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10 Must Haves for Orton-Gillingham Intervention

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!

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How to Organize Your Literacy Worksheets

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!

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How to Organize Your Literacy Task Cards

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.

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How to Organize Your Classroom Walls: Getting the Most Value Out of Your Visual Aids

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!

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How to Organize Student Bins for Literacy Intervention

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.

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How to Organize Your Lesson Materials

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?

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Back to School: How to Prepare for In-Person or Virtual Reading Intervention This Year

It’s that time of year again - back to school. In the weeks that are usually filled with fresh school supplies, neatly organized classrooms/offices, excitement and butterflies, this year seems off. Whether you are returning to school in-person, students are returning in a hybrid-model, or you are seeing students completely virtually, for many, this back-to-school season has been nothing short of confusing and frustrating.

In order to hopefully make your transition into this school year a bit less overwhelming, we wanted to share 3 secrets that will help you be prepared for whatever this year throws your way.

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How to Organize Your Intervention Materials

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.

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How We Organize Our Intervention Binder for 1:1 or Small Groups

It can be really difficult to hit all the core components of a lesson when you are trying to wrangle your small groups or hold the attention of your 1:1 students. One of the best ways to get massive results without the overwhelm is to have organized binders and materials where you can hold all of your intervention activities for your students. We have a streamlined process we use for every student so we aren’t living in a constant state of overwhelm.

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