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Interactive Reading Response Journal {First Grade}

By RaraDT

I love using graphic organizers with my kiddos to teach reading strategies! I always run into the same problem.... deciding what to do with their sheets after my students are finished. Many times even when they are supposed to go to designated

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Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core, Informational Text

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1^st

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RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.1.4, RL.1.5, RL.1.6, RL.1.7, RL.1.8, RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI.1.3...

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Interactive Reading Response Journal {Second Grade}

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Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core, Informational Text

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2^nd

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RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL.2.4, RL.2.5, RL.2.6, RL.2.7, RL.2.9, RI.2.1, RI.2.2, RI.2.3...

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Nonfiction Close Reading {Common Core Aligned Reading Response Sheets}

By RaraDT

**This product has received a fresh new look! If you're looking for additional resources to enhance your nonfiction instruction, this loaded bundle is the perfect addition for you! Your students can use these reading response sheets to organize all

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Reading Strategies, Informational Text

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Activities, Printables, Lesson

$8.00

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Accountable Talk Comprehension Sticks

By RaraDT

The Common Core State Standards call for our students to read closely to complex text. Close reading has been found to be a key component for making gains in reading. These comprehension sticks are a simple way to hold your students accountable and

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Reading, Literature, Informational Text

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities, Printables, Literature Circles

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Nonfiction Conventions Reading Response Sheets

By RaraDT

**This product has been given a fresh new look. If you have previously purchased this product, please go to "My Purchases" and download it again to get the update!Show your students how good nonfiction readers use text conventions to understand

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Activities, Printables

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RI.1.5, RI.2.5, RI.3.5

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Nonfiction Text Conventions Posters FREEBIE!

By RaraDT

Get your readers to become nonfiction experts with these helpful text conventions posters! For more products, follow me or visit my TPT store! Happy Reading! *Created by a wonderful collaboration of teachers! =)

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Reading Strategies, Informational Text

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I've been teaching for 15 years altogether. In September, I will start my 11th year in 1st grade! I've taught 2nd grade for a total of 7 years and first grade for 2 years. In my early teaching career I taught Spanish to K-8 students.

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas College with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Elementary Education. I also have a Masters Degree in Reading and Literacy. This program also focused on action research and brain-based teaching strategies,

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Applied Math, Basic Operations, Fractions, Graphing, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Earth Sciences, Social Studies, U.S. History, World Languages, Spanish, Health, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Character Education, Word Problems, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Classroom Community