Reading Street Unit 3 Resource Pack

I just completed 

Reading Street Unit 3 Resource Pack

and it is now available at my TPT store!

Here is a sneak peek at the resources available in my Unit Packs:

There is a weekly assessment included for each unit. I use these on Friday as an Oral assessment. I call the students back one at a time and have them read the sections to me. This really allows me to see the individual skills of each student ... and which students need more help and in what areas!

This is an example of the weekly "At a Glance Sheet." I print these and place them on the front of my file folder I have for each story. This is so convenient to glance at and know the skills that are being focused on for that week!

I use my Daily Fix It Sentences as morning work each day. The students come in, pull out their sheet, and fix one sentence each morning. Our morning schedule does not allow for a lot of time for morning work .... if you have more time to fill you could use this differently. Its an easy quick writing activity to throw in your day! PLUS it uses vocabulary and spelling words along with phonic skills that are being focused on for the week!

I use this Fluency Passage as a weekly homework assignment for my little Firsties! It's quick and easy! 

My resource packs are filled with Interactive Journal pages for each skill and for each week of the Unit!

Reading Racer is a fun way to practice and gain fluency with your vocabulary words. I allow my students to work in partners each day and time each other! They love seeing their improvement as the week goes on!

Doesn't this look great!?

I'm giving away 2 of my Resource Packs to 2 lucky followers on July 1st!
You can pick which Resource Pack you would like!

All you need to do is become a follower of my BLOG, become a follower of my TPT store, and comment on this post so I know you completed those tasks!

On JULY 1st I will announce who the 2 lucky winners are!

Kingdom of the Diagraphs

Once upon a time....

in the land of the Diagraphs...

 

This week we were exploring some Diagraph sounds!

After some brainstorming (which entails surfing the web/Pinterest) I came up with "The Kingdom of Diagraphs."

Of course you can't have a Kingdom without Kings and Queens!

 

I made a crown template, pulled out my sentence strips, and TAA-DA! My class became the Kings and Queens of the Diagraph Kingdom!

 

 

I labeled the crowns a variety of Diagraph sounds and then passed them out. The students had to record words that had that sound on the sentence strip. Then they cut the crown out, glued it on the sentence strip, and I stapled the sentence strip together to form the "hat." When I placed the crown on their head I said "I now pronounce you King/Queen of the (diagraph sound) Kingdom!
I explained that they had to KNOW their sound ... in case anyone in the school asked them what they were wearing and why!

MY KIDS LOVED THIS!
They took ownership of their learning and were BEAMING with confidence!
I of course took it off the deep end! We even walked in the hallway with our noses in the air ..... just like King and Queens do of course!!


Characters and Setting

Characters and Setting

 

We jumped off the diving board and DOVE right into identifying Characters and Setting this week! My school has the Reading Street series, so this week we were reading the story "Snap." Of course I just can't read the story and complete the workbook pages ..... my GOAL is always to make it ENGAGING and FUN!

 

So..... we started to listening to "The Rainbow Fish" at Storyline Online! LOVE THIS BOOK!

(This is a great website that has famous actors/actresses read popular children's books)

 

After listening to the story, I play the SILLY teacher (I do this often) and stated that the setting of the story was in a jungle! The kids almost had a come-apart! "NO Mrs. Jessica, you are wrong," they exclaimed! I then had them prove to me that I was wrong! Hmmm.... higher order thinking anyone .... common core anyone??? LOVE IT!

I then let them work with a partner and complete a Character/Setting Sort! This was a quick way for me to assess if they could distinguish what a character/setting was!

 

Finally, we dug into our weekly story "Snap." After reading I assessed my student's mastery of the skill by having them complete this Character/Setting Interactive Journal page! This was our first time with an Interactive Journal page so it took some time and modeling to ensure they got it right (where to cut and where to glue to ensure success)! It was SUCCESSFUL to say the least!

 

 



We proudly displayed our work on the wall for all to see!