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The following question and sentence stems are designed to guide teachers’ questioning during small group instruction or whole group mini-lessons. They were created using wording found in the released 2013 3rd and 4th grade STAAR Reading Assessment.

This game includes 6 revision sentences along with 4 answer choices formatted after the released Writing STAAR test. There is a suggested game format, but the question and answers could be used in a variety of ways, from whole group to small group, a station activity, or warm-up. An important component to using these questions is allowing your students to JUSTIFY their answers.

This is a single page document that was designed to be used during guided reading, individual student reading conferences, tutoring, etc. It is a place to keep track of student's strengths and areas for improvement. It is a formative assessment document, meant to guide instruction, develop small group lessons based on students who have similar goals, and can be shared with both students and parents. The strengths and goals are designed around 4th grade reading TEKS, with an emphasis on Readi

This is a two page document that was designed to be used during writing conferencing, small group writing instruction, tutoring, etc. It is a place to keep track of student's strengths and areas for improvement. It is a formative assessment document, meant to guide instruction, develop small group lessons based on students who have similar goals, and can be shared with both students and parents. This page also has questions to guide the teacher during writing conferences and discussions. They

These quotes on respect and responsibility can be used as part of a bulletin board, or hung individually in a hallway or room!

I created this silly sentence to help my fourth grade students remember the important parts of revision when writing. The sentence uses acronyms to help students recall important mini-lessons done in the classroom for improving their writing through revision. We call it the "zebra" sentence. This download includes a student checklist and "posters" that could be hung in the room. While designed for fourth grade writing, it is also appropriate for third and fifth graders.

This fun card game has a new twist! Students practice building numbers concretely and numerically! The extension allows students to get that extra practice for rounding numbers...and again, represent both numerically and pictorially. Representing numbers in a variety of ways is a heavy focus of the new math TEKS.

A great and engaging way to practice building numbers up to the hundreds place, while also incorporating base-10 blocks. This activity allows students to represent numbers numerically, pictorially, and concretely!

A cute way to display the rules of confidentiality in your office!

To help students identify how they are feeling upon entering the counseling office.

Just a simple tool to use when conferencing with students during Writer's Workshop! We have such limited time and want to be intentional!