Alice Nine

Did you know? "Alphabet Sounds Song" music video with Tommy Turtle that is part of my kinder course "Letters,Sounds,Words" is posted academy.alicenine.net home page. No login needed. #TeamSISD #JCSpell Please spread the word, retweet!

Do your students like making chains... I'm liking the snowman for January.

In case you haven't noticed . . .

From my home to yours... Happy Thanksgiving!

LOL... gotta love this snowman!

Snow comes early in October at higher elevations (not in Portland, we are at sea level) and I've been wondering and researching why that is...

With "Johnny Can Spell" you can teach this with "a stick in sand" . . . It really is that easy ... if you know the code and how to "think to spell." Contact me to learn how.

2023 STAAR reports and comparisons with 2019-2022. tea.texas.gov/about-tea/news…

Happy August. It's a great time to be reading and writing!

Have a happy summer Monday !

Happy Independence Day! Celebrating our Flag on the 4th of July!

It's official. Winter is history. Spring is over. It is Summer. That means the sun is streaming onto my north-facing back porch and into my breakfast nook and kitchen windows as it rises in the northeast... Amazing what the tilt of the earth gives us north of the 45th parallel!

Tomato Pie fb.watch/laQAUA9qyw/ via @FacebookWatch

Today I choose joy.

So excited to see how well #JCSpell routines align with science of reading and the POSSUM approach to word study. Wondering what the POSSUM approach is? Check out the featured reading link on my PD site. professionaldevelopment.alicenine.net//

I just had to share the beauty of this morning . . .

Love students leading their learning practice in their THINK TO SPELL routine! #JCSpell

@ltaylo_DSSE @LexiaLearning @DSShook_ES @SocorroISD Congratulations to your first TTS leader. Love it when students lead; drives learning to a higher level. #JCSpell

Check out this picturebook! Author/Illustrator Kelly Canby reads her delightful picturebook "Timeless." Love the rhythm, word play, and heartwarming tale. Every reader can connect to Emit as he searches for "time." youtube.com/watch?v=2KjDaP…

Happy Spring!!! She wore her yellow sun-bonnet, She wore her greenest gown; She turned to the south wind And curtsied up and down. She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor; "Winter is dead." --A.A. Milne