Teaching Tools
Reader's Response Self Assessment Checklist
This checklist is for students to cut out and paste or staple into their reader's response notebook. It is a good way to make sure students are including all they need to have a great response to literature!Controlling Idea Anchor Chart
Use this anchor chart to guide your teaching and/or students in understanding and crafting a controlling idea in their writing. Understand the definition and key elements needed for a controlling idea. Great for elementary and middle school.Expository Writing Prompts for Middle School
Are you looking for timely, interesting and engaging writing prompts for your 6-12 grade students? We created these prompts for news topics and issues 10-18 year olds face. All of them are designed to generate an essay, but don’t stop there. Have your students publish their essays as a podcast. Keep the writing authentic and real-world focused the writing and watch your students motivation and proficiency soar.Shared & Guided Reading Lesson Plan Templates
Use our Shared lesson plan template to map out your reading instruction. Follow your lessons up with our guided reading lesson plan template to maximize your small group instruction.Grades K-6
Nonfiction Literacy Centers
Everything you need for Nonfiction Literacy Centers!!!Includes:
6 Centers,
Anchor Charts,
Writing Response Chart,
QR Codes,
Links to teaching tools,
and Much More!
Frozen Theme Literacy Centers
Everything you need for successful Frozen Literacy Centers is here! Includes QR Codes to direct students, writing choice board, reader's theater script, vocabulary game with activity and much more. Great for critical thinking skills.6 Centers:
Fluency,
Comprehension,
Reader's Theater,
Writing,
Word Work, and
Listening to Reading
Questioning Lesson & iPad Centers Using Holiday Songs
Questioning at Higher Levels Using You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch Karaoke Song.This product includes:
Lesson on Questioning at Higher levels
Two iPad centers using Holiday Karaoke songs
Anchor Chart on Questioning for Higher Level Thinking
Building Relationship Activities
The beginning of the year is all about building RELATIONSHIPS and ROUTINES. As educators, we must build relationships with our students before they will trust our instruction and dive deep into learning. Here are several relationship building activities to do the first couple of weeks of school that will get your students reading, writing, and moving!
Getting Ready for a Successful Year Checklist
Use this checklist as a guideline for setting up your classroom for literacy!
Brand Name Phonics
In this activity, Brand Name Phonics, the teacher selects 3-5 words from environmental print to use with students. Think of their areas of interest, TV shows are great. Students then use the words to identify similarities, syllables, and spelling patterns. This activity is a non-threatening opportunity for students to study words that are familiar and interesting.Categories
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