Teaching Tools

Reading Interview

  • Jan. 13, 2016, 8:23 a.m.
Find out about your students' reading life. What are their attitudes about reading? Do the attitudes need to change and have they changed throughout the year? We want students to become lifelong readers.

Summarization Choice Board

  • Jan. 12, 2016, 9:09 p.m.
Use this summarization choice board for student's independent practice or use as a teaching tool for ideas on how to get students summarizing texts. This board allows opportunities for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in creative ways. There is something for every learning style here!

Writing Process Posters

  • Jan. 12, 2016, 9:09 p.m.
Use these writing process posters as anchors in your classroom!!

CAFE Board Posters

  • Jan. 12, 2016, 9:09 p.m.
Use these simple Cafe Board Posters for your CAFE board!

Comprehension
Accuracy
Fluency
Extending Vocabulary

Inferring Feud

  • Jan. 12, 2016, 9:09 p.m.
This is a simple game that will get your students listening for evidence and drawing conclusions.

Class Photo Album Project

  • Jan. 12, 2016, 9:09 p.m.
Start a photo album for the year by creating two pages telling students about yourself. Then have students add their pages to the class photo album!

Literacy Center Cards

  • Jan. 12, 2016, 9:09 p.m.
The procedures for working in a center or station can stay consist throughout the year. Here are 8 "child-friendly" regenerative center direction cards you can use all year long!
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Student Reading Log

  • Jan. 12, 2016, 9:09 p.m.
Reading Log

Vocabulary Strategy Cards

  • Jan. 12, 2016, 6 p.m.
"I" statement cards for a vocabulary strategies board or wall in your classroom. Use them with minilessons or small groups! Students can use these to hold themselves accountable for new vocabulary learning!

Check for Understanding Checkmark

  • Jan. 12, 2016, 6 p.m.
A tangible checkmark that students can use during partner reading to check their comprehension while listening or reading.