Presidio
ELAR Resources
February 25 - STAAR
Polar Bear Article - Superteacherworksheets.com
2nd-3rd Comprehension Activities
4th-5th Comprehension Activities
Main Idea Lessons on ReadWorks
Writing
STAAR Writing Introduction Lesson
Nonscorable Compositions (Score Zero)
Prompts (Narrative & Expository)
Writing Stronger Introductions & Conclusions
Sentences
Fanboys Quiz - password fanboys
Strategies for Strong Sentence Fluency
Punctuation
Using a Mentor Text to Teach Conventions
Teaching Students to Master Conventions
Cool Blue Capitals (modify this for endings)
Lesson Development
Follow along with the presentation
Free Texts
ELAR
TwoWritingTeachers - Writing Lesson Ideas
Comprehension Lessons
Planning Tools
Reading Assessment Checklist (Behaviors to Notice, Teach, Support)
Question Starters for Deeper Thinking
Processing Systems for Reading
Social Studies
Social Studies One-PagerDocument-Based & Constructed Response Questions
Close Ended & Open Ended Questions
List of Social Studies Performance Assessments (from TEKS RS)
Differentiation
Classroom Management
Additional Resources
Bilingual Resources
Student Support
High Interest Books for Below Level Readers
FCRR.org - free reading/phonics resources for stations & small groups
Starfall.com - free reading games
ABCya.com - free reading and math games
BlueRibbon - reading comprehension games
Save the Date
Distinguished Lecture February 15
Summer Literacy Academy June 29-30
Tracy Harper
Email: tharper@esc18.net
Website: esc18.net
Phone: 432-567-3299