BEST SELLER!! Does it seem like you give students the same generic compliments on their writing over and over? Do you struggle to find kind, supportive ways to suggest improvements? Have you given up on detailed feedback because it's just too time-consuming to provide?This document contains hundreds of comment suggestions to help you give meaningful feedback to students on their writing assignments. You can use these comments to help guide your conversations during writing workshop and writing c
Use this color-coded schedule to help your five groups navigate through Daily 5 Rotations. The "meet with teacher" time is built in to facilitate guided reading.
Five pages of Scientific Research-Based Intervention ideas for the 5 Pillars of Reading: Phonological/Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension. These documents include lots of ideas for Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 interventions. Also includes several hyperlinks to access free resources for interventions and suggestions for progress monitoring. The charts are nicely organized to easily find the interventions that target specific areas. Having this as an RTI tool can
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.
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Welcome to edTPA guidance!! Are you going through the edTPA process and stressing out about what a passing portfolio looks like? You will be so happy with this purchase and guidance through it all. My edTPA was submitted in November, 2018 and I received a passing score of 56 out of 75!! A 56 will allow you to teach in ANY state. I received the highest score EVER in my program and my University uses my portfolio as an example to guide the educators.This purchase includes the complete Task 1 for t
After reading Jan Richardson's Guided Reading book I knew I wanted to implement her framework right away! However, I wanted to blend it with the decodable reading strategies and self-monitoring strategies that I was using in my classroom already, plus I needed it to be a 5-day model. Thus, my own template was born! I hope that it helps you as much as it helped me. Jan owns the rights to most of these ideas & the research, my template is merely meant to enhance her work. It should not replace
This is a writing conference form I made for myself as I conference with my 3rd grade students on writing personal narratives. I studied extensively what a personal narrative should look like (based on a small moment seed idea story) and the important parts that should be included. I check off the boxes quickly as I conference, and take notes on my students "glows" and "grows" as a writer. The grow turns into their writing goal. It is so easy to use, and helps you really tune in on what to l
Welcome to edTPA guidance!! Are you going through the edTPA process and stressing out about what a passing portfolio looks like? You will be so happy with this purchase and guidance through it all. My edTPA was submitted in November, 2018 and I received a passing score of 56 out of 75!! A 56 will allow you to teach in ANY state. I received the highest score EVER in my program and my University uses my portfolio as an example to guide the educators.This purchase includes the complete Task 2 for t
This tool focuses on the management of small groups. Could also be adapted to oral language activities during whole group instruction. Coaches have room to write in what strategies they are seeing teachers use, make comments and leave feedback, as well as, track types of responses which can be useful for some teachers.
Guided Reading Recording Sheets by Teach to Inspire is a growing product that currently Includes:
* Guided Reading Lesson Plan Form
* Student's Folder Cover
RECORDING SHEETS WITH LEVEL SPECIFIC READING BEHAVIORS! Easily guide your students to read at the next level!
* Recording Sheet for Level A/B Reading Behaviors
* Recording Sheet for Level C/D Reading Behaviors
* Recording Sheet for Level E/F Reading Behaviors
* Recording Sheet for Level G/H Reading Behaviors
* Recording Sheets for Level I,
You will find binder covers for bee binders, lesson plans, theme, science, social studies, reading, writing, math, grades, RTI, attendance and more! There is even a blank label.
These can also be great dividers inside binders.
This product includes everything you need in order to assess the fidelity of a balanced literacy teaching framework school-wide and within individual classrooms. This tool is intended to be used to develop common understandings of what balanced literacy looks like in classrooms between teachers, literacy coaches, reading specialists, principals, and any other types of administrators.Included in this product:-Measuring Literacy Effectiveness: This evaluation tool is based off five categories (Cl
This is a resource for teachers looking to organize their F&P data when they run benchmarking sessions. Instead of flipping through pages of packets, use this cover sheet to organize all of your data for each student in one place. This allows for seamless benchmarking and organized data collection.
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
Looking for a basic overview of what close reading is? Included are key points to get you started!
If you've already started close reading, use this is a cheat sheet or quick reference guide to the four main lenses:
-text evidence
- word choice
- structure
- point of view
Steps include --
Reading through a lens!
Finding a pattern!
Developing a new understanding!
As a Literacy Coach are you looking for something to add to your coaching observation forms? Here is a great literacy walkthrough to share with teachers after an observation. This form highlights the essentials of classroom literacy instruction and presents you with an avenue to improve teacher expertise. It can be used to provide teacher feedback, teacher reflection on current practices, or offers the opportunity to guide the debriefing session after an observation.
The essential school-wide
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
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
This is a quick chart/ checklist of all the RTI strategies and tools to use with ALL students. Use this as a guide or lesson planning checklist in your classroom.
"Brilliant I'm looking forward to implementing these ideas!" --Stapsue
Looking for a tool to help you differentiate your reading workshop? Needing strategies to bring your reading instruction to the next level? Use this tool as a guide to transport your reading workshop into the 21st century by offering differentiated groups with the skills students will need to be successful in their future. The partnership for 21st century skills lists four critical components of 21st century instruction: c
Do you include a Focus Board in your classroom design? If not, you should really think about it! Focus Boards are a great way to show your kids what you are going to learn about for the week. They also help you stay on track! :) I've created these chalkboard focus board headers in a variety of colors. The following headers are included:
-Theme
-Genre
-Phonics Skill
-Comprehension Skill
-Story Title
-Author/Illustrator
-Sight Words
-Spelling Words
-Essential Question
-Vocabulary Skill
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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
This is a PDF download with 4 different versions of reading logs. The versions vary in complexity. This is a great way to differentiate reading logs depending on student habits. Give each student in your class a specific log that best suits their reading. I keep track in my planner by using the color of the clip art book in the background of the log. You can also have your students advance to easier reading logs when they show responsibility of completion. These will work with any reading progr