Independent Reading with Purpose

As soon as my students start reading their self selected chapter books for independent reading, It is no longer possible to set book specific comprehension activities . We still want to help them think about what they were reading and to read with purpose. So I made a set of Reader Response Stems based on the same comprehension strategies that I use with them in shared/teacher directed reading sessions.

These Reader Response Stems can be used by the students for any book that they are reading. It can be matched to the strategy you are covering with the class at the time. You could used it for independent practice once you have finished teaching a specific strategy to your class and use it as an assessment tool to see if they are using that strategy fluently or whether they may need some more direct teaching on it.

The 11 strategies covered in the set include:

• making connections
• asking questions
• visualising (making mental pictures)
• inferring (predicting)
• summarising
• synthesising
• author's message
• evaluating
• setting (time and place)
• characters
• language

and suit students from ages 9 and older.
You can get your very own copy which includes both a UK and USA spelling set (simply delete the one you don't need from the PDF)
by clicking here (TPT) or here (TNB).

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Organise Table Groups, Toolkits and a Labels Freebie for Back to School

As summer break draws to an end, teachers start migrating back to their classrooms to make a start on the new year down here in the Southern Hemisphere. One of my first jobs this week has been to create a stationery toolkit for each table. Here is a picture of what it looks like.

 

Each table has its own file holder to hold the students learning journal folders (homework) which will travel to school daily, and a bucket that contains the stationery required. Each item has been marked by a piece of coloured tape to match the table group, for easy identification. Each week's table leader will be responsible for checking the table bucket before each break (recess) and at the end of the day, during pack-up time. 

I made rectangular labels for the file holders and buckets. Then I laminated these and taped them on. The disc labels have also been laminated. One is blue-tacked to the centre of the table for the bucket to sit on, and the other, to the white board for point scoring. The stationery is only intended to be used to reduce unnecessary movement or to help in a pinch when a student runs out of their own supply. These 6 colours were selected to match the coloured tape that I sourced from my local $2 store.

You can grab your FREE set of the labels from my TPT store - One Teacher's Journey -HERE

or on my website - HelpMeLearn - HERE

This resource is part of a larger Bundle for BACK to SCHOOL, that you might also like to preview HERE

Enjoy!