Read Write Room

Do you use the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio in your classroom? This project is perfect for an independent task during or after reading Wonder. Each student chooses a precept that speaks to them. They are asked to analyze that precept and relate it to their own life with a written response. Then the students get to illustrate it! I had mine use the illustrations from Wonder for inspiration, but they all put their own spin on it. print AND digital formats available What's included: Teacher guidan

Use these Google Forms assessments to gauge your students’ understanding of reading skills. These formative assessments will drive your instruction, help you form small groups, and see exactly where students are in the learning progression. They can be used with ANY texts your students read. Each form includes 4-6 questions, both multiple choice and constructed response. The questions get progressively more complex. The constructed response questions include a RACE strategy helper to guide res

It is critical that students know what they are learning, why they are learning it, and how they will know what success looks like. These visible learning labels will keep your display organized and beautiful! There are three different designs included-- Rainbow dots and black, rainbow dots and white, and black and white. The black and white version can easily be printed on colorful paper and save ink. Labels included in each design: 1. learning intention 2. success criteria 3. Today I am... 4

Candy Wars is the perfect way to get your students excited about opinion writing. Whether you start the unit with this activity, like me, or use this as a culminating activity—your students are sure to be engaged! In this activity, students work in a progression to compose an opinion piece to argue whether fruity or chocolate candy is the best. Included: Teacher planStep by Step Google Slides (to display for students)Organizers for students Writing Paper for Final PieceWriting Paper for strugg

The beauty of a Mentor Text is that the SAME book can be used to teach multiple skills for both reading and writing. Use this resource for teaching AND Learning with the teaching points and student application pages! This resource includes a guide for teaching points that can be used with the picture book Emmanuel's Dream as well as a paired text option and visual/audio companion. You will find over TEN teaching points that you can use to model during your mini lessons or have your students a

In order for students to understand what the standards are asking, we have to first teach the vocabulary. These vocabulary posters are sure to help your students grasp the complexity of every standard and help them apply those skills! For each poster, a student-friendly definition and example or tip is provided. Brights and black and white versions are available. Ways to use the posters: • Academic vocabulary word wall- as you introduce a new standard, display the words on a word wall for stud

In order for students to understand what the standards are asking, we have to first teach the vocabulary. These vocabulary posters are sure to help your students grasp the complexity of every standard and help them apply those skills! For each poster, a student-friendly definition and example or tip is provided. Bright and Black and White Versions Available Ways to use the posters: • Academic vocabulary word wall- as you introduce a new standard, display the words on a word wall for students t

Giving end of school year awards is a great way to recognize each student and reminisce on the entire year. These awards will have the kids laughing and remembering all the exciting times they had. Included in this document are more than 35 unique awards to celebrate each child's personality. As well, there are a list of ideas for gifts you can give to go with each award. All of these gifts can be found at your local dollar store. Print and DIGITAL versions included. The digital version is com

Who doesn't love a bookmark? They keep us on track, and let us know where we left off! Each Fourth Grade informational standard has been broken down into learning progressions. As students work toward mastery of a skill or standard, check of the skill and watch them PROGRESS! Included: A teacher guidance sheet for each informational standard including: Skills and concepts Vocabulary Learning Intentions Learning progressions (I can statements) Bookmarks for each of the following skills: Infer/Re

Many of our students do not have a solid understanding of each reading genre and/or they get stuck reading the same genre because they have not been exposed to others. I am so excited for your students to discover all that different reading genres have to offer! A genre mingle is very similar to a book tasting or book scoot. The purpose of this activity is two-fold. 1.Students will learn about the characteristics of different genres. 2.Students will be exposed to so MANY books and be able to

Learning your students' interests from the very beginning is a great way to help build their reading lives. I use the information from these surveys to create interest groups for book clubs, help reluctant readers choose books, and get readers out of a genre rut. You can easily link this Google Form through Google Classroom. The best part-- you will get all of the information via a Google Sheet. A spreadsheet with so much valuable information! When you download, you will get a PDF file with a

The perfect set of resources to decorate your classroom library, inspire your students, and inform them about books! Over 100 pages of banners, genre tools, and inspirational posters included. In this pack you will have: 8 brightly colored posters with inspirational quotes from famous authors Rainbow design banners with three options: colored letters, colored backgrounds, and black and white (for printing on colored paper) READLIBRARYBOOKSGenre Posters Genre onlyGenre with descriptions Ink Save

These data collection sheets are PERFECT for making sure students are mastering ALL components of the reading literary AND informational standards. Every one of the 4th grade reading standards have been broken into skills which lead to mastery. The following standards have been included: Literary: Infer/Reference the text Theme/Central Message Story Elements Context Clues Poems/Drama/Prose Point of View Visual or Oral vs. Text Compare and Contrast Theme Informational: Infer/Reference the text

Who doesn't love a bookmark? They keep us on track, and let us know where we left off! Each Fourth Grade literary standard has been broken down into learning progressions. As students work toward mastery of a skill or standard, check off the skill and watch them PROGRESS! Included: A teacher guidance sheet for each literary standard including: Skills and concepts Vocabulary Learning Intentions Learning progressions (I can statements) Bookmarks for each of the following skills: Infer/Reference th

Tug of War is the perfect way to introduce opinion writing. It is a low stakes strategy to get kids to practice supporting an argument! Often our students struggle to give specific evidence that matches the reasons--this way, students get a lot of quick practice before moving to opinion essays. Here’s how it works: Students choose a side to support. They grab a sticky note, state a reason to support their side and at least one piece of evidence that supports this reason. Note: This file allows

These student friendly grammar posters will help your students remember the parts of speech all year long! Each poster includes a kid-friendly definition with examples and a word list. Brights and black and white versions are available. Ways to use the posters: • Academic vocabulary word wall- as you introduce a new standard, display the words on a word wall for students to reference. • Interactive journal-print the posters 2 or 4 per sheet and have students glue in the words for the standar

Figurative Language is necessary to understand when reading and writing. This FREEBIE asks kids to define each type of figurative language, find examples, come up with the own example, and then draw a picture representation.

These planning pages will help you pull all possible mini lessons from your mentor texts! There is a box for all the reading and writing standards--literary and narrative. Nonfiction coming soon!