The Reading Toolbox

Easily plan for your flexible guided reading groups with this digital planner. I dread using a traditional planner because I find that I'm always rearranging lessons and students. Simply type students names into the reading groups. Add anecdotal notes to record students' progress by using the comment function. Then, use the lesson planner feature to keep a record of when you met with students. Also, you may type your plans and activities for each group. Click on the monthly tabs at the bottom o

Have your students become ancient storytellers and create their own myths, folktales, or fables. Print the Power Point slides and draw and write on the storyboard. Or, create a digital story by typing in the template and adding clipart.

The Reading Toolbox Bundle includes 8 products from my TpT store: Vocabulary Basketball, Conversation Connections, Erase That Man, Literacy Center Signs, Poem of the Week, Reading Trackers, Visualizing Let's Take a Selfie, and the Literacy Must Do Menu. All of the PDF files are embedded on this bundled word document. Just double click on each image to open the files. For a full description of each and more preview images check out each product that sells individually in my TpT store "The Reading

The Active Listening and Participation PowerPoint is an anchor lesson for the beginning of the school year. This interactive slideshow creates a shared learning experience and sets expectations for the school year. Two anchor charts are developed throughout the slide show which can be displayed as posters in the classroom and referred to during the year. Includes colorful clipart examples and non-examples of listening and participation.

Read Across America Week Celebrate the Magic of Reading during the first week of March! This week long plan includes engaging ideas for each day of the week. Also includes: Parent Form Letter you can use to invite parents to be guest readersDiverse Character costume ideas for Character DayDiverse book selection ideas for global school wide read aloud Thank you for your purchase! Follow me on twitter and Leading for Literacy Blog for literacy ideas and coaching tips. Premium subscribers receiv

The Field Trip Planner includes a permission slip template, student roster template for collecting money, name tags template, lunch counts, chaperone tips, and field trip reminder forms. This collection will help make planning a field trip a breeze.

Lola's Spring Adventure decodable was written in collaboration with AI. This activity can be pushed out to students digitally or printed and used as a literacy center. Students use the highlighting tool to hunt for syllable patterns. vccv, vce, ccvcStudents apply learned phonics patterns and sight words.Have students reread for fluency.Higher-level discussion questions included for comprehension.Writing extension allows students to create a new adventure for Lola. Consider making a class book.

This is the Power Point version of my daily literacy roation chart. It is star themed and set up for up to 4 reading groups. Simply type the names of your reading groups and then use a number rotation system and type into the organizer to arrange your reading groups' activities for the day. For example: the "Marvelous Readers" Meet with Teacher 1 Independent Learning Activities 2 Independent Reading 3 Reader’s Response Journal 4 Writer’s Workshop 5 Word Work 6

Famous People: Native Americans is the first in a series of short focused Research Webquests that I created as a supplement to Wonders 3rd Grade Language Arts Curriculum. The interactive Power Point features links to articles from World Book for Kids about Squanto and Sacagawea. Students choose one of the famous Native Americans to read about. Then, they type (or write) their opinion thanking the person for their contribution to our country.

Use this template to create personalized student centered learning in your classroom. Plan balanced literacy lessons using this interactive digital template. The picture buttons are hyperlinked which act like an interactive App for teacher & student use on a touch screen device or computer. The template has 3 major components; Shared Learning, Guided Reading, & Literacy Workstations. Within each balanced literacy component are hyperlinked slides for differentiation. The Guided Reading slide has

Students follow the story structure "Somebody Wanted But So Then" to create their own digital fairytales. Or, you may choose to print the slides and have your students handwrite and illustrate their fairytales. I've embeded my "Somebody Wanted But So Then" Bookmarks as a free bonus. (They sell in my TpT store for $1.99). This PowerPoint is perfect for a Writing Center activity or as a whole class project.

Begin the school year with this smart start lesson on collaboration. Establishing balanced literacy routines during the first 6 weeks of school is essential. Choose a song or poem, such as "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers that conveys the theme of team work and collaboration. Use a jigsaw approach and have students work collaboratively to make connections to lines in the song. Create a collaboration anchor chart with the class to display throughout the school year. Discuss that you expect students t

This Pirate Adventure phonics lesson can be used for small group and incorporates a multisensory and Science of Reading approach to teaching reading. Phonemic AwarenessBlendingSentence Reading FluencyDictation

Mr. Crab doesn't like sentence fragments. Help Mr. Crab match the subject and predicate of a sentence. Teachers can edit the game pieces by typing sentences from a text students have read. Print game board on card stock and laminate to create a grammar literacy center that can be customized for any Language Arts program for grades 1-5.

This independent research and inquiry litearcy center idea was used during a Roald Dahl author study. In Roald Dahl’s book, The Enormous Crocodile, the character hatches up clever tricks to try to eat children for lunch. What do crocodiles really like to eat? Research: Use the World Book for Kids, National Geographic for Kids, or other resources found through Netrecker to discover the answer.

The color coded arrows help students identify text features and explain how they help a reader understand non-fiction text. Simply print and laminate.

Give you students a homework pass as a present for the winter holidays.

Print and laminate the tags and place on your math manipulative bins. I have a variety of manipulatives in baskets for students and ask them "Which tool will you choose to solve the problem?"

"Strategies Students Use to Learn New Words" : Use as a poster or handout for professional development for parents, teachers, pre-service teachers, or principals.

This reading log has students using an analog clock to track the start time and end time for their daily independent reading. On page 2 students draw a cartoon and add dialog to capture the important ideas fromt their indepenent reading. Perfect for the Daily 5 or balanced literacy block.