Winter Fun and Inside Recess...Again!
I had fun with a first grade class during an inside recess while I was relieving a first grade teacher during my recess duty. The kids really liked this activity and there were giggles all around. It's a freebie, too, which makes it even better. I hope if you pick this up you leave me a little love with some feedback. I greatly appreciate it.
Test-Ready Close Read Anyone?
Here is a selection from my Australian animal nonfiction file. I posted this for those folks who hesitate to commit to the larger purchase of my 60 page product. You could say it is a bit of a trial product possibly although it, like the other selections is really a full-fledged close reading selection that could be used over a period of days depending upon how you use it. I like to number my paragraphs and choose focus words for my students other than the bold words. Then I have students search for context clues to the meanings of those focus words. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Test-Ready-FluencyAustralian-EchidnaNF-Comprehension-Intervention-Grades-5-7-2024282
Happy 2017!
I don't know about you, but for me the testing crunch is on! When I go back to school I am going to be working towards getting my students ready for MAP testing and OELPA testing. I use a variety of materials but one type of material I cannot live without are the ones I deem"close reads". One of these Australian animal fluency/comprehension product. I spent the best part of a month researching to create it. One of them is a fluency product that ended up being both fluency and comprehension, so it works well for test prep. Even one of the selections in this file could be used for close reading activities that could extend more than a couple sessions with students. I like to number the paragraphs and dig deeply into nonfiction for details and context clues
. This particular item would work for high fourth-fifth reading level students, I believe, but I have chosen to label it for grades 5-7. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fluency-Australian-AnimalsNonfiction-Comprehension-1995719
