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
Lakewood's
Student Progress Profile Sheet (front)
Lakewood's
Student Progress Profile Sheet (back)
(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.
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Lesson Labels
(Some cards, such as pocket chart spelling words and vocabulary
words can be found further down this webpage.)
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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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Literacy
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
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8
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9
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Lesson
10
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Lesson
11
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Lesson
12
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Word
Blending, Decoding, Building for Literacy Center Practice
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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.)
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
(-s, -ed, -ing with no spelling change)
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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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Speed
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)
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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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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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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
c
ca
cat
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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 11)
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Can
Elephants Paint?
(Lesson 17)
(Thank you to Christine Jones, Missouri)
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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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Blast
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!)
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)
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.)
Sight Word (High Frequency
Words) Practice
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.
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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Theme
1
(also includes some kindergarten sight words)
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Theme
2
(also includes some Theme 1 and kindergarten sight words)
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Theme
3
(also includes some sight
words from
Themes 1 - 2 and kindergarten)
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Theme
4
(also includes some sight words from Themes 1 - 3 and kindergarten)
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Theme
5
(also includes some sight words from Themes 1 - 4 and kindergarten)
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Theme
6
(also includes some words from Themes 1 - 5 and kindergarten)
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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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Roll and Read
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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Vocabulary
Cartoons
Lesson
8
(There will be two movies. One of the first
three words and another for the last three words. Scroll down
the page to find the second movie.)
(created
by Mallory Downey, Lakewood Elementary)
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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.)
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
14
Lesson
14
(A different version homework letter that assigns
spelling tic-tac-toe activity)
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Lesson
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Lesson
15
(A different version homework letter that assigns
spelling tic-tac-toe activity)
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Weekly Tests
(Less pages to copy! Thanks to Jane
Buckner and Michelle McGrady of Randolph Park Elementary in Anniston,
Alabama)
Miscellaneous
Fun!
(Thank you to Adriane
Chambers, Milton, Florida)
DATA 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 form in PDF format
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Theme Test
Data
(Created
and shared by Dr. Carolyn Keasal, Auburn, Alabama)
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
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)
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