Reading Tic Tac Toe Menus

Hello everyone!  It's Jayme from Teach Talk Inspire.  I hope you are having a wonderful week and are adjusting to the time change and post Halloween sugar rush!  I am talking today about a new approach to homework that my first grade team and I have been using this year that has been great for our students.  We have always sent book in the bags home for students to read with an adult for additional practice that matches their reading level.  But, while our reading logs were coming back completed, we wanted another way to hold students accountable for their reading at home.  Enter the Reading Tic Tac Toe homework packet!

On Mondays, my team and I send each student home with a leveled book and a reading tic-tac-toe menu that accompanies each story element skill that we're currently focusing on.

Each tic-tac-toe menu has a variety of activities that the student can choose to complete using their leveled books.  They have a choice of similar activities each week but have to complete at least 3 activities before Friday for their homework.

Each menu has a word hunt option for students to hunt through their books to find and record words that match their sort for the week.  This can also be used for a class-wide phonics or spelling pattern.

There are several options for students to respond to their reading by sequencing story events, comparing and contrasting characters, describing the setting of the story, and designing a new cover for their book.

One of the most completed options has been drawing and writing about their favorite part of the book.  Not only does this help keep students' accountable for their nightly reading, it also is a meaningful way for them to get additional practice with skills we're learning in school.

These tic-tac-toe menus can be used during school as well for follow-up activities, center work, or story maps in response to read alouds.

Grab these menus in my TpT store here for a discounted price for the next 3 days!  I hope you enjoy them!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jayme

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!

Do you know what "CloZe" Reading is? $1.00 while it lasts!

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.

What is "CloZe" Reading?

Cloze Reading is reading closure practice required when readers fill in the blanks left in text. Readers use their knowledge and prior experiences they have. Cloze Reading helps to model problem solving reading strategies. When text is omitted, readers need to use reading strategies and cues in the text to complete sentences. When using this as an instructional strategy, teachers help students focus on: phonics, visual cues, sight words, vocabulary, predicting and cross checks. This type of activity help student's use of language structure cues, meaning cues, and background knowledge to predict unknown words.

I have created 2 volumes of my Primary Cloze Reads intended for students in grade K-3 along with struggling students in grade 4-5. 

Each volume of my products include:

-What is CloZe Reading
-Teaching Points for using this product
-Common Core Anchor Standards 
-10 Short Lexiled Informational Passages that include practicing the skill of CloZe Reading, Comprehension Questions and Vocabulary.

-Graphic organizers to use with any text.

Products are created in black and white for easy printing!

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There are so many useful options in this product that help increase and assess student's comprehension!

You can grab Primary Cloze Reads Volume 2 for $1.00 for these 3 days:

Day 1: Tuesday, August 25th 

Day 2: Wednesday, August 26th

Day 3: Thursday, August 27th 

You can also grab Primary Cloze Reads Volume 1 for 20% off for these 3 days!

You will also see 2 FREE Samples of this product when you visit my store!

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I hope you all are enjoying the start to a new school year & best wishes!

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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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Primary CloZe Reads Vol. 2 [BRAND NEW!]

Hi Friends~
It's Dianna from Sassy, Savvy, Simple Teaching! I'm so excited to be back this month with you again here on our collaborative blog. Remember, I'll be here the 23rd of each month.

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So I'm here this month to talk to you all again about Dibels. Dibels is an assessment known as a "screener". This type of assessment is very informative with the right set of data eyes.  Dibels stands for: Dynamic Indicators of Early Learning Skills. Dibels assessments are a set of procedures and measures for assessing the acquisition of early learning skills from Kindergarten through 6th Grade. They are designed to be short [1 min.] fluency measures used to regularly monitor the development of early literacy and early reading skills. [University of Oregon]

I have been using Dibels assessments [all versions] since paper/pencil and the Palm Pilot in 2004-2005 school year. I was like most at first, confused, hated it, but when you understand the data of an assessment then you begin to like it. If you never look at the data in this assessment other than the color, you will never understand it. 

So I have a brand new products today that are geared towards the Dibels Daze assessment, but even if you don't Dibel it will work for anyone!

Primary CloZe Reads Vol.2

10 Short Lexiled Informational Passages 

with Comprehension and Vocabulary

This is a CloZe, with a Z, reading product. Not close... Do you know the difference?

Cloze Reading is a reading closure practice required when readers fill in the blanks left in text. Readers use their knowledge and prior experiences they have. Cloze Reading helps to model problem solving reading strategies. When text is omitted, readers need to use reading strategies and cues in the text to complete sentences. When using this as an instructional strategy, teachers help students focus on: phonics, visual cues, sight words, vocabulary, predicting and cross checks. This type of activity helps student's use of language structure cues, meaning cues, and background knowledge to predict unknown words. 

This product was designed to help students practice a variety of reading skills through the closure practice. I've included comprehension and vocabulary along with this product as well. 

This product includes:

• Teaching Points
• Common Core Anchor Standards
• Lexile Informational Chart
• 10 Short Lexiled Informational Passages with Comprehension and Vocabulary:
• Lexiled Passages Included:
  1)Zebra: 690L
  2)Walrus: 590L
  3)Flamingo: 650L
  4)Giant Panda: 670L
  5)Yak: 600L
  6)Echidna: 530L
  7)Sea Otter: 590L
  8)Kangaroo: 630L
  9)Ostrich: 490L
  10)Aardvark: 410L
• Graphic Organizers

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Regular Price: $3.50

3 Days Only: $1.00

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Remember this $1.00 steals only last 3 days:

• Day 1: Monday, February 23rd
• Day 2: Tuesday, February 24th
• Day 3: Wednesday, February 25th

So HURRY!!! 

If you would like to try my FREE SAMPLE first, click HERE or on the photo below for a direct link to see if you like it!

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You can click HERE, or on the photo below to check out Volume 1!

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Love, Dianna

Sassy, Savvy, Simple Teaching

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"Make it Real" Nonsense Word Fluency ~ "Teaching in Context" & MORE!

Happy Friday Friends!!! It's Dianna from Sassy, Savvy, Simple Teaching here today!

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I hope everyone is getting back into the groove at school after the holiday break! I'm so excited to be back here again today with some of my best blogger friends!

Remember to always check back here each day, because every day a new $1.00 deal will be posted & it will last 3 days. Remind your teacher friends too!

So I'm back today with some items that have been requested by popular demand. So if you missed them last time, here's your chance!

Who here knows about nonsense words? Whether you assess them or not, we read them or hear them every day. Students are always making up words while practicing word families that are not real, or writing words that are not real, or better yet making up new words. It's crazy, but it happens!

So I am here today with my 3 day $1.00 deal --->

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This product was designed to help students learn “about” nonsense words within real words and text. Teach them through a word study or phonics instruction within words and text. Nonsense Word Fluency [NWF] is a diagnostic assessment for early literacy skills for teachers to assess students ability to correctly blend sounds. This assessment helps the teachers to see which students are “word callers” and which students can blend sounds. This assessment shows that students who can do this easily will become fluent readers. 

In this product you will receive 7 different activities that come with a teacher page as well.

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1) Real or Nonsense Sort

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2 Nonsense Practice Cards

3) Nonsense to Real Cards

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4) Nonsense to Real Task Cards

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5) Roll and Read Word Families

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6) 2 Nonsense Words to 1 Real Word Cards

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7) Reading Nonsense Words in Text ~ Fluency Passages

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This product is prepared in black and white for easy printing as well.

This $1.00 deal will only last 3 days...

1. Friday, January 23rd
2. Saturday, January 24th
3. Sunday, January 25th

So HURRY!!!! Click HERE or on any of the photos above for a direct link to this deal!

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So here's the "MORE" part of the title... If you are somebody who does use the Dibels Diagnostic Assessments or if you are not, this product is also for you. 

For the next 3 days my Primary CloZe Reads with Comprehension & Vocabulary {CCSS Aligned}will be 20% off!

This is a 3 day 20% off deal ---->

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This is a CLOZE, with a Z, reads product. Not close... Do you know the difference?

Cloze Reading is reading closure practice required when readers fill in the blanks left in text. Readers use their knowledge and prior experiences they have. Cloze Reading helps to model problem solving reading strategies. When text is omitted, readers need to use reading strategies and cues in the text to complete sentences. When using this as an instructional strategy, teachers help students focus on: phonics, visual cues, sight words, vocabulary, predicting and cross checks. This type of activity help student's use of language structure cues, meaning cues, and background knowledge to predict unknown words.

What's Included:
-What is CloZe Reading
-Teaching Points for using this product
-Common Core Anchor Standards Standards
-10 Short Lexiled Informational Passages that include practicing the skill of CloZe Reading, Comprehension Questions and Vocabulary:
-Lexiled Passages Included:
1) Polar Bear: 620L
2) Penguin: 460L
3) Owl: 560L
4) Deer: 600L
5) Elk: 590L
6) Moose: 660L
7) Brown Bear: 540L
8) Samoyed: 680L
9) Sheep: 560L
10) Sea Lion: 530L
-Graphic Organizers to use with any text.

Everything is in black and white for easy printing and prepping.

This 20% off deal will only last 3 days...

1. Friday, January 23rd
2. Saturday, January 24th
3. Sunday, January 25th

So HURRY!!!! Click HERE or on any of the photos above for a direct link to this deal!

I hope everyone is having a fantastic New Year! Please click below to stay in touch!

Love,

Dianna

Sassy, Savvy, Simple Teaching