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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
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
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Scope and Sequence - Read Aloud Lesson Plans for 1st, 2nd grade
Our scope and sequence is a free download for your convenience. It shows how we have aligned each of our read-aloud lessons with the CCSS standards. This download provides- book titles for all of our lesson plans (organized by monthly bundle)- alignments to CCSS Reading Literature standards for 1st and 2nd grade- CCSS alignments for each lesson's response to text activities for 1st and 2nd grade- skills at a glance- Depth of Knowledge (DOK) rigor checklistThank you for taking an interest in teac
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Comprehension Questions
This handy little document is great to send home or keep close during book discussions. There are definitions and examples for inferring, summarizing, and synthesizing which come in handy for parents using this resource at home. You will also find specific questions to help students infer, summarize, synthesize, analyze, critique and recall basic information from the story!
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 5th
Reading Behaviors and Skills at Each Reading Level: A Teacher's Guide
After years of teaching reading skills and behaviors to students (and explaining these expectations to parents), I decided to put together a document that shows a continuum of reading skills as students progress through the (Fountas & Pinnell) reading levels. This is a great tool to use while conferring with students during reading workshop, to refer to during parent-teacher conferences, or even to use for report card language.You could print these sheets two per page and make it into a book
Grades:
K - 5th
How to Teach Theme in Fourth and Fifth Grades Freebie
Students need direct instruction to summarize and find a theme. This handy page shows you how to teach with a story arc. Step-by-step scaffolding helps fourth and fifth graders master this sophisticated skill. Enjoy teaching!Brenda Kovich
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 5th
Also included in: Teaching Theme Unit for 5th Grade - How Characters Respond to Challenges
Read-Aloud Titles by Grade Level
This is a curated list of best teacher and parent read-aloud titles by grade level, that means if you have a 2nd grader or teach 2nd grade, read them books from the Picture Books or Chapter Books column for 2nd grade. These titles are not intended as titles that appropriate for your 2nd grader to read, it means they are appropriate for them to listen and understand. These titles are not necessarily at your child's reading comprehension level (the level at which they can read it and understand
Grades:
K - 5th
Scope and Sequence - Read Aloud Lesson Plans for K, 1st grade
Our Kindergarten scope and sequence is a free download for your convenience. It shows how we have aligned each of our K-1 read-aloud lessons with the CCSS standards. This download provides- Book titles for all of our lesson plans (organized by monthly bundle)- Alignment to CCSS Reading Literature and Reading Informational standards for grades K and 1- CCSS alignment for each lesson's response to text activities for Kindergarten and 1st grade- Skills at a glance- Depth of Knowledge (DOK) rigor ch
Grades:
K - 1st
Pacing Chart for Grade 7 READING (Scope & Sequence)
I am making this available on Teachers Pay Teachers as a free download in response to overwhelming requests to view this document. This is not meant for you to use as-is, but is rather available to provide an example of how I use my various interactive notebooks and other products during the course of a school year.
This download also lists all of the literature/articles/novels/stories that I use during the year and which skills I teach with each one, as well as the resources I use.
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Grades:
7th
Ideas by Jivey Product Guide
This free download gives you a breakdown of the resources you may not realize are there without doing a lot of searching or reading descriptions for links! There are several companion pieces in my store, as well as supplemental pieces to help your year run smoothly. Check them out in the clickable download that will take you right to the resources!
Grades:
K - 6th
6th Grade Common Core Reading Literature Standards Guide and Checklist
Are you teaching 6th grade Language Arts and looking to better understand the grade level Common Core Literature standards? Please check out this reference resource! It will help guide you through each standard, give you student "I can" statements, and essential questions to guide your lessons. Each standard is broken down into the various components, making understanding the evidence outcomes that much easier. Also included is a standards mastery tracking document for you or your students. As a
Grades:
6th, Staff
Also included in: 6th Grade Common Core ELA Standards Checklist & Teachers Guide BUNDLE
Structured Literacy Instruction Checklist for Teachers FREE
Structured Literacy Instruction Checklist for Teachers FREEBIEHappy Teaching!You might also like...A Teacher's Guide to Designing Reading Instruction for Students with Learning DisabilitiesScience of Reading Handout for FamiliesAccommodations vs Modifications FREEBIE Poster ReminderDyslexia Definition Posters FREEBIEIEP Accommodations FREEBIEELA Curriculum BundleThe BEST Special Education Teacher BinderAND...Check out my other products AND become a follower!Instagram! l Blog! l Learn
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Grades:
Staff
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[Grade 2] CKLA Year-at-a-Glance 2020-2021
[UPDATED FOR 2020-21] This is a one-pager showing one way to schedule CKLA elements (Skills and Knowledge/Listening & Learning) across the year for Grade 2. The domains and units are the same whether you use first edition or second. Weeks (starting with Monday's date) are correct for 2020-2021; obviously feel free to change to match your calendar. Note on pacing: When possible, I followed Marzano’s scheduling principle of 80% (planning for 80% of the given instructional time; or, basically,
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Grades:
2nd
Wit and Wisdom Planning Sheet FREEBIE For All Grades
WHAT is this resource?My first year teaching Wit and Wisdom, I went through many different templates trying to find the best way to plan. I wanted to record what was most important for each lesson, but also knew I would be relying on my teacher's manual, so I didn't want to write more than necessary. What I really needed was a snapshot that would help me adequately prepare for each day. After a few months, I came up with this!WHY did this template work best?This template allowed me to record wha
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 3rd
NWEA MAP Reading skills checklist Vocabulary, Literature, & Informational Text
This product includes 9 pages of reading skills checklists. As a teacher you can check off and keep track of skills you have taught your students. This will help you make sure you don’t forget to teach all of the important reading skills! These are the skills needed for the NWEA MAP reading test and other high stakes reading assessments.Make sure your students learn ALL of the important reading skills!
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Free Hunger Games Unit Common Core Standards Alignment
Free download for aligning the College and Career Readiness Common Core Standards for English/Language Arts with my Hunger Games digital download AND shipped CD units.
This is not a lesson or the unit itself, it is a listing and alignment of the Common Core Standards for grades 6-12, broken down strand-by-strand and lesson-by-lesson.
Please see the links in the download if you wish to purchase these units.
Thank you!
Tracee Orman
www.hungergameslessons.com
Grades:
6th - 12th, Staff
Scope and Sequence - Upper Grade Read Aloud Lesson Plans
Our scope and sequence is a free download for your convenience. It shows how we have aligned each of our upper elementary read-aloud lessons with the CCSS standards. This download provides- book titles for our upper grade lesson plans (updated as new titles are released)- alignments to CCSS Reading Literature standards - CCSS alignments for each lesson's response to text activities- skills at a glance- Depth of Knowledge (DOK) rigor checklistThank you for taking an interest in teaching the core,
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Classroom Library System- Book Checkout System
Tired of losing books from your personal classroom library? Can't remember who borrowed what book last? Did that student even read the book they borrowed? Have several students who want to read the same book? Worry no more!
This classroom library system can help keep you and your personal library organized and your students accountable for the material they read! The system includes the following:
-Personal Book Labels
-Book Checkout Logs
-Book Request Logs
-Student Book Review Sheets
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Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Higher Order Comprehension Teacher Cheat Sheet
Sometimes it's hard to think of higher order thinking comprehension questions for our emergent readers, but they can do it! Post this list at your guided reading table to ask your students after the book is finished! They come up with the cutest responses. I use this to discuss our Wonders Balanced Literacy leveled readers.
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 2nd
{Sample} Canadian Indigenous and First Nation Read Aloud's
All of these read aloud's include stories and messages that honour various people from different Indigenous and First Nation communities. Some stories are autobiographies or biography style of children or great-grandchildren telling the story from their family members. The first collection of texts are connected with the 2016 Ontario Kindergarten Program Overall Expectations. These stories have a message that Kindergarten aged children can connect with from their previous experiences or these pa
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Grades:
PreK - 9th, Staff
Persepolis By Marjane Satrapi Pacing Guide FREEBIE
Thinking about teaching Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi? Get a jump start on planning with this FREE Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Pacing Guide! This Persepolis by Marjana Satrapi Pacing Guide Freebie lays out the foundation for a five-week unit. The unit focuses on teaching students claim, evidence, and reasoning writing skills as they work on short, argumentative writing tasks throughout the unit. Students will also demonstrate their understanding of the memoir form by
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 11th
FREE! Leveled Book Lists {A Resource for Teachers, Parents, & Students}
Great for parent-teacher conferences, or to use as your own quick reference document, this product contains a list of fiction and nonfiction books that appeal to students reading at a range of levels. Corresponds with Fountas and Pinnell levels L-P.
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Read Alouds {Discussion Ideas and Activities}
Good Reader Exit Slips
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Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Pacing Chart for Grade 8 READING (Scope & Sequence)
I am making this available on Teachers Pay Teachers as a free download in response to overwhelming requests to view this document. This is not meant for you to use as-is, but is rather available to provide an example of how I use my various interactive notebooks and other products during the course of a school year.
This download also lists all of the literature/articles/novels/stories that I use during the year and which skills I teach with each one, as well as the resources I use.
I do not h
Subjects:
Grades:
8th
Transcendentalism Unit Planner / Pacing Guide (Free 1 Month Unit Plan!)
My junior-level American literature class is focused on exploring the relationship between history and literature. To help students make this connection, we focus on different literary periods, including Transcendentalism.To help students explore Transcendentalism, I have put together 4 resources, 45 pages, and 130+ questions! With this bundle, students can explore famous works of Transcendentalism from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. In this short unit, students spend a month evalu
Subjects:
Grades:
11th - 12th
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