Reclaim the love of learning in your classroom - for both you and your students!
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Join the Word Nerd Collaborative!
Reclaim the love of learning in your classroom - for both you and your students!
That’s what I’ve built in the Word Nerd Collaborative—resources that go beyond “covering the standards” and instead pull students in, connect to their interests, and transform passive learning into active participation.
Because they’re engaged, everything changes.
You plug in the pre-planned resources.
Your students plug into the lesson.
And suddenly, class is alive again.
With recurring themes, diverse formats, and flexible tools, the Word Nerd Collaborative helps students practice key ELA skills through storytelling, strategy, and movement.
Students in WNC Member Classrooms will...
- Analyze character and conflict through modern stories
- Practice writing in varied genres and forms
- Engage with text through video, trivia, games, and more
- Chat directly with award winning authors
- Think critically, apply skills authentically, and have fun doing it
When ENGAGEMENT becomes the STRATEGY - not just the goal - LEARNING follows.
If you subscribe to the Word Nerd Collaborative, you’ll be able to…
Reclaim Your Time/Life
Leave school at school, once again allowing you to use your nights and weekends for personal purposes (and things that bring you joy!)
Increase Student Engagement
Access high-quality, ready-to-go resources that your students will actually enjoy. If you increase student enjoyment, you’ll increase student participation. (You will also decrease behavior problems and withdrawal from class activities!)
Level Up Your Skills
Learn new strategies. These strategies, accompanied with your return of energy, will help you teach more effectively than when you were running on an empty tank.
Feel Better at Work
Increase your own confidence and satisfaction so you can enjoy being a teacher!
Increase Student Achievement
The best part is that all of these improvements will ultimately lead to an increase in student achievement.
My kids love it! When I read a book’s first chapter, it flies off my shelf. “
- Lysha Chamberlain (7th grade teacher)
“First Chapter Friday is a procedure in my classroom because of you!
First Chapter Friday has led my students to pick up a book they might not otherwise know. Your work helps narrow down some amazing titles!”
-Sheila McAninch (7th grade teacher)
“THANK YOU! My students love reading and then sharing them with others.
This is my first year as a middle school gifted specialist, and your resources have changed my teaching. I just want to say THANK YOU for what you do!”
- Gina Stout (6th Grade teacher)
“Your resources have changed my teaching.
You help me get my kiddos excited about reading and help me learn more about books that I have not yet read or heard about! Thank you for all of your content! “
- Bailey Rich (6-8th grade teacher)
“I love your first chapter Friday videos!
Thank you for doing this. I go back and forth between your videos and my own selections. “
- Cassie Yowell (8th grade teacher)
“It's made a huge impact on reading in my classroom.
Kids love listening to them and I usually have several that can't wait to check out the book. “
- Cherri Haskett (6-7th grade teacher)
“Your FCF is what saves the week at times.
- Courtney Cummins (7-8th grade teacher)
“My students love you! Thanks for everything you do!”
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Working together to reclaim teacher time, increase student engagement, and have fun in the classroom.
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- One extra take out dinner a week… because you just couldn’t leave work on time to make a meal at home ($30 … which adds up to $120 a month)
- A house cleaner … because really, those showers weren’t going to scrub themselves ($150 a month)
- A wasted gym membership… because even though it sounds like a good idea, who has time or energy for dumbbells and treadmills after school? ($50 a month)
- Extra money at the grocery store for grab and go lunch items… because people gotta eat and you don’t have time to cut veggies, slice cheese, or make sandwiches ($30 more a week at the grocery store… which adds up to $120 a month)
This list doesn’t even include pet care costs, grocery pick up order fees, or the additional caffeinated beverages you purchase just to make it through the day. Your lack of time and energy is COSTING YOU SO MUCH MONEY.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Let me help you.
We are waiting for YOU! Join TODAY!
- Students don’t need more worksheets. They need more wonder.
- They don’t need more silence—they need more discussion.
- They don’t need more compliance—they need more connection.
- They don’t need more test prep—they need more purpose.
- They don’t need more busywork—they need more belonging.
- They don’t need more grades—they need more growth.
Amanda Zieba
That’s what I’ve built in the Word Nerd Collaborative—resources that go beyond “covering the standards” and instead pull students in, connect to their interests, and transform passive learning into active participation.
Because when students are curious, they’re capable. And when they’re engaged, everything changes.
I've been there.
have to ask if you are tired and frustrated trying to juggle all the things in your life. I KNOW you are. Stop googling “great ELA lesson plans ideas” on Sunday night. Quit vacillating between taking a lunch or finding something (anything!) that will capture your students’ attention. Forget racking your brain for a book your students might actually like to read and pulling your hair out trying to create and find everything you need.
I’ve got you. For real. We can do this, together.
Joining the amazing community of teachers at the Word Nerd Collaborative will help you manage your classroom duties, thus giving you more time and energy to take on and enjoy your life outside of school.
Monthly 90 Minute Plan with Me Session (Zoom), access to a private FB Group, and opportunities to join our Lunch Bunch via Zoom and meet authors.
Each month I’ll send you a calendar fully stocked with relevant, timely, and engaging resources. These resources will be connected to themes and holidays as well as the Common Core Standards (when applicable).
Each Month’s Pre-Planned Calendar will include:
- A First Chapter Friday for each week (video + worksheet)
- Additional thematic Reading Recommendation Lists
- A writing prompt for each day (Slides + printable + rubric)
- 2 brain breaks a week (video + printable answer sheets)
- 2 multi-day lesson plans (all accompanying materials including slides, videos, printables, rubrics, etc.)
- And more!
Plug these activities into your own teacher planner for easy, repeatable lesson success. To preview and sample the September Pre-Planned calendar (and see the jam packed value with your own eyes), watch this video!
