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Reading Teacher's Toolbox Welcome to our Reading Teacher's Toolbox. We are opening up our files and adding tools to help you teach reading effectively.
Books Scouts Reading Incentive Program We've put together a simple program for encouraging students to read. Our Book Scouts program rewards students with merit badges and certificates for different levels of honor. This program is great for individual classrooms, grade levels, or as a school wide program. Treat it similar to Boy Scouts by giving students their rewards in a special honor assembly.
Give each student a copy of the booklet. You can copy the pages front to back and bind them together. Students read a book and complete an activity in order to earn their "merit" badge. Once a student reads a required book they get the "merit badge" to place on the appropriate page. A teacher or parent signs each required reading entry. Decide how many books students must complete in order to rise to the next Book Scout level. Ranks include Rookie Reader, Junior Reader, Senior Reader, Junior Librarian, Senior Librarian, and Star Book Scout.
As students complete a book and activity they earn a "merit badge." We suggest running the badges on sticker printer paper and asking a parent to cut them out and place them in envelopes.
We've dug into our file cabinets in order to share quizzes we've made up for different picture books and novels.
What is balanced reading? What is phonemic awareness? This is a page of common definitions for reading terms for terms.
One of the most asked questions by teachers, "What are some good books to read aloud to my class?" This is a comprehensive list of popular titles by grade level (K-5). You can also use this list to help set up your classroom library. We recommend you maintain 50% of your books on grade level, 25% of your books one and two years above grade level, and 25% of your books one and two years below grade level for your classroom reading center. The books are selected for excellent writing and illustrations and shelf life.
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Professional Reading List
We've put our popular reading list in pdf format. Are you looking for a great professional book to read? We've got the best! The list includes books on teaching reading, writing, math, and on classroom management. We've included our favorites as well as new titles. This is a great resource for those who are interested in building a professional library in their school.
Reading Tools This simple reading log allows students to keep track of their reading rate their books with 5 star reviews. We have developed four reading surveys for different levels: kindergarten, primary, intermediate, and secondary. Find out your student's attitudes about reading with our free surveys.
During reading workshop give your student's choices while keeping track of their activities. This record sheet includes a weekly book report. 2nd-4th grade. Each graphic organizer comes with a short explanation. Some of example question stems.
This is a second set of organizers.
This is a third set of organizers.
This lesson plan sheet is designed for you to write specific plans and / or notes for your guided reading lessons.
Keep track of your individual reading conferences with simple notes. This page can be copied and placed in a notebook for easy access.
This rubric is designed to assist teachers in taking a grade based on independent reading habits, reading level, and participation each 9 weeks.
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Book Scout Student Booklet