Sandy Fleming

Revised and expanded! Teachers, paraprofessionals and parents will be able to quickly and easily estimate a student's reading skill using this Reading Assessment. Includes clear, easy-to-follow instructions and interpretation guide. Grades preprimer to 6 included. Answer key included. Over 60 pages! An Informal Reading Inventory is a collection of grade level passages with questions for students to read both orally and silently. It is intended to be given to individual students to pinpoint re

Informal reading inventories are great tools for assessing student reading skills! Pinpoint not only a student's upper skill level with reading, but also the level of text that can be handled independently and that which is good for instructional goals. Students read leveled passages (both orally and silently if you wish), then respond to comprehension questions. Find out how much of the author's information is getting into their brains and how well they read the words. With more detailed analy

Bring the fun of cryptids, like Bigfoot and Yeti, to your home or classroom! Upper elementary (grades 4-6) and middle schoolers (grades 6-8) will have some active fun with this easy, no-prep scavenger hunt. It's great as a party game, as a center activity, or a fun diversion to reward students after hard work. Players can work on their own or in groups to find the clues, and you don't even need to worry about revealing them in order! They can find them in any sequence, write down the answer to

Help students practice making inferences with 20 exercises at reading levels ranging from 5.0 to 7.9. Supports Common Core Standards RL.5.1, RL.6.1, RL.7.1. Each worksheet has a short reading followed by five open-ended inferential questions. Book includes a bonus lesson plan to teach making inferences and answer key.

Reading Comprehension: Making Inferences includes ten reproducible worksheets teaching how to recognize inferences and ten providing practice on making inferences from text. A free lesson plan is included!

Help beginning writers learn to organize thoughts into paragraphs using these reproducible writing sheets. Each is themed with a familiar item. There are two sheets for each theme. One is a paragraph using frame sentences. Students can supply words or phrases to complete them, and can see examples of well-organized paragraphs with topic sentences and supporting details. The second page of each set offers the same theme picture with room to write a paragraph independently. Both styles inclu

What do you do when students say they don't know what to write? Why, you tell them to add details and elaborate! For some, this is enough. But others just don't know how to do this. Now you can use differentiated instruction and provide the right level of help to each student, based on individual needs. Focus on Writing: Elaboration offers quick and easy, self-guided lessons on developing sentences, improving paragraphs, and adding relevent supporting details to improve overall writing quality.

Teachers and parents working with struggling readers will appreciate the convenience of done-for-you flashcards perfect for teaching simple spelling and phonics rules. These letter cards are color-coded (vowels and consonants are different colors) to highlight phonics and spelling patterns. Common digraph cards are included (sh, ch, th, and wh) as well as a single card with the letters qu. Use the cards to add a kinesthetic element to reading lessons, put them on magnetic backing to create ga

At last! Here's a holiday activity that can be used with students with a range of reading abilities! Stories and activities cover grades 3-8Common Core Standards list includedAnswer Key includedNo more singling out struggling learners to give them a different assignment!Stories formatted in the same way so students won't know there are different levelsThe Legends of Christmas is a multi-level reading activity book covering reading levels 3-8. Each of five stories is presented at three reading

At last! A second form of the Informal Reading Inventory so you can easily do pre- and post-testing! This is great for anyone who already has Form 1, or anyone just starting to use Informal Reading Inventories. This form includes all new passages and questions, but the same great tools for quickly checking student reading skill levels. Teachers, paraprofessionals and parents will be able to quickly and easily estimate a student's reading skill using this Reading Assessment. Includes clear, eas

The Legend of the Evergreen is three reproducible versions of German folktale written at different levels of difficulty ranging from grade 3 through grade 8. There are also five related worksheets to choose from. Since the stories all have similar graphics and formatting, it is easy to give students the correct level without embarrassment. This makes it perfect for differentiating instruction or a special education class. It is the first set of stories from a larger work, The Legends of Chri

Harness the fun and mystery of cryptids with these printable activities! You'll find everything here to get your preteen or teenager excited about these mysterious and strange creatures. Try the word search, the crossword, and the secret code. Check out writing and reading activities, as well. Sometimes all it takes to ignite the spark of learning is a topic that is exciting and memorable. These activities make great pastimes, novel center activities, and even cool party or meeting games. Capt

Division with Fractions is a practice workbook intended to review division by fractions or mixed numbers. The book has three sections: a prerequisite review to make sure foundational skills are intact, a section about how to divide by fractions and mixed numbers, and a section that deals with cancellation. The book includes a cross number puzzle, a post test, and an answer key. It will help students (no matter what their ages) to review these concepts and assist in preparation for prealgebra an

This reproducible workbook contains 40 lessons designed for students with skills at the grades 4-6 levels in reading comprehension and vocabulary. Each lesson is open-ended, and can be used with any book. The workbook is perfect for summer practice with library books, or any time paired with books read for other classes or programs. The lessons cover Common Core Reading Anchor Standards R.1-R.6 and R.10 and Language Anchor Standards L.1-L.6, with focuses on vocabulary development, written exp

Santa's International Mystery Tour is a reading comprehension activity disguised as an engaging and active game. The main focus is on context clues as well as literal level reading comprehension. It's great for grades 4 and up (RL is grade 5), and younger players can enjoy it with reading and spelling support. Follow Santa as he travels around the world in search of answers to questions that lead to the final mystery answer that he needs to save Christmas! Players can follow the path of clues i

Undersea Wonders is a workbook designed to guide beginners (grades 4-7) through writing their first research paper. Students will narrow their topic by choosing a unique undersea creature, researching online and/or in print resources, creating an outline, drafting a paper, editing the paper, proofreading, and then publishing their project. The workbook covers skills such as asking questions to guide research evaluating the reliability of internet sourcescreating an organizational schemewriting

Rhyming/Word Family Puzzles, -OT Family, are wonderful for early readers. Practice word families by marking pictures and words, following rhymes through mazes, solving word search puzzles, and more. The book includes 9 puzzle pages focused on CVC pattern words and 9 more puzzle pages focused on CCVC pattern words in the same word family, for a total of 18 puzzle sheets all practicing the same rhyming concept. There are also a few bonus hands-on game and activity ideas that can be used at home or

Rhyming/Word Family Puzzles, -AB Family, are wonderful for early readers. Practice word families by marking pictures and words, following rhymes through mazes, solving word search puzzles, and more. The book includes 9 puzzle pages focused on CVC pattern words and 9 more puzzle pages focused on CCVC pattern words in the same word family, for a total of 18 puzzle sheets all practicing the same rhyming concept. There are also a few bonus hands-on game and activity ideas that can be used at home or

Grab multiple word families in bundles! Don't see the combination you are looking for? Email sfleming1235@gmail.com and I will create a bundle just for you! This bundle includes word families -AB and -OT, with a total of 36 puzzles and activities plus hands-on ideas to continue the practice without worksheets. Give your beginning readers loads of practice and review anytime you wish with these puzzles. Each book includes Simple rhyme matching activitiesMazesWord searchesCVC and CCVC pattern

Syllable knowledge forms the foundation for fluent reading. Readers who understand how to work with syllables can decode even the longest and most difficult of unfamiliar words. They read more fluently and understand and retain the information more readily. Help reading students of all ages learn to count syllables in preparation for advanced phonics work with this collection of ten worksheets and three tests. Suitable for all age levels, including adult students.