Resources for Tutoring Sessions
 Book ListsLeveled Books Leveled Books for K-4 How do you know if a book is too hard? Students need to read books at their independent level if reading alone and their instructional level if reading is supported. This test will determine if the book is at their frustration level. Caldecott Medal Award Winners Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award Texas Lone Star Reading List (specifically for students in grades 6, 7, and 8) Booklists of Children's Literature Sofa Adventures in Reading (thanks Elaina!) |
Creating Books as a Writing
Activity for your Student(s) Why Make
Books? Make
a Book See how a Pop-up Book Works How to Make Pop-up Books Go to the site and click on the Surprise box on the lower left sidebar. There are patterns for pop-up books located there. Another Pop-up Book This site contains detailed instructions on how to make a pop-up book. Make Your Own Book Here are detailed instructions on how to make several different kinds of books. Why Make Books? How to Make Pop-up Books See how a Pop-up Book Works |
| Assessments Create your own student interest survey based on what you want to know. Content Riddles These help children learn to do think alouds. Folk Tales Short stories for students to practice retelling. Assessment VideosRunning Records Basic Coding Complex Coding Analysis of Running Records |
Writing
Activities Family Traditions Scrapbook Riddles Teach your student to write riddles. Acrostics If you are tutoring a student, each of you create an acrostic for the other. The student may also want to make one for a friend or family member. Fun paper and/or colored markers help to motivate. Cinquains Five line poems that students often enjoy. This is a good activity for you to do with your student using his or her name and ending with something positive about the student. Examples given. Alliteration and Onomatopoeia Exploring Summers Past and Present Cyber Cones Have your student build a cyber cone or sundae and write a note to someone. Ice Cream Facts Have your student write an expository passage on ice cream. Monster Exchange (descriptive writing exercise) Each of you draw a monster without letting the other person see it. On another sheet of paper write directions for drawing your monster. Exchange directions and draw the other person's monster. Share original monsters. See how closely the new monster resembles the original monster. Mad Libs Students can have fun with mad libs. Personalized Stories and Mad Libs Comic Writing Comic Life (free trial version) Examples Hot Chalk Comic Creator Comix Wacky Web Tales |
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Study * Dolch Word List Teaching High Frequency Words List of Commonly Confused Words List of Commonly Misspelled Words For use with conventional spellers List of Idioms Homonyms 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know For advanced students Teaching Vocabulary: Two Dozen Tips and Techniques Word Parts: The Roots of Vocabulary Five Guidelines for Learning to Spell Reading Workshop A lot of activities for phonemic awareness, phonics, word study skills vocabulary and reading comprehension can be found at this site. Teaching High Frequency Words |
Beginning
Reader Word Wheels There are many free patterns. After you understand the idea of how to create them you can make your own. Word Shapes Generator Tongue Twisters Phonics activity Starfall VocabularyWriting Fun on the Web Word Search Maker |
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Reading
Activities Readers' Theater Scripts and Plays for the Classroom Scripts and Tips for Readers' Theater Open-Mind Portraits Read, Write, Think Free Federal Resources |
Graphic
Organizers Webbing Character maps and other types of graphic organizers This site has patterns for many different kinds of graphic organizers. KWL Story Pyramid This particular story pyramid has eight levels and may be too difficult for inexperienced readers. Story Pyramid This is a five level story pyramid that is easier than the one listed above. Graphic Organizers You will need to scroll half way down the page to see them. Webspiration (similar to Inspiration but free) Using Graphic Organizers |
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Literacy: A Resource for TeachersResources
for the Middle Years | |
 Dr. Dana Arrowood arrowood@uta.edu Last updated: July 27, 2011 | |
