Jennifer Bone

Creative writing activity based on the style of writing used by author Remy Charlip in the book titled, "Fortunately". Students love this activity! It's a great way to reinforce sequencing and cause/effect relationships. Before reading the mentor text aloud to students, discuss the importance of sequence in writing and how authors use cause and effect relationships to make an interesting story - that makes sense! :) Also, I mention to my students that another goal for this lesson is that we us

Chunk Chunk Blend Cards for Letter Name stage B. Their sequence follows that of the Word Journeys program (initial consonant blends). These cards are suitable for small group instruction and independent work. They are also a great intervention resource. Common Core State Standards addressed: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2c Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2b Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including conson

This rubric allows students and teachers to assess spelling skills within the context of writing samples. Many teachers are using word study in some form for phonics instruction. Assessing spelling skills within individual writing samples allows teachers to know if students are able to generalize the word study skill into independent practice.

Chunk Chunk Blend Cards for Letter Name stage A. Their sequence follows that of the Word Journeys program (initial consonants). These cards are suitable for small group instruction and independent work. They are also a great intervention resource. Common Core State Standards addressed:  CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2c Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.  CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2b Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonan

Included in this file: -planning sheets in two forms: list and comic-style -rubric for scoring Have students pair-share to discuss all they know about leprechauns. After debrief, explain purpose of writing task: write a creative, descriptive story about either a leprechaun who builds a trap to protect his/her gold OR someone who builds a trap to steal the leprechaun's gold. Display and discuss the provided rubric or any rubric of your choice before students begin working to ensure students ar

Have students generate a word bank of key terms to include in their writing. Key words are crucial for developing main idea and supporting details in all forms of writing: narrative, persuasive, nonfiction, descriptive, etc. Packet includes 2 styles of graphic organizers: 1. Word Bank divided into 3 sections: beginning, middle, end. As students compose their piece, they check off the key words. I introduce this technique using these reproducibles but students can easily begin adding this graphi

Progress monitoring tool for assessing students' ability to recognize high frequency words. This file contains a teacher record to be copied for each student and lists of 220 Dolch words sorted by frequency. I copy the lists on cardstock, slip them into clear protective sleeves, and place them in a 3-ring binder. I hope this Dolch assessment saves you time. I assess my students periodically throughout the year so they can see the progress they are making in this area. It also helps students foc

Graphic organizer for noting important elements of a fiction text. We enlarged this using our poster printer for whole group instruction.