Flubaroo

If you administer assessments through Google Forms, then "Flubaroo" is for you! This easy-to-use tool allows teachers to immediately grade Google Form responses, share them with students, and generate reports.

http://www.flubaroo.com/

2nd Semester Pinnacle Project Evaluation Form...

CLICK HERE to access the 2nd Semester Pinnacle Project Evaluation form. My presentation and reflection, as well as my students' artifacts, can be found in the post entitled "2nd Semester Pinnacle Project." A BIG "Thank you!" to the six other pinnacle leaders who will be giving me feedback.

Balanced Literacy Resource: Reading a-z.com

Are you looking for printable, high-quality resources that align with Reading Recovery, Fountas & Pinnell, or DRA levels? Try Reading a-z.com. This wonderful website contains everything from fluency passages to reader's theater scripts. It is a fabulous site if you would like to obtain additional resources for your students to help them grow their reading skills. You have to pay for a subscription...but Reading a-z.com does offer a free trial. =) Click on the link below if you are interested in starting a FREE trial membership. 


https://accounts.learninga-z.com/accountsweb/marketing/trial.do?campaign=razrazlp2012Trial 

2nd Semester Pinnacle Project

CLICK HERE to access a Google Presentation that explains my 2nd semester Pinnacle Project. Student artifacts are included.

CLICK HERE for printable Google Doc. directions, rubrics, etc.

Khan Academy

This website contains thousands of step-by-step video tutorials on a variety of subjects. These videos can be used to provide direct instruction at a station, or students and families can access them at home for extra support / review. This is a great website to use if you are looking for a free site from which to pull short videos for Smart Board Lessons / Stations. 

http://www.khanacademy.org/#browse

Professor Garfield.org

Are you looking for an engaging way for your students to practice inferring? Try Professor Garfield’s Reading Ring! Students infer the correct order for Garfield comic strip panels, and then they answer questions about the comic strip. This is a wonderful activity for all students, and struggling readers won’t be intimidated, because they are working with short amounts of text. 

http://www.professorgarfield.org/ReadingRing/Strips/strips.html

Fraction Wanted Posters

“Wanted Posters” are often used in literature units, because they give students the opportunity to complete a focused analysis on an important character. Students evaluate and record how a character talks, feels, thinks, and acts to create a “Wanted Poster.”

 I also use “Wanted Posters” during Math Workshop;  they help my students analyze numbers. For example, my students create posters about the different forms of numbers (expanded, standard, etc.), decimals, and fractions. Click below for a printable fraction “Wanted Poster.” Completing this poster requires students to compare and order fractions, as well as identify equivalent fractions. Students always enjoy wrinkling the posters and artistically cutting the edges to make them appear as if they really came from the wild west! J

Fraction Wanted Poster