Sarah Germann

I am finishing up my first year working in RtI and have read many articles about reading fluency and how to help improve a student's reading skills. I have written this page to give to the parent/guardian of some of my students as strategies they can use at home this summer to help their children. They are fairly simple and can be used with any type of book or text. I suggest to let the students pick their own books out, so they have a more vested interest in the book.

I created a document of with blank rectangles above each other because my students seemed to have a hard time comparing fractions drawn side-to-side. It's blank and I first gave them some fractions written on the board to compare and I printed extra copies for them to use with their homework assignments, class work, etc. They then write the fraction and the symbol to compare the two fractions to the right of each drawing. Enjoy!

A great skill within addition is grouping two numbers into a ten. I created this page with 16 problems. Each problem is adding three numbers, but two of them will create a sum of 10. I have my students highlight or circle the sum of ten and then add the third number.

I have used the "$100 word challenge" previously in class and decided to modify it for my third grade RtI reading group. We talked started by talking about quality words to use in our speech and writing. There is a rating system where each letter has a certain value, so when you add up the value of each letter, you find out the "worth" of that word. We realized the more unique and descriptive words have a higher value based on the $100 word challenge. The class thought of synonyms and compared t

I have typed vocabulary terms and definitions that were important for my student's math foundation. I cut out the words and terms from the computer paper and taped them onto cardstock. I taped the term to the "front" and then taped the top of the card onto the word wall. I then flipped the card over and tapped the term to the back of the card. Students were able to see the words at all times and could flip the card up in order to remind themselves of the definition for the term.

This "I Have, Who Has" game is over the double addition facts. There are two versions in this one download. The first set ends with 11 + 11, and there is an alternative card to continue the set on to 15 + 15, so you can decide the difficulty level for your classroom. There is a black and white set, and colored text set, as well.