Elementary Drive

This can be placed into students folders/notebooks to use during partner time of Writing Workshop. Students have discussion prompts to use during partner time to provide GLOWS (compliments) and GROWS (suggestions) about their partner's work.

When students take the New York State ELA exam, they are faced with many different types of multiple choice and short response questions. For true understanding of each question, students must notice what type of question is being asked. Use this chart to help your students identify the type of question they are answering by using these clue words. Students can label the question right next to it, so they can identify and develop a deeper understanding of what the question is asking.

This graphic organizer will assist students in summarizing a text using sequence words.

A mnemonic device for answering multiple choice questions is DAB: D : Determine what the question is asking you A: Ask yourself what can be eliminated B: Choose the BEST answer There are many uses for this DAB Multiple Choice Strategy anchor chart:-tape down on students desks for quick reminder -glued into students notebooks -put into students reading folders -blown up and posted on classroom wall -posted on SmartBoard/PPT

This document has 4 levels of questions students can use to develop their thinking.

Looking for a way for your students to review the books they read? This document will give your students an opportunity to review and recommend the books they read to other students in their class. There are two sheets on a page!

Looking for a way to help your students with Social Emotional Learning? Using this Stress Reflection Journal will give students an opportunity to reflect on their day and express their emotions. A great tool for students (and adults) of ALL ages!

Do your students have difficulty engaging in group or partner discussions? This chart will give your students questions to ask each other to build on group member's thoughts and continue their conversation.

Students can use these any of these options to conclude their personal narratives. This can be used as an anchor chart or can be put into student's writing notebooks or folders.

This document can be glued into student's notebooks to give them an expectation of what their writing journal entries should look like. There are two sheets on each document so cut in half and glue into students writing notebooks!

This letter is intended to be a communication between parent and teacher to create awareness about student's individual book bags. It can be printed on cardstock paper or laminated to stay in student's book bags.

This resource is for students to properly engage in partner time during Writing Workshop block by giving them sentence starters to make corrections and give compliments and suggestions.

Use these Fiction Reading Response Questions Sentence Starters to assist your students in responding to their reading.

Use these mini anchor charts to assist students in finding the main idea of a text and the details to support the main idea.

These discussion prompts are used to guide students in engaging in meaningful discussions. This document can be laminated and placed in group folders for a reminder during discussions.

This handout can be sent home to students and parents giving them guidelines for decorating their writing journal.

This chart details student and teacher responsibilities during each part of Writing Workshop. Can be used as a mini anchor chart or posted in the classroom.

This mini anchor chart can be placed into student's writing notebooks to remind them when it is appropriate to begin a new paragraph.