Kimberly Jordano, a master teacher and language arts mentor in the Los Alamitos School District in California, infuses 20 years of classroom experience with innovative, original ideas in her latest contribution to Creative Teaching Press’s line of resources dedicated to balanced literacy. She holds a master’s degree in English as a Second Language and presents her ideas for teaching basic skills at conferences nationwide. Kimberly has been nominated twice for Disney’s American Teacher Award and received the Teacher of the Year Award in her school district in 2002. Visit www.kinderbykim.com to learn more.