Read 180

Read 180, Writing, Exceptional Children, Special Education

Read 180 Workshop student reminder board to refer to throughout the workshop. I made posters like it to hang up in my classroom after our workshop is done and I wipe the whiteboard clean. The solid boxes with checkmarks help with pacing and showing progression through the workshop. The dashed boxes are for checkpoints/conferences with students.

Well, we have had a very quiet day here at Canine Recovery (again, I will spare you the pictures). With school starting tomorrow and my duties as Maddie's nurse, I thought it would be a good thing to do a quick post while I had a moment. Last year was a struggle, so this year I wanted to make sure that every possible structure was in place before they walked in the class room. Organization is a key element in any successful classroom, but especially in a Read 180 classroom. One of the things…

This is my Success Zone board in my Read180 Computer Lab. When the student completes a story, they finish by entering the Success Zone. When completed, they receive a "dot" under their name with the date they completed the Success Zone. They can visually see their progress throughout the year. You can use any theme you like. Last year I used Stars.

Yesterday Miss Lifesaver had a great post about Student Book Recommendations, and she sparked an idea for something that has been pinging around in my brain. Just last week before I closed out my classroom, I finished reorganizing my classroom library. So this morning when I signed on and saw that Jessica over at Joy in the Journey was having a linky about classroom libraries, I had to jump on the linky wagon to rerun a few pictures and share my Book Recommendation form. Read 180 Library For…

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Hello again! It feels like I was just publishing my May post yesterday! That's what June does to a teacher! Anyway, it's Nicole from Learning Lab again. I am happy to be here! Who here teaches Read180? A few years ago, I stepped into a long-term subbing position that used the Read180 program to teach reading and writing. The teacher that retired in the middle of the school year had already set up great routines with the class so my transition into becoming the Read180 teacher went pretty…

Hi! I'm Susie! I'm a curriculum developer at Panicked Teacher. On my blog, I share classroom tips, teaching ideas and upper elementary resources.

I have always assigned nightly reading. Why? I don't assign nightly reading because I want to give students "reading homework." I don't assign nightly reading