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Revised and expanded! Teachers, paraprofessionals and parents will be able to quickly and easily estimate a student's reading skill using this Reading Assessment. Includes clear, easy-to-follow instructions and interpretation guide. Grades preprimer to 6 included. Answer key included. Over 60 pages! An Informal Reading Inventory is a collection of grade level passages with questions for students to read both orally and silently. It is intended to be given to individual students to pinpoint re

Informal reading inventories are great tools for assessing student reading skills! Pinpoint not only a student's upper skill level with reading, but also the level of text that can be handled independently and that which is good for instructional goals. Students read leveled passages (both orally and silently if you wish), then respond to comprehension questions. Find out how much of the author's information is getting into their brains and how well they read the words. With more detailed analy

Bring the fun of cryptids, like Bigfoot and Yeti, to your home or classroom! Upper elementary (grades 4-6) and middle schoolers (grades 6-8) will have some active fun with this easy, no-prep scavenger hunt. It's great as a party game, as a center activity, or a fun diversion to reward students after hard work. Players can work on their own or in groups to find the clues, and you don't even need to worry about revealing them in order! They can find them in any sequence, write down the answer to

Help students practice making inferences with 20 exercises at reading levels ranging from 5.0 to 7.9. Supports Common Core Standards RL.5.1, RL.6.1, RL.7.1. Each worksheet has a short reading followed by five open-ended inferential questions. Book includes a bonus lesson plan to teach making inferences and answer key.

Newspaper Scavenger Hunts contains 30 printable task cards that will send students scrambling through old newspapers to find items such as colored letters (for younger students), words with two syllables (middle grades) or items that are discounted by 10% (older students). They're great for centers or for class-wide competition. The Scavenger Hunts also make great practice activities that can be used when students finish other tasks early. The three levels make it easy to provide just the rig

Reading Comprehension: Making Inferences includes ten reproducible worksheets teaching how to recognize inferences and ten providing practice on making inferences from text. A free lesson plan is included!

Now, special education teachers, classroom teachers, tutors, parents, and anyone concerned about students' spelling skills can quickly and easily pinpoint strengths and weaknesses in spelling! The book features Two forms, great for pre- and post-testingWord lists and dictation sentencesIndividual recording forms to summarize skillsClassroom/group recording forms to aid grouping for lessonsGrade-level expectations guide for spellingHands-on practice activity suggestions that will work for an

Looking for motivating prompts to get students of all ages putting pencil to paper? Try this collection of Journal Jar Prompts. The colorful slips contain exciting ideas that kids will want to write about. They look great when you clip them apart and stash them in a jar together! Get writing today!

30 Short Vowel Worksheets offers practice activities for recognizing words with medial short vowels, appropriate for young readers, struggling learners and even for adults. Each short vowel sound has six different styles of worksheets. The activities progress from simple recognition of spelling patterns through reading short vowel words with comprehension. There are word searches, scrambled sentences, coloring activities and even a controlled vocabulary reading passage focused on the target s

Help beginning writers learn to organize thoughts into paragraphs using these reproducible writing sheets. Each is themed with a familiar item. There are two sheets for each theme. One is a paragraph using frame sentences. Students can supply words or phrases to complete them, and can see examples of well-organized paragraphs with topic sentences and supporting details. The second page of each set offers the same theme picture with room to write a paragraph independently. Both styles inclu

Sight Word Recognition is critical to reading fluency. This 84 page ebook offers a complete system with instructions to assess sight word skills for students of all ages. It is based on the Dolch list and includes printable flashcards, done-for-you reading and record sheets, and strategies to get data with students or situations where it is tough to implement traditional one-on-one assessments. Tutors, paraprofessionals, teachers, homeschoolers and parents of struggling readers will appreciate

This fast-paced listening action game will help students pay attention, follow directions, and develop teamwork and leadership skills. It's suitable for ages 10 and up, and works well in a classroom setting.

What do you do when students say they don't know what to write? Why, you tell them to add details and elaborate! For some, this is enough. But others just don't know how to do this. Now you can use differentiated instruction and provide the right level of help to each student, based on individual needs. Focus on Writing: Elaboration offers quick and easy, self-guided lessons on developing sentences, improving paragraphs, and adding relevent supporting details to improve overall writing quality.

This 35 page printable workbook will help reading students gain fluency with closed syllable words. It is the third in a series from the class, "Just Six Syllables." Exercises help students learn to recognize closed syllable words (CVC, CCVC and CVCC spelling patterns) with short vowels, find them in text, and read them with fluency. Students can also practice with nonsense closed syllables, allowing them to learn to decode unfamiliar constructions within larger words. It is suitable for stu

Teachers and parents working with struggling readers will appreciate the convenience of done-for-you flashcards perfect for teaching simple spelling and phonics rules. These letter cards are color-coded (vowels and consonants are different colors) to highlight phonics and spelling patterns. Common digraph cards are included (sh, ch, th, and wh) as well as a single card with the letters qu. Use the cards to add a kinesthetic element to reading lessons, put them on magnetic backing to create ga

At last! Here's a holiday activity that can be used with students with a range of reading abilities! Stories and activities cover grades 3-8Common Core Standards list includedAnswer Key includedNo more singling out struggling learners to give them a different assignment!Stories formatted in the same way so students won't know there are different levelsThe Legends of Christmas is a multi-level reading activity book covering reading levels 3-8. Each of five stories is presented at three reading

At last! A second form of the Informal Reading Inventory so you can easily do pre- and post-testing! This is great for anyone who already has Form 1, or anyone just starting to use Informal Reading Inventories. This form includes all new passages and questions, but the same great tools for quickly checking student reading skill levels. Teachers, paraprofessionals and parents will be able to quickly and easily estimate a student's reading skill using this Reading Assessment. Includes clear, eas

Crazy Holidays Day by Day is a great resource for parents, homeschoolers, teachers, care providers and everyone who works with children. Each chapter lists little-known or bizarre holidays for every day and offers fun activities to nurture learning or liven up any group. There are holidays related to nearly any subject under the sun! Imagine celebrating Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day and Kid Inventors' Day. You'll never run out of fun ideas for themes, activities, and learning when you use thi

Don't despair! You can grab kids' attention this holiday season (or anytime) with this wide-ranging collection of engaging activities that cover all curriculum areas and are suitable for elementary aged children. If you can't beat 'em, JOIN 'EM! Who doesn't love adorable puppies and kittens, and your students or children will be clamoring to do their math, itching to get writing, and ready to roll on these pet and animal themed activities. There are over 80 curriculum activity ideas related to

Here's the ultimate in recycling! Use those old newspapers to teach skills across age groups and curriculum areas. This thirty-page e-book is loaded with outstanding ideas to use newspapers to practice reading, math, social and motor skills as you play. It's perfect for homeschoolers, special educators, and anyone who works with a wide array of students.