Bloom's Taxonomy Flip Chart {Freebie}!
Your mind will BLOOM, thanks to this FREE BLOOM'S TAXONOMY FLIP CHART!!!
THINK ALOUD Sentence and Question Stems ELA/ Reading
A think aloud poster contains sentence stems for students to grasp in order to build reading and comprehension skillsThere are multiple background colors and black and white for you in this PDF file. Also added a few mini versions that can be used in interactive notebooks or bookmarks.This packet in...
Reading Comprehension Software Programs - Gemm Learning
Online reading comprehension software programs that builds essential cognitive and reading skills at your child's own pace. Results in 4 months.
Reading Stems Student Reference Sheet **FREEBIE**
This is a handout of comprehension stems and a format for a weekly friendly letter to the teacher so students can show their thinking about the books they are reading. It's a great addition to a classroom as a poster or as an insert for a Reading Notebook.
Favorite Picture Books for Teaching Comprehension
One of the first words my students learned this year was metacognition or thinking about your thinking. (I was pleased to see that some of...
Accountable Talk Bubbles for Literacy & Problem Solving
BEST SELLER! This 24 page packet includes 20 accountable talk bubbles with conversation stems, a "Talk with Respect" poster with mini talk bubbles, a mini lesson, and 4 mid size blank talk bubbles. Student led conversations accountable to the learning content or text is the heart of accountable talk...
My Reading Notebooks
This year, I revised the materials in my reader's notebooks. I'm using a combo of a binder and a notebook for reading workshop this year, and I'm not 100% happy with it. I thought I would share some of what I've been doing. Maybe you can help me tweak. Let me first tell you how I've been working it. In their binder, they have a section for anchor charts and handouts. There's an index where they write the title of the paper so they can see at a glance what they have. It' sort of like a mini…
Reading Ideas ~ Ten Pin Linky!
I'm linking up with Just Reed's Favorite Pinterest Pins Linky. This week's topic is Reading Idea Pins! I just love this linky! So much fun checking out (and pinning) new pins! This is one we are going to be using in just a few weeks as we begin reading workshop.... This is just adorable! "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" retelling activity! I am really looking forward to using this in the fall! And while we're talking about retelling....how about a shadow puppet theater for retelling?! This is…
Anchor Charts in my Classroom
With only nine days left in the school year, I am reflecting on what worked best on my classroom walls. What anchor charts worked well...and what didn't. I believe classroom walls should be usable...not just frilly decorations. Beyond that, students should be involved in the creation of anchor charts that hang in the room. Here are the anchor charts I saw students referencing most throughout the year: As you can see, my most used anchor charts involve the active use of thinking skills. Math…
Making Connections (& A Freebie!)
Next week we are going to do a lesson on making connections. We briefly talked about it at the beginning of the year when we started our Re...
Conversation Starters {Accountable Talk Stems}
Sentence Starters DisplayThese conversation starters will remind your students to use full sentences when communicating with others. Can be used for Turn and Talk and Share Time.Simply print onto coloured card, laminate and display in your room!Take a look at how I use them here:Little Learners Blog...
Math anchor chart
Math anchor chart by sarahanthes on Indulgy.com
Thinking Stem Bookmarks {Reading Comprehension} | Clutter-Free Classroom | by Jodi Durgin
These bookmarks were created for children to use while reading to improve student comprehension by encouraging them to generate questions. The answers to thick questions are inferred. They require the reader to make predictions or to formulate new beliefs and ideas. The Thinking Stems Bookmarks Packet includes 4 printable pages of bookmarks. Two are in ... Read more
Reading Comprehension Strategy Posters Sentence Stem Starters
‘Thinking About Our Reading’ posters and sentence stems are designed to help you introduce and practice the skills needed by young readers to understand the text that they hear and read. The skills include: Making and Adjusting Predictions Making Connections Asking Questions Defining New Words Rereading to Check Understanding Describing and Visualizing Retelling in Sequence Summarizing $