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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
mwww.teacherspayteac
hers.comwww.pinterest.comwww.readwritethink.o
rgwww.teachervision.fe
n.comwww.readingrockets.
org
www.readworks.org
www.scholastic.comwww.edmodo.comwww.
commoncoreconversation.com/ela-resources.html
www.studyisland.comwww.masteryconnect.
comwww.k12reader.com
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