Hi, Educator Summit Colleagues!!!

Thank you so much for attending my "Using Music to Teach the Science of Reading" session at The Educator Summit. I've decided to give you LOTS of PRIZES and FREEBIES to show my appreciation. 
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*** If you are HERE, then you also received an e-mail from me with a FREE phonics quick-assessment, along with 3 free songs. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. I want to make sure you're getting emails from me in case you win!

Prizes

I'll be choosing winners randomly between now and September 30, using the form that you completed through The Educator Summit. 
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• Three people will get $5 TpT gift cards ***I actually gave a BONUS card. Congratulations to the winners, Laurie, Tess, Ashley, and Erin!

 

• Two more $10 TpT gift cards. ***Congratulations to Ni and Monica! 

 

• One winner will get a $25 TpT gift card. ***Congratulations to Patty!

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• The GRAND PRIZE is a $40 TpT gift card. ***To be announced by September 30! ***I changed my mind! I'm giving a $50 gift card to ...TRACY! Woohoo!

Of course, I'd love for you to visit my "EduTunes With Miss Jenny" TpT store--But you are welcome to purchase anything you'd like from TpT.
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Science of Reading Materials

​I'm about to give you lots of FREEBIES, but first... I want to make sure you know my best recommendations for materials. All materials are 20% off at TpT through June 30.

So far, the most popular item from this conference has been my Early Phonics Curriculum Bundle. This set includes 42 commercial-free videos, a 400+ page Powerpoint that instructs systematically, a 150-page printables file, a 30-page differentiation guide, and a 200-page "Alphabet Essentials" packet. Please click HERE for this set.

Below, I'm linking to larger bundles, since these include all my recommendations for various grade levels. I think this is the best way to explore individual products for your grade level as well.

ALL Teachers: The bundle that most closely aligns with my seminar is the Science of Reading Music Bundle / Early Reading Success Class. You will get lifetime access to 95 videos, plus a 4-module class, in which you'll learn to use songs and other strategies to teacher phonological awareness, early phonics, intermediate phonics, and advanced phonics concepts. Click HERE to view all the materials in this set. Note: If you purchase a grade-level bundle (below), you can have the rest of these materials at a discount. Please purchase the discounted class HERE.

Pre-K Teachers: You can find my best recommendations by clicking HERE for the Pre-K Circle Time Bundle.
Kindergarten Teachers: Click HERE for my Kindergarten Music and Videos Bundle.
First Grade Teachers: Click HERE for my First Grade Music Bundle.

Here are links to the "Poetry Song" videos that I've recently created with Deedee Wills:
Poetry 1
Poetry 2

Finally, these are the Boom Learning card decks that I mentioned in the presentation:
Click HERE for FREE CVC "Letter A" Boom Cards.
Head HERE for a letter/sound chant, and HERE for an interactive sound quiz.  
Click HERE for the CVC Bundle.

FREEBIES!

As I share my music with you, you'll see how I've organized the "Videos" section of the EduTunes website. All purchased videos are commercial-free, and they can be found under the "Videos" tab. Be sure to email me whenever you purchase videos so that I can give you access.

Letter A (YouTube - EduTunes)

Teaching Tips

• Teach children that the letter a is a vowel. Air flows continuously when we make vowel sounds. 
• Ask children to look at your mouth as you make the /a/ sound. If children have trouble, ask them to look in the mirror. Their mouths should be open, with the tongue down, so that the air is unobstructed.

ABC Fun (YouTube - EduTunes)

Teaching Tips

• In 2 minutes, "ABC Fun" exposes children to every letter in the English language, along with basic sounds. In addition, they learn to associate those letters and sounds with pictures. I chose simple examples to maximize letter-sound-pictorial associations.
• Use the chart in the Early Phonics book to chant this song out of order. Ask students how they want to chant...backwards, vertically down the chart, etc.
• Students may:
  • Contribute simple observations, such as pointing out that "b says ball"
  • Demonstrate misconceptions, such as confusing "b" with "d;" 
  • Make high-level observations, such as noticing that "walrus has two syllables divided between the l and the r."
• Use all comments as mini-formative assessments as you expand all students' knowledge and clear up misconceptions.
• I've created two related interactive "Boom Learning™" activity decks to help children learn letters and sounds in different orders. Click HERE for a letter/sound chant. Click HERE for an interactive sound quiz.  

Letter Sounds (Private/Commercial-Free)

Teaching Tips

• In "ABC Fun," children learn to associate letters and sounds with pictures. Now, children spend 30 seconds reviewing sounds in isolation.
• Assess students' knowledge of letter names and sounds using the assessment that is FREE when you join my website.
• Reinforce this song with flashcards. Focus on letters that the child missed in the assessment. You can use cards with letters and pictures to support early learners, or cards with letters only for more advanced learners.
• Many children get confused by differences between the letters b,d,p, and q. Focus on these letters periodically. 
• As adults, we don't think much about how letters sound. Studies show that children who can correctly pronounce individual letters and differentiate sounds in words become better readers and spellers. Help children to pronounce words similarly to the pronunciations used in the song. Note that I've chosen pronunciations based on a highly-trusted, time-tested program called Orton Gillingham.​

Lips the Fish (Private/Commercial-Free)

Teaching Tips

• Use the "Lips the Fish" song with VC (vowel-consonant) or CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. Examples include at, cat, and mat.
• Teach children to make one sound at a time. Watch children's mouths. Are they forming sounds correctly? If not, ask them to look at you as you help them with proper formation.
• Once children make the sounds in a word, help them to blend the sounds together to say the word.
• Later, children can blend harder words like "drag," "bend," and "blend" using the same strategy.

​Stretchy Snake (Private/Commercial-Free)

Teaching Tips

• Use the "Stretchy Snake" song with simple words like at, cat, and mat.
• Teach children to blend sounds together as much as possible as they attempt one sound after the other.
• Note that you can't completely stretch all words due to "stop sounds." You have to stop on some sounds, such as the /k/ in  "cat." You CAN stretch words like "mat" since there are no "stop sounds." (You can learn more about various sounds from my class, available HERE.)

T-h-e, The

Teaching Tips

• I love singing this song without the video. I recommend singing it every time someone stumbles while reading the word "the," and every time you write the word "the." 
• Teach children to clap once after saying "the" the first time, twice after saying it the second time, three times after the third time, and four times after the fourth time. This challenges them. They'll want to keep trying to get the claps right as they keep repeating the spelling of "the."
• After the song, teach children the sounds of the letters. Say, "Wow, this is an interesting word. "T-h" makes the /th/ sound, and "e" kind of says /u/. This will help children to associate letters and groups of letters with different sounds.

That Magic E

Teaching Tips

• The "magic e" spelling is the most basic long vowel spelling pattern. This song explains how the magic e works with all five vowels, and it gives children many examples of the magic e "in action."
• Ask children to sort the words in this song (and/or other words) by their vowel sounds.
• I have a HUGE "Magic e" practice set, including flashcards, phonics readers, and more, available HERE. 
• As children begin to master the "magic e," teach them about short words that end in vowels, like "we," "be," and "no." We can "close" the vowels with consonants to make the vowel sounds short, as with "well," "bet," and "not." Of course, if we add "e" to "not," we get "note." 
• There are other reasons to add "e" to a word. I tell children that these are "other kinds of e's," but only the "magic e" makes short vowels long.
  • One reason is when a word should end with v. Someone somewhere decided that English words never end with "v." Therefore, "have," "give," and "love" end with "e." There is a "Have, Give, Love" song on "Early Phonics."
  • The letter "c" says /s/ when followed by "e," "i," or "y." The "e" helps it say the /s/ sound in words like "voice."
  • The letter "g" says /j/ when followed by "e," "i," or "y." The "e" helps it say the /j/ sound in words like "orange."
  • There is a vowel sound in every syllable. Therefore, syllables like "lit/tle" include an "e" for this reason.
  • The "e" can also be used to keep singular words from looking like plurals, as in "house" and "purse."
  • Other words have "e's" for unknown reasons, such as "some," "one," "come," "done," "were," and "where." Perhaps they were pronounced differently at some point. As children notice these types of words, I just say, "What an interesting pattern. Let's look for more words like that."

Ed Says, "Ed, d, t"

Teaching Tips

• This song teaches about three sounds of "ed."
• Discuss the three sounds as a class. Create a chart and/or ask children to write examples in spelling notebooks.
• After singing a few times, encourage children to write the sounds and examples e.g., on whiteboards, as the song plays. 
• Use students' comments as mini-formative assessments as you expand all students' knowledge and clear up misconceptions.

Prefixes and Suffixes

Teaching Tips

• Ask children to restate the prefixes, base words, and suffixes in this song.
• Make a chart of prefixes/suffixes, and their meanings.
• Ask children to find prefixes and suffixes from this song in other words. Create a chart showing, e.g., a set of words that begin with "re."

More About the Early Reading Success Class!

** I JUST created the NEW TpT bundle including ALL phonics songs, the ABC Essentials Kit, the Magic e Bundle, AND my 4-module "Early Reading Success" class. Click HERE if you're interested. Please read on to learn more!

*** This course is 100% self-paced & online. You're welcome to e-mail me anytime for support.

​Do you ever feel that you're not meeting all your children's reading needs? Many children do not respond to common reading strategies, and many have fallen behind due to Covid. I mentioned that our brains are pattern-making machines, but research shows that about 20% of our students do not figure out a significant number of patterns in the language on their own. This is where phonological awareness and direct, explicit, systematic phonics instruction come in. 
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• Phonological awareness is the awareness of sounds in the language. It turns out that skilled readers primarily use the AUDITORY--not the visual--part of their brains, when reading. We can help children develop auditory skills through simple daily activities.

 

• Phonics is the awareness of language patterns in PRINT. Studies show that direct, explicit, systematic phonics instruction is the best way to help struggling students--We should directly explain language patterns in a systematic way. Through simple daily activities, we can teach children the patterns they need to succeed. 

 

• Structured Inquiry is a way to harness student voice in a structured way. If 20% of students struggle to find patterns, how do we meet the needs of the other 80% who ARE finding patterns on their own? How do we get the 20% to LEARN to find patterns in the language? You will learn to use student voice through a structured inquiry process  and specially-designed songs to ACCELERATE LEARNING in this class. ​

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Here, again, is a visual of the "brain on music." 

   

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Here is a more detailed image explaining how music supports brain function. You can see that if used correctly, there is EVERY reason that music can be TRANSFORMATIVE in your classroom!

 

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As you recall from the presentation, MORE of the brain is involved in learning through music. Through specially designed songs and a structured inquiry process, you can accelerate the learning process--and your students will have MORE FUN learning. 

Welcome to "Early Reading Success." This simple, highly organized course provides parents and teachers with the "keys" to successful reading--along with tons of materials to begin using right away. Lower your stress level knowing you'll have the tools to make teaching your children fun, easy, and effective.

• In Module 1, you'll learn all about phonological awareness--the awareness of sounds in the language. It turns out that skilled readers primarily use the auditory areas of the brain, so it makes sense that focusing on sounds helps to support students as they develop as readers.
• In Module, 2, you'll learn about basic letters and sounds, as well as teaching children to read CVC words.
• In Module 3, you'll learn to incorporate intermediate phonics skills into your program.
• Finally, Module 4 focuses on advanced spelling patterns.

• Throughout this program, you'll learn to use MUSIC to ACCELERATE learning. 

• You'll also learn to incorporate STUDENT VOICE using the Structured Inquiry Lesson Planning Framework™.

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What Your Colleagues Have Said About "Early Reading Success"

​"This year has been quite difficult for me and my students because of distance learning. Using the songs we have learned in this course during online instruction has enhanced my teaching and also made learning fun for the students. Prior to this course, I was doing (another phonics-based program), but it was becoming mundane and my students were losing interest. Once I began adding the songs from this course to my instruction my students' attitudes changed and they were totally engaged. My students would often ask for many songs to be replayed because they loved to sing along and read the words/sounds. I am happy to see the progress my students have made in their reading skills due to this course."  

-Joleen Ko, First Grade Teacher

"I found this course to be extremely insightful and has helped me to understand the stages young children go through when learning how to read. I was able to apply various strategies into my classroom routine and assist the struggling readers in my class to make steady progress ... I have found incorporating music videos to teach foundational concepts is extremely helpful. I found that my struggling readers were able to catch on a lot quicker and easier when there was a song they could remember. Iʻm excited to continue implementing these strategies and videos as I continue to teach my Kindergarteners how to read." 

-Kristi Okura, Kindergarten Teacher

"Before the course, I believed that my implementation of phonics strategies was good. After taking this course, I have a stronger and better understanding of phonics ... I now have tools to not only teach my struggling students, but also my average and advanced students ... This course has made me a stronger teacher. I will continue to use the music videos and the knowledge and teaching skills I learned so that my students can have greater success in reading and writing." 

-Julia Salvido, First Grade Teacher

"I would recommend this course to anyone who teaches English at an elementary school level. The videos, strategies and activities are age appropriate and engaging. This course has benefited me as a professional by allowing me to gain a deeper understanding of the basic concepts of phonics and phonological awareness." 

-Grace Chang, Fully self contained pre-k classroom

"It was very rewarding to see the excitement in the students when they watched the videos and participated in the activities...I was amazed to see that in implementing just several of the strategies learned in this course I was able to see student growth... I am eager to continue to utilize these resources in the future to assist students in learning how to read. I have improved as a professional and in my ability to effectively teach reading to my students."

- Erin Drayer, First Grade Teacher

"I’ve gained so many great strategies, songs, activities, and understandings of the importance of building phonological awareness in teaching children to read. I look forward to incorporating all the strategies I’ve learned and have gained confidence in my ability to teach phonics to my students. I will be sure to incorporate music in my classroom in all different ways and in the different subject areas as it's such an easy and useful strategy in teaching young children. I also plan to work on incorporating my student’s input into rubrics on activities as some students will take it seriously and will work to learn the phonics strategies. Finally, I send a big thank you to Jenny for developing and sharing her knowledge of teaching phonics and her educational songs with me as it makes me a more effective teacher."  

-Cheri Masumoto, Kindergarten Teacher

​"My big takeaway from this course is that I now have all the resources and knowledge of how to teach my children and my struggling readers. I know this course was mainly for lower grades but my students can benefit from these resources too. I will be able to incorporate many of these videos and use the Structured Inquiry Framework. I will be using the “Past Tense Tricks”, “ Plurals, Plurals, Plurals, Plurals”, “Prefix/suffix” “7 kinds of Syllables”, and “Dividing Syllables” to name a few."  

Corrina Yonemori, 5th Grade Teacher

"At the beginning of this course, I strictly followed (my school's) curriculum. However, this course has given me the tools to supplement when needed and I've learned how important it is to focus the phonics skills to grow and become proficient as readers and writers. My students are enjoying learning the skills through song and are reciting and singing the rules when they are independently reading and writing. It is great to see them able to apply those when reading books. I have grown as an educator by intentionally putting into practice the strategies I learned in this course. I look forward to getting stronger and integrating more songs and phonics strategies across my curriculum." 

-Mia Molinaro, K-1 Teacher

"I can’t help but wish I would have had this knowledge 6 years ago when I started my kindergarten inclusion year. I’ve had anywhere from 1 to 6 students in my class at a time with IEP’s and need of specially designed instruction. The teaching strategies and resources provided in this course will be ones that I will continue to use and incorporate into my lessons regularly. I think that other teachers will find this useful as well. I plan to recommend this course to my colleagues in hopes of encouraging them to build the foundations in reading...I am trained in (another program) to teach struggling readers to read. I will continue to use (those) strategies but will also incorporate these videos into my teaching practice. My students have much more fun and seem more motivated when they are presented with a video that they can sing and move along to while learning." 

-Jen Burger, K-1 Special Education Inclusion Teacher​

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Comments About the Structured Inquiry Lesson Planning Framework™

"In addition to having the videos and songs as a resource, I now know how to plan and implement them with purpose and intention using the Structured Inquiry Lesson Planning Framework.  The use of the inquiry and discussion topics during my phonics lessons is not something I had considered previously, but is so powerful to student understanding and engagement, and simple to implement ... The positive impact on student growth during this past quarter has been so encouraging. Through my first attempts at implementing portions of the Structured Inquiry lesson plans, my students have been more engaged, more willing to speak and discuss, and are showing greater growth!  The two small groups of students I focused on when implementing my full lesson plans showed great academic growth in letter sounds and “magic e” words, as evidenced in their post-assessment conferences.  I believe the student growth outcomes would not have been nearly as significant without these targeted lesson plans and resources I gained from this course.  I will continue to use what I have learned in my phonological awareness and phonics routines, as I know that they are data-driven and considered best practices.  I have seen first hand the positive impacts they have on student learning, and am grateful for this professional development experience."

-Kayleen Pieper, Kindergarten Teacher

"I would like to emphasize the impact the structured inquiry lesson planning framework has had on my teaching and students’ learning. I had become so used to lessons needing to have an opening, step-by-step plan for instruction, and a closing and the required detail of which I found to be quite restrictive and discouraging when a lesson didn’t go as planned. The framework has become a very integral part of my planning for all subject areas. My favorite part of the framework is definitely the first inquire stage. This has made learning much more student-centered and student-directed and the result of that is a fully-engaged and motivated class. Even informally, I find myself often asking students what they notice when we read a story for fun at the end of the day, or when we go to our weekly P.E. class and different supplies have been set up for a new skill/game. I find myself learning a lot more about and from my students." 

-Megan Iwanaga, Kindergarten teacher

More Comments About Using MUSIC to Accelerate Learning

"I never knew what impact songs would have on my students’ learning. I thought I was already teaching with a multimodal approach until I realized how much more I could be doing. I have seen the impact using songs to help teach concepts has on my students. I think since they are in Kindergarten and really love to sing and dance they do not even realize they are learning at the same time ... With Jenny’s songs and the resources she provided I was able to enhance my lessons and the students not only had more fun learning but their application of skills and knowledge was much better."

-Sarah Iorillo, K-1 Teacher

"I have used music and videos prior to this course, but never to the depth of how I am able to use them now ... My students always ask to listen to ABC Fun! Or to try a new song to see what it’s about. Many of the early reading and phonics time videos have become part of a regular playlist in our class that we use in the morning as a warm up to get our day started, the beginning of phonics instruction time, and at the end of our day. The students sing the lyrics to some songs with so much confidence and will repeat the chorus of some songs sometimes to help remember skills (like 'All rhymes end with the same sound')."

-Megan Iwanaga, Kindergarten teacher

"After taking this course, I have added SO many new strategies to my teacher toolbox.  The most powerful and exciting thing I have gained from this course is the integration of songs and videos in a purposeful way to my phonological awareness and phonics lessons ... Prior to taking this course, I used ... videos ... as “space fillers” when we had a few minutes before a transition period. After completing this course, I am comfortable navigating the Edutunes video library, and am still amazed at what an amazing resource it is to use with my students.  The videos are such a fun and easy way to introduce early, intermediate, and advanced phonics topics.  I am especially excited about the intermediate and advanced phonics topics, as I have had students in the past that were certainly ready to dive into more accelerated phonics topics, but I did not have the knowledge or resources to introduce them."

-Kayleen Pieper, Kindergarten Teacher

***I am offering a HUGE Early Bird discount on this class. This is my first time giving the class outside of my school district, and I will be using your question, comments, and feedback to continually improve. This class will include parts from my Early Phonics (42+ videos), Phonics Time (31 videos), and Advanced Phonics (25 videos) sets. If you do not already have at least one of these programs (or use them through the Heidisongs site), I recommend purchasing the entire bundle. Whether you stay in your grade level or move levels during your career, you will be able to differentiate to meet all students' needs through using the three sets. 

*** As I mentioned above, this course is 100% self-paced and online. 

Please purchase the ENTIRE BUNDLE of songs and the course HERE. If you already own some of the songs (e.g., because you bought another bundle), just purchase the course below. Just email me at [email protected], and I will give you access to the missing songs.
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Early Reading Success: Phonological Awareness and Phonics Strategies to Accelerate Learning (Course ONLY)

$197.00 $39.99

​Welcome to "Early Reading Success!" This self-guided, online, Science of Reading-based course gives you the tools you need to teach your children to read. The four modules teach principles of phonological awareness, followed by early, intermediate, and advanced phonics teaching strategies.

***Note that this set is designed for people who already have access to my Early Phonics, Phonics Time, and Advanced Phonics programs. If you do not have access to these, I recommend purchasing the Bundled version.

You will learn:

• Fundamentals of the Science of Reading, phonological awareness, and phonics instruction
• Research-supported multisensory strategies to accelerate learning.
• How to use songs and other strategies to effectively introduce, teach, and review concepts
• Strategies for creating student-generated rubrics and assessments
• Ways to make teaching more efficient and effective through a structured inquiry process
• Ways to teach the reading in a way that fosters a positive, motivational classroom atmosphere.

Why is the course focusing on phonological awareness and phonics? Studies indicate that if students don’t read proficiently by the end of third grade, they statistically are more likely to experience continued academic difficulties, may not graduate on time from high school, and are more likely to have economic hardships later in life (Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2013). The landmark government-sponsored National Reading Panel report (2000) recommended explicit instruction in phonemic awareness and phonics as the most effective strategy to help our struggling readers--and benefits ALL readers.

It's my mission as a teacher, and with EduTunes, to make a difference--so I will do anything I can to help promote success for your students. I'll also work hard to help YOU to succeed in this course--so you will be able to connect with me anytime you need support through our private Facebook group.

*** I highly recommend purchasing Early Phonics, Phonics Time, and/or Advanced Phonics along with this course. Note that I have included a BUNDLE option including all three to accommodate all levels of need--from struggling to advanced readers.

*** Once you purchase the course, I will contact you with course details and login credentials.

These are some things your colleagues have said about this course!

"I found this course to be extremely insightful and has helped me to understand the stages young children go through when learning how to read. I was able to apply various strategies into my classroom routine and assist the struggling readers in my class to make steady progress ... I have found incorporating music videos to teach foundational concepts is extremely helpful. I found that my struggling readers were able to catch on a lot quicker and easier when there was a song they could remember. Iʻm excited to continue implementing these strategies and videos as I continue to teach my Kindergarteners how to read." 

-Kristi Okura, Kindergarten Teacher

"Before the course, I believed that my implementation of phonics strategies was good. After taking this course, I have a stronger and better understanding of phonics ... I now have tools to not only teach my struggling students, but also my average and advanced students ... This course has made me a stronger teacher. I will continue to use the music videos and the knowledge and teaching skills I learned so that my students can have greater success in reading and writing." 

-Julia Salvido, First Grade Teacher

"This year has been quite difficult for me and my students because of distance learning. Using the songs we have learned in this course during online instruction has enhanced my teaching and also made learning fun for the students. Prior to this course, I was doing (another phonics-based program), but it was becoming mundane and my students were losing interest. Once I began adding the songs from this course to my instruction my students' attitudes changed and they were totally engaged. My students would often ask for many songs to be replayed because they loved to sing along and read the words/sounds. I am happy to see the progress my students have made in their reading skills due to this course."  

-Joleen Ko, First Grade Teacher

"I would recommend this course to anyone who teaches English at an elementary school level. The videos, strategies and activities are age appropriate and engaging. This course has benefited me as a professional by allowing me to gain a deeper understanding of the basic concepts of phonics and phonological awareness." 

-Grace Chang, Fully self contained pre-k classroom

"It was very rewarding to see the excitement in the students when they watched the videos and participated in the activities...I was amazed to see that in implementing just several of the strategies learned in this course I was able to see student growth... I am eager to continue to utilize these resources in the future to assist students in learning how to read. I have improved as a professional and in my ability to effectively teach reading to my students."

- Erin Drayer, First Grade Teacher

"I’ve gained so many great strategies, songs, activities, and understandings of the importance of building phonological awareness in teaching children to read. I look forward to incorporating all the strategies I’ve learned and have gained confidence in my ability to teach phonics to my students. I will be sure to incorporate music in my classroom in all different ways and in the different subject areas as it's such an easy and useful strategy in teaching young children. I also plan to work on incorporating my student’s input into rubrics on activities as some students will take it seriously and will work to learn the phonics strategies. Finally, I send a big thank you to Jenny for developing and sharing her knowledge of teaching phonics and her educational songs with me as it makes me a more effective teacher." 

-Cheri Masumoto, Kindergarten Teacher

​"My big takeaway from this course is that I now have all the resources and knowledge of how to teach my children and my struggling readers. I know this course was mainly for lower grades but my students can benefit from these resources too. I will be able to incorporate many of these videos and use the Structured Inquiry Framework. I will be using the “Past Tense Tricks”, “ Plurals, Plurals, Plurals, Plurals”, “Prefix/suffix” “7 kinds of Syllables”, and “Dividing Syllables” to name a few."  

Corrina Yonemori, 5th Grade Teacher/Parent of a kindergartener and a second grader

"At the beginning of this course, I strictly followed (my school's) curriculum. However, this course has given me the tools to supplement when needed and I've learned how important it is to focus the phonics skills to grow and become proficient as readers and writers. My students are enjoying learning the skills through song and are reciting and singing the rules when they are independently reading and writing. It is great to see them able to apply those when reading books. I have grown as an educator by intentionally putting into practice the strategies I learned in this course. I look forward to getting stronger and integrating more songs and phonics strategies across my curriculum." 

-Mia Moliaro, K-1 Teacher

"I can’t help but wish I would have had this knowledge 6 years ago when I started my kindergarten inclusion year. I’ve had anywhere from 1 to 6 students in my class at a time with IEP’s and need of specially designed instruction. The teaching strategies and resources provided in this course will be ones that I will continue to use and incorporate into my lessons regularly. I think that other teachers will find this useful as well. I plan to recommend this course to my colleagues in hopes of encouraging them to build the foundations in reading...I am trained in (another program) to teach struggling readers to read. I will continue to use (those) strategies but will also incorporate these videos into my teaching practice. My students have much more fun and seem more motivated when they are presented with a video that they can sing and move along to while learning." 

-Jen Burger, K-1 Special Education Inclusion Teacher

THANK YOU for considering this course! Please contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions. Best wishes, and may 2021 bring you good health & lots of happiness.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Kramer

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This course and the materials included are copyright-protected by Jennifer Kramer, 2021. All Rights Reserved. By purchasing this course, you agree to use materials in your own home or classroom (in-person or virtually) only. You may use videos with your students during lessons and share videos that are available publicly. You agree not to place materials on YouTube, on a school Google Drive, or in any format that can be shared with others outside of your own classroom during the course, or at any time after the course ends. Feel free to contact Jennifer at [email protected] to request specific bundle and bulk purchase discounts to purchase additional products or products for a school.

 * Note that this course may not be used for credit through the Hawaii Department of Education. Another version of the same course has been designed for Hawaii's teachers.

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