Tops and I will be back soon...we're taking a little break....

6/7/19 Update:  Check out Sight Word Drills for primer words...https://www.topsthemonkey.com/sight-word-drill-videos.html

6/6/19  Today, I became a Grandmother for the first time.  My grandson's name is Luke. 

6/6/19 UPDATE:  Check out Word Family Drills for Ending Blends (using flip books)
https://www.topsthemonkey.com/ending-blends-word-family-drills.html
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 More to come...Balanced Literacy Lesson Plans for DRA 3

UPDATE:  Warren's second book is now available as an ebook in Virginia's Public Library System.  Well, that's two down and six 
 more to go....Love you always, Big Sis...
https://library.biblioboard.com/content/2ff67de6-8b6a-4f10-a588-ca1e7216272f
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 I am a retired teacher.  I've taught for forty years and retired with exemplary status (master teacher).  I have a bachelor's degree in elementary education from the University of South Florida.  I have a master's degree in reading education from Old Dominion University.  I am a Navy wife and mother of three children. Currently, I'm an Indie Author and a Traditional Author with arobookpublishing.com.  Also, I have received a number of prestigious awards, such as the National Award Winner in Nickelodeon's Bright Orange Teacher Contest,  a National Daily Point of Light Award from the Points of Light Foundation, a National Presidential Call-to-Service Award, Cox Cable Educator of the Year, VFW District-Leveled Teacher of the Year, Thirteen Norfolk Public School Teacher Bell Awards and twice was named as a semi-finalist as Norfolk Public School's Teacher of the Year.