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PINK- Articles for all topics surrounding reading instruction

Blue- Book suggestions and lists for content areas

Yellow- Reading strategies to engage students

Green-Reading Stations

Purple- Whole group instruction resources

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These are wonderful resources for teaching reading to ELLS.

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English language learners (ELLs) often have problems mastering science, math, or social studies concepts because they cannot comprehend the textbooks for these subjects. ELLs at all levels of English proficiency, and literacy, will benefit from explicit instruction of comprehension skills along with other skills.

Examples of comprehension skills that can be taught and applied to all reading situations include:

Summarizing

Sequencing

Inferencing

Comparing and contrasting

Drawing conclusions

Self-questioning

Problem-solving

Relating background knowledge

Distinguishing between fact and opinion

Finding the main idea, important facts, and supporting details

These skills are particularly important for comprehending what is generally known as information reading or expository reading.

For more information, see our related articles and classroom videos:

Why reading comprehension skills are particularly important for ELLs

ELL students will still need a lot of vocabulary development and teaching of comprehension strategies even if they:

have been mainstreamed after some bilingual instruction;

are being pulled out for English as a Second Language or Sheltered English instruction; and/or

have been assessed as English proficient but you know that they still need additional help with language, reading, and writing.

Here is a way of thinking about the support your ELLs will need:

Classroom strategies: Steps for explicitly teaching comprehension skills

The following steps are useful for all students. However, these need to be complemented with the additional steps below to ensure comprehension for ELLs.

Introduce the comprehension strategy or skill (see above list) through examples. Discuss how, when, where, and why the strategy or skills are used. For example: contrast main idea with details, fact with opinion, good summaries with poor summaries.

Have students volunteer additional examples to contrast and discuss.

Label, define, model, and explain the strategy or skill. For example, after listing four facts about a healthy diet and four opinions about what is good to eat, label one list as facts and the other list as opinions.

Give students opportunities to practice using the strategy with a peer as they apply it to a short, simple paragraph from a science text or any expository text.

Debrief with the whole class to ask students to share how they applied the strategy or skill.

Additional steps for ELLs

Identify vocabulary words that you think might be difficult for students to understand when they read the text. Write ELL-friendly definitions for each - that is, simple, brief definitions ELLs can easily understand.

Model think-alouds. For example: verbalize a confusing point or show how you use a strategy to comprehend something. "This sounds very confusing to me. I better read this sentence again."

Demonstrate fix-up strategies. For example: I need to think about this. Let me rethink what was happening. Maybe I'll reread this. I'll read ahead for a moment.

Partner ELLs with more dominant English speakers and ask each student to take a turn reading and thinking aloud with short passages.

After working with partners successfully, ask ELLs to practice independently by using a checklist such as the following. Be sure to explain all the terms and model each.
While I was reading, how did I do?

Celebrate each ELLs' progress with recognition notes, praise, and/or class applause.

For advanced ELLs

When students' English proficiency and basic reading skills have increased, you can teach the following steps not just to ELLs, but to all students - because everyone will benefit.

In pairs, have students survey the text and use an idea map to record the main idea and details.

Ask partners to read the text.

Have partners restate the main idea and supporting details. At this point, they can add to their idea map or make necessary corrections.

Then ask students to reread the text and either develop their own questions (pretending to prepare a test for their partner) or write a short summary of what they just read.

After that, have partners check each other's work.

Finally, partners can share their questions or summaries with other teams.

Other ideas

For building ELL comprehension

Teach students how to use these tools for informational or expository reading:

Ask students to use the following strategies to summarize (orally or in writing):

Retell what you read, but keep it short.

Include only important information.

Leave out less important details.

Use key words from the text.

Questioning ELLs after reading

After the ELLs and/or whole class have completed the reading comprehension activities above, you can anchor or test their comprehension with carefully crafted questions, taking care to use simple sentences and key vocabulary from the text they just read.

These questions can be at the:

Literal level (Why do the leaves turn red and yellow in the fall?)

Interpretive level (Why do you think it needs water?)

Applied level (How much water are you going to give it? Why?)

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Reading Comprehension Skills for English Language Learners

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English language learners (ELLs) often have problems mastering science, math, or social studies concepts because they cannot comprehend the textbooks for these subjects. ELLs at all levels of English proficiency, and literacy, will benefit from explicit instruction of comprehension skills along with other skills.

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Great resources, from articles for how to teach reading to lists of children books and activities

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Explore reading basics as well as the key role of background knowledge and motivation in becoming a lifelong reader and learner. Watch our PBS Launching Young Readers series and try our self-paced Reading 101 course to deepen your understanding.

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A place to brush up on the newest conversation about reading education.

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Spotlight on Reading Comprehension (2018)
In this Spotlight, learn how schools are teaching digital reading, predicting the deep reading comprehension skills students need throughout their schooling, and providing tools for collaborating with other educators to support productive reading across subjects.
Spotlight on Literacy Instruction (2018)
In this Spotlight, learn why states and districts are aiming to build ELLs literacy early, how invented spelling can improve reading ability, and how teachers can facilitate effective writing instruction.
Spotlight on Struggling Readers
In this Spotlight, learn how mix-gender classes may help boys read better, how educators can inspire confidence among struggling readers, and how teachers can foster authentic reading experiences for resistant readers.

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Spotlight on Reading Comprehension (2018) In this Spotlight, learn how schools are teaching digital reading, predicting the deep reading comprehension skills students need throughout their schooling, and providing tools for collaborating with other educators to support productive reading across subjects.

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A list of books by reading levels. Great to print out as a reference and help for parents!

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This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Looking for a leveled book list you can take to the library? Keep reading! This post contains affiliate links.

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The US Library of Congress has a wonderful website FULL of book-lists on American heroes.

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Booklists | Read.gov - Library of Congress

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The Library of Congress > Read.gov > Booklists

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Jan Brett- Great illustrations leading to predictable text

Mo Williams- engaging stories

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This Mo Willems author study is the perfect way for your K-2 students to read, study, and enjoy some of Mo Willems' popular books!This 75 page unit is packed with literacy and writing activities designed to get your primary students interacting with the text.Please download the preview to see some examples of the types of activities included!In this unit:Who is Mo Willems?Fact Sheet about the authorTimeline of popular...

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Integrating content and reading instruction is crucial! Here is a great list of math-related picture books!

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Books Make Math Fun & Interesting

I love children's literature. Teachers love books and so do children. Stories bring new experiences to life. Books about math can have that same affect on us. Books can increase engagement and build fluency with math concepts. Children are usually more focused on math and what they are learning when the story being read is interesting. Dull math topics can be spiced up with a good book. Books make math fun by making it real for kids. When we read stories that children connect with, their interest grows. If they see others having fun solving math problems or going on math adventures, they will want to participate too.

Books Help Teachers Teach Math

Books are another important math tool for teachers to use during lessons. Math manipulatives are an absolute must in creating engaged children exploring and learning about math, but children's literature has a place as well. Books provide new examples and ways of explaining math concepts. The right book has the power to help a teacher present something in a different, new way. Books help us be better teachers by doing some of the teaching for us. They can help us bring meaning to abstract concepts.

Books Connect Math to the REAL World

Books can connect math concepts to the world around us. A valuable book about math will build connections between what happens in our daily lives. They present story problems similar to what we have or will experience and encourage us to think of ways to solve them. Books help us see how math occurs everyday and all around us. They guide us to see the importance of math in our understanding of the world.

Books Build Math & Literacy Skills

Incorporating appropriate literature into the lives of children is essential for building literacy skills. Adding books to math lessons helps build those literacy skills during more parts of the school day. Integrating subjects helps make good use of time. Reading literature during math blocks also shows children that subjects are interrelated and important. Connecting different subjects help children learn in new ways. This is also an opportunity to expose children to new kinds of literature: literature about math. Reading books to children during math helps build concentration and listening skills. Those are good work habits for children to have during math lessons.

Books make great introductions to lessons. Read a book that ties into the math concept you are teaching that day. Books can encourage discussions and math chats. They can lead to other learning and discoveries as well. Books make great warm-ups to a math lesson.

Books can also be used as the math lesson as well. There could be a math problem presented in the story that could be solved as a class. Students could create their own math problems that connect to the events in a story. Teachers benefit from this extra math "tool" to teach hard concepts. Books can provide those hard to explain examples and scenarios that are required.

Books are useful in reinforcing a math concept taught. Math stories can be read at different times on different days to extend the learning that occurred during a math lesson. This review helps students strengthen and broaden their understanding. Remind students of what they learned when stories are revealed.

Integrating children's literature into your math lessons is simple enough but requires a bit of planning. I suggest getting the books you have collected to teach math organized together by math concept. This makes selecting and grabbing a book simple and quick. You can grab a FREE printable guide of the best children's books for teaching math in primary below.

I have compiled a list of what I believe to be the best books for teaching math in primary grades available at this time. I created the list after researching the various math concepts taught in primary and books that helped explain those concepts in ways appropriate for younger children.

The books are available on Amazon (affiliate links) to make selecting and building your math library easy and affordable. I suggest checking your school and community libraries for the books listed before purchasing. I also encourage your school to purchase a set that primary teachers could share. Happy math reading!

Books for Teaching Numbers

Books for Teaching Patterning & Sorting

Books for Teaching Measurement & Time

Books for Teaching Addition & Subtraction

Books for Teaching Geometry & Fractions

Books for Teaching Graphing, Money, & Financial Literacy

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Children's Books for Teaching Math - Proud to be Primary

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This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. View disclosure policy HERE . I love children's literature. Teachers love books and so do children. Stories bring new experiences to life. Books about math can have that same affect on us. Books can increase engagement and build fluency with math concepts.

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A great resource to read reviews on the latest picture books...easy to stay up-to-date!

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Growth Mindset is HUGE in the elementary classroom...why not teach it with a read-aloud!

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18 Perfect Read-Alouds for Teaching Growth Mindset

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Engaging ideas to make silent reading a fun task!

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Hi everyone! I'm Mary Beth from Brain Waves Instruction, and I'm so happy to be sharing ideas with you all today. Rachel, thanks for letting me stop by!

Like most teachers, I'm constantly on the hunt for engaging ways to help students become more confident, effective, and critical readers. Sometimes, I even go "old-school" and have my students read passages out loud in class...but reading out loud isn't always motivating for students.

There are lots of benefits to reading aloud, like improving fluency, facilitating cooperative learning, increasing attention spans, promoting deep discussions, building community and closely reading texts. However, many times when I ask students to read out loud in class or small groups, I'm met with grumbles OR enthusiastic participation from the same three students. This reaction to reading aloud got me thinking that there must be a better way to engage students in reading aloud. Over the years, I've found that these ideas do just that...

All you need for this read aloud activity is a circle of chairs and one really fun chair. In my classroom, the fun chair can be the famous "orange chair" that doubles as my favorite homework motivator, my comfy teacher chair, an Adirondack chair, or any other unusual chair I can find. Of course, all the students want to sit in the fun chair...and they can...when they read aloud.

We start this activity once all the kids are sitting in a circle. One lucky student sits in the fun chair and starts reading aloud first. Then, when he or she is finished, all the kids move over one seat and the next fun-chair-reader begins. It's an easy reading activity, and students love getting up and moving, too!

My kids go nuts over the basket of silly reading tasks. It's filled with funny ways to read out loud. Everything from "read really slowly" to "read like you're underwater." I typically bring out the silly reading tasks when students are already familiar with a passage or I want to do a bit of a reread before moving on. It's also super fun to do with small groups or as a choral reading activity.

FYI: I've prepared a free resource of these tasks and others that you can find HERE, if you'd like to try them in your classroom.

Oh, this is one of my students' favorite ways to read out loud in class. The first step is to have all students sit on top of their desks with the reading passage in their hands. Then, simply explain that you will no longer be directing, selecting, or monitoring the read aloud of the text. That's right: The kids are in complete control.

Explain that once you say "start," someone-anyone-can start reading. Then, when the next person wants to read, he or she should just pipe in. If two or more students start reading at once, they'll just need to work it out (without any words). Typically, one person continues on, and then the next student starts up a bit later. It's a pretty magical way to read. I'm always surprised by who reads (usually everyone), how much they read, and how often. It's spontaneous and so fun!

On the days when I can't get more than a handful of students to volunteer to read in class, I bring out my mystery word envelope. In the envelope I stick a piece of paper with a word written on it that the students will encounter during the class's reading for the day. Then, I explain that the student who happens to read the mystery word will receive a homework pass (or other prize). All they have to do is read. Then, while students are reading I pay special attention to the student that actually reads the mystery word. Finally, at the end of the passage, I reveal the mystery word from the envelope and reward the reading winner. It amps up the number of student volunteers every time! (Resources for this strategy can be found HERE.)

Reading dice are super fun to bring out when students are reading with a partner or in small groups. I have several versions of the dice to use with different types of passages. Students love rolling their reading fate, and I love how engaged they are in reading!

Each of these ideas have been successful additions to the reading instruction in my classroom. I hope you'll find that your students become more confident, engaged, and effective readers in your classroom, too.

If you're interested in printables of the ideas above, you can find them for free HERE. Or, you might like the Reading Comprehension Units or my newest Close Reading Unit available in my TPT store.

Mary Beth, from Brain Waves Instruction, is a teacher-author with years of experience in the middle school classroom. When she's not creating student-centered, teacher-approved curriculum, she's busy laughing with her silly sons, finding sweet deals at estate sales, dreaming of warmer days (when will this winter end?), and hanging out with her favorite people. You can find us at our TpT store, blog, Facebook, and Pinterest!

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5 Fun Ways to get Students Engaged in Reading Aloud - Minds in Bloom

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Hi everyone! I'm Mary Beth from Brain Waves Instruction, and I'm so happy to be sharing ideas with you all today. Rachel, thanks for letting me stop by! Like most teachers, I'm constantly on the hunt for engaging ways to help students become more confident, effective, and critical readers.

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Don't leave manipulatives out of reading!

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Don't leave manipulatives out of reading!

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Finger lights, white boards, whisper pipes...find a manipulative that works for your students to help them engage with reading!

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Guided Reading is an important part of the day in a primary classroom and you want to make sure your students are excited to meet during small group. To keep your kids engaged and to make it a productive and successful guided reading time you need to be prepared. Today I am sharing 4 things that that will get students excited about guided reading and participating in small group lessons. These tips will help keep your students motivated, excited and engaged during guide reading time.

1. Reading Phones/Whisper Phones

Does this sound familiar? When I work with my small group I hear these same things every.single.time - "he is being too loud!" "I can't hear myself!"
Enter the reading phones. When you place them to your ear like a phone and use a talking voice you can hear your voice nice and loud. If you use a loud voice then you hurt your own ears. Well, the change was immediate! Students immediately lowered their voices and used a whisper voice. During our guided reading time now, everyone can sit at the same table and read to themselves without complaint. Yay! The only thing I need to say now is "Don't lick the phone" or "Don't put the reading phone in your mouth" Ewwww! Thank goodness for Lysol wipes.

2. Finger Lights

I LOVE finger lights for tracking text. They are a 4 for a $1.00 at the Dollar Store and worth every penny. When students are reading they slip on a finger light to track the text. They can light up each word so they know exactly where they are on the page. These lights have worked wonders for my students who are still struggling with word awareness. They are also fantastic for activities where students are returning to the text to find something. Some examples might be to find a long vowel word and light it up or find the sentence that tells us the setting of the story. Using finger lights has definitely increased the engagement during our small group time.

3. Whiteboards

If you have been to my blog before you will know about my fondness for whiteboards. I use them all.the.time. During Guided Reading, I use them for pre and post reading activities. I love that they allow me to save paper. There is way too much paper floating around the classroom as it is. I often snap a photo of a response I want to save and place it in their digital portfolio on Seesaw.

If your class is anything like mine the first 5 minutes of your small group time is interrupted with a bazillion questions and problems. I have tried various strategies to help kids learn to problem solve on their own but there are those times that I just have to stop what I am doing and go and deal with the problem. This is where browsing books come in. I got this little idea from Jen Jones from Hello Literacy. At the beginning of our group time, I put a collection of books on the table that are slightly lower than my students current instructional reading level. They know that when they come to my table they are to pick a book and start reading. Since these books are not overly challenging they dive right in and are able to be independent. This is a good use of their time and it allows me time to problem solve.

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Guided Reading: How to get students excited about it!

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Guided Reading is an important part of the day in a primary classroom and you want to make sure your students are excited to meet during small group. To keep your kids engaged and to make it a productive and successful guided reading time you need to be prepared.

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Differentiating Reading Stations Made Easy! 

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These stress-free station activity sheets are ready to go and can be differentiated simply by the choice of the reading level of the books.

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I've said this before, and I'll say it again. Low-maintenance describes me as a teacher. I am always striving to find the simplest, yet the most effective way to accomplish my goals for my classroom. My guided reading time is NO exception. It has always been a struggle to find high-quality activities for my students to complete, not only during my guided reading groups but on their own as well. This problem led to my solution.

My Problem. My Solution.

My Goal: To have rigorous reading activities my students could complete during guided reading time to help them practice the reading skills I had already taught them.

My Problem: Having a ton of fiction and non-fiction texts to use with my students, but no activities to go with them!

My Solution: I created skill and strategy-based reading activities that could easily be paired with almost ANY fiction or nonfiction text!

Best Part: Differentiation can be easily accomplished just by changing out the level of the text.

NOTE: It took me time to make these. However, I can literally use them ALL year and never have to ask, "What am I doing for guided reading groups this week?". OR, "What will my students do during their independent reading time?"

Here's How I Use Them During Guided Reading

As an activity for students to complete during independent reading time, I put out a basket of books or articles for my students to choose from. Fiction or Nonfiction, depending on what I am teaching at the time. Once a week, my students are given the opportunity to choose a text and complete the activity sheet with the text. In addition, I use this activity as a weekly reading grade. It gives me an idea of how they are doing with that skill.

Also, I use these sheets during my guided reading groups. They are perfect for learning or reviewing skills, and they are super easy to differentiate between groups. Just by using a different text and providing a bit more or less support, I am meeting the needs of every reading group in my classroom!

Examples of Texts I Use...
National Geographic for Kids
Science and Social Studies books I have collected
Short interesting articles I have collected.
Picture Books
Short Stories

{{Here is a list of FREE Nonfiction online resources you can use! I also have a list of Fiction, too!}}

I now offer these reading activity sheets in my shop. There are 22 Fiction and 22 Nonfiction sheets, they are all 100% Editable (just in case you need to make changes), and they come in two formats (see below). My regular format (with the explanation of the skill) and one with more space to write. Grab some FREE samples of Fiction and Nonfiction!

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CLICK any picture below to learn more.

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How to Make Guided Reading Stress-Free - One Stop Teacher Shop

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I've said this before, and I'll say it again. Low-maintenance describes me as a teacher. I am always striving to find the simplest, yet the most effective way to accomplish my goals for my classroom. My guided reading time is NO exception.

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GREAT resource of stations to teach sight words.

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Today I'm sharing a fun round up of sight word activities to try at home!
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Is your child resisting those sight word flash cards? I've got good news.

You don't need them!

Try one of these simple ways to practice sight words. These are all fun, creative ways to learn with minimal set up. Have fun!

1. Get a free printable Tic Tac Toe board and learn sight words four different ways. I love the variety in this post! (Finding the Teachable Moments)

2. Here's one of our favorites: write the sight words on sticky notes and slap them with a fly swatter. (Hands on As We Grow at PBS Kids)

3. Play "Where's the Bear?" with Dixie cups. (Sprinkles to Kindergarten)

4. Make a sight word parking lot! (Juggling with Kids)

5. Write sight words on sticky notes and use small toys as learning props. Brilliant! (Kids Activities Blog)

6. Get a free printable and play Roll a Sight Word. (I Can Teach My Child)

7. Play a sight word game with a muffin tin. (Growing Book by Book)

8. Circle sight words with bottle cap stamps. (Sugar Aunts)

9. Make popsicle stick sight words. (This Reading Mama)

10. Enter the words you want to practice, and print a set of free sight word dominoes! (Sight Words)

P.S. We love learning to spell our sight words with this fun CD collection.

P.P.S. I highly recommend this app for learning sight words.

More freebies!

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10 simple sight word activities - The Measured Mom

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First grade teachers can use this article to scaffold their instruction of engaging with text.

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Was it just me? Or was Chapter 6 a monster of a chapter!?
There is no way I could delve into the depths of all the information shared in this chapter in one blog post. But what I can do is share with you some of the notes I made and key points I feel are worth talking about. Hope that works for you!

There is SO MUCH more information packed into this chapter. It gives you specific information and guides for each of the focus strategies, suggestions and strategies for a variety of texts, lesson plan outlines, in depth descriptions of guided reading lessons, detailed comprehension scaffolds for guided reading, question cards for students, and much, much more. Since this book study is sponsored by my girls at Freebielicious, I couldn't NOT give you a freebie. Here is a pack of Speech/ Thought Bubbles for you to use when your kids are making inferences about characters. Hope you love them!

The freebie pack is for making inferences. The kids record what they think the character is thinking and saying...you might choose to use it before reading a story, or during....or even after (perhaps after posing a question about the character's choices or what they will do in the future.) The book suggests using the prompt, " What was the character thinking when he or she said that? "

For previous chapters, check out Freebielicious!

And in case you are interested in the book study and don't already have the book:

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Guided Reading Book Study Chapter 6 Freebies! - First Grade Blue Skies

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Was it just me? Or was Chapter 6 a monster of a chapter!? There is no way I could delve into the depths of all the information shared in this chapter in one blog post. But what I can do is share with you some of the notes I made and key points I feel are worth talking about.

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This is a fun bundle of alphabet centers using a cookie sheet, some activity sheets, and letter magnets!

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Need hands on ideas that your preschool and kindergarten students can manage at the beginning of the year? Cookie sheets are the way to go! Small cookie sheets from the Dollar Store are easy to manage, take up very little space, and students love them!

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Pinterest has an amazing library of anchor charts to use for mini-lessons.

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Mrs. Terhune's First Grade Site!: Anchor Charts Beginning Middle End | Reading | Pinterest | Anchor charts, Chart and Middle

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Mrs. Terhune's First Grade Site!: Anchor Charts Beginning Middle End

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Scaffold for steps to have class retell story! The teacher is encouraged to retell story using pictures to help students remember.

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Small 8 1/2 X 11. Perfect for laminating and hanging from a pvc anchor chart holder

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Everything from rules, to information for parents, to hundreds of activities or mini-lessons..."whole brain teaching" can be SO beneficial for students!