#productspotlightTYMTR

#productspotlight

Today I am going to spotlight the educational website Teach Your Monster To Read (TYMTR).
This is a website that helps to build students phonics and phonemic awareness skills with online, board,
and physical movement games for FREE. I discovered this product from frustration with my reading
curriculum, which was really lacking in meaningful phonics instruction. The interaction between the online
gaming and then transition to classroom learning with board games is amazingly impactful and allows
students to feel successful. Here are the reasons my students and I love Teach Your Monster to Read.

Students Reasons they LOVE Teach Your Monster To Read:

1-I get to create a monster: Students get to create an avatar monster they can add to as they
continue to learn.

2-It’s easy to get into: Students only have to click on the link and then type their name, no tears
over complicated passwords. Students can hop right in and play easily.

3- It’s fun: Students LOVE the games, they even will self collaborate and challenge themselves
(collaborate on their own without teacher saying anything) on levels that they are seeing for the
first time. They don’t even play for the person they will tell them how to do it.

4- I am learning: Students who often are struggling in class are suddenly successful. I often here
students sounding out words, and then telling everyone around that they just read the word cat.

Teacher things I LOVE Teach Your Monster To Read:

1-Logging in is SIMPLE: TYMTR allows the teacher to select their login method. Students can have
a username and a password, type their name and a password, or just use a specific class star code
and their name to login. I copy the star coded link into our Google Classroom under the About tab.
Students click on the link and  type in their name to access their educational gaming experience.

2-Grouping: TYMTR allows the teacher to set students into groups where you can differentiate the
content for those students.

3-Table Top Games:  Not only is it a fun way to practice pre-reading/ reading skills it also has a section
for Teachers to print off games similar to what students see online to play in class. These board games
are great parent volunteer centers!

4-Movement Games- Some of my favorite parts are not the online gaming, but the content for teachers
to print off for free and use in their classroom. Movement games like Pirates and Sailors where students
have to quickly match a graphic (lemon) with the letter l. The pirate then swipes it off the island and the
Sailors have to try and get as many matches before time is up. My kiddos LOVE this game!

5- Data: I love the systematic breakdown of how the students are doing on each portion of the games.
I can see the specific letters and the percentage of correct responses to that letter throughout their
learning. For example Bob was working on herding sheep into the correct phonics pen, working on the
letter k, I can go and see that for the letter K he was answering and identifying the correct pen 80% of the
time, but on the next game for the letter A he was only answering correctly 20% of the time. This can
then help me to differentiate and specify instruction.

6-FREE: Our favorite price as educators is $0. This product is amazing because it has so much and is
educational impactful for that favorite price FREE.99.

Please feel free to comment and ask any questions you may have about this fabulous resource.