Looking for a way to make your students more aware of the strategies they are using when they read? Well this pack contains two different bookmarks to assist you with this. The first is designed for emergent readers and focuses on decoding strategies and strategies for what to do when a student is stuck on a word. The second bookmark can be used for more proficient readers who are developing their comprehension strategies and skills. This second bookmark should be folded down the center so there is a front and back to the bookmark. They can both be laminated for durability. Each bookmark contains strategies for the students to use when reading and can be used during independent reading, buddy reading, guided group or at home. These bookmarks help your students to become more accountable for their own reading and learning as they can refer to the bookmark instead of over relying on others for help. The common cored standards addressed include: English Language Arts Standards » Anchor Standards » College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.3 Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.5 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.6 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.7 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.8 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.9 Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.10 English Language Arts Standards » Reading: Foundational Skills » Grade 1 Phonological Awareness: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2.A Phonics and Word Recognition: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3 Fluency: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.4

The Adapted Books Your Students Need to Boost Their Skills Practice identifying common animals, while working on beginning writing skills and sentences structure. Order now and receive BOTH printable and digital versions of each book.  Who is it for? This highly engaging set of pre-emergent readers will give your non-readers the confidence they need to begin reading instruction by using repetitive and predictive story text. 18 Book Set: +4 Differentiated Levels/Book Visually Supported Text: I see a (animal).    Interactive Sentence Strip: I see a ______.   Text Only  📸 This set includes real photographs and is appropriate for all ages.  What's Included Printable PDFS Standard printer friendly prints 8.5x11 sheets Instant Access  6 Thematic Animal Units  54 Printable Leveled Readers  DOES NOT INCLUDE SPIRAL BOUND BOOKS   Digital  Ready to go- no need to print or prep Drag and drop features  6 Thematic Units: 60 Interactive Digital Readers  4 Differentiated Levels  Level 1: Picture Drag and Drop Level 2: Picture Support Sentence Strip Level 3: World Only Sentence Strip Level 4: Type the Sentence

In today's post I'll cover how to teach decoding strategies to struggling readers. I'll share some ideas for teaching decoding strategies, provide free strategy menus and cards, and discuss how we can use text-based teaching conversations to support our students.

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Revise early reading strategies and skills with these digital sight word activities! Featuring 100 sight words, each page includes practise of reading, searching, spelling and typing the focus sight word. These predictable, emergent reader sight word digital activities are an easy way to review and practise sight words in a fun and interactive learning environment.

Help your emergent writers stretch out words with this strategy! Build spelling confidence in your kindergarten & first-grade students.

Questioning is a reading strategy that is taught to students to help them to better engage with the text. It helps the reader to clarify what he or she is reading and to better understand the text. Asking good questions is a way for students to monitor their own comprehension while reading.

Students learning English as a second language benefit tremendously from pre-reading strategies, the use of visual aids, and other supplementary materials. In this blog post, you’ll find 6 ways you can help your Emergent Bilingual students succeed in comprehending grade-level texts.

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“My kindergarteners need to be able to do what?!” I still remember the day my principal sat my team down and explained to us that by the end of the Teaching reading to pre-emergent and emergent readers can seem like a daunting task. You may realize that you are doing some of these already in your classroom, putting you on the path to fostering successful emergent readers.

Have you ever heard the term phonemic awareness and wondered what it is? I get a lot of emails from parents who are ready to teach their child how to

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In today's post I'll cover how to teach decoding strategies to struggling readers. I'll share some ideas for teaching decoding strategies, provide free strategy menus and cards, and discuss how we can use text-based teaching conversations to support our students.

Hi friends! I am excited to share with you today one of my favorite new ways to help my emergent readers gain confidence and practice their reading skills. If you stick around, there’s even a…

Do you teach a young reader with the BOB Books? Then you’ve just struck gold! This post is FILLED with tons of FREE BOB Books printables for sets 1-5 and beyond… What are BOB Books? BOB Books were created by Bobby Lynn Maslen and John Maslen. While working in a preschool, Bobby began making the ... Read More about FREE BOB Books Printables for Sets 1 though 5

Click HERE to SUBSCRIBE to our V.I.P. exclusive newsletter for SECRET SALES and FREE printables. Note: This blog post contains resources from our TpT store and our Amazon Associate store. --------------------------------------------- Structured Overview What is structured overview? Structured overview is a reading strategy that utilizes a graphic organizer to identify the top and key words. It is essentially a verbal, visual or written outline of a topic. Why use a structured overview? This strategy helps students relate to concepts with their background schema. It helps students link new information to existing knowledge. It encourages students to think about relationships between ideas along with learning to categorize ideas. The strategy also supports the acquisition of new vocabulary words. How can teachers use a structured overview? Structured overviews are helpful when introducing a new concept. The new ideas may be broken down into key words or phrases while relating these phrases to current knowledge and previous concepts. By introducing these new concepts in verbal, written and visually, students are better able to learn new concepts and connect ideas. Click HERE for a free example from Naplan Teaching Strategies. Click HERE for a free example of an organizer from About.com. ----------------------------- You may also like this reading strategies resource from our TpT store. It includes the structured overview strategy. In this literacy worksheet packet, you will receive reading comprehension activities for any subject (science, social studies, language arts) and any nonfiction text. You will receive the following strategies: Before and After Structured Overview Making Predictions Think Sheets Read the Pictures Text Layout Graphic Organizers Add, Zoom, Flashback, Squeeze Two Point Strategy These are great reading strategies to use for any nonfiction text! ---------------------------------- You may also like these language arts activities from our store: Summarizing Strategies Bundle ---------------------------------- Fact or Opinion Task Cards ---------------------------------- Free Stellaluna Graphic Organizer ---------------------------------- You may also like these resources from our Amazon Associate store: Best Seller: The Reading Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Readers ---------------------------------- Notice & Note: Strategies for Close Reading ---------------------------------- Reading Nonfiction: Notice & Note Stances, Signposts and Strategies --------------------------------------------- Click HERE to view our Teachers Pay Teachers Promoting Success store. Click HERE to SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter for SECRET SALES and FREE printables. Click HERE to follow us on Instagram. Click HERE to follow us on Pinterest. Shelly Anton is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. ** This means there are Amazon affiliate links in these blog posts. This does not mean you pay a dime more when you purchase a product through the link. It just means I am trying to save you valuable teacher time by making it easier for you to find great resources for your students, and I earn a few cents for my research and time. Thank you for all you do for kids!

Learning sight words can be fun! Revise early reading strategies and skills while injecting some fun into your student's learning with these exciting sight word crown tracing activity mats. Featuring 100 sight words, each mat allows the practise of writing each sight word as well as identifying the letters that make up each sight word. These predictable, emergent reader sight word mats are an easy way to review sight words and gain a little bit more fine motor practice.

As primary teachers, we spend most of our time teaching our children to READ, and READ some more. This is not always an easy task. We take on this responsibility and are continuously searching for the right strategies and tools that will provide our young […]

“My kindergarteners need to be able to do what?!” I still remember the day my principal sat my team down and explained to us that by the end of the Teaching reading to pre-emergent and emergent readers can seem like a daunting task. You may realize that you are doing some of these already in your classroom, putting you on the path to fostering successful emergent readers.

Effective strategies for phonemic awareness reading intervention is a must when helping struggling readers. Phonemic awareness is the base for a strong...

Despite its challenges, partner reading can be an awesome addition to your reading block. Here are five activities for partner reading time...

Do you set academic goals with your students? What about language goals for your English learners? I compare goal setting with creating a road map. We are at point A and need to get to Point B. So, we identify and target an area of need, then systematically work towards improving that area, tracking progress along the way. For students, this "road map" provides purpose. They know WHAT they need to do AND identify specific steps for getting there. Let's look at how setting specific language goals can help get ELs to the next level in their language acquisition journey. Where to Begin Before we start setting goals, we need to know our students. What are their current levels in each language domain? I work in a state that uses the WIDA ACCESS to annually assess language proficiency with English learners. At the end of the school year I receive a report that lists each student's scores in the four language domains: listening, reading, speaking and writing. So, the first step I take in setting goals is to analyze my students' score reports. If your state uses a different assessment, then you’d use your own state/district scores. I then make a list of all of my students current scores in each domain, as well as, their scores from the previous year, if available. I can then see trends, areas of weakness and domains that need additional attention. These will be the areas to target. It is good practice to also conduct your own assessments, such as a writing prompt, reading assessment, oral interview and listening skills activities. Once you have a good idea of where your students are currently, and what they CAN DO, the next step is to determine where they need to be by a given time. My timeline is generally the end of the school year, and I typically set goals to improve one whole level up in a given domain. For example, if a student is a level 2 in writing, and this is a weak language domain for him/her, I am going to set a writing goal to get him/her to a level 3. Student names covered for privacy. Generally, I set one or two main goals with my students. If a student is progressing at an appropriate rate in reading and listening, but is weaker in writing and speaking, my focus with that student will be to create a writing and speaking goal for the year. Of course we will still work on reading and listening skills, but the goal is to measurably increase the weaker skills. If they are progressing in all areas but one, then they’ll have just one language goal for the year. If I set two goals for a student, then I usually split the goals up focusing on one goal during the first half of the year, and the other during the second half. I have many small groups that I meet with throughout the week, and most are grouped according to need, so I find that setting a "group goal" can be more practical in the sense that the goal setting process is simplified and goes much quicker because everyone is working towards a similar goal. I still track individual student progress, but the group as a whole is working towards a common goal. Ultimately, when setting goals, you'll do what works best for you and your students. How it looks from one group to the next might look very different. Creating a Goal After I analyze each student's scores and I know the area(s) that need targeting, I use language descriptors to help create their goals. The descriptors are formatted with two levels side by side. Once I determine where my students or groups are, I then choose skills from the next level up to create a challenging, yet attainable, goal. I'll write the goal on the board for the students to copy on their own goal setting sheet. This sheet gets glued into their notebooks or their folders. We then, together, come up with skills we can work on that will help them reach that goal. I lead this discussion but they are definitely part of this process. Once a couple of strategies/skills are decided upon, I'll write them on the board and the students copy them on their goal setting sheet as well. This will be a reference throughout the year as we keep focus on what their goals are. I keep the language descriptors page, one for each student, in my binder. As we work, I check off the various skills and take anecdotal notes on how they are doing. Here, I want to get my student(s) from a level 3 in Speaking to a level 4, so I use the descriptors to help create a challenging yet attainable goal. Measuring Progress I keep track of my students' progress throughout the year, but at the beginning, middle and end of the year I use summative assessments to measure progress towards student goals. These scores become part of my official data collection. The assessments are typically a writing prompt, a speaking or listening activity and/or a reading assessment. After these assessments, I make time to meet individually with students to conference on their progress. For the students, or groups, that I have tracking their own progress, it is during this time that students shade in their graphs. Charting their own progress provides a great visual and is highly motivating for most students. This too will look different depending on your students. You may find that this is also a good time to revisit the steps needed to reach their language goal(s). I do not have my first graders chart their progress, nor do I have my newcomers. I usually add charting progress with my second or third graders and higher grades. My 1st graders know that we are working on goals because I post a learning target poster for each group, but they don't track them, I do the tracking. I'm not suggesting that you don't let your "firsties" track their own progress, I just choose not to. I have spoken with teachers who do and they have great success with it. You have to decide what works best for you and your students when setting goals. For newcomers, I show them at the end of the year how much progress they've made. They are usually amazed to see how far they've come. In the End... My number one piece of advice when setting language goals is, keep it simple! It can easily become overwhelming, but if you know your students' needs, and you group them accordingly, you can set one goal for the group. If they have multiple needs, give them one goal at a time to work on. You can always give a second goal later. When goals are clear and an action plan, or "road map", is in place, students (and teachers) are set up for success! Your students will love seeing their progress from the beginning of the year (BOY) to the end of the year (EOY). For the students who track and chart their own progress, this process can be highly motivating. They love pushing themselves, IF they know what they are working towards. My Language Goals resources below have all of the components necessary to help you start planning and setting goals with your ELs. Data Collection Sheets - get to know your students and their needs Descriptors for Each Language Domain - levels formatted side by side Goal Setting Sheets - for students Goal Planning Sheets - for planning or language goal posters Progress Monitoring Graphs -students actively participate in tracking their progress Cover Pages and Divider Pages - for creating a personalized "Language Goals" teacher binder It's never too late to set goals with your students. Click HERE to find my Language Goals for English Learners!

How the Harkness Method works when using ELL teaching strategies. Teaching ELLs to read critically through collaborative discussions.

Now in a revised and expanded third edition, this established course text and teacher guide explores the processes involved in second-language acquisition and translates the research into practical instructional strategies for PreK-12. Engaging classroom vignettes and personal reflections from the authors and other seasoned educators bring the teaching methods and linguistic concepts to life. Highlighting ways to draw on emergent bilingual and multilingual students' strengths, the book presents innovative learning activities, lesson-planning ideas, technology applications, downloadable reproducible forms, and other resources. Second edition title: Building Literacy with English Language Learners. New to This Edition *Chapter on visual literacy. *Extensive updated coverage of literacy in the digital age, including gamification and video games, digital reading, and uses of ChatGPT in the classroom. *Increased attention to multimodal projects and activities. *New or expanded discussions of translanguaging, dual-language instruction, English as a lingua franca as well as an academic language, and other timely topics. Pedagogical Features *\"How Does This Look in the Classroom?\" sections. *Study and discussion questions in every chapter. *Chapter-opening \"Key Vocabulary\" boxes. *End-of-book glossary.

In this post, I discuss the different stages of reading development and provide examples for each stage.

Guided Reading for the Emergent Reader Chapter 3 Book Study. To help intentionally teach reading to little learners.

Children move through the 5 stages of reading development when they are proficient in the previous stage. Read on to find out more.