Grades+3-5+Reading+Resources

=Assessment Forms =

 [|Alpine School District- At-Home Summer Literacy/Tier 2 Interventions]  This website offers many valuable forms for assessment in a variety of instructional areas in literacy. When visiting this website, please click on the "At-Home Summer Literacy" or "Tier 2 Interventions" links to review forms to use for literacy assessment.

Anecdotal Record Forms (Exemplars) This Canadian province has developed exemplar anecdotal record forms for Kindergarten. These forms can be adapted to all grade levels, K-5.

//Book Club Plus!//

 [|Choice Literacy]  This website offers a variety of assessment forms for small-group and independent literacy activities. These assessment forms are designed to be used in a comprehensive (balanced) literacy program. Please see your Reading Specialist for access to this website. A number of free samples are available as well.

 [|Get Ready to Read!]  This website provides a free early literacy screener along with activities and games to promote literacy. Early literacy checklists are also available. This website is designed for use in a preschool or kindergarten classroom.

 [|Mrs. Meacham's Classroom Snapshots]  This website offers a variety of resources for literacy instruction including assessment forms, literacy center materials, and blank templates.

 [|Reading Lady- Assessment]  This website offers a variety of resources for literacy instruction including assessment forms. The Mosaic Listserv is also managed through this website and it maintains many assessment forms for self-selected (independent) reading and comprehension.

 [|The Teacher's College Reading and Writing Project]  This website provides a variety of free reading and writing assessment forms for use in grades K to 5. There are also free leveled text passages available with accompanying running records and comprehension questions.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|University of Arkansas- Center for Literacy: Teacher Resources] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free templates and rubrics for the assessment of various literacy skills.

=**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Comprehension Instructional Resources **=

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Busy Teacher's Cafe- Comprehension Strategies] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> From //Strategies That Work//<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">, //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mosaic of Thought //, and //Reading with Meaning,//<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> this page gives you information on the six comprehension strategies known as making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, determining importance, and synthesizing.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides interactive graphic organizers on various comprehension and vocabulary topics for interactive whiteboard use. You can also print the completed graphic organizers to share with students or provide them with a blank copy prior to the lesson.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Into the Book] //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Into the Book // is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. We focus on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Your class can watch our engaging 15-minute videos, and try the online interactive activities. //Behind the Lesson// provides teachers with information and teaching resources for each strategy. Watch our 10-minute professional development videos, and explore the Web site for lesson plans, video and audio clips, downloads, and more.

[|Leander ISD- Comprehension Strategy/6 Trait Book List] This website provides a free book list with popular children's literature titles coded by comprehension strategy and the six traits of writing domains.

Literacy Center Wikispaces- Graphic Organizers This website provides links to a variety of graphic organizers to support comprehension instruction.

[|Pete's PowerPoints- Comprehension] This website provides free interactive comprehension strategy and skill PowerPoint presentations for use with an interactive whiteboard.

[|ReadWriteThink- Literacy Strand Lessons] This website provides numerous free lesson plans, with extension resources, to develop and promote reading comprehension.

[|Reading Lady- Mosaic Listserve Tools] From //Mosaic of Thought//, this page gives you the resources and materials for teaching, assessing, and reporting comprehension strategy instruction.

[|Super Teacher Worksheets- Reading & Literature Circles] This websites provides numerous free worksheets for use in the literacy block and in literature circles.

[|Super Teacher Worksheets- Reading Comprehension] This website provides numerous free activities for use in developing reading comprehension.

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Differentiated Instruction **

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Khana Academy** <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">This website provides various instructional resources and videos for classroom teachers to use in planning instruction. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> www.khanacademy.org

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">These websites provides information and resources on Differentiated Instruction.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> http://www.scusd.edu/gate_ext_ lerning/differentiated.htm <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> http://pdonline.ascd.org/pd_ online/diffinstr/el199909_ tomlinson.html

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fluency =

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency Materials] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free copies of the DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) assessments and progress monitoring materials. A free user account setup is required to access these materials for classroom use.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Online-Stopwatch] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides a free stopwatch for use on the ActivBoard during fluency practice.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Teaching Heart- Reader's Theatre Scripts] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free reader's theatre scripts for use in whole-group or small-group instruction.

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Independent Reading =

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The following resources have been located for your use in literacy centers or workstations, with some of the websites requiring the integration of technology. These electronic text resource websites may be used with your interactive whiteboard as shared reading experiences.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Google Books] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free full length and partial previews to popular pieces of children's literature and young adult literature. Google Books is continuously updating their text collection based upon copyright policies and agreements.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|ICDL- International Children's Digital Library] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free children's literature in a variety of languages (including English). This literature is read interactively using a computer workstation.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Inkless Tales- Stories] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free Dolch (high-frequency) word stories. This literature is read interactively using a computer workstation.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Kids' Corner, Featuring the Stories of Beatrix Potter (Wired for Books- Ohio University)] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free access to many Beatrix Potter stories as well as other classic children's literature pieces. This literature is read interactively using a computer workstation.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Reading a-z] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides numerous leveled texts for your interactive whiteboard. Free samples are available for classroom use, but a paid subscription is required for a majority of the content. Please see your Reading Specialist for access to this website.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Starfall] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free online decodable to early fluent texts for student use. These texts can be read by the student or read to them.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Storyline Online] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free online streaming books read-aloud by popular members of the Screen Actor's Guild.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Sylvan Dell Publishing- Sample Audiobooks] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides five complimentary picture books with text pages and audio narration. Click on the above hyperlink and select your desired picture book on the launch page.

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Literacy Centers/Workstations in Grades 3-5 =

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR)- Grade 3 Student Activities] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free downloads in the five major themes of reading that can be used as literacy center or workstation activities. Florida's state academic standards align closely with Pennsylvania.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR)- Grades 4 & 5 Student Activities] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free downloads in the five major themes of reading that can be used as literacy center or workstation activities. Florida's state academic standards align closely with Pennsylvania.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Frederick County Public Schools- [|Literacy and Numeracy Work Stations Guide.pdf] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This PDF file provides numerous suggestions for literacy and mathematics centers along with organization and management technique tips.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Mandy Gregory's Tips for Teachers] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website is full of balanced literacy resources for the upper-elementary classroom. There are resources for writing workshop, reading skill or strategy studies, and literacy workstations, just to name a few.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Stenhouse Publishers- "Practice with Purpose: Literacy Work Stations for Grades 3-6" by Debbie Diller.pdf] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides a free chapter from Debbie Diller's (2005) //Practice with Purpose: Literacy Work Stations for Grades 3-6.// This chapter provides an overview of what literacy work stations are and the types of literacy work stations most beneficial for students in the upper elementary school grades.

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Printable Texts =

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Hubbard's Cupboard] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This early childhood literacy website provides free printable books to correlate with popular shared reading texts.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Mrs. Jones- Free Printable Mini Books on the Internet] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides numerous website links to free printable books for classroom use. It also provides book bin labels and other classroom literacy resources.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Poetry4Kids] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free poems for all grade levels. You can search by type or topic of poem through this website.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Reading a-z] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides numerous leveled texts, vocabulary, phonics, word work, and fluency activities. Free samples are available for classroom use, but a paid subscription is required for a majority of the content. Please see your Reading Specialist for access to this website.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Scholastic Mini-Books: Create Your Own Leveled Library] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website from Scholastic provides free copies of mini-books in the areas of Reading/Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Math, and other learning content areas. These texts are leveled and available up through grade 4.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> **Response to Intervention (RTI)**

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> http://www.esul.org/dept/sped/ RTI/rtipowerpoint.html

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">[|Teaching Reading Workshop Grades 3-5: The Annenberg Foundation- Videos on Demand (located at the bottom of the page).]

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Word Study =

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Beverly Tyner's Small-Group Reading Instruction: Word Study Cards] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free PDF files with different levels of word study for students in grades 3 to 8. Some of the skills covered are vowel patterns, affixes, and compound words.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Carl's Corner] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides helpful suggestions and free resources for word wall work and word study.

<span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Davis Elementary School- Word Study] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free PDF files with different levels of word study for students in grades K to 8. Some of the skills covered include vowel patterns and digraphs.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Leander ISD- High Frequency Word/Word Phrase PowerPoint Presentations] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free PPT files for sight words and Fry's word phrases. The word phrases can be used with students up through grade 5.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|RhymeZone] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free lists with derivations or meanings of any word. This website is useful for locating rhyming words, synonyms, antonyms, or word meanings.

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Writing Instructional Resources =

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Edna Public Schools- 6 Traits of Writing Online Writing Lab for Elementary Students] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides interactive content for use with teachers and students on the six traits of writing.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">This website provides useful cartoon videos and activities for writing in various genres. You will want to preview each video to match your instructional needs.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Leander ISD- Comprehension Strategy/6 Trait Book List] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides a free book list with popular children's literature titles coded by comprehension strategy and the six traits of writing domains.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|NWREL- 6 1 Trait Writing] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides information about the 6+1 Trait writing program along with instructional and assessment materials.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Pete's PowerPoints- Writing] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides free interactive writing skill presentations for use with an interactive whiteboard.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Scholastic's Writing with Writers] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides writing workshops to use with students on selected genres of writing.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Six Traits Writing Assessment] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website provides assessment and instructional resources for the six traits of writing.