These
resources were created and shared by teachers and reading coaches from many different
places. Isn't it wonderful to share our hard work and creative ideas?
Please
share your ideas by emailing Dr. Elder at:
selder@pcboe.net
Celebrating the 100th Day of School?
Here's a display created using the first 100 high-frequency words taught in Storytown!
Can you read 100 words? banner
1st 100 high frequency words
from Storytown (K-mid 1st)
Lakewood's
Student Progress Profile Sheet
(This form is for Lakewood teachers to use in the Progress Profile
Notebooks)
Organization
Kandi
Mobarakzadeh, 1st grade teacher at Lakewood, shared this organization tip. Print
this file, cut out and glue each "Week at a Glance" to the front of
a file folder. You can then laminate the file folders if you wish. Keep everything
pertaining to that lesson in the file folder for future reference. You'll quickly
be able to see what skills are covered during that week by looking at the outside
of the file folder.
First
Grade Organization File
Focus
Wall
Here is an
example of a focus wall for another reading series just to give you an idea of
the finished wall.
This one was created by Lise Welch, Utah.
No wall space? Consider making a portable focus wall by using a triboard.
The one featured in the link above was created by Dr. Carolyn Keasal, Auburn,
Alabama. | | | Lesson
Labels
(Some cards, such as pocket
chart spelling words and vocabulary words can be found further down this webpage.) |
Focus
Board Planning Sheet
This
is a planning sheet for a focus board created and shared by Donna Freas, Upper
Darby School District, Pennsylvania. These
are Donna's notes:
I
included 3 weeks/lessons on the template to save paper and time.
Example:
If the top is labeled: Lesson, 1, 2, & 3, ALL the info for those weeks will
be on the paper but not hung up at the same time. The only constants are the Essential
Questions. We only put one lesson on the board at a time. The second row indicates
what should be there for the next lesson, and the third is the following lesson.
There are many photos out there
of Theme Boards for StoryTown. This is a guide to help know what to put on there.
I included the items that my district wants us to have. If a teacher downloads
it on their computer, then they can add or make changes. I print it out, and attach
it to a large envelope. I store all of the cards, titles, words, etc. in that
folder to use the following year. It makes life as a teacher a little easier!
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Centers for the Inventory Unit at the Beginning of the Year
(Kandi
Mobarakzadeh, 1st grade teacher at Lakewood, shares her literacy centers that
she uses at the beginning of the year during the Inventory Unit to help her develop
literacy center routines.) Francine
Swickheimer has created these file
folder labels for each week. Print on Avery Standard 8160 labels.
SmartBoard
Whole Group Lessons
You
will notice a "cheer" graphic (the little boy with
the megaphone) on each Day 2.
Here are a few different cheers
you can use to get you started!
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opening these Smartboard files even though you have Notebook10
software?
One teacher had success after downloading and using Mozilla
instead of Internet Explorer.
We're not sure why some visitors have difficulty opening files
and others do not.
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Word
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Kindergarten
Phonograms Automaticity Powerpoint
Kindergarten
Phonograms Automaticity Checklist
(to be used with the
powerpoint above) Letter
Cards for Making Words
(Created and shared by Dr. Carolyn
Keasal, Auburn,Alabama) Making
Words Activity Sheets
(Created
and shared by Lynne Field, Fulton, New York)
Word
Sorts
(These word sorts are created and shared
by Kelly Berry, Commerce City, Colorado. Kelly says, "Each document has three
pages-grade level and a below-level. Grade level word sort has pictures and students
place the picture in the correct column and correctly spell the word to match.
Below-level has pictures and the words printed. The thrid page can be copied on
the back for students to write sentences is they complete their work early."
Kelly has offered to create word sorts for all thirty lessons and will share these
files as she creates them.)
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25
(Created and shared by Anna Underwood, Athens, Alabama)
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(Created and shared by Anna Underwood, Athens, Alabama) |
Lesson
27
(Created and shared by Anna Underwood, Athens, Alabama) |
Lesson
28
(Created and shared by Anna Underwood, Athens, Alabama) |
Lesson
29
(Created and shared by Anna Underwood, Athens, Alabama) |
Lesson
30
(Created and shared by Anna Underwood, Athens, Alabama) |
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Spin-a-Word
(Print
the file on cardstock. Assemble the spinner and cut apart the word cards. Give
each student a copy of the recording sheet. Place the word cards face-down in
a stack. Students take turns drawing a card from the stack. Then they spin the
spinner. If the student can add the inflectional ending to the word on their word
card to make a new word, they record the new word on their recording sheet. If
not, they return the word card to the bottom of the card stack. Play continues
until all word cards are used. Students add up the number of words on their recording
sheet to determine their score.)
Lesson
14
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Speed Drills
(print card and place in center)
You
can print a recording sheet for your fluency center here!
(4
to a page--cut apart)
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Drill for Kindergarten Review Lessons 1 - 14
(short
vowel word blending using: m, s, r, t, n, p, c, d, g, f, b, l, k, o) |
Speed
Drill for Kindergarten Review Lessons 1 - 14 (2) (short
vowel word blending using: m, s, r, t, n, p, c, d, g, f, b, l, k, o) |
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Angela Parker, Oakdale,
Louisiana, shares these themed lists for spelling and vocabulary. For example,
if the story is about plants then the words are created on plants to print out
for pocket charts. Spelling
Words Practice
Spelling
Word Home/School List
(Created and shared
by Martha Pelcher, Fulton, New York. Print, cut in half, students take one list
home for practice and keep one list in their desk.)
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Spelling Practice
TicTacToe
(created and shared
by Lori-Ann Hewitt, Phoenix, Arizona)
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Spelling
Word Practice
(To use these as a center
activity, place spelling word flashcards in a center along with the spelling fans.
Option 1: Children can work with a partner by pulling
a card and reading the word to their partner. The partner will build the word
by moving the blades on the fan without looking at the flashcard. Partner 1 will
check his work by comparing the spelling fan to the word card.
Option 2: Children can also work in 3's with one person calling the words and
the other two students racing each other to see who can build the word the quickest.
Again, the first partner will check for accuracy.
Option 3: Children who are severely struggling with spelling words can pull a
card, read it, and build it by looking at the word card as a model. This will
be done independently.
Option 4: Students can
complete the activity independently in a Look, Cover, Spell, Check method. The
student will pull a card and read it. The student will look at the card while
verbally spelling the word. The student will then put the word face down. The
student then builds the word with the spelling fan. The student checks his work
by comparing his spelling fan to the flashcard.) Spelling
Words Flashcards to Print and Cut Out.
(Thanks
to Kristi Miller,Lakewood Elementary,for sharing her hard work.)
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30 | Enlarged
Print Spelling Words for Pocket Chart
(Matching
sight word cards can be found further down the page) Spelling
Triangles
(Created by Jennifer Blankenship)
Use these like word ladders. Example: cat would be
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Color-Coded Reader's
Theater Scripts
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The
Pond
(Below Level Reader in 2-Part
Color-Coded text) Land
of Ice
(Thank you to Kandi Mobarakzadeh, Lakewood Elementary
School, Phenix City, Alabama) (Lesson
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Can
Elephants Paint?
(Lesson 17)
(Thank you to Christine
Jones, Missouri) | Snow
Surprise
(Lesson 18)
(Thank you to Christine Jones,
Missouri) |
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On
Saturday
(Lesson 23)
(Thank you to Christine Jones,
Missouri) | |
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Off!
(Lesson 26)
(Thank you to Kandi Mobarakzadeh,
Lakewood Elementary) | |
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Storytown "Getting
Started" Selections in Fluency Passage Format
(Can
be printed, cut apart, and placed in a literacy center for reading rate practice!)
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20
(Thanks to Emily Pfister-Valdez, Albany, Oregan)
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21
(Thanks
to Emily Pfister-Valdez, Albany, Oregan)
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22
(Thanks
to Emily Pfister-Valdez, Albany, Oregan) |
Lesson
23
(Thanks
to Emily Pfister-Valdez, Albany, Oregan) |
Lesson
24
(Thanks
to Emily Pfister-Valdez, Albany, Oregan) |
Lesson
25
(Thanks
to Emily Pfister-Valdez, Albany, Oregan) |
Lesson
26
(Thanks
to Emily Pfister-Valdez, Albany, Oregan) Beginning
Phrasing
Advanced
Phrasing
(This
version is marked for phrasing. Use the beginning phrasing passage for those students
who are not yet phrasing, but are reading word-by-word. Use the advanced phrasing
passage for those students who are reading in short two- or three-word phrases
to enourage them to read in increased length phrases. Thanks to Christine Fickin,
Florida) | Lesson
27
(Thanks
to Emily Pfister-Valdez, Albany, Oregan) |
Lesson
28
(Thanks
to Emily Pfister-Valdez, Albany, Oregan) |
Lesson
29
(Thanks
to Emily Pfister-Valdez, Albany, Oregan) |
Lesson
30
(Thanks
to Emily Pfister-Valdez, Albany, Oregan) |
Speedy Sentences
Whole Group Instruction
(can be used small group, too!)
Letter
Cards
(Print on cardstock,
cut apart, and place the letters in a snack-sized ziploc bag for each student.
Have students take letter cards out of their bag and place in a line at the top
of their desk for whole group word-building activities. Put all the small bags
in one larger ziploc bag and label the bag with the lesson/day for use next year.) Word
Builder/Blending Cards
(Print off on cardstock, laminate, and cut into
three word builder cards OR make your own with sentence strips. Thanks to Mrs.
Riepe, LES 1st Grade teacher, for sharing) Day
6 Small Group Lesson Plan Template
Small Group Placement Tool (pdf format)
Word Format
(a tool for helping place students in small groups at the beginning of the year)
Small Group Lesson
Plans
(These small group lesson plans will address high-frequency
sight word recognition, phonics, and reading in connected text--both
familiar text for fluency and decodable text for phonics application
practice.)
ORAL READING SUGGESTIONS
(print these cards on cardstock, hole punch, and place on a ring to
help plan oral reading in small group instruction)
Sight
Word (High Frequency Words) Practice Complete
Kindergarten High-Frequency Words Powerpoint for Assessing Accuracy/Automaticity
1/2
Second Display
1
Second Display
Checklist
for recording results of above Accuracy/Automaticity Check First
Grade High-Frequency Words Powerpoint for Assessing Accuracy/Automaticity
Lessons
1 - 15 (midyear)
*Note: This is a 1/3 second display
Checklist
for recording results of above Accuracy/Automaticity Check Lessons
16 - 30
*Note: This is a 1/3 second display
Checklist
for recording results of above Accuracy/Automaticity Check
High
Frequency Words Checklist
PDF
Format
Word
Format
(Created and shared by Lynne
Field, Fulton, New York.
Lynne and her colleagues use this form to assess
students each 9-weeks) I
Have Who Has Cards for High Frequency (Sight)
Words Word Wall Cards for High
Frequency (Sight) Words Pocket
Chart Cards for High Frequency (Sight) Words
(These
were made by request to match the spelling word pocket chart cards above) Homework
Practice for High Frequency Words
(Thanks to Lynne Field, Fulton,
New York, for sharing her hard work.) High
Frequency Words Rapid Naming
(Another
resource created and shared by Lynne Field, Fulton, New York.)
This will open
as an Excel file. Just print the file and you'll have a great practice sheet for
increasing automaticity in sight word recognition. You may choose to send it home
or use at school.
High
Frequency Word Lists
(Created
and shared by Patti Whatley, Shreveport, Louisiana).
Patti distributes these
to parents at the beginning of each theme to give parents a jumpstart in working
with their children on upcoming words.)
Click
It! Sight Word Game
(Print the file on cardstock.
Cut out the camera and sight word circles. Be sure to cut out the camera "lens",
too. Tell the children, "We're going on a word hunt! When I say the word,
you take a picture of it!" Students will place all the sight word circles
in front of them. When the teacher says a word, the students quickly place the
camera on top of the word card. The word should show through the lens hole in
the camera.) Pancakes
With Butter Sight Word Center
(Print
on cardstock, cut apart, add a Dollar Store spatula and you've got a fun center!
You may also want to try adding a back piece of brown butcher paper and adding
a little newspaper stuffing to each pancake to get a 3-D effect.)
Here's
a Pancake Center Recording Sheet
Roll
a Word Sight Word Center
Print
on cardstock. Cut out and assemble cube. The student will roll the cube and read
the word to a partner. If he reads it correctly, he either writes the word or
colors in the space in the correct column on his recording sheet. Alternate turns.
The first player to fill a column is the winner. Play could also continue until
all spaces are filled. Popcorn
Words!
This file
contains all sight words covered in kindergarten, a center sign with directions,
and a recording sheet. Print on cardstock. Cut
out each piece of popcorn and hole punch a hole in the middle left side and the
middle right side. Place the popcorn pieces in a popcorn bag along with a long
string or shoelace. Students will read the popcorn words and string the popcorn
as they do so. A recording sheet is also included. Snap!
Use this sight word game in a sight word literacy center, at the
beginning of a small group as a sight word review, for volunteers to use with
children to build sight words, or print a set to send home for a fun sight word
practice game! Directions are below.
You may also wish to combine sets for
a complete review of all sight words from a theme.
(These were created from
a template created by Kelly Nyman.) Meltdown!
Use this sight word game in a sight word literacy center, at the
beginning of a small group as a sight word review, for volunteers to use with
children to build sight words, or print a set to send home for a fun sight word
practice game! Directions are included in the file.
(These were created from
a template created by Kelly Nyman.) Batman
Print the cards and cut apart. Place
the cards in a can. Students take turns pulling a card from the can.
If the
student can read the word, he keeps the card. If someone pulls the joker card,
he must put all his cards back in the can. Sight Word Phrases
Flashcards
Print
on cardstock, cut out each card, punch out the hole in the top left corner. Then
put all the cards on a ring. A title card is included to go on top.
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1
(also includes some kindergarten sight words) |
Theme
2
(also includes some Theme 1 and kindergarten sight words) |
Theme
3
(also includes some sight
words from Themes
1 - 2 and kindergarten) |
Theme
4
(also includes some sight words from Themes 1 - 3 and kindergarten) |
Theme
5
(also includes some sight words from Themes 1 - 4 and kindergarten) |
Theme
6
(also includes some words from Themes 1 - 5 and kindergarten) |
Punctuation
Flashcards
(This was a fluency activity in the Storytown
Teacher's Edition for Lesson 26. See pg T175 if you want to see more directions.) |
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Sentences
(Created and shared by Laura Barnes,
Vance, Alabama)
Laura's idea is to have students roll a die. The number they
roll will be the sentence they read with their buddy at the Buddy Reading Center.
High-Frequency words are a bit bigger and in bold print for easier recognition. Vocabulary 12
Ideas for Keeping Vocabulary Words in Circulation
(email
your additional ideas to selder@pcboe.net and we'll upload an updated compilation
when we reach 25 ideas!) Vocabulary
Instruction Cards
(Print on cardstock.
Glue procedure instructions to back of enlarged print word. You will have an explicit,
easily followed script on the back of the card to refer to during instruction.
No more fumbling through your teacher's edition!)
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Lesson
30
(Thanks
to April Sawyer, Lakewood Elementary, Phenix City, Alabama)
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Vocabulary
Labels
Darlene Morrow, Pleasant Valley Elementary,
says to print these labels and place on the back of teacher-made vocabulary
cards for an instructional script to follow.
Vocabulary Powerpoint
Shows
(Unless otherwise noted, these were created
and shared by Donna Reynolds, Palm Coast, Florida)
Vocabulary Display
"CATCHY WORDS"
(Display
your vocabulary words with a jar graphic or a real butterfly net.
Each theme's
words are printed on a different insect.) Vocabulary
Cards
(Created and shared by Jennifer Willis,
Sarasota, Florida)
Jennifer said: Parents requested the Storytown definition
of the vocabulary words and so I made vocabulary cards. We introduce the words
on Day 1 and then the students draw an example of the word and highlight the important
parts of the definition. As the year goes on, we also flip the cards over and
use the word in a sentence. Homework
letters correlated with Storytown.
(Thanks to Kandace Mobarakzadeh,
Lakewood Elementary, for sharing her hard work.)
Update: Kandi also started
making study guides for her homework letters and is sharing those.
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Lesson
7 Lesson
7
(A different version homework letter that assigns spelling
tic-tac-toe activity)
Study
Guide
Lesson
7
(another version shared by Wendy Winegardner,
Eureka, Missouri)
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8 Lesson
8
(A different version homework letter that assigns spelling
tic-tac-toe activity)
Study
Guide
Lesson
8
(another version shared by Wendy Winegardner,
Eureka, Missouri)
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9 Lesson
9
(A
different version homework letter that assigns spelling tic-tac-toe activity)
Study
Guide
Lesson
9
(another version shared by Wendy Winegardner,
Eureka, Missouri)
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Miscellaneous
Fun!
(Thank you to Adriane
Chambers, Milton, Florida)
Strategic
Intervention WorkMats
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Forms Benchmark
Data
These forms
were created and shared by Rachel Musser of Santa Rosa County, Florida. Rachel
suggests that teachers add students' names in the column on the left, put an X
in the column where an error occured per item per student. Then, simply by reading
down the column a teacher will immediately determine the number of items missed
by class and by individual. This will be a great tool for differentiated small
group instruction. Rachel adds these printing hints:
*Print in color to view
items assessed and the frequency (color-coded)
*Use landscape orientation
*Use legal-sized paper
*All spreadsheets are two pages (print, trim, and tape
to make a final copy just slightly larger than letter-size paper)
Beginning
of Year Benchmark Data Analysis Spreadsheet Same
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Theme Test Data
(Created and shared
by Dr. Carolyn Keasal, Auburn, Alabama)
Weekly Test
Data
(Use this form to identify skills for
remediation after the weekly test is given.
This remediation can take place
on Day 6 of our 6-Day Implementation Plan for Storytown.
Use the lesson plan
template to plan your lesson.)
Other Resources
1st
Grade Skills Matrix Directions
for Printing Leveled Readers from Think Central in Booklet Form
(Follow
these easy directions shared by Jane Whitfield, Ivalee Elementary, to create books
for home practice and literacy centers so that you can save the wear and tear
on your original books by using those books only in small group instruction.)
1st Grade Lesson Plan Template Blank
Lesson Plan Template Classroom
Instruction Observation Form Managing
Small Group Instruction With Storytown Storytown
Technology Storytown
Components List by Grade Levels Storytown
Phonics Progression Harcourt
Storytown Selection Guided Reading Levels
(Use this information for pulling appropriate guided reading levels
from Lakewood's bookroom to supplement Harcourt. Find the guided reading level
for the desired Storytown text and you will know which books from our bookroom
are compatible with that level.) Bright
From the Start
(Resources for parents to use in the summer
to help
ensure their child is ready for 2nd Grade) Helpful
Websites! Incredible
collection of Internet links for first grade Storytown themes Carey
Babcock's Storytown Wiki
(click on Storytown Reading Resources
on the left hand side of the page) Compiled
Online Resources and Supporting United Streaming Videos for 1st Grade Storytown
Themes (Thanks to Kelly Howard
for sharing this website!) Harcourt
Storytown Website Think
Central (Harcourt Storytown's Technology
Website) |
