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Sentence Stems for Comprehension Strategies and Skills
This is a collection of sentence stems that I use for thinkmarks, reader's response, and just to teach my students the language to use when comprehending a text.
Enjoy the freebie!
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Writing Workshop Conference Checklist
This is a writing workshop conference sheet created to help organize writing conferences with students. It is set up as a checklist to make it a little easier to document each conference. The words "I can..." (a compliment) and "My new goal..." (what the student should consciously be working on and what will be looked for in the next conference) are used to help little friends understand the point of the conference and to have uniformity with "I can" statements throughout the day.
I hope you f
Grades:
K - 1st
FREE Mentor Text List with Teaching Points- Narrative Writing
This list of mentor texts identifies possible teaching points during your writers' workshop, which can be taught whole group, small group, or during conferring.
For each book several writer's crafts are identified with the page number and the quoted text/passage from the book.
Most suitable for the Personal Narrative, Realistic Fiction, or Authors as Mentors units of study, grades 2-4.
Book list includes:
A Birthday Basket For Tia by Pat Mora
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Whistle for Willie
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Christmas Fluency Packet FREEBIE
Christmas Fluency Packet FREEBIE
This is a quick and easy packet to send home with your students for homework or as a review over Christmas break. Students will work on fluency skills {LNF- letter names, LSF- letter sounds, PSF- phoneme segmentation, and NWF- nonsense words}.
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
Oral Presentation Rubric
This Rubric can be used for all oral presentations for year 1 and 2 students, based on the ACARA and SCSA Judging standards. Rubric has marks allocated for easy data collection and tracking purposes. Also has a section for student feedback.
Grades:
K - 2nd
Editable Guided Reading Lesson Plan Template
This Guided Reading Lesson Plan Template will help keep your groups and lessons organized daily.
Each page includes one day (2 groups/day or 3 groups/day), Monday-Friday.
Hope you find this useful! Feedback is always appreciated!
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Grades:
K - 6th
HMH Into Reading Module 1 Scope and Sequence-1st Grade FREEBIE
This is a free 3 page resource that covers the first 3 weeks of HMH Into Reading 1st grade concepts. It covers modules 1-3. I use the Texas version of HMH. This has been a huge time-saver when lesson planning. Categories included in this document are below.Weekly Reading Selections (Big Book, Read Aloud, and My Book)Critical Vocabulary (Oral Power, Power Words)Vocabulary Strategies (Generative Vocabulary and Vocabulary Strategies)Reading Workshop Strategies (Comprehension)Foundational Skills (Ph
Grades:
1st
Reading Intervention Program FREE Informational Resource
I put this resource together to help answer common questions I have gotten about the Reading Intervention Program.I also wanted to share a chart I made that will helps teachers and parents determine which level range will best match the reading needs of their kids.You can also see dates for when the remaining levels of the program will be completed!I hope this will help you all have a better understanding of the program. To see the program, you can click on the link below:Reading Intervention Pr
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 12th
Also included in: Reading Intervention Program - Complete Bundle - Digital & Print
Sight Word Resource ~ 300 Most Commonly Used High Frequency Words
300 Words that your students MUST be able to read INSTANTLY! This sight word / high frequency word resource will benefit your students' reading ability in the following ways:
* high frequency word mastery
* read sight words with automaticity
* practice reading words that don't always follow the typical spelling / reading rules
* improve reading fluency
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If this FREEBIE is a good fit for your classroom, please click on the link below,
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 3rd
Research Data Results for The Reading Intervention Program
Looking for a research-based reading intervention program? This free resource provides data results from the pilot team for The Reading Intervention Program. The pilot team, which began in January 2016, will continue through the 2016-2017 school year, continuing to gather data in reading fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. Download the free resource to see how successful The Reading Intervention Program has been for students and teachers!To see the all the components of The Reading Interv
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Grades:
K - 12th, Staff
Reading Coach Advice and Resources
If you are a reading coach, literacy coach, reading specialist, or in any type of position of reading leadership position in an elementary or middle school this resource is for you! Included is my top 10 list of advice that is critical for successfully building trusting relationships with teachers. Also included are:
* Pre-conference discussion form
* Observation notes
* Post-conference discussion form
* Teaching plan sheets for accountability and goal-setting
***thank you to Covered in Gli
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
Common Core State Standards 4th Grade Language Arts Checklist
This is a straightforward checklist for the 4th Grade common core language arts standards. It has multiple uses:
*Use to show what standards an individual lesson is aligned to
*For guided reading groups to ensure that individual standards are being met in all groups
*To track standards met throughout the year
You can use it in conjunction with lessons you share on TPT, but please credit it back to me.
Common Core State Standards 4th Grade Language Arts Checklist is licensed under a Creativ
Subjects:
Grades:
4th
Digital Literacy Resource List: Websites and Educational Apps
Looking for online literacy resources? Who couldn’t use more resources as their go-to’s! This comprehensive list of online literacy resources is sure to come in handy. Think of it as a literacy digital resource toolkit. As a literacy coach, instructional coach, and district staff developer, I make it my job to know the literacy resources available online to educators.
This packet includes hyperlinks to many of the literacy websites and free apps for ipads I use on the job with teachers and stu
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 6th
FREE Reading & Writing Workshop Conferring Documents/Templates
This includes several versions of conferring note templates for reading or writing workshop that you can use with students at any grade level.
Also included:
-An observation sheet to use any time within the unit to identify a certain skill and identify which students have mastered it
-A checklist to identify which students you’ve met with in one glance
You can also find my Common Core-aligned writing rubrics and checklists here:
First Grade Writing Rubrics & Checklists
Second Grade Writ
Grades:
K - 5th
Benchmark Advance Grade 3 Unit Skills-at-a-Glance
This is a quick reference for planning the Benchmark Advance (CA Edition) curriculum. The Unit Skills at-a-Glance are divided into 5 main program components:
Reading Skills for the Short Reads & Extended Reads
Cross-Text Analysis Skills
Writing to Sources/ Research & Writing Skills
Word Study (Phonics/Spelling) Skills
Grammar & Vocabulary Skills
Hopefully these resources will help you in all your Benchmark Advance mapping, planning, and supplementing.
Cheers!! Elizabeth Vlach
Grades:
3rd
Scheduling Guided Reading Groups K-1 FREEBIE
Tips for scheduling your guided reading groups, even if you don't have much time allotted for small group instruction!Is your schedule tight? This freebie contains suggestions for arranging your guided reading schedule. Decide how much time to meet with each group, and set out your plan on the one of the blank schedules.The freebie is taken from a longer assessment kit, Diagnostic Literacy Assessment for Beginning Guided Reading: K-1, which includes 10 assessments and tips for getting ready to t
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: Guided Reading Tips and Tricks BUNDLE
Benchmark Advance Grade 4 Unit Skills-at-a-Glance
This is a quick reference for planning the Benchmark Advance (CA Edition) curriculum. The Unit Skills at-a-Glance are divided into 5 main program components:
Reading Skills for the Short Reads & Extended Reads
Cross-Text Analysis Skills
Writing to Sources/ Research & Writing Skills
Word Study (Phonics/Spelling) Skills
Grammar & Vocabulary Skills
Hopefully these resources will help you in all your
Benchmark Advance mapping, planning, and supplementing.
Cheers!! Elizabeth Vlach
Grades:
4th
FREE Simplifying & Re-Thinking Centers: Creating a better system
Are you overwhelmed by the idea of finding, making, and running literacy centers or math centers in your classroom? Centers don't have to be complicated--you can learn how to create and manage learning centers quickly and easily. This item is a 13 page PDF excerpted from my eBook, "The Cornerstone: Classroom Management That Makes Teaching More Effective, Efficient, and Enjoyable."In just this single chapter (13 pages!), you'll learn:-How to decide if centers are the best use of your time (and yo
Grades:
K - 5th
Free Notes and Literacy Training for Teachers!
Hello There!This resource includes all my notes and questions from teachers that I will be answering in my upcoming Facebook Live summer series!!To watch the live summer series, follow the calendar and visit my Facebook page at Out of This World Literacy. You can also watch replays.I hope you enjoy these notes and questions!
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Writing For Readers Writing Workshop Paper - Using Checklists!
This is a complete package of paper designed to accompany a writing for readers (conventions) writing unit for young writers. Each paper has a checklist included right on it that students can use as a rubric to self monitor their writing. Included you will find checklist paper with lines, without lines, a booklet cover, booklet paper, a large group checklist, and a peer checklist. This unit teaches students to use punctuation, spaces between words, lowercase letters (except in specific situat
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: K/1 Writing Workshop Yearlong BUNDLE Using Self Reflection Checklists
Individual Writing Conference Forms
The Individual Writing Conference Form contains all of the information that you need to make a thorough assessment of your students' writing abilities. This form will enable you to quickly evaluate your students' writing samples with an objective assessment tool that can be shared with parents during conferences, or can be used as documentation in the Response to Intervention (RTI) process.
The Genre and Status boxes provide an easy way to monitor that your students are following through all of
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 2nd
FREE Webinar Workbook: Benchmark Assessments: A Step-by-Step Guide
Hi Friends,I am SO excited to be launching this webinar and the benchmark assessment system that support the Reading Intervention Program! If you've never joined a webinar before, it's SUPER easy! All you need to do is sign up with the link below and you'll receive a link in your email. Just click that link at the time of the event and you'll be in your first webinar!•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••In this webinar you will learn:A clear def
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Grades:
PreK - 12th, Staff
FREE Spelling Webinar Workbook
Download and print this free differentiated spelling workbook in preparation for the free webinar event: "How to Teach Differentiated Spelling Each Week"What you will Discover:The 6 key differences between traditional spelling and differentiated spelling.How to teach differentiated spelling effectively each day of the week.Step-by-step instructions for setting up and using spelling notebooks.Everything you need to know about managing, planning, implementing, and grading a differentiated spellin
Grades:
2nd - 5th, Staff
FREE Webinar and Facebook Live Information from Jen Bengel
Hello everyone!I wanted to make it REALLY easy for you to register for any upcoming free webinars, download free workbooks for taking notes, and scroll through all my Facebook Live archived videos on my blog.I hope this resource helps you find your way through all the free professional development I have available for teachers and schools!Simply download this free resource and click on images and text to get to the right place! Best wishes to all!Jen
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Grades:
K - 12th, Staff
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