SEL & Literacy Professional Development Resources Hub by Jacquelyn Higgins

The Active View of Reading

jacquelynhiggins — 2025-07-10 17:23:56 UTC

The Active View of Reading emphasizes the crucial role of active self-regulation, including executive function skills, motivation and engagement, and strategy use, all of which influence word recognition, language comprehension, and the connections between them.

Cheat Codes

jacquelynhiggins — 2025-07-10 17:45:54 UTC

Here’s the document with the “cheat codes” we created for our students to remember key strategies for learning and growing. These playful, memorable phrases help students internalize powerful habits and mindsets. Feel free to adapt or add your own classroom versions!

Short Term Student facing goal setting sheet

jacquelynhiggins — 2025-07-10 17:49:16 UTC

This tool helps students break down short-term goals use the plan, do, study act framework with a short term goal that they track every day over a week.

Student facing goal setting sheets for reading

jacquelynhiggins — 2025-07-10 17:52:07 UTC

This tool helps students break down short-term goals using the Plan, Do, Study, Act cycle. It supports reflection, ownership, and action by guiding them to plan intentionally, take steps, reflect on progress, and adjust as needed. You can make a copy and edit- these are just examples of how we use it with various interventions.

Do Kids Need Homework article

jacquelynhiggins — 2025-07-10 17:54:36 UTC

resource for teaching perspective-taking and connecting to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. It sparked great student discussion around differing viewpoints and underlying needs. You can also find it directly on CommonLit if you want to explore related texts.

Argument and Analysis Graphic Organizer

jacquelynhiggins — 2025-07-10 18:00:08 UTC

This graphic organizer supports students in analyzing and responding to the “Do Kids Need Homework?” article. It helps them break down the author’s claim, supporting evidence, and reasoning, while also guiding them to consider counterarguments and form their own opinion. Great for strengthening argument writing and critical thinking!

Letrs Comprehension Planning Checklist

jacquelynhiggins — 2025-07-10 18:07:43 UTC

This checklist from LETRS Vol 2 helped guide our planning for the comprehension focus during interventions. It supported us in selecting key comprehension skills, setting a clear purpose for reading, and planning intentional scaffolds. A helpful tool for making comprehension instruction more targeted and effective!

Planning vocabulary- ChatGPT prompt

jacquelynhiggins — 2025-07-10 18:09:43 UTC

Use this ChatGPT prompt to help you simplify your vocabulary circle planning. (You can also upload a copy of the text to chatGPT and have it find the vocabulary words for you!)

Stick it Together Growth Mindset

jacquelynhiggins — 2025-07-10 18:12:45 UTC

This activity guides small groups through replacing fixed‑mindset phrases (like “I give up”) with growth‑oriented alternatives. Students first write individual responses on sticky notes, then build a group “best answer” You can also replace the growth mindset questions with literacy focused questions.

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Circle Template

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blank circle template