Readers' Theater is a great way to improve fluency with students, increase motivation and self confidence, intonation, phrasing, rate, expression, comprehension and fun! Re-reading is an important strategy to use when needing to improve fluency. Try it in class and see how the students react. I suggest mixed grouping as lower level students need to hear and see fluency modeled correctly. I also suggest reading the scripts to the students first, then assigning parts and have them practice. I go over the oral reading fluency before this and use that as well. Students then get to anonymously nominate the best speaker per scene by putting their heads down, closing their eyes, and voting as the teacher calls out the names of the students. Students love to hear their names called and acknowledgment of their good work.
Second Grade Readers' Theater Scripts: www.readinglady.com
http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html Ages 8-14 Scripts
http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm Readers' Theater Scripts and Plays
http://www.readinga-z.com/book/scripts.php Reading A-Z: You will need your password/account
Today's parents have a hard time getting their children to stop playing video games and texting. Parents and students will have a hard time saying no to these, fun, and free, educational game sites. From pre-schoolers to seniors, there is something for everyone. Most subjects are covered and students will learn, play, practice and most of all, have fun while practicing skills. Use the archive on the left to see a complete list of subjects.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Writing Workshop Resources
http://www.unitsofstudy.com/writing-grade-by-grade/default.asp Caulkins Units of Study for Writing Worksop.
Calkins compiled almost 40 video clips of Common Core aligned teaching and learning and want you to know this is a resource you can have, use, share. You'll see that this provides more than 6 hours of classroom videos to support you and your colleagues. To ensure that Pathways to the Common Core: Videos from Inside Classrooms can be helpful to as many people as possible, we've put the videos online in Vimeo albums. This is the link to the website on which you can watch all of the clips: https://vimeo.com/tcrwp/albums.
https://vimeo.com/tcrwp/albums.
Calkins compiled almost 40 video clips of Common Core aligned teaching and learning and want you to know this is a resource you can have, use, share. You'll see that this provides more than 6 hours of classroom videos to support you and your colleagues. To ensure that Pathways to the Common Core: Videos from Inside Classrooms can be helpful to as many people as possible, we've put the videos online in Vimeo albums. This is the link to the website on which you can watch all of the clips: https://vimeo.com/tcrwp/albums.
https://vimeo.com/tcrwp/albums.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Reading Workshop
The beginning of a new school year often involves discussion and/or
modeling of procedures, behaviors, and classroom expectations. Reading Workshop
also requires this same earnest and intentional effort as we establish norms for
the classroom to ensure success for each student. Building a "reading
community" in which students are independent is more likely when routines and
procedures are purposeful and meaningful to students. Below are links to a
variety of primary and intermediate examples of Reading Workshop mini-lessons
with an emphasis on direct instruction of those procedures students need to have
in place before they can truly begin to grow as readers.
- K-5 Launching Mini-Lessons
- List of Ideas published by the CG Literacy Coaches (April/May Literacy Links issue)
- Primary Example from Austin Independent School District
- Intermediate Example as published on ProTeacher
- Intermediate Example from Austin Independent School District
- The First 35 Days of Book Clubs
- The First 20 Days from Revisiting the Reading Workshop
Site: Click here for links.
Into The Book Site: Information, lessons and videos on key teaching points.
http://reading.ecb.org/teacher/priorknowledge/index.html
Why Anchor Charts?
S:\faculty\Reading Workshop\Lucy Calkins Resources\Reading Units of Study.mht Second Grade Units of Study
Calkins and Common Core: Videos
Calkins
compiled almost 40 video clips of Common Core aligned teaching and learning to
be used as a resource to use and share. You'll see that this provides more than
6 hours of classroom videos to support teachers. To ensure that Pathways to the
Common Core: Videos from Inside Classrooms can be helpful to as many people as possible,
they have put the videos online in Video albums. This is the link to the
website on which you can watch all of the clips: https://vimeo.com/tcrwp/albums
Graphic Organizers
Graphic Organizers are a great way to organize your thoughts, ideas and details. It is a valuable tool that isn't only for kids, but for adults too. They are a tool that spans across content areas.
Scholastic Graphic Organizer Scholastic graphic organizers.
Reading Workshop Graphic Organizers
http://printables.scholastic.com/printables/detail/?id=35525 KWL Chart
http://www.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/f/feb05_unit_BiographyChart.pdf Biography graphic organizer
Scholastic Graphic Organizer Scholastic graphic organizers.
Reading Workshop Graphic Organizers
http://printables.scholastic.com/printables/detail/?id=35525 KWL Chart
http://www.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/f/feb05_unit_BiographyChart.pdf Biography graphic organizer
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