BY: KAREN MILLS Anchor Charts. Read over the information about anchor charts. Use your highlighter tape to mark 3-4 important ideas you want to remember.

BY: KAREN MILLS

Anchor Charts

Anchor Charts

Read over the information about anchor charts. Use your highlighter tape to mark 3-4 important ideas you want to remember.

Anchor ChartsAnchor charts are created WITH students. They serve as wonderful display of our thinking!They allow students to independently review content they have not yet mastered.

BY: KAREN MILLS

Flashbacks

FlashbacksUsed daily to review previously taught material (We do them on Monday-Thursday and revise short answers on Friday if needed.)

Combination of multiple choice and short answer

Clickers provide immediate results and allow for instant class, small group, or individual re-teaching opportunities.

See Resource page for ideas of places to find passages that can be used for flashbacks.

Reading Flashbacks

Reading Flashback Answer Sheet

Sample of Reading Flashback

Sample of Reading Flashback

Language Arts

Flashback

Sample of Language Arts Flashback

49 ESSENTIALS WORDS

Vocabulary

BY: KELLI SPARKS

Literature Circles

Are…Are

Not… Groups of readers formed by book choice

Reader response centered

Structured for student independence, responsibility, and ownership

Guided by student’s questions

Flexible groups

Teacher centered

Teacher assigned groups formed solely by ability

Unstructured-uncontrolled “talk time”

Guided primarily by teacher

Literature Circles..

Selecting Books

Introducing Books:

Field trip to the library.

Choosing Books:

Model “I Choose, We Choose, and You Choose.”

How Often Do I Do Literature Circles?

3 Days a WeekTuesdayWednesdayFriday

Usually takes about 3-4 weeks to

complete a book.

STUDENT LED STUDENTS IN GROUPS OF FOUR

FIRST COMPLETE THEIR ROLE SHEET

THEN DISCUSSTEACHER DISCUSSING WITH EACH

GROUP

What Do Literature Circles Look Like?

Literature Circle Role

Sheets

The most important

role sheet is the

Discussion Director.

Literature Circle Role

Sheets

Next, you have the

Word Wizard.

Literature Circle Role

Sheets

Then, you have the Literary

Luminary.

Literature Circle Role

Sheets

Finally, you have the

Connector.

Literature Circle Role

Sheets

If you decide that you want five students in a group, or you want to switch out

the role sheets, here is one more;

the Illustrator Mapper

ELEMENTS OF:INTRODUCTION

BODYCONCLUSION

& DISTINGUISHED WORDS

On Demand Writing

Low Tech High Tech

Character Sketch Rubric

iMovie Tutorial

Coffee House & iMovie

BY: KAREN MILLS

Hands-On Tools

Hands-On Tools Ideas Obtained From Books & Presentations by Anne Beninghof.

Highlighter Tape Cards

Laminate index cards

Place about 8 strips of highlighter tape on each card. (I use 2 different colors and do 4 of each color.)

Tab the edges so they are easy for students to peel them off the card.

One set will usually last for the entire school year.

Plastic Report Covers

Place worksheets, graphic organizers into these report covers and write on with dry erase markers. Marks can be easily erased and covers reused.

We prefer these over page protectors because they can also fit around pages in books and/or magazines so that students can mark up this text as well.

Highlighter Strips

Cut strips of different colored report covers.

Students use these to follow along while text is read aloud and/or could be used for independent reading as well.

Poker Chips & Dice

To encourage students to participate during classroom discussions, give each student so many poker chips, and tell them they have to contribute to the conversation at least that many times. Each time they add something to the discussion, they throw in a poker chip.

Dice can be used for a variety of things. . . You could have a list of options 1-6. . .whatever number is rolled is what students do. They could also roll it at the end of class. If it lands on a three, they turn and tell their partner three things they learned during the lesson that day. Endless possibilities. . .

Book Discussion

Chips Decide on different ways

students could participate in book discussions.

These were created by making templates on labels and punching them out with 1 inch circle punch. Circles were then stuck to counting chips (Could also use poker chips.)

As students discuss books in book clubs, literature circles, etc. they can throw each chip in. (For example, if they share a connection, they throw in the connection chip.)

Bookmarks were created with the same visuals as on the chips. Students had the bookmarks as they read and could record various responses they may want to share in their response journal.

Stretch ‘Ems

Laminate index cards and cut in half.

Place a thin strip of elastic through slits at the top of each card.

Students can write on the cards with dry erase markers.

Can be used as students are learning to segment words. (Individual letters/sounds can be placed on each card or syllables.)

Focus Tool

Laminate cardstock cut into 4-6 inch squares.

Use double sided tape to place a different colored report cover strip on each side.

Students can write under each color what they are focusing on.

Editing/Revising Tool for students to check their own writing

Resources www.lauracandler.co

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www.readworks.org

www.scholastic.comwww.edmodo.comwww.

commoncoreconversation.com/ela-resources.html

www.studyisland.comwww.masteryconnect.

comwww.k12reader.com

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