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Goal Setting Sheets for Students

By Watkins World of Reading

This is a great way to help students set goals that focus on their academics and behavior/work habits. There is a space for students to set their goal, write the steps it will take for them to reach their goal and list things that could possible

Subjects:

Life Skills, For All Subject Areas, Problem Solving

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Classroom Forms

$1.75

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Reading Strategies & Skills Observation Checklist

By Watkins World of Reading

This is a list I compiled of a variety of skills and strategies that I wanted to be able to keep track of when I listened to students read or met with them in groups. This is an informal record that can help drive a teacher's instruction based on

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Assessment, Classroom Forms, Literature Circles

$1.50

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Summarizing Fiction & Non-Fiction Texts Chart

By Watkins World of Reading

I created this chart to help students retell or write summaries of texts they read. As a reading specialist I work with many students in small groups or 1:1. Many of my students used this chart as a reference point when I began working with them

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Handouts, Graphic Organizers, Posters

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Progress Monitoring Comprehension Strategies - Fiction

By Watkins World of Reading

I created these 3 reading response logs based on researched based reading strategies along with a scoring guide to monitor students' progress. It's very easy to find interventions that tell you to use these strategies with students, but they

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Assessment, Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

$3.50

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Progress Monitoring Comprehension Strategies - Non-Fiction

By Watkins World of Reading

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Assessment, Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

$3.50

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Parent Brochure - Class intro and how to help with reading at home

By Watkins World of Reading

-This can be edited to add your personal school information/ topics/booklists -Parents are always asking me how they can help thier students with reading at home. As students enter more intermediate grades the books get longer and many parents feel

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Handouts, Printables, For Parents

$2.00

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Reading Response Log & Discussion Prompts - Quick Guide

By Watkins World of Reading

This is a resource for teachers to refer to when planning/facilitating a reading group. It includes common research based reading skills & strategies we want our students to use when reading & a list of prompts/questions you can use. I

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Literature Circles

$2.00

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Vocabulary 4 Square Intervention

By Watkins World of Reading

This is a dailly intervention to help increase students vocabulary and comprehension. I set the routine up to include a variety of research based best practices that help students improve their vocabulary such as: visualizing, breaking into

Subjects:

Vocabulary, For All Subject Areas, Early Intervention

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Assessment, Lesson

$4.00

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Independent Reading Logs - Weekly Reflection

By Watkins World of Reading

These 7 reading logs are useful ways for students to respond to their reading while focusing on specific reading strategies. I have used them as reflection sheets for students to fill out throughout the week about their independent reading

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Literature Circles, Centers

$2.50

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95% Group's Multisyllable Pre/Post Assessment

By Watkins World of Reading

This quick 1:1 assessment can be used to monitor students' progress as you teach the 6 syllables or as a pre/post-test. Numerical data can be collected to show progress over time.There are 10 words for each syllable type (5 nonsense & 5 real).

Subjects:

Reading, Phonics

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment

CCSS:

RF.1.3c, RF.1.3d, RF.2.3a, RF.2.3b, RF.3.3, RF.3.3c, RF.3.4

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95% Multisyllable Words - Progress Monitoring Tracking

By Watkins World of Reading

This quick 1:1 assessment can be used to monitor students' progress as you teach the 6 syllables or as a pre/post-test. Numerical data can be collected to show progress over time.There are 5 words for each syllable type.As a middle school reading

Subjects:

Reading, Phonics

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Assessment

CCSS:

RF.1.3, RF.1.3b, RF.1.3c, RF.1.3d, RF.1.3e, RF.2.3a, RF.2.3b, RF.3.3, RF.3.3c

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Comprehension - Retelling Intervention

By Watkins World of Reading

This intervention focuses on helping students think about the text structures used in fiction and non-fiction reading and how to use that information to help them remember information they read. I have used this format for a few years with students

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Rubrics

$3.50

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IRLA Data Cover Sheet (1G-2Br)

By Watkins World of Reading

Use this to help track data from the IRLA assessments all in one place! This sheet will help provide an overview of students scores for levels 1G-2Br on the Independent Reading Level Assessment Framework (IRLA) as you determine students independent

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Phonics

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment

$2.25

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Student Reflection Sheet - Cooperative Learning

By Watkins World of Reading

I created this form to help students reflect on how well their group worked together on an assignment/project. One section of the rating scale focuses on evaluating themselves and the other has them rate their team. Sometimes group work can be

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Assessment, Rubrics

$1.50

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Reading Group Response Booklet - Blank Agendas for Any Chapter Book

By Watkins World of Reading

This is a booklet for students to reflect on their reading using a variety of reading skills/strategies during book clubs/literature circles. This booklet is can easily be used with any fiction chapter book. It's easy to manage and use to get

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Literature Circles

$4.00

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Writing Scoring Guide and Revision-Editing Checklist - General Writing Pieces

By Watkins World of Reading

These can be used when students are working on a writing piece they want to publish. Sheet #1 is a checklist that students & teacher can use as students are working on taking their writing piece through the writing process. Sheet #2 is a

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Assessment, Rubrics

$2.25

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Report Card - Student Self Assessment

By Watkins World of Reading

This has been a great tool to use with students and to share with parents during conferences. I've used them with 3rd grade students up to 8th grade students at the end of each quarter. This has provided great talking points with parents and given

Subjects:

Other (Specialty), For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Assessment, Classroom Forms, For Parents

$2.25

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Text Structure Graphic Organizers - Fiction & Non-Fiction Texts

By Watkins World of Reading

This set of graphic organizers can be used with fiction & non-fiction texts. It's important for students to be able to recognize the structures of a text from a reader and writers point of view. The chart I created has been very useful for

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles, Centers

$4.50

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Writing Scoring Guide and Editing Checklist - Personal Narrative

By Watkins World of Reading

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Assessment, Rubrics

$2.00

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Summarizing Triangle

By Watkins World of Reading

This is a strategy to teach students how to summarize any text. Using this Triangle Summary graphic organizer, students can visually see how the information builds on each part to create a summary. We can't just assume students truly know how to

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Handouts, Printables, Graphic Organizers

$1.50

Digital Download PDF (0.22 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching for 18 years. I spent 8 years as an elementary teacher of 3rd- 5th grade. Many of those years were looping 4/5th grade classes :) Since then I have been a middle school reading specialist.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Balanced Literacy Workshop Literacy Model

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Building and District Teacher of the Year, 2011-2012

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Webster University - Masters in Teaching Certification: Remedial Reading K-12 Central Missouri State University - BA in Education Certifications: Early Childhood Education Pre-K Elementary Education 1-6

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

In the past few years I have been involved in implementing the RTI process in my building & district. I have been using a variety of reading interventions with my students and learning more and more about how to create my own interventions based on research-based best practices, which also include progress monitoring that matches my instruction.