Reading Level Growth Data Documentation!

Hello Friends~
It's Dianna here today with you from Sassy, Savvy, Simple Teaching! I'll be here each month on the 25th! Click below to follow me over on my blog.

I have a $1.00 deal for you that will last the next 3 days!!! This deal will be $1.00 from Sunday, October 25th - Tuesday, October 27th!!!

My $1.00 deal is...

Reading Level Growth Data Pack

This pack is simple and powerful for teachers to use when tracking reading levels. It covers all stages from beginning of the year, 1st 9 weeks, 2nd 9 weeks, 3rd 9 weeks, 4th 9 weeks/end of the year. There are many options for recording and it is a great addition to your data assessment notebook.

Tools to help keep you organized:

Class List: Track each student for the entire school year by writing in their name and reading level.

Individual Student Graph: One sheet per student and shade in their level to show the growth in a graph. 

Whole Class at a Glance: Each checkpoint document how many students you have on each level. Or you could use it as an individual graph like above. 

Targeted Instruction: List student names by reading groups and target the exact instruction you need to teach by strategies and prompts.

Individual Goal Setting: Use your student's data to set individualized targeted instruction. Document your progress monitoring checks and when the student becomes independent. Continue on with the next goal and repeat.

Parent Letter: Help bridge the home and school communication gap with a hand written note. Let the parent's know what is going on, what you are doing and what they can do to help. 

Grab this pack for $1.00 the next 3 days by clicking here or on any of the photos. 

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Teach Comprehension Skills with Night of the Ninjas (from Mrs. Dailey's Classroom)!

Hey friends! It's Melissa from Mrs. Dailey's Classroom and today I am sharing one of my favorite book series and comprehension guides with you! I love teaching guided reading but I know how tricky and time consuming it can be to find resources for my students! That's why I started to develop comprehension guides for the series, The Magic Tree House.

This comprehension guide will be on sale for $1.00 for the next three days! Want to see more of what's inside?

There are all kinds of resources ranging from character study, sentence formation, ABC order, rhyming, cause and effect, parts of speech, venn diagrams, to vocabulary (and so much more!!).

There are also word cards like you see here for your word wall or to use any way you want!
For the next three days I will have this pack on sale for $1.00! As an addition bonus if you're interested, the entire book bundle and book bundle for stories 1-5 will be marked at 20% off!

Well, thanks for stopping by today friends and have a great upcoming week at school!

Spring Read and Write (Close Reading)

Spring is finally here! I am ready for some warmer weather. I don't think I could survive living in the north. I don't know how some of you do it! 

Here is a Spring Read and Write to help get you warmed up! These "Read and Writes" are great for introducing close reading. The students have to look back in the story to find the correct answer to complete the sentence correctly.

This Read and Write pack will help prepare your students with the reading comprehension skills they need. The short story in this packet is great for introducing close reading. Your kindergarten students should be ready for this resource by this time of the school year if they are meeting grade level expectations. If your students are still struggling, these short stories can be used for quick read alouds and then completing the sentences together. It makes great independent reading work for first graders.  

This product is AVAILABLE in a Read and Write Bundle
offering a SAVINGS of 12%.

In this three page Spring Read and Write pack, students will read the one page spring story and color the pictures. Then there are two pages with five sentences on each page about the story. Each sentence has a missing word. At the end of each sentence, there are two words for students to choose the correct missing word. Students will circle the word that correctly completes the sentence matching the story on the first page, and then write the correct word in the blank. 

This is a great reading and comprehension check for guided reading, a mini lesson, a literacy center, or homework. 

This short story is great for guided reading groups, homework, literacy center activities, independent reading, or for introducing close reading strategies.

I hope your students enjoy this story and fill in the blank sentences. 

This Spring Read and Write is available for 

ONLY $1.00 for 3 days!

Tuesday, March 24th

Wednesday, March 25th &

Thursday, March 26th

You can access it HERE! 

I hope your students ENJOY this Spring Read and Write Pack. 

Thanks for stopping by!

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Reading Comprehension: Who? What? How?

Wow! The third quarter of this school year is almost over. Time sure is flying by! Are your students ready for the next grade level? Have you prepared your students with the reading comprehension skills needed for success in the years ahead?

This reading comprehension packet on Who? What? and How? will help prepare your students with the reading comprehension skills they need. The short stories in this packet are also great for introducing close reading. Your kindergarten students should be ready for this resource by this time of the school year if they are meeting grade level expectations. If your students are still struggling, these short stories can be used for quick read alouds focusing on the Who? What? and How? questions included.  

This 7 page book is designed so that you can copy the book, cut it in half, staple, and then it is ready for use. If you would rather use each story separate, you can do that without putting it together in book format. The seven pages consist of a title page "Who? What? How?" with each of the remaining 6 pages including a short story with a matching black and white picture. Under each short story, there are three questions about the story. The three questions ask "Who? What? and How? questions about the story.

The following photos show some of the stories included in the packet.

These stories can be put together in booklet form as discussed above or individual sheets can be used. The story/questions are on a half sheet of paper.

No matter what format you decide to use, there are many uses for these stories/questions. They can be used in a kindergarten class with the teacher reading the story and questions to the students and having the students use invented spelling to write their answers. They can also be used for independent reading practice in first or second grade by letting students read the short story, read the questions, and answer the questions even if they have to look back in the story to find the answer. Looking back in the text to find the answer is part of the popular "close reading" strategies.  

These short stories are great for guided reading groups, homework, literacy center activities, independent reading, or for introducing close reading strategies.

I hope your students enjoy these stories and questions. If you like what you see in this product, it is currently available in my Reading Comprehension Bundle including 8 other reading comprehension books. This bundle offers a 15% SAVINGS! You can find the BUNDLE HERE!

I hope your students enjoy these stories and questions.

This Reading Comprehension: Who? What? How? is available for 

ONLY $1.00 for 3 days!

Tuesday, February 24th

Wednesday, February 25th

(During the TPT Sale on Wednesday, February 25th, you can SAVE 28% and get it for ONLY $0.72) &

Thursday, February 26th

You can click on any of the photos above to access it or click HERE! 

I hope your students ENJOY this Reading Comprehension: Who? What? How? Pack. 

Thanks for stopping by!

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Vocabulary Frames

Hi everyone! It's Aimee from {Taking on Second} with a way to introduce vocabulary words. I have been looking all summer for a new way to introduce vocabulary words. The way I do it now is not as effective as I would like it to be. We read the words, use them in a sentence, and do a table talk about the word. When I taught first grade, we would learn the word and then students would draw a picture of the word in their Vocabulary Quilt. My frame is a similar idea, but a little more challenging for older students!

Students start with the vocabulary word in the middle. In each corner, they have a specific task to do with the word. 

Their are four frames on each page. I copy mine front to back to make it one page for our eight vocab words.

 In my room, we will do this as a whole group. We are going to start our frames in the second nine weeks. These would be a great addition to your vocabulary routine or even as word work for older grades. They are just $1.00 in my {Teachers Pay Teachers store}! Click the cover at the top or the words in blue to head over and check them out!

Guided Reading Organization Made Simple!

Hello Friends~

Happy Saturday! It's Dianna Radcliff from Sassy, Savvy, Simple Teaching!

 

Today is my first time blogging here on our new collaborative blog Teacher Deals & Dollar Steals! I just love my bloggy friends! This has been such an exciting journey the past year!

So let's get to it! We are talking small group reading instruction here today. If you are just starting your new school year or you are just finishing beginning of the year assessments, it's time to start thinking about organizing your small group instruction. Let's be honest, we all hate having to do extra stuff like anything above writing lesson plans. But, we all know that the better we prep ourselves & stay organized the better our class will run. This holds true to the teaching & learning in the classroom.

Small group reading instruction can include a variety of activities such as: shared reading, guided reading, independent reading, strategy work, skill work, grammar, phonics, language, writing & so much more.

Well I've got an item that I've created for everyone! The best part about this item to me is, that I have been using these items in this pack for years. They are organization forms that help me run my small groups. I have used theses forms while teaching: Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade & 5th Grade. Putting this pack together came natural for me. I created these forms based off of what works for me. I feel that small group instruction is the most important teaching time of the day. This pack is a "mini-bundle" of 2 products. So you get everything I use in 1!!!

{CLICK ON THE PHOTO FOR A DIRECT LINK}

The first pack includes my skills & strategies checklists. This pack aligns to the common core standards {or any set of standards} as well as reading behaviors & more! Checklists based on specific strategies & skills observed is the easiest & clearest way for me to track my student observations during small group instruction. It's honestly a time saver when I'm in the middle of a group.

The second pack includes my anecdotal notes & group organization. There are a variety of ways to take a quick running record, well my favorite way is included. There are also a variety of ways to organize the groups of students who work in collaborative groups together & groups you pull for instruction. All of these items are included as well. Also included are mini-anchor charts for reading comprehension skills to use at your small group meeting area.

This DEAL & DOLLAR STEAL with be available for $1.00 for the next 3 days!!!

Saturday, August 23rd

Sunday, August 24th

Monday, August 25th

You can click on any of the photos above or HERE for a direct link!

I hope you all find this product as useful as I have for so long now & have a great weekend!!!

Love, Dianna

Sassy, Savvy, Simple Teaching

Differentiating During Independent Work Time! {from The Primary Gal}

Hi there!  I'm Amanda from The Primary Gal!  I began blogging while teaching in special education but at the start of this school year, I moved to fifth grade general education!  I am excited to begin this new journey as well as share it on my blog.  I'd love for you to follow along!  I am also beginning a new book study soon with the book "Teaching with Intention" by Debbie Miller that might be perfect for you as you begin your new year.

For your "Dollar Steal" today, I'd like to share with you something that I call a "Bubble Page."  My Bubble Page is designed to maximize differentiation in the classroom.  Differentiation is something that is a passion of mine and something I feel is a great strength in my daily routines.  Maybe it's the special education teacher in me, but I believe that you have to meet students where they are, not necessarily where we want them to be.  So I introduce to you, the Bubble Page!

What is a Bubble Page:
A Bubble Page is a list of tasks which remain the same throughout the entire year.  These tasks are selected based on grade level standards, common weaknesses in students, and providing a spiral review for students throughout the entire year.  Bubble Pages are completed during independent work time as part of Guided Reading or Math.  During this time, students work to complete their list of tasks as I pull small groups.

Getting Started:
Select a set of daily activities that range in levels of difficulty.  For example, in my fifth grade general education room for Guided Math, I plan to use:
  *Math Fact Practice
  *Grade Level Computation
  *Grade Level Activities Based on Current Mathematical Topic
  *5th Grade Common Core Math Choice Boards {Bundle: All Standards}
  *"I Can" Common Core 5th Grade Math Games Bundle: Covers All Standards
  *Common Core Word Problem Bundled Set: Grade 4-5
  *Math Journal Prompts and Essential Questions

Your tasks can be products or resources that you currently utilize in groups or centers currently.  Find grade and subject level materials that will fit the goal you have for the school year.

Determine Levels of Bubble Pages:
For this section, I try to organize my "Getting Started" list of least to most difficult.  For example, I would love for every student to be able to walk into fifth grade with all of their math facts mastered, but they don't.  I would also love for students to walk in a be able to subtract using regrouping, but they don't.  Some students need additional practice.  If I ignore this need, I am hurting my students.  On the flip side, other kids are able to memorize facts quickly and easily and do not need daily practice.  They need to spend their independent work time working on more challenging and enriching content.

I then develop three to four levels based on the needs of my students.  These bubble pages will allow each and every student to work at a level that is perfect for them.  In my opinion and experience using these, this has been extremely beneficial for allowing independent work time to actually be meaningful, not just busy work.

Assigning Bubble Page Levels:
In my classroom, my students never know that some bubble pages are more difficult than others.  However, they are always motivated to change bubble pages.  They love exploring new activities or being able to decrease the number of times that they complete one task in order to increase other tasks.  This is generally very motivating for students to work and do their best.  If they find themselves stuck on something, they are great about seeking out help in order to not be held back by their work.

For the first weeks of school, I have my students complete a "Practice" Bubble Page.  During this time, EVERYONE has the same Bubble Page.  This allows me to properly teach expectations and procedures, while mentally making notes about strengths and weaknesses for students.  I typically do not pull small groups and instead spend the time really making sure that everyone understands and can complete my expectations for each task.  As the school year progresses, I can see who needs moved to a different bubble page.

Generally, I use the following guidelines:
  *Finishing the fifteen tasks early in the week----->Move them to a more difficult bubble page.
  *Being unable to finish the fifteen tasks within the week----->Move to a less difficult bubble page.
  *While working hard throughout the week, seem to complete all tasks with ease-----> Stay on current bubble sheet.
  *Finishing the fifteen tasks, yet not being able to do them accurately, possibly due to rushing----->Depending on the student, I may discuss this issue with his/her parents or move to a less difficult bubble page.

Grading Bubble Pages:
Although each of these bubble pages have different tasks, they all include the same number of tasks.  For some reason, I have been stuck on the number fifteen.  Each student has fifteen tasks, all meeting them at their level, that they must complete in one week's time.  I like this number because that requires the students to complete three tasks on each of the five days of the week.  Generally, as long as students come into my room and get started right away, this is done with ease.

There are occasional kinks that must be considered when grading:
  *If we do not complete bubble pages due to schedule interruptions or tests, each student receives three points for that given day.  This number of points may vary depending on your total number of tasks.
  *If students are pulled to a small group for a particularly long period of time, I award them 1, 2, or 3 points depending on the amount of time in which they were in my group.  This sometimes comes when difficult skills are being discussed.
  *If a student has an excused absence, they are granted three points for that day.

Perks of Implementing Bubble Pages:
What I have grown to LOVE about using these bubble pages, is the flexibility on my part.  It allows me to be the teacher I want to be by:
  *Having good routines and procedures that are conducive to learning.
  *Allow me to pull small groups with ease.
  *Provides a continuous spiral review of critical skills for the grade level.
  *Allows for the use of technology if/when available.
  *Gives students choices in their on learning.
  *Enables learning to still take place when a substitute is in the room or interruptions occur.
  *Encourages students to learn time management and being responsible, independent learners.

Feedback from My Students:

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