Sticky Note BookmarksPrint and laminate the bookmarks {colored or ink-saving version}. Have your students adhere the small 2"x1.5" sized Post-It Notes in the spaces. As students read a passage, have them fill in things they find important, things they don't understand, and parts that they like about...

This is a handy chart to easily convert DRA, Guided Reading & AR Levels with Grade Level Equivalencies as well as reading development stages. ***the color coding is a system I used to label my books in first grade and found it especially handy when I was a reading specialist. I teach my student...

When I began using The Daily Five I spent most of the summer planning just how to execute it in my classroom. I was embarking on my journey on my own. No one at my school was doing it yet. In fact that is how I found teaching blogs. Searching online for what The Daily Five looked like in other classrooms led me to many awesome ideas and inspirations. If you looking for Daily Five ideas, below you will get a peek at some of the Word Work activities I use and a few tips. I make a rotation…

Are you a Facebook follower of What the Teacher Wants? I've received a lot of emails about how I organize my guided reading groups. Here are a few tips that I have for you! This is my {FAVORITE} guided reading tool ever (I got it from a workshop at my school). This little folder organizes my students by level. 1st graders are ever-so-changing and always moving up so fast in reading groups. All you need is a folder, paper, velcro, and a little lamination! Under each level there is a strip of…

I've compiled this little 5-page RTI treasure of research-based reading interventions while implementing RTI for the last three years at my school, Lake Myra Elementary. For RTI interventions, we do not use 'programs' because programs aren't very targeted. When providing a student an intervention in the RTI process, the intervention is specific and targeted to the child's one most foundational area of need. On the last page of the document, I include all the blog posts I've written that…

Daily 5 word work stations

Free group labels to help keep your close reading folders organized! Laminate and use a dry erase marker so you can change names as your groups change.

2nd Grade Stuff: What Do the Kids DO During Daily 5?---pretty awesome breakdown of Daily Five, I think I'm gunna try this and see how it goes!

So a little while back I shared my guided reading toolbox with you. If you missed that post, click {here} or the picture below. It talks about some of the goodies I keep on hand to use during my guide

Daily 5 Rotation Schedule

How to Make the Most of Your Guided Reading Lessons by First Grade Garden

Enjoy this Daily 5 Checklist. Perfect for making students accountable for their own work and D5 choices throughout the week. Easy visual representations for early learners :) THREE different variations to choose from! Check out how I use this during my Daily Five routines in my classroom Mis...

You can use these Daily 5 picture cards for your rotations each day. I put them on a pocket chart and rotate the stations this way. Check out my blog for more Daily 5 stuff!

Students established expectations for independent reading

In my school, we use daily 5 for reading instruction. I set up daily 5 a little bit different. I teach third grade and there is just so much to fit in! When I was trying to fit in all daily 5 rotations a day I was not getting to the important stuff and I ... Read More about Daily 5 Organization Binder

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