Ashley Montano

This resource includes 16 Google Slideshows that support teaching first grade's Small Moments Writing Unit! Each Google Slideshow includes a Connection, Teaching Point, Active Engagement, Indepenendent Writing, Mid-Workshop, and Share. Also, writing samples and visuals are included! Below are the sessions included within this helpful resource: Session 1: Lives are Full of Stories to Tell Session 2: Planning for Writing Session 3: Using Pictures to Add On Session 4: Stretching Words to Spell The

Looking for conference form for students to reflect on their growth? This resource is perfect for students in all grades to reflect on their strengths and goals prior do and/or during conferences!

Looking to implement simple goal-setting and goal-tracking tools in your primary classroom? Look no further! This product includes 5 visual self-assessment checklists to help support student independence, and strengthen writing skills during Writing Workshop. On each checklist, there are visual reminders/examples for each component of writing that is assessed on writing progressions/rubrics. Additionally, there are opportunities for students to set goals and track where they are for each skill.

If you're looking for Writing Workshop self-reflection pages, this is the resource for you! These self-assessments correlate to the first grade Narrative, Opinion and Information Units and include learning progressions to self-assess student's current writing, visuals to help identify strengths, and the opportunity for students to set new writing goals! Products include in this file: #1: Narrative Writing Reflection Page #2: How-To Writing Reflection Page #3: Opinion Writing Reflection Page #4:

This resource is aligned to Lucy Calkin's First Grade "Small Moments" Writing Unit. Students can use this graphic organizer to help identify where to add specific craft moves and tally their progress along the way! It is best used for small group instruction and independent writing time.

Looking to hold your readers more accountable during Writing Workshop? This product is aligned with Unit 1 Small Moments and Unit 4 From Scenes to Series Units of Study. Through this tool, you will increase writing volume and motivate students to applied learned strategies during independent writing. This tool can enhance the goal-setting process and strengthen your writing conferences! This can either be printed as 1 full page, or print 2 per page so that it can be glued easily into a compositi

Looking to hold your readers more accountable during Reading Workshop? This product is aligned with Unit 1 Building Good Habits from the Units of Study. Through this tool, you will increase reading volume and motivate students to applied learned strategies during independent and partner reading. This tool can enhance the goal-setting process and strengthen your reading conferences! This can either be printed as 1 full page, or print 2 per page so that it can be glued easily into a composition no

Looking to hold your readers more accountable during Writing Workshop? This product is aligned with Unit 4 Writing Reviews Units of Study. Through this tool, you will increase writing volume and motivate students to applied learned strategies during independent writing. This tool can enhance the goal-setting process and strengthen your writing conferences! This can either be printed as 1 full page, or print 2 per page so that it can be glued easily into a composition notebook.

Looking to hold your readers more accountable during Writing Workshop? This product is aligned with Unit 2 Nonfiction Chapter Books Units of Study. Through this tool, you will increase writing volume and motivate students to applied learned strategies during independent writing. This tool can enhance the goal-setting process and strengthen your writing conferences! This can either be printed as 1 full page, or print 2 per page so that it can be glued easily into a composition notebook.

These accountable talk bookmarks are perfect to supplement turn-and-talks during math mini-lessons, turn-and-talks, and during learning stations! The visuals and sentence starters included are helpful when fostering conversations with young mathematicians.

In this file, you will receive 10 first-grade word problems that support problem-solving within 10! In the four square template, students will be expected to complete a drawing, use a strategy tool, write an equation and determine a solution. Perfect for whole-class mini-lessons during Math workshop, or during math workstations!

These visual self-assessments utilizing the traffic light are perfect to support students with goal-setting and tracking! The first self-assessment can be utilized for students to set goals on sticky notes and track where they are (I don't know how to, I'm starting to, I got it!). The second self-assessment is very similar (still utilizing the traffic light), but students can circle the thumb up, thumb in the middle, or thumb down!

These printable slips are a simple way to update families on their child's reading level progress throughout the year in-between conferences and report cards! There is a fill-in-the-blank sentence where the teacher can input the child's instructional and independent level, as well as an open-ended section provided for optional teacher notes regarding specific strengths and areas to work on. There is a table provided with grade-level benchmarks to ensure that the families understand their child'

Looking to hold your readers more accountable during Writing Workshop? This product is aligned with How-To Units of Study. Through this tool, you will increase writing volume and motivate students to applied learned strategies during independent writing. This tool can enhance the goal-setting process and strengthen your writing conferences! This can either be printed as 1 full page, or print 2 per page so that it can be glued easily into a composition notebook.