Reading at Home - Parent Handout

This handout lists ways parents can help their child become a better reader at home.  It would be a great communication tool to send home with a weekly newsletter or to give out at conferences or parent nights!

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3 Freebies and An Apology

Please come visit me at I Love 2 Teach to grab some freebies and read my apology.

I've whipped up a couple of Language Arts freebies and one freebie that can be used across curriculum areas.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Syllables... and Then Some

Teaching about syllables is important to help readers become fluent readers.  Being a fluent reader is important in comprehension.  Did you know there are 6 different kinds of syllables? Come on over to Elementary Matters and find how to teach students about syllables.  There are a couple of great links and a freebie for you!Sally

A Few Thoughts About Fluency and a Freebie

There are many studies on fluency these days.  One of my favorite is that fluency is directly related to comprehension.

Here's a freebie to help kiddos become fluent with short and long a sounds.  They can use these pages as word sorts, or just practice reading each row to practice short and long vowel words.

There's a page of nonsense words and a page of real words.  The nonsense words are great for those readers who depend so much on their visual memory that they really haven't developed fluency on the skill of "sounding out".

I'm sure we all have a few of those!  (You can spot these kids by their spelling... if they spell birthday brithday or girl is gril.  They remember what the word looks like, but they don't listen to the sounds of the word in order!)  Enjoy your freebie!



Sally

Playing Prediction "Scoot" With Poems

This week we played prediction "scoot" with poetry in my reading intervention group.  My group works on higher level comprehension skills and they loved making and supporting predictions with this fun activity!

Head over to my blog to grab your free copy!

:)
Christina

Leaving Tracks of My Thinking

My 2nd graders have been so busy practicing their reading strategies, and I am so proud of them.  It is very exciting to see them THINK while they are reading.  This year we have been utilizing The Comprehension Toolkit by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis, and the results are truly amazing.  Jump on over to I Love 2 Teach to grab a couple of freebies and see how I help my kiddos make text-to-text connections with fiction.

Bloom's Taxonomy Rainbow

I have an activity that keeps kids begging for more questions!! 

Fly on over to The Teachers' Cauldron to see how I use Bloom's Taxonomy with our read aloud time!

Give Me 5! - Guided Reading Retelling Poster FREEBIE!

When I work with children during guided reading groups, I like to use the '5 Finger Retell.'  Every time I was ready to use it, though, I would draw a hand on a white board to remind the kids of the different categories that they needed to cover when retelling a story.  So, I decided I should just make a poster!  


              Come on over and get your FREE 'Give Me 5' Posters!
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Literacy Centers {free printable}

Looking for some literacy centers that produce great gains with little set-up?    Centers like...

These literacy stations were created with 2nd graders in mind but could easily be used in 1st & 3rd grades too.

Head on over to I Love 2 Teach to see what I've done.  Oh yeah, and all 16 of them are FREE!

Whoo Hoo! Dropping in for a Howdy!

I am soooo excited to be a contributor on this blog!!!

I just wanted to write a quick post to say hello and to invite you to head over to my blog to download my latest freebie- a comprehension activity involving comprehension questions inside plastic Easter eggs. Let your students show off their "egg"cellent comprehension!

You can find the freebie at my blog:



I know "Me and My Gang" is going to be an great place for collaboration and ideas... I'm so happy to be a part of it!

:)

Christina