Luvin2Read

This tool will help students deconstruct all types of writing prompts.

This chart breaks down the signal words for different types of writing, including compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution, question/answer, and more. Great addition to student writing folders or to have made into an anchor chart.

A year of math journal prompts, written using the item specification question stems from Smarter Balanced. These prompts will challenge your students' critical thinking and reasoning skills along with providing them the opportunity to build their writing skills in math. The prompts are broken down by domain and standard for easy planning. These can be copy and pasted into a Google doc to be used in Google Classroom or printed onto labels to be placed into a math journal.

These problems are designed to challenge your students and provide them an opportunity to develop their reasoning skills in math. The pdf can be projected for whole-class direct instruction or printed for center work or independent practice. Following each problem, I have provided the correct answer as well as the rationale of why students may have chosen the incorrect answers. This will help you pinpoint the direction of your students' thinking for reteach or intervention uses. Standards covere

These slides can be used to introduce or review different types of text structures, including cause/effect, problem/solution, description, sequencing, and compare/contrast. Each slide give a definition and example.

This PowerPoint lesson is designed to teach students strategies for solving math word problems from start to finish.

Questions to simulate SBAC formatting that review skills covered within the OA cluster, including real-world word problems. Great to use for test prep or review.

My students have recently struggled with the concept of matching sounds, especially vowels, so I created these task cards for extra practice.