Third Grade Thursday- Fluency!

 

This week I wanted to share with you guys things I have been working on with my kiddos during RTI.  Drum roll please..... FLUENCY!

 

And silence...

Oh, so it's not just me!

You didn't do it very often with your kiddos either...

 

Well, I have decided to make it an important part of my lesson each day during RTI.

 

First, I wanted to establish the why behind fluency..  So, I found this FREE poster from MsJordanReads tpt shop!  This was the perfect way to explain why fluency is so important.

 

 

She has a wonderful blog post about teaching fluency.  I found oodles of resources in that post that are free and super helpful!

 

Next, I found a few different word lists.  To start out each session we take turns reading a list of words.  Some of them are real words and some of the lists are nonsense words.

 

 

I found this word generator to make me a new list each day!  I just took a snapshot of each list and added it to my ppt.

 

We also practiced phrases!

 

Finally, I explained what it meant to be a "cold read".  I gave them each a passage.  They were able to read it 3 times through.  By the 3rd time, I told them their tongue should be on fire because it was a hot read!!!  Of course, they thought I was silly...  But, I explained by the 3rd time, they should have some comprehension of the text they just read. I found a ton of free passages from the links below:

Fluency Freebies 1

Fluency Freebies 2

Fluency Freebies 3

 

 

And, of  course you want to have data to show their progress.. Well, I was introduced to the website easycbm.com 

 

It is amazing and FREE!!!

 

You can pick a certain area to test your kiddo in.  Enter their score and it will have a beautiful little chart to display for ya!  So, in love!!

 

I also purchased this wonderful product during the FB sale!!!

 

SCORE!!!

 

I hope you have found this post useful.  If ya did, leave me some comment love.

 

Have a great rest of the week!!!

 



Fall/Halloween Math & Literacy Centers

This time last year I had just finished created a plethora of Fall/Halloween Math & Literacy Centers for my kinder kids.  You can check them out by clicking the preview pic below.

 

 

They loved all the fun activities we did during the month of October.  You can check out a few of my posts from last year by clicking any of the pictures below.

 

Here are a few snapshots from last year:

 

 

 

All my Fall Packs will be 20% off until Thursday to celebrate Fall Break!



3rd Grade Thursday- sample RTI ppt.

 

This week I wanted to share one of my sample ppt's I made to use for RTI.  I can share it because I flattened some of the pages.  Yay!  However, you won't be able to edit it.

 

Do you remember going to Cherry Carl's website???

 

 

If not, you should definitely head over there and check it out!

She has oodles of stuff for free!

 

When I taught K I would grab some of her little sight word readers and a ton of other things.  I recently stumbled upon her site the other day when looking for a few activities for RTI.  I had completely forgotten about it???  I have downloaded so many things from her site recently.  The ppt I created has snippets of pages from her site.

 

You can click on the picture below to grab the ppt:

I hope you're having a great week!



October Currently

 

Listening:  When my daughter takes her naps I like to keep the hall bathroom fan on.  She has a noise maker in her room to drown out the sound.. but I like the extra fan, just in case I happen to be doing something that might wake her.

 

Loving:  I love my new job!!  Yes, it's hectic working from home.  In some ways, I think it might be harder.  Trying to balance things at home and sometimes ignore things at home, work like crazy during Sara's naps, be willing to take her to my mom's for a while to get stuff done, etc..  But yes, I love it! 

 

Thinking:  Seriously, is she already 8 months old?!?!?  My how time flies when you're having fun.  I took these today.

 

She loves to read :)  Happy momma!!!

 

Wanting:  I'm so ready to be done with my masters... oh so close, yet so far!!!  I only have 3 classes left.  I think I can, I think I can.

 

Needing:  to go through Sara's clothes.  She has a huge pile in the corner that need to be boxed up.  I must go buy some tubs this week!

 

Trick:  The snipping tool.  You can take a snapshot of pretty much anything.  Including a PDF!!!  Yup, that's right.  Want to insert your worksheet into your ppt-- you can do it!

 

Guess what day it is?!?!?!  HUMP Day!!!!!





September SLANT box!!!

 

Click the picture below to sign up for the October Slant box!!!  I've already signed up.  I loved shopping for each item for Vera, and I also loved getting a box myself.

 



3rd Grade Thursday!

Don't quote me on this.... but--

I am going to try to do a 3rd grade post every Thursday.

 

This week I want to talk a little bit about how I teach virtual.  Many of you have asked me about it, but until recently I couldn't really answer any questions because I was still learning!

 

It basically works like this..

You create a powerpoint to teach your standards.  You would create it just like in a brick and mortar classroom.  Instead of handing out a piece of paper or a worksheet at the end of your lesson, you give them a slide.  They have "tools" to write/draw on the slide/board to answer the questions and work out the problems.  I wear a headset with a mic.  I teach my lesson and talk to the kids just like in a classroom.  Instead they cannot see me-- we are all learning virtually!!!  It's really pretty awesome!  The kids have options to raise their hand, answer yes/no or abcd, etc.. 

 

Each Monday we do what's called a Monday Meeting.  I really like this because it gives you time to talk with the kids, introduce the vocabulary for the week, talk about the standards, do a student of the week, play a fun game, and get to know your kids.  So, I created a powerpoint for my 1st Monday Meeting.  I cannot offer it to you for free due to clipart and other activities that have copyright.  But, I wanted to show you what I do every day! 

 

Here are a few pictures from my Monday Meeting: 

 

This was my first week teaching my kiddos, So I wanted to introduce myself!

 

 

We always talk about our standards and go over the vocab for the week.  I created my vocab slides using pictures.  It not only helps me explain the word better, but it gives my students a visual.

 

 

 

We played a fun game called I spy! Have you heard of it?? JK!!

Finally, I wanted to do an educational activity before leaving our session.  This is my new favorite pack on tpt!!!  I bought the Reading Comprehension Bundle from Across the Hall in 2nd Grade.  This pack is awesome!  There are a ton of short passages and questions at the end.

 

Since I cannot give them a worksheet.. I simply create a slide for each student by taking a picture of the passage.  Are you wondering how in the world I did this... Google: the snipping tool.  If you do not have it downloaded on your computer.  Don't walk-- RUN (virtually) to download it now!!

I take a picture and insert it into my ppt and when they finish their work, I save it as a PDF and bam- I have evidence for their learning!  Pretty awesome!!!

 

Well, I hope you found this post interesting.  My learning curve right now is straight up.. So, please be patient with me if you ask any questions. 

 

PS- tomorrow is Friday!!!!

 



Sign up Genius

Have you guys ever heard of Sign up Genius?!?  It's a website that anyone can use to create a sign-up sheet for FREE!!! Now, that I am teaching virtual, I have to find new and creative ways to communicate with my families.  Yes, I do make more phone calls, and yes I do email all the time!  However, this is a free and easy way to get your parents to sign up for conferences without having to harass them over the phone or through email. 

 

All you have to do is sign up for free, create the template you want, fill it in with time slots, add your parent emails and they will send the link for you!  It's as easy as that!  I already had a parent sign up the very next day!  When I was in the brick and mortar I used to have to send home at least 3-4 notes to get some parents to sign up!  This is so much easier!!!  I'm sure you will still have some parents who wait until the last minute, or some that will cancel (that's inevitable).  The website will also send a reminder to parents 1-2 days before their conference.  That way, in case I forget to send an email-- it does it for me!

 

Here's a picture of what my sign-up link looks like:

 

Click the icon below to sign up and get started for free!