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PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
Notes
from Fluency Training
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
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Sets - Fifth Grade
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Sets - Sixth Grade
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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
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
Readers have books that are special. (written by Holly)
My
favorite book. (Kathy Collins)
My
favorite reading memory. (Kathy Collins)
Getting
rid of interruptions during conferences. (adapted by Holly
from Kathy Collins)
Noise
levels that are good for all readers. (adapted
by Holly from Kathy Collins)
Kind
reminders for noisy or distracting behavior. (adapted
by Holly from Kathy Collins)
Mini Lesson
anchor chart ideas
Making
Connections small
poster and icons
for mini lesson
Schema
Poster
Metacognition
1 and Metacognition
2 (self monitoring)
Student
Response Sheet
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.
A Field Guide to the Classroom Library
(from Lucy Calkins and
The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project)
For teachers or reading specialists wanting information on specific
books with summaries, literary insights, and teaching tips, these
2- to 4- page guides are just right—and available for purchasing
and printing online.
$ .15 per guide / minimum charge per order: $5.00
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
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 decorate 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 $29.00 or sets of 25 for $137.75 (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
Ready
to Print Word Sorts
Sight
Words with Samson
Free
Word Sorting Program - Download
the free trial for 30 days or email the company for a free registered
version.
VIDEO
CLIPS
This site, www.learner.org,
has free online professional development
videos on literacy.
Grades
K-2
Grades
3-5
Many school districts have a subscription to United
Streaming
You can watch Caldecott books on video. Check out these all time
favorites!
Make way for ducklings - Robert McCloskey
Where
The Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears - Verna Aardema
NOTES
Here are some random
notes I took while watching Happy Reading by Debbie Miller.
-- Transitions:
Debbie uses music as transitions. The students know when they
hear a particular song, it is time to stop what they are doing,
put things away, and get to the carpet. (or wherever she teaches
them to go) She also makes each student a book of all the songs
they sing in class. One CD she uses is music by Katherine
Dines. Another is Chicken
Soup for Little Souls.
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Documentation: Debbie uses small memo books (like at
the Dollar Store) to conference with each student. This is an
alternative to sticky notes and a tabbed binder for documentation.
-- Book
Choice: Debbie uses
familiar books when teaching a new skill. This is so children
are more focused on the skill being taught rather than trying
to understand the story for the first time.
-- Nonfiction: Debbie encourages kids to write with they
learned in their nonfiction text in their own words. It will be
clear if they understood.
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.
PICTURE
IDEAS
Here
are a few center ideas.
Don't forget to check out Becky's detailed
center pictures.
WORD
WALLS
Word
Wall Games
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