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Free 7th grade balanced literacy resources for parents
Middle School Upper Elementary Reading Handout for Parents
As a middle grade/middle school teacher, I always have a handful of parents that want ideas for how to help their reader. This FREE resource was designed to give parents tangible and helpful ideas to get their learners reading. At the middle grade levels, it is so important for parents to see that we really need to keep working on their love of reading, their vocabulary, and using their time with ingenuity in mind. This can be tricky at this age, because many are used to more worksheet and compr
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Easy Ways to Find Time to Read
Do your parents complain that they don't have enough time to read with their child? Here is a list of easy ways for them to find time to read! Use it as a handout at your Back to School night, or as a mid-year reminder!
Your feedback is greatly appreciated!
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Fridge Helper: A Parent's Quick Reference Guide to Assist with Reading at Home
Download this freebie and send home to parents so that they can support independent reading at home. This quick reference guide has prompts for oral reading fluency, within the text, beyond the text, and about the text. What a positive shift students could make in reading if parents and teachers were speaking the same language! Many parents want to be able to help, but they don't always know what to say or how to help productively. This could also be a great quick reference tool for teachers
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Scholastic Book Order Letter
This letter can be used each month by filling in your class activation code and due day. They are half sheets and can be stapled to the book order catalogs each month.
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Grades:
PreK - 8th
DRA and Fountas and Pinnell Chart
This is a chart that will give you grade level scores that correlate with the DRA and Founts and Pinnell charts.
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Grades:
PreK - 8th
First Day of Middle School Survival Pack + #Firstday
The teachers at We Move Kids know that your teacher game has to be super tight on Day #1. The #firstday sets the tone for the entire year. It is vital you convey a high level of professionalism, organization, and understanding to your scholars and their parents. In this first day #survivalpackage you will find: 1. Welcome Letter (in English and Spanish)- highlighted marks indicate where you should enter your personalized information. Do not ask, "who needs a Spanish copy?" Instead, just print
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Book Swap to Promote Reading
UPDATE:
Just completed the first book swap at a new school. The student enrollment(k-5)is 600. We collected and swapped over 4000 books! The students, teachers, and parents were thrilled.
Here's an event that's easy to organize, will provide students with books, and add to classroom libraries - a school-wide book swap. Students provide the books, so there is no cost to the school or classroom. Families clean out their bookshelves, students acquire "new" books, and classroom libraries grow. Inc
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Grades:
K - 8th
Words Their Way Parent Letter English and Spanish
This letter is meant to aid parents in understanding their child's developmental spelling stage, as well as word study. I included a table with each stage, and the spelling skills within those stages, as well as examples.
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PreK - 12th
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CCSS:
Activities that Cross the Midline
Neurons that fire together, wire together. Build neurons for increased engagement and learning.
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PreK - 12th
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AR student forms
This is great for keeping an AR binder.
Most of the teachers at our school use this as a way of tracking AR progress. With the new common core standards stressing non fiction this allows students to monitor their own quizzes.
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font- Rowdy Writing
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Grades:
K - 12th
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Real vs. Fake Reading
Ninja themed anchor chart of reading behaviors. Great tool to support readers' workshop in your ELA Dojo!
Grades:
4th - 12th
Summer Reading Journal
Students often drop one reading level or more over the summer. Why not offer them a special incentive to read while away from school. These can be printed for all students. The teacher or school can pick a special prize/reward for those students who bring them back in August.
Grades:
2nd - 8th
READING WITH INTENTION: Simple Tips for Building Strong Readers at Home
Teachers! This is a PERFECT HANDOUT FOR Open House and Parent-Teacher Conferences!Empower Your Child's Reading Journey with 7 Proven Tips!Calling all parents! Are you ready to be your child's reading champion? We're excited to share with you our treasure trove of 7 essential reading tips that will transform your child into a strong and confident reader. Why These Tips Are Game-Changers:Build on What They Learn at School: These strategies complement what your child is already learning during gui
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PreK - 8th, Higher Education, Staff
Behavior Change Student Contract
This product is just what educators, parents./guardians and care takers are looking for as they try to create a positive learning, home and social environment. Behavior management is important in the classroom, not just because it creates an appropriate environment for learning to occur, it enables individuals to develop positive behaviors such has respect toward others in real life situations which will also create an environment of trust for all involved. Changing behaviors can be difficult so
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Parent Handout: Helping Your Child Become a Lifelong Reader
This short handout is a great way to introduce parents to the importance of reading. The information is brief and to the point. It also gives advice for parents on how to help their child pick a book that is at the proper level and includes links to popular online sites that contain free reading games for kids.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education
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Determining Importance Reading Comp Strategy
This is a kid-friendly explanation/description of Determining Importance (reading comprehension strategy) for educators, parents, and students. This may be used as a classroom poster, handout, take-home resource for parents/guardians, and/or part of an interactive comprehension journal.
Grades:
1st - 8th
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A-Z Reading Text Bands of Difficulty
An A-Z reading level guide. This teacher and parent reference guide provides key descriptors of each reading level and the grade level equivalent. Information is presented in text bands to help parents and teachers grasp the key jumps in reading levels. This reminds us all that readers are not a level, but instead helps us to know what the texts at various levels ask of the reader.
Grades:
K - 7th
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Mothers Day Coupon Book
A great gift for students to do the week before mothers day! Students have a blast decorating and coming up with great ideas for coupons for mom. Students in the past have created coupons that suggested a night off from the dishes, trash, laundry etc. Also a free back or foot massage. Even cute ideas as not fighting and agreeing with sister all week. There is one blank page in the coupon book. Students used this page to write a letter to mom or created an additional coupon. Afterwards students c
Grades:
K - 8th
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FREE Etymology Word Study Video Lesson
Word Origins and Etymology has never been easier! This FREE Middle School Word Origin and Etymology Lesson will introduce students to a proven Spelling, Reading, and Vocabulary Strategy. Students' reading comprehension will soar! Watch it today for FREE to improve Middle School Literacy-Spelling, Reading, and Vocabulary. Please, leave me a review after watching the lesson! THANKS!!For more follow me for teacher tips, learning strategies, word origin stories, and MORE on Instagram IG EYE & EA
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Dyslexia common miscues
This is a list of common miscues based on standardized tests conducted over the last twenty years. I have worked with children with learning Difficulties,mainly Dyslexia. There is a common pattern amongst the tests, that show the children don't understand the rules of language or find the phonic sounds difficult. I am hoping that if you find your children constantly making these or similar miscues, you can consider investigating further.
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Grades:
3rd - 10th
Accelerated Reading Log
Accelerated Reader Reading log. Perfect for students of any grade participating in Accelerated Reading. Can be hole punched and kept in a folder, or for teacher use in a binder. Great way to document progress for students, teachers, and parents.
Grades:
1st - 8th
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Fluency Graph by 1s, 2s, 5s
Directions are provided on the first page. Graphs from 1-30, 2-82, 5-100 are also included so that students can graph their progress. The graphs allow for 10 trials for one passage. Passages are not provided.
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Grades:
K - 7th, Adult Education
A List of 50 Children's Books with Maps
Help your students make the leap from visual understanding and spatial awareness to more meaningful reading through exploring the myriad of books with map illustrations.
Zintkala
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Grades:
PreK - 12th
Summer Reading Suggestions for Middle School
Does your school not have summer reading? Do you need a list of books to recommend to parents and students? Attached is a summer reading list- linked with Common Sense Media for parents to read reviews. This list consists of the best YA books for 2018 :)
Grades:
6th - 8th
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