RASINSKI HANDOUTS
Below are handouts straight from Tim Rasinksi. We attended his workshop in spring '10 and he so graciously emailed all the workshop attendees copies of his handouts. Great workshop.
Grade 1 - Word Ladders

Patriotic Songs
Patriotic Songs Cover Page for Booklet
Songs for Back to School
Songs for Spring
Songs for Summer
Nursery Rhyme booklet
other free materials - www.timrasinski.com
His newest website - Sing, Read, and Learn


READING LEVELS - DOCUMENTATION
Reading Level Chart - I assigned each third grader a number, for confidentiality purposes, and plotted their level on this chart. This was a great visual to use during parent/teacher conferences to answer the ever popular, "How is my child doing?" question. It is also great to see how your class/grade level is doing as a whole.
This form was initially designed for reporting DRA scores, but you may need to adjust it for Rigby/F&P leveling. I also highlighed the "X's" whether they were below, on, or above grade level.


READING WORKSHOP GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Making Text to Self Connections
Student Response Sheet

Internal Character Traits Respose Chart
Nonfiction Conventions


RUBRICS

Text to Self Connections
Text to Text Connections

Book Club - I am most proud of this rubric. We created this as a class and it worked well in assessing them.
Story Structure
Internal Traits
Nonfiction Conventions


LETTERS TO PARENTS
What can I do to help my child in reading?


TEACHING FOR COMPRENDING AND FLUENCY - F&P

(I love this new book so much, it is getting its own spot!)
Fountas & Pinnell's Free Resources from Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency
Professional Development Suggested Timeline and Resources
Scale for Assessing Fluency
Systems of Strategic Actions
Sample Openings for Interactive Read Aloud
Evaluating the Quality of a Classroom Library
Assessment of Letters in Readers' Notebooks
Graphic Organizers
Titles for Text Talk

Text Sets - Kinder
Text Sets - First Grade
Text Sets - Second Grade
Text Sets - Third Grade
Text Sets - Fourth Grade
Text Sets - Fifth Grade
Text Sets - Sixth Grade
Text Sets - Seventh / Eigth Grade
Text Sets - Blank
Author Websites
*Direct Link to All Resources

Adapted Notes by Holly from Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency
Processing Visable and Invisible Information
Changes in Fluency over Time
Engaging with Texts: Listening, Reading, Responding
Genres of Written Texts
Moving Toward a Specialized Vocabulary in Written Texts
Guidelines for Selecting Texts for Interactive Read Aloud


Notes from Fluency Training


MINI LESSONS

Sample K-3 mini lessons for the first two weeks of school
Week 1
Week 2

Answers to your mini lesson questions.

Mini Lesson 101


Keep this cheat sheet in your lap during mini lessons to keep you on track!
Mini Lesson Cheat Sheet

Stumped on what mini-lessons to start off your year? Kathy already has it covered for you!
Beginning of the year mini-lessons from the book Growing Readers by Kathy Collins

Here is a list of suggested mini lesson topics from Kathy Collins
My favorite book. (Kathy Collins)
My favorite reading memory. (Kathy Collins)
Getting rid of interruptions during conferences. (adapted by Holly from Kathy Collins)
Kind reminders for noisy or distracting behavior. (adapted by Holly from Kathy Collins)

Mini Lesson anchor chart ideas

M
aking Connections small poster and icons for mini lesson

Schema Poster
Metacognition 1 and Metacognition 2 (self monitoring)



GUIDED READING
3rd grade TAKS Stems - use it to drive your language of instruction

Guided Reading Form - Front Page (adapted by Holly from Becky Koesel)
Guided Reading Form - Back Page
(adapted by Holly from Becky Koesel)

Guided Reading Basics

Guided Reading cheat sheet - by Holly
Guided Reading cheat sheet (in color) - by Holly

Guided Reading Behaviors (straight from Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children by F&P)
Rigby Levels 1-6
Rigby Levels
7-14
Rigby Levels 15-20
Rigby Levels 21-27


What should you do before, during, and after guided reading?
(straight from Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children by F&P)

Running Record Notes from Marie Clay's Running Records
F&P calculator / stopwatch for running records


CLASSROOM LIBRARY

Goodwill. There are so many Caldecott, Newbery, and Scholastic books both paper and hardback for $0.25 to $0.50.

Classroom Library Tub Labels - These are the ones I use in my library. Clean and simple. They have coordinating numbers that match a little sticker on the back of the book.

Classroom Library Book Basket Labels (from Beth Newingham)
Fiction Picture Book Labels 1
Fiction Picture Book Labels 2
Fiction Picture Book Labels 3
Fiction Picture Book Labels 4
Fiction Picture Book Labels 5

Fiction Chapter Book Labels 1

Fiction Chapter Book Labels 2

Nonfiction Basket Labels 1
Nonfiction Basket Labels 2
Nonfiction Basket Labels 3
Nonfiction Basket Labels 4
Nonfiction Basket Labels 5
Nonfiction Basket Labels 6


Favorite Author Labels 1
Favorite Author Labels 2


These labels below were created by me:
Award Winning Books
Buddy Reading
Chapter Books
Favorite Authors
Fiction
Magic School Bus
Mammals
Science



WORK STATIONS
Seasonal Poems for Poem Station


CURRICULUM / PLANNING
Getting Started: The First 35 Days - F&P
Balanced Literacy Classroom Checklist



READER'S NOTEBOOKS
Use an ordinary Walmart composition book, cover with a scrapbooking sheet or let your students personalize a piece of cardstock, and seal with clear contact paper.


You can buy your class Fountas & Pinnell Reader's Notebooks from Heinemann. They come in sets of 5 for $32.00 or sets of 25 for $150.00 (YIKES!)
Here is an upclose look at the F&P notebooks.

However, you can just create your own notebooks with a 3-ring binder.
These files are from Beth Newingham's website:
Chapter Books vs. Picture Books
Genre Definitions
Genre Tally Sheet

Books to Read
Reading Goals Chart

Reading Interests
Reading Log
Preparing for a Book Discussion
Ways to Have a Good Discussion



LINKS

BookPALS - The Screen Actors Guild Foundation has S.A.G. members read children's books aloud.

Reading is Fundamental - reading resources for coordinators, educators, and parents
Caldecott Medal Winners and Honor Books, 1938-Present
Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present
Texas Bluebonnet Award Books



LITERATURE TO USE WITH LESSONS

Literature to use with Math instruction - list #1
Literature to use with Math instruction - list #2

ATN Reading Lists

Literature for teaching schema, creating mental images, inferring, asking questions, and synthesizing information. The list is from the book Reading with Meaning by Debbie Miller.