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WIDA Student-Friendly "Can Do" Descriptors (*UPDATED Feb 2023*)

By The Rod Squad

Use WIDA's student-friendly "Can Do" descriptors to track your English Language Learners' progress throughout the year! This product can be easily modified to fit your needs. There are 5 separate tabs to use for PK-K, 1st-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, and

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, ...

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Assessment, Classroom Forms, For Principals & Administrators

$4.00

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Google Sheets™

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I Spy Open & Closed Syllables

By The Rod Squad

Have fun reading decodable open & closed syllable words! All words follow the VC/CV or V/CV format. This is perfect for teaching or reviewing syllable types when using Orton Gillingham or Fundations! Students can also apply vocabulary skills

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Phonics

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.90 MB)

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I-inch Black Circles with Numbers 1-35

By The Rod Squad

Numbers 1-35 printed in a 1-inch circle. Perfect for labeling classroom items! Can be used with any 1-inch circle punch...or good old-fashioned cutting by hand!

Subjects:

Math, Classroom Management, Back to School

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Not Grade Specific

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Printables

$1.00

Digital Download PDF (0.43 MB)

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Phonics Sound Drill Cards (Editable)

By The Rod Squad

150 English phonemes/graphemes are represented in the set!These editable letter cards are perfect for sound drills and sound manipulation--great to use with Fundations, IMSE, or any phonics program! *Designed with light gray lines so cutting is

Subjects:

Spelling, EFL - ESL - ELD, Phonics

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Assessment, Centers

$4.00

Digital Download PPTX (0.08 MB)

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WIDA Performance Definitions K-12 (Listening & Reading, Speaking & Writing)

By The Rod Squad

Use WIDA's Performance Definitions to track your Multilingual Learners' progress throughout the year! This product can be easily modified to fit your needs. It is 100% editable! There are 2 separate tabs to use to track by month OR by whole

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EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Excel Spreadsheets, Classroom Forms, Rubrics

$4.00

Online Resource
Google Sheets™

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Sentence Comprehension (3 Levels) for Reading/Listening Practice (ACCESS test)

By The Rod Squad

I designed this resource to help my multilingual learners/ELLs practice reading & matching basic sentences to photos. This can also help practice skills similar to those on the ACCESS test or WIDA Model/Screener.However, any student can use this

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

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Activities

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (8.95 MB)

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Decodable Open and Closed Syllable Task Cards

By The Rod Squad

120 open and closed words ready to decode!!These decodable task cards are perfect for teaching open & closed syllables! Just print & cut, and you're ready to use these cards for teaching or reinforcing open & closed syllables. This set

Subjects:

Reading, EFL - ESL - ELD, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Flash Cards, Printables, Task Cards

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (0.33 MB)

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Dictation (Finger Tapping) Turkeys

By The Rod Squad

Bring the Thanksgiving fun to your dictation activities! If you use the Orton Gillingham or IMSE method, these little critters are perfect for finger tapping and dictation.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.12 MB)

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Ways to Spell Long /a/ (ai, ay, a__e)

By The Rod Squad

Practice the spellings of long a! There are three worksheets and an answer key included. Students will first read "long a" words and circle which pattern is correct. Then, students can practice the "ai" pattern using a word ladder. The word ladder

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Phonics

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.15 MB)

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I Spy Kind Old Words

By The Rod Squad

Have fun reading decodable "kind old words!" This is perfect for teaching or reviewing rule-breaking ending blends when using Orton Gillingham or Fundations! Students can also apply vocabulary skills when matching the words to the icons--especially

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities

FREE

Digital Download PDF (1.25 MB)

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My Multilinguistic Brain (Bilingual Brain)

By The Rod Squad

Culturally responsive teachers encourage multilingual learners to think about how their brains work. What does it FEEL like to think in more than one language? What does it LOOK like? How can you explain your thinking to a monolingual peer or

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, ESL / ELL / EFL, Social Emotional Learning

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Not Grade Specific

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Activities

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.61 MB)

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Reindeer Orthographic Mapping

By The Rod Squad

Use these friendly reindeer to practice orthographic mapping! The reindeer noses are white...color them red or green (or use colored chips) to show where the word has regular or irregular sounds. Then write the word in the gift. Laminate to use over

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Holidays/Seasonal, Phonics

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

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Activities

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (1.87 MB)

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1-inch White Circles 1-35

By The Rod Squad

These 1-inch circles are perfect for labeling your classroom! You will receive SIX different font options. You can use a 1-inch circle punch to make cutting super simple!

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Math, Classroom Management, Back to School

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Not Grade Specific

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$2.00

$1.50

Digital Download PDF (1.91 MB)

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Numbered Circles BUNDLE!

By The Rod Squad

Numbered circles in FOUR sizes!! This bundle has both white AND black numbered circles (1-32) in 1-inch, 1.5-inches, 2-inch, and 2.5-inches. These work perfectly with circle punches! Print on sticker paper for instant classroom stickers :)Great for

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Back to School, For All Subjects

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Games, Centers

$3.50

Digital Download PDF (0.48 MB)

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Turkeys Teach Magic e! (Animated Slideshow)

By The Rod Squad

Use these turkey-themed animated slides as a warm-up, review, or reinforcement for the "magic e" concept. Simply click through the slides and watch the animated star reveal the magic e!Gobble Gobble!!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities

$3.00

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Brainstorm (Letter Focus: C)

By The Rod Squad

Gather your /c/ words with these crunchy cookies! Perfect for Fundations, IMSE, OG, or any phonics program. Students can brainstorm words with /c/. Use the extra box for words that fit the sound but not the letter concept.The second page is intended

Subjects:

Phonics

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Activities, Centers

$1.00

Digital Download PDF (0.11 MB)

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Word Ladder New Year Countdown

By The Rod Squad

Celebrate phonics in the new year! Use this blank template with your word ladder or word chain lists. Happy new year!

Subjects:

Spelling, Holidays/Seasonal, Phonics

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

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Activities

$1.00

Digital Download PDF (0.28 MB)

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"ea" poem (long e) IMSE concept 46

By The Rod Squad

Use this decodable poem to support your readers with the long e (spelled ea) concept. If you're using IMSE, this goes along with the decodable reader, and it is a perfect literature connection for introducing the new concept.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Lesson, Centers

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.04 MB)

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Days of the Week Morphology

By The Rod Squad

You may know about Saturn Day and Sun Day and Moon Day! But what about Tiw's Day and Woden's Day and Thor's Day and Freya's Day?? Learn where our days of the week got their names.Fonts used: APLILikeBigFonts and APLKinderPeeps

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Phonics

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities

FREE

Digital Download PDF (15.59 MB)

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Spooky Magic e

By The Rod Squad

Students will explore the MAGIC of the silent e! Draw the magic e in white crayon...then paint over it with watercolor paint or daubers to reveal its magic!!! *Includes 3 pages of ghosts and 3 pages of witch hats

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.48 MB)

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