Response cards

Well, today was the last Saturday School of the semester. And, it was my most productive Saturday School yet. When I agreed to supervise Saturday School, I was pretty excited that I would be getting paid to do work that I would normally be doing on Saturdays, anyway. Well, that and supervising students who needed to make up absences. Keeping teenagers busy who don't want to be there and don't have anything to work on is a full-time job, however. Today, while they were busy with word…

Close Reading Toolkit full to the brim with goodies for any 4th grade classroom. Common Core Aligned Close Reading Text Dependent Questions, Strategy Posters, Strategy Anchor Charts, Text Dependent Question Stem Cards, Strategy Bookmarks, and Over 50 Reading Response/Graphic Organizer Quick Assessments {3 per standard}. Addresses 100% of the Fourth Grade Reading Informational Text and Literature Standards.

Check what they know quickly with clothespin and index cards

Silent Response Card are a fun, interactive way to get ALL students participating. Great for a quick assessment and easy to use!

I'm linking up today with some awesome bloggers to share some "Bright Ideas" for Secondary! I am sure most of you are familiar with ...

Have you ever had a "few extra minutes" during a reading group? I use a set of Higher Order Thinking Skills questions for fiction and nonfiction any time I have extra time when working with a group. The HOTS fans are easy to store and simple to use. A colleague of mine found these questions years ago. We found them so useful, I used them as a guide and created a set of fiction and nonfiction questions for teachers as well as parents. In my classroom I begin with knowledge level question and…

A few months ago, I participated in the first Bright Idea Blog Hop. It was so much fun, love all the great ideas! I shared about using ...