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Check out a Variety of Resources I have created over the years.


Anchor Charts

description_poster.docx
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cause_and_effect_poster.docx
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problem_and_solution.docx
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fiction_posters.ppt
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compare_and_contrast.docx
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sequence_poster.docx
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Sample Assessments and Reading Organizers

Used after teaching a third grade poetry unit.  Could easily be used in 4th or 5th grade as well.
poetry_assessment.pdf
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Used for students to track their thinking while reading.
innerconversationtracker.pdf
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Used to record facts, surprising information and lingering questions while reading non fiction text.
nonfictionsheet.pdf
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Can be used with fiction or non fiction. Students track strategies they use while reading when they get confused or distracted.
fix_up.pdf
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Used for students to notice the challenges students face and how they persevere through them.
charactersperseverethroughchallenges.pdf
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Used for students to record their predictions of what a character will do next based on their actions throughout the book.
characterpredicting.pdf
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Used when reading nonfiction for students to record the big idea of an article or book and the details that support that big idea.
big_idea.pdf
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Used after a unit on characterization in third grade.  Students were asked to choose a character from a read aloud and analyze the character based on the directions in the assessment.
characterassessment.pdf
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Resources for Organization and Management

The reading log I used both in class and at home.  This was stapled in students reading folders next to their strategies to habit chart.
readinglog.docx
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This strategies to habit chart was used in students reading folder.  I used sticky notes to track skills that were discussed during conferences.  Once students had "mastered the skill", it would be moved to the habit side of the chart.  
strategiestohabitchart.ppt
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This is the document I created that I found most useful when keeping anecdotal records for reading and math as well.  I would track student progress and my observations of the whole group mini lesson and would also track progress and observations of small group skills taught and conferences.
reading_anecdotals.doc
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I used this document to record all important data I had to discuss with parents at conferences for first quarter.  I created copies of each form so I had o
This is a sample, short, reading response rubric that I used during EOG prep time.  I also used this when students were responding to non-fiction readings we did together in class. 
parentconferencenotes.ppt
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readingresponserubric.ppt
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This is the Map Continuum of Learning For literature in
a print friendly format
map_continuum_of_learning.pptx
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This is the Map Continuum of Learning for Informational Text in a print friendly format.
map_continuum_of_learning_informational_text.pptx
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Resources I've found useful from a variety of sources...

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