Five Star Educational Products

I have taught numerous grades and subjects in Texas, North Carolina, and Virginia for twenty-five years. Data proves the success of using these cards with ELs (English learners), dyslexic children and adults, and low readers from prekindergarten through adults.

I firmly believe in hands-on, fun learning which incorporates visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic activities. I combined the Orton Gillingham approach, Fundations, Sing, Spell, Read and Write, and Hooked on Phonics to create these Five-Star Phonics Bingo cards.

• Reading Teacher of the Year, Booker T. Washington Elementary School Virginia (1998) • Teacher of the Year, Oakland Elementary School, (2009) • Reading Teacher of the Year, Oakland Elementary School (2010) • Lynnhaven Mall's Educator of the Year, 2010 • Saint Mark's Community Service Award, 2011 • Reading Teacher of the Year, Pioneer Elementary, 2019 • District Reading Teacher of the Year for Suffolk, Virginia, 1998 and 2019 • President of the Suffolk Reading Council, 2018-2019 • VSRA Board Member, 2018-2019

• Old Dominion University, BS in Elementary and Middle-School Education (Pre-K through grade 8) with an emphasis in math and reading * Studied at UVA (University of Virginia) • Regent University,TESOL certificate and an ELL Master's degree in TESOL (December 2019) * Current Doctoral Student at Regent University

• VDOE Presenter • Title lll Consortium Presenter • VESA Conference Presenter • VSRA Presenter (2016-present) • Regular Volunteer/Tutor at Rivers Federal Correctional Center (Prison) • Volunteer at ForKids Homeless Shelter/Organization * Certified Tutor for Suffolk Literacy Council