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These tracking forms I use to allow my 1st and 2nd grade students to mark their fluency passage's cold and hot read. The shaded area provides students with an end of year correct words per minute goal. This form allows me to reference it to see when a student is ready to move to the next reading level and to ensure passages are not repeated. I also included a weekly conferring record to keep track on who you read with daily in small groups.

Students will practice breaking up derivatives to better understand the meaning of the word.

Students keep a copy of their personal word wall in their book club folder or their book club word work journal.

Roll a die and then choose a word with the number that was rolled. Read the word accurately and then use the correct approach stroke to begin writing the word. The first player to make a line across vertically or horizontally wins. Game can also be played as 4 corners or blackout.

Students will take turns rolling a die and place a chip on the same number somewhere on the Connect 4 mat. Students must read the word accurately and identify if the /ea/ is saying the (long e), (short e), or (long a) sound.Once 4 words in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally are connected, the student will say CONNECT 4 and win the game.

Vocabulary for a novel study of Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio Print on cardstock, cut, and pass out to students to add their own sentence and meaningful picture. As each chapter is completed, these cards are then placed on a bulletin board for the chapter's vocabulary and referred to using a charades game 5 minutes before class dismissal.

Decks for Level 1 and Level 2 Word of the Day and Trick Words provided with text for when the word is introduced. Cards can be cut out per unit for students to review at home or during class. Words can be scanned twice and be used for a concentration game. This file is an independent product and is not affiliated with, nor has it been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Wilson Language Training Corporation.

Repeated accurate practice helps children work on their accuracy and improve on their automaticity of reading words with a specific concept. The first section (A) focuses on nonsense words and the second section (B) focuses is on math vocabulary. Before each use, instructor must have child echo the first line of the first and second section to model and confirm child's accurate pronunciation.

Classic dot game with a spelling twist. Each player takes turns attaching a vertical or horizontal line from one dot to the next dot. Each player can choose a practice word to write in the middle of their winning square. Say each letter out loud as you spell the word. Players: 2-4 people

Instead of tickets, I use plastic coins for students to earn and trade them in for a reward. This chart helps students who want to exchange coins so they are not storing a bunch of pennies. Since inflation has hit our classroom, many items that were once 25 cents have increased in value.

This is a template that can be used during the first week of school or at the beginning of a book study so students can learn about one another. Print this template onto card stock paper. Students can fill in the questions with words or drawings. Once completed, bookmarks can be laminated and teacher can mark the year on the bookmark for students to keep as a keepsake.

Roll a die and then choose a word with the number that was rolled. Read the word accurately and then use the correct approach stroke to begin writing the word. The first player to make a line across vertically or horizontally wins. Game can also be played as 4 corners or blackout.

Roll a die and then choose a word with the number that was rolled. Read the word accurately and then use the correct approach stroke to begin writing the word. The first player to make a line across vertically or horizontally wins. Game can also be played as 4 corners or blackout.

Share with students what you will be looking for as they perform in groups using any readers theater script. Students keep a template and then teacher fills out one for grading the group's performance.

Space Family Explorers -an, -at word families intended for CVC practice. Students can read the word or use the word in a sentence. An online die or real die can be used to let the players know how many spaces to move on the board.

PDF contains 26 questions with an answer key for Jack Gantos' novel, Jack's Black Book.

This is taken from Writer to Writer: How to Conference Young Authors by Tommy Thomson. It has helped me track who I have conferenced with and make notes so I can return with the writer to check on their progress. I put an "S" for students who have shared for the week, that way I know who I need to call on to give them Author's Chair time.

Cut these three pages into 1/4 and make copies so your students can write a sentence and tape it to the classroom door as part of a writing center.

Spreadsheets help keep me organized when I implement a resource with my students. I typed this spreadsheet for myself and thought it may be useful to someone else. The spreadsheet is meant to be used with the following: Phonological Awareness Cards By Lynn K. Flahive • Janet R. Lanza

Spreadsheets help keep me organized when I implement a resource with my students. I typed this spreadsheet for myself and thought it may be useful to someone else. The spreadsheet is meant to be used with the following: Reading Comprehension Cards Level 1 By Abigail Hanrahan • Catherine McSweeny