Tag: Reading Assessment
Disguise Read to Self As Word Study
Read to Self is an excellent opportunity incorporate additional word work. If you are looking for more opportunities to encourage your students to apply what they have learned from your spelling and phonics instruction WHILE they read, you are going to love this! We all […]
Fabulous in First Memory Books
It’s that time of year…. The end of the school year! 9 months ago, we all hoped it would fly by… …and here we are again… another school year under our belt! I hope yours was FABULOUS! We have so much to celebrate! Not that […]
Words Their Way, OUR way Part 6: Assessment
Now that you have your Word Study routines in place it is now time to consider how you will assess your students and evaluate their growth. I have some simple solutions for you! Assessing Each Sort At the end of each sort/unit I administer a […]
Student DRA Reading Level Graph
At the start of the school year, I administer the The Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA2) to my students. After I calculate the results and determine their independent reading level I have a conference with each student and we discuss their level. If you look closely […]
If you’re like me, you consider teaching a form of art. Having taught for 20 years, I have created many teaching resources, and here at The K Files, I would like to share them with you.
As a mother of three boys and a “school mom” for my students, it is my belief that the classroom is a “home away from home”.
From my home away from home….
…to yours.
