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Peel the Onion: Poetry Unit

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Running Records - First Grade Collection

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Running Records - First Grade Collection

By BigTime Literacy

Now Updated! The running records now include page numbers, space to record errors, self corrections, and to categorize errors by the Meaning, Structure, and/or Visual Cueing systems! Comprehension conversations were reformatted to better fit level

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Assessment

$4.00

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Running Records - 3rd Grade Collection

By BigTime Literacy

Do you have a subscription to Reading A-Z and would you like better running records that can provide a more thorough assessment of comprehension? This product includes running records at third grade levels O through R. Each running record includes a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Assessment

$3.00

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Running Records - Second Grade Collection

By BigTime Literacy

Do you have a subscription to Reading A-Z and would you like better running records that can provide a more thorough assessment of comprehension? This product includes running records at second grade levels K through M. Each running record includes

Subjects:

Reading

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Assessment

$3.00

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Running Records - Kinder Collection

By BigTime Literacy

Subjects:

Reading

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Assessment

$3.00

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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - Chapter Notes

By BigTime Literacy

This product was created to use with The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane and the curriculum unit based around character traits. This product gives chapter summaries, suggested vocabulary, and the character development of the main character from

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - Character Traits

By BigTime Literacy

This unit was created to teach third through sixth grade students about character traits and character change over time. The unit includes: A short summary of the book as a whole Chapter summaries, suggested vocabulary, and character development

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Literature Circles

$3.00

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Peel the Onion: Poetry Unit

By BigTime Literacy

This unit is complete with three weeks of lesson plans for a poetry study. In this unit, students will be reading, studying, and interpreting poetry. In week one, students begin by looking at the techniques authors use to write great poems:

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.5.2, RL.5.4, RL.5.10

$5.00

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Traditional Literature Posters

By BigTime Literacy

Grab this doc to facilitate an investigation of Traditional Literature (TL) with your students! Teacher will begin briefly, sharing what the general characteristics of TL are, but then, use the bibliography included to gather books of each of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Literature

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Posters

$2.50

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Clicking and Clunking Reading Strategy Organizer

By BigTime Literacy

Your students will easily determine meaning of unknown words with this reading strategy organizer. "Clunk Words" are words that are unknown to readers. This organizer will help them problem solve the unknown words they find. Please refer to my blog

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Graphic Organizers

$1.00

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Somebody - Wanted - But - So - Then

By BigTime Literacy

Somebody - Wanted - But - So - Then is a fabulous strategy to use to help students quickly summarize narrative text. In this product, you will find a review of a read aloud for the holidays, a poster describing Somebody- Wanted - But - So - Then, an

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Graphic Organizers

$3.00

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Reading with a Writer's Eye; Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant

By BigTime Literacy

Use this freebie as you engage students in studying Cynthia Rylant's Scarecrow. Students will close read the text, looking through the characterization lens. They will study how Rylant develops her character through his feelings, actions, physical

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Lesson

$1.00

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Plot Diagram

By BigTime Literacy

Nothing fancy, but a fab plot diagram for your kiddos to use to think through narrative text structure!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Graphic Organizers

$1.00

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Pacing Calendar Template

By BigTime Literacy

Facilitate individual / team planning with a pacing calendar. Use this document as the hub of all the work you do with your students. To begin, add all holidays, teacher work days, half days, etc. Then, as you carry on over the course of the school

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, Science

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Unit Plans, Classroom Forms, Lesson

$1.00

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Word Study Posters and Implementation Guide

By BigTime Literacy

Do your students study words as part of the literacy instruction? This document will help with your Word Study instruction! This doc includes 5 word study posters, an implementation guide, and further explanation of the implementation guide. It is

Subjects:

Spelling, Vocabulary, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Printables, Posters

$5.00

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TIQA - Academic Writing

By BigTime Literacy

Do your students need a format for answering text-related questions? If so, this is it. TIQA stands for: Topic Sentence, Introduce the Quote, (cite the) Quote, and Analysis. This document includes an explanation of the acronym, instructions for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Handouts, Outlines, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.7, CCRA.W.9

$1.50

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Running Record - Level I - First Grade - Fiction

By BigTime Literacy

Do you have a subscription to Reading A-Z and would you like better running records that can provide a thorough assessment of comprehension? This freebie uses Reading A-Z's I benchmark book and includes Comprehension Conversation questions aligned

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Assessment

FREE

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Running Records - Kinder Collection - Volume 2

By BigTime Literacy

A second collection of Running Records at Kinder levels A-D! These new docs include space to note errors, self-corrections, and also for analyzing errors based on one of three cueing systems: Meaning, Structure, Visual Do you have a subscription to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Assessment

$3.00

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Text Structure Organizers

By BigTime Literacy

This product is based on Dymock and Nicholson's Teaching Text Structures: A Key to Nonfiction Reading Success. The product is aligned to CCSS 5th grade and up and shares organizers for main idea/details, compare and contrast, cause and effect, and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Assessment, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.5

$2.00

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Peer Conferences to Improve Revision in Writing

By BigTime Literacy

Students will really begin to understand what revision means by using these procedures to facilitate their peer conferences about their writing. The attached file includes student procedures for peer writing conferences, a feedback form for

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

$3.00

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Peel the Onion: Poetry Unit Freebie

By BigTime Literacy

Here's the truth: I'm not as crafty and cutesy as some of the other curriculum developers here on TpT, but I deliver solid resources to support your ELA instruction! In this freebie, you will find the first week of a three week poetry unit. In the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Lesson

CCSS:

RL.5.4, RL.5.10

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been in education for 19 years now: my first 10 I spent teaching middle school ELA, and the last nine as a Literacy Coach in elementary & now middle school. I have come to learn lots about reading and writing development at many different levels! Love curriculum, instruction, and assessment and always up to know what is the new best practice out there. Not a fan of worksheets (workshits), but love a learning tool that will help students build independence and knowledge.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Social Constructivist

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Golden Apple Foundation: Demonstrated Excellence in Teaching, 2017 Governing Board Award: Writing Innovation, 2009

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Illinois Writing Project Participant, (2014); Arizona State University (2009) M.Ed. Language and Literacy; Northern Arizona University (2003) B.A. Elementary Education, ESL

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Math, Science, Social Studies - History, Literature, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Poetry, Informational Text, Phonics, Close Reading

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