Jivey shares ideas and lessons to make literacy accessible for all.
Annotation in the lower grades will look a bit different than it does in the upper grades. It definitely won’t be quite as detailed, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t as important! How should students annotate a text? We know that close reading is the… [continue reading]
When I first started teaching, I would sit down at the beginning of every school year with a blank calendar, and I’d map out what unit I’d be working on each week in every subject for the entire year… except it never failed… I would… [continue reading]
We don’t often think of using higher order thinking questions, or Bloom’s Taxonomy above level 1 and 2, within grammar and writing instruction. In fact, when looking at sample higher order thinking question stems to use within your classroom, many of them specifically relate to… [continue reading]
Give a list of vocabulary words to look up in the dictionary, write a sentence, and then take a quiz on Friday…… these practices have come and gone! Not only do the students not enjoy this process, it isn’t a best practice. Research has… [continue reading]
Honest talk here. Close reading turns those mini-lessons into MAXI-lessons if you try to fit in all that you want to do with a text in one day. Let’s look at why: Even though close reading is done with short texts, the time it takes… [continue reading]
How many times as an adult have you been reading a book and realize at the end of the page, you didn’t really READ any of it? Sure, your eyes looked at every word, but you don’t actually recall understanding those words. It’s because you… [continue reading]
I just updated a fun interactive ecosystems resource to make it DIGITAL for distance learning! It helps students learn about different ecosystems and the animals in them, plus gives them practice showing the flow of energy in food chains and food webs!
Get this resource in my TPT store: www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ecosystems-Interactive-Activities-Food-Webs-Food-Chains-Dista...
Check out the video for a peek at the way students will interact with it in Google Slides:
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1️⃣Head to my TPT store- bit.ly/JiveyWishGiveaway
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🎉 I'm so excited to share this HUGE update! My Mix and Match Reading Assessments for grades 3-5 have now gone DIGITAL! 💻
All of the assessments have been converted to Google Forms, with these links added to the ORIGINAL resource of printable sets. This means, if you already own any of the sets of assessments, you can redownload to get this massive update for free! 😱
www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Digital-Printable-Mix-and-Match-Assessments-Bundle-Distance-L...
These assessments are perfect for standards-based grading, small group lessons, or independent practice, and the best part: you can DIFFERENTIATE for students' reading level, even in the digital version! 🥳
In the Mix and Match Assessments, there are 4️⃣ levels of each text provided for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade leveled standards-based questions.
Each standard R.1-R.9 has 12 passages (6 fiction and 6 nonfiction) with a variety of short and long texts.
If you don't own these yet, you can get them 💰 ON SALE 💰 through April 1! They are the perfect addition to your distance learning needs!
www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Digital-Printable-Mix-and-Match-Assessments-Bundle-Distance-L...
