets? We get it - we’ve been there too! Keep reading to learn more about the system we use to keep all of our task cards, flashcards, and review games organized.

Our goal for the year was to organize all of our materials and we’ve been making good progress! One of the spaces that has felt the most successful has been our small group tables. So, we thought we’d share our organizational system with you!

All over Pinterest, Instagram, and TikTok - there are thousands of classrooms and reading intervention rooms that look like they are straight out of a magazine.

It’s easy to scroll through these pictures/videos and feel like your room needs to look like the inside of the Container Store. While there is something to be said about being in an organized space that brings you joy, our end goal is tying beauty with functionality.

In this blog, we’re sharing how you can optimize your wall space to support your students’ literacy development. Keep reading to learn more!

The process of organizing helps create the feeling of being in control (which is helpful since we work in a setting that often feels a bit chaotic!). In this blog, we’re sharing our process for keeping our students’ materials organized. We see students in an intervention setting but this same strategy could apply to the classroom as well! Keep reading to learn more.

Who doesn’t love a good organizational overhaul? I mean Home Edit meets Pinterest meets education - yes, please!

We get TONS of questions not just about how we organize our lessons with our students but also about how we organize ALL THE THINGS. The literal things that we need to use to deliver our instruction. Well, friends, we’ve got you covered because today we’re talking all about how we organize the materials we use with our students so we can spend more time actually working with our students, than finding all the materials.

Let’s dive right in shall we?

We spent years pulling resources from different programs and trying to piecemeal things together. Talk about a headache. It always felt like no matter how hard we tried, no matter how many different resources we collected, it wasn’t getting easier to target everything in our lessons.

That is until we finally figured out the secret to creating cohesive lesson plans.

Now - we want to share that secret with you! Keep reading to uncover the “not-so-secret” secret formula to creating cohesive literacy lesson plans.

Prepare for back-to-school with our top 5 MUST-HAVE literacy intervention materials! From whiteboards & dry erase markers to phonogram cards and data-tracking systems, equip yourself with essentials for effective teaching. Discover these must-haves now!

As a parent, one of the most important things you need to do if your child is receiving support services from the school is to make sure you are organizing all of that paperwork! Whenever you have formal documentation it can be incredibly valuable long-term for your child.

For example, it can help you qualify your child for ACT/SAT accommodations or college supports if that is the direction they want to go. Alternatively, it can help your child qualify for supports in their job or career later on.

Organizing our intervention materials is the key to our success, right?

When I’m not prepped and ready – my instruction and delivery suffer. This week I'm going to share with you how I keep my intervention materials organized.

The Suggested Schedule Freebie that you downloaded last week is your road map. I keep this at the front of my lesson plan binder – always.

Do you ever feel like there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get done all that you need to accomplish with your students?

Creating a schedule that maximizes time and has sacred periods for instruction, free of interruptions, can be such a challenge. This was one of my biggest stressors in the classroom.

It's that time of year again! Time to go back to school! For some of your kids, this might be an exciting time. They are excited about new teachers and school supplies, and can't wait to see their friends again. 

For other kids, this may seem like the worst time of year. They might be anxious about the amount of work they will have this year, or having a new teacher. 

When most people think about organization, having their work materials in order or keeping their clothes put away are some of the first things that come up.  While these are two important pieces, this Executive Functioning (EF) skill goes much farther than just being a clean person. 

Executive Functioning (EF) skills are skills we use every single day, but often don’t realize we are using them.  For example, when you make your lunch in the morning, you are planning a meal for later in the day.  When you sit quietly in class or at work, you are exhibiting self-control.  Most of our daily activities can be tied back to executive functioning in some way.

Far too often we see children waiting until the night before a test to start reviewing, causing undue stress. By getting into the habit of chunking (breaking down the workload into smaller, more manageable pieces) you can not only help your child get through their tests now but also set up better study habits for the rest of their lives.

Discover the balance between structure and flexibility in research-based reading intervention! Learn how to sequence lessons, track student progress, and adapt instruction to individual needs. Get tips for creative and engaging sessions while staying true to curriculum standards.