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Academic Vocabulary Cards

Assessment questions include this language and students are unable to read and/or comprehend the meaning of the Academic Vocabulary in context. Students are unable to successfully answer assessment questions correctly when they cannot read and comprehend these words. Therefore, educators need to make an explicit instructional effort to immerse students in the “formal” language. Students need to be able to make meaning of the Academic Language and Vocabulary words that are asked on assessments.

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Academic Vocabulary Cards

Assessment questions include this language and students are unable to read and/or comprehend the meaning of the Academic Vocabulary in context. Students are unable to successfully answer assessment questions correctly when they cannot read and comprehend these words. Therefore, educators need to make an explicit instructional effort to immerse students in the “formal” language. Students need to be able to make meaning of the Academic Language and Vocabulary words that are asked on assessments.

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Types Of Assessments

Classroom Organization Elementary

Classroom Planning

Co Teaching

Why You Need to Teach Academic Vocabulary in the Classroom - Dianna Radcliff

If you want your students to be able to succeed and construct meaning, you will have to teach them academic vocabulary. Academic language is the teacher’s standard or object known as a formal language. This comes right from the standards that are being taught in your classroom. These are also the style of language used in state exams and other types of assessments.

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Why You Need to Teach Academic Vocabulary in the Classroom - Dianna Radcliff

If you want your students to be able to succeed and construct meaning, you will have to teach them academic vocabulary. Academic language is the teacher’s standard or object known as a formal language. This comes right from the standards that are being taught in your classroom. These are also the style of language used in state exams and other types of assessments.

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Why You Need to Teach Academic Vocabulary in the Classroom - Dianna Radcliff

If you want your students to be able to succeed and construct meaning, you will have to teach them academic vocabulary. Academic language is the teacher’s standard or object known as a formal language. This comes right from the standards that are being taught in your classroom. These are also the style of language used in state exams and other types of assessments.

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Paragraph Writing Rubric

Writing Feedback

Constructive Feedback

Writing Conferences

Arts Classroom

Body Paragraphs

Easy and Effective Writing Conferences with Feedback Cards - Dianna Radcliff

The main way for students to improve their writing skills, is through consistent feedback implemented. We need the students to know we will be providing them not only positive feedback and achievements in their writing, but also constructive feedback to improve on.

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Academic Vocabulary Cards

Assessment questions include this language and students are unable to read and/or comprehend the meaning of the Academic Vocabulary in context. Students are unable to successfully answer assessment questions correctly when they cannot read and comprehend these words. Therefore, educators need to make an explicit instructional effort to immerse students in the “formal” language. Students need to be able to make meaning of the Academic Language and Vocabulary words that are asked on assessments.

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Teacher Collaboration

Small Group Reading Instruction

Reading Levels Explained for Parents! - Dianna Radcliff

It’s all about READING COMMUNICATION FROM SCHOOL TO HOME! This product was created to help educators communicate important information about reading levels to parents. It is very important that parents are working with educators in a similar fashion at home when reading. We want parents to reinforce the skills and strategies used during small group reading instruction at home. Giving parents specific and accurate information that is direct is best.

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Literacy Intervention

Reading Levels Explained for Parents! - Dianna Radcliff

It’s all about READING COMMUNICATION FROM SCHOOL TO HOME! This product was created to help educators communicate important information about reading levels to parents. It is very important that parents are working with educators in a similar fashion at home when reading. We want parents to reinforce the skills and strategies used during small group reading instruction at home. Giving parents specific and accurate information that is direct is best.

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Family Involvement

Reading Levels Explained for Parents! - Dianna Radcliff

It’s all about READING COMMUNICATION FROM SCHOOL TO HOME! This product was created to help educators communicate important information about reading levels to parents. It is very important that parents are working with educators in a similar fashion at home when reading. We want parents to reinforce the skills and strategies used during small group reading instruction at home. Giving parents specific and accurate information that is direct is best.

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Written Response Rubrics

Implementing rubrics and checklists offer students a visual guide and check to completing a written response. Teachers need to refer to the rubric as a guide and model how to use the rubric to improve the written response quality. Using rubrics as a self-check, partner-check and in teacher/student conferences is also another way to implement. This will help students comprehend the components of the rubric which will help them in future written responses.

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Guided Reading Organization

Guided Reading Organization and Documentation Simplified! Plus MORE!!! - Dianna Radcliff

When you have a group in front of you and your are keeping tabs on what all your other students are doing you have to act quickly. These forms check individual students strategies, skills and comprehension. Not only is this specific documentation, it is great for your assessment/data notebook. Best part is it will help you to target your small group instruction.

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Guided Reading Organization and Documentation Simplified! Plus MORE!!! - Dianna Radcliff

When you have a group in front of you and your are keeping tabs on what all your other students are doing you have to act quickly. These forms check individual students strategies, skills and comprehension. Not only is this specific documentation, it is great for your assessment/data notebook. Best part is it will help you to target your small group instruction.

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Readers Notebook

Small Group Documentation Forms

Guided Reading Organization and Documentation Simplified! Plus MORE!!! - Dianna Radcliff

When you have a group in front of you and your are keeping tabs on what all your other students are doing you have to act quickly. These forms check individual students strategies, skills and comprehension. Not only is this specific documentation, it is great for your assessment/data notebook. Best part is it will help you to target your small group instruction.

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Group Discussion

Get To Know You Activities

Small Group Activities

Zoom Breakout Rooms

Zoom overload is a very real thing, but if we have to be spending hours in front of a screen, we should at least make them worthwhile! Zoom Breakout Rooms are a unique feature to make meetings more fun and an engaging environment for students! We can use them to do partner and even small group activities in the classroom!

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