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Rennyk

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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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18 years teaching third grade including a 2nd/3rd split, and a 3rd/4th split. National Board Certified Master's Degree + 45 Yale Fellowship Dartmouth (Gilder Lehrman Institute) Fellowship Published a children's history book
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Preview of Cooperative Group Role Cards - Instructions Manager

Cooperative Group Role Cards - Instructions Manager

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Rennyk
Role cards are distributed by students before beginning a group activity. Each Role Card tells the responsibility of the student, and includes prompts for comments the student may need to make during the activity. Other Role Cards included are Instruction Manager, Materials Manager, Communications Manager, Time and Focus Manager, Script Manager.
Preview of Student Reading Goal Setting/Assessing document for Readers workshops

Student Reading Goal Setting/Assessing document for Readers workshops

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Rennyk
This is a document I created to supplement the CAFE Reading Workshop as a quick observation form for assessing student reading needs for goal-setting and then evaluation of student reading goal attainment. Also includes a place to record the reading lexile level. Please take a look at my student supplements for Readers' Workshops like CAFE.
Preview of Cooperative Group Role Card - Communications Mgr

Cooperative Group Role Card - Communications Mgr

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Rennyk
Role cards are distributed by students before beginning a group activity. Each Role Card tells the responsibility of the student, and includes prompts for comments the student may need to make during the activity. Other Role Cards included are Instruction Manager, Materials Manager, Communications Manager, Time and Focus Manager, Script Manager.
Preview of Cooperative Group Role Card - Materials Manager

Cooperative Group Role Card - Materials Manager

Created by
Rennyk
Role cards are distributed by students before beginning a group activity. Each Role Card tells the responsibility of the student, and includes prompts for comments the student may need to make during the activity. Other Role Cards included are Instruction Manager, Materials Manager, Communications Manager, Time and Focus Manager, Script Manager.
Preview of Student work portfolio for readers' workshop like CAFE

Student work portfolio for readers' workshop like CAFE

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Rennyk
This is document 1 for the student's literacy binder. It is used during the goal-setting meeting with the teacher. The student will record the date, reading strategy and goal to practice. Once the student attains the goal, he or she will record the date met. The student can easily track which strategies have been mastered throughout the year, as well as checking the sheet to remind him or herself of the strategy to practice.
Preview of Role Cards for Cooperative Groups of 3

Role Cards for Cooperative Groups of 3

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Rennyk
Help each student remember her or his responsibilities within the group, and what types of comments to help her or him do the job. Instruction Manager, Script Manager, and Communications Manager. Kids like to have important sounding jobs.
Preview of Reading Response Format and Rubric

Reading Response Format and Rubric

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Rennyk
The advanced model for writing a response to reading and reflecting on strategy use. A rubric is included for students to self-assess the writing. This is document 4 for the student literacy portfolio.
Preview of Cooperative Group Role Card - Volume and Focus Manager

Cooperative Group Role Card - Volume and Focus Manager

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Rennyk
Role cards are distributed by students before beginning a group activity. Each Role Card tells the responsibility of the student, and includes prompts for comments the student may need to make during the activity. Other Role Cards included are Instruction Manager, Materials Manager, Communications Manager, Time and Focus Manager, Script Manager.
Preview of Cooperative Group Role Card - Script Manager

Cooperative Group Role Card - Script Manager

Created by
Rennyk
Role cards are distributed by students before beginning a group activity. Each Role Card tells the responsibility of the student, and includes prompts for comments the student may need to make during the activity. Other Role Cards included are Instruction Manager, Materials Manager, Communications Manager, Time and Focus Manager, Script Manager.
Preview of Model and rubric for using vocabulary in context

Model and rubric for using vocabulary in context

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Rennyk
A writing model for students to use in their literacy binder when identifying the meaning of new words in their reading. The student copies the sentence from the text and finds the definition which makes sense in context. Also includes a rubric for assessing.
Preview of Student Reading List Tracker for portfolio

Student Reading List Tracker for portfolio

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Rennyk
This is document #2 for the student literacy portfolio. It is a chart for students to record books they have completed, the Lexile, the genre, and if the book was too challenging, just right, or too easy.
Preview of Beginning Organizer for Responding to Reading

Beginning Organizer for Responding to Reading

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Rennyk
A simplified graphic organizer to start readers out with responding to reading and reflecting on strategy use. The organizer id a first step in leading the students to understand a format for reflecting on their strategy use. This is document 3 in the student literacy portfolio (binder)
Preview of Beginning Response to Reading Rubric

Beginning Response to Reading Rubric

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Rennyk
A rubric for grading a beginning response to reading/reflection on strategy use. This goes along with my beginning reading response organizer, but can be used for any beginning response.
Preview of PixieGold Dollar - Classroom Economy

PixieGold Dollar - Classroom Economy

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Rennyk
Part of the PixieGold economy and reward system. Students brush up on math skills while being positively reinforced for good behavior.
Preview of Classroom Economy - Student Catalogue - Rewards

Classroom Economy - Student Catalogue - Rewards

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Rennyk
This is the catalogue for students to order from when spending their classroom money, PixieGold. I wish I knew how to upload all of these together. Other parts of the PixieGold Classroom Economy are listed separately.
Preview of Student Independent Daily Literacy Schedule

Student Independent Daily Literacy Schedule

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Rennyk
This is the schedule that I created to laminate so that students can write in their choices with a dry-erase marker and leave on their desk. This helps students to stay on track and remember change to their next activity. It also assists the teacher in making sure that the student is engaging in a variety of activities. The schedule includes the dailies created by the Two Sisters, plus more that I have added sich as Vocabulary and Response to Reading. Please look at my other supplements for
Preview of PixieGold Penny - classroom economy

PixieGold Penny - classroom economy

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Rennyk
Part of the PixieGold economy and reward system. Students brush up on math skills while being positively reinforced for good behavior.
Preview of PixieGold Dime - classroom economy

PixieGold Dime - classroom economy

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Rennyk
Part of the PixieGold economy and reward system. Students brush up on math skills while being positively reinforced for good behavior.
Preview of PixieGold Quarter - classroom economy

PixieGold Quarter - classroom economy

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Rennyk
Part of the PixieGold economy and reward system. Students brush up on math skills while being positively reinforced for good behavior.
Preview of PixieGold Order Form Classroom Economy

PixieGold Order Form Classroom Economy

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Rennyk
Order form for students using PixieGold Reward catalogue to purchase incentives. Students practice subtracting, counting and regrouping coins while being positively reinforced for good behavior.c
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About the store

Experience

18 years teaching third grade including a 2nd/3rd split, and a 3rd/4th split. National Board Certified Master's Degree + 45 Yale Fellowship Dartmouth (Gilder Lehrman Institute) Fellowship Published a children's history book

Teaching style

Teaching to all learning types (visual, auditory, kinesthetic), use of cooperative learning groups, students take responsibility for learning. I teach students to think critically

Awards & shining teacher moments

National Board Certified Master's Degree + 45 Yale Fellowship Dartmouth (Gilder Lehrman Institute) Fellowship

My own education history

BS from University of Illinois, Champaign- Urbana MSEd from Northern Illinois University

Additional biographical information

I have created integrated units for poetry and social studies including analysis of primary sources for Loyola's Teaching With Primary Sources, Yale National Teachers' Initiative, the Art Institute, and Chicago Public Schools Social Studies 2.0. I helped write the social studies curriculum for 3rd grade at CPS. I have published a book on Chicago's history for third graders called Just Add Water: Making the City of Chicago.