As a Reading teacher, I love learning and sharing what I learned to help others. I love helping teachers figure out how to use their classroom library in instruction, giving tips and resources to use in the classroom, and providing professional development ideas to reading educators.
10 of my favorite tools and resources!
First of all, I have to admit I have an addiction. My daughters call it insanity! I call it an opportunity to learn. I love books. I constantly buy books from yard sales and bookstores. I have an open cart on Amazon or Scholastic platforms. I am always looking for the next great book. Whether it is a book for me or my classroom library. The classroom library is your biggest asset if you are a reading teacher. I will share more on how you can organize and prepare books for it in a later blog post. I first wanted to share 10 of the top resources that I read over every year as a reading teacher. It is amazing how I glean something new each time I read them. The pictures below are of my library before we remodel our school. I miss having this set up. It was no question about what I taught when you walked into my class.
My Top Ten go-to resources
1. Understanding Text and Readers by Jennifer Serravallo
A great tool to match readers to books and to understand what they should be able to do at a given level. It gives tips and ideas on how to help readers grow.
2. Reading Strategies by Jennifer Serravallo
A great book to use for small group instruction or intervention after teaching a whole group lesson. If students don't get a particular skill or strategy then used the table of contents and find a section to support your goal. You could use it as a main source of reading instruction as well. There are 7 goals that you can plan out.
3. Reading conferences By Jennifer Serravallo
This a great book for new teachers or teachers needing a refresher on the components of a reading conference, and what happens in each component. It provides tips on how to set up conferences, tools to use during a conference, ways to manage the paperwork, and schedule conferences.
4. The Book Whisper by Donalyn Miller
It helps reading teachers understand how to better get students engaged in reading, as well as provide tools that will not only support and challenge readers.
5. Reading in the Wild by Donalyn Miller
If you read the Book Whisper, you should also read Reading in the Wild. She continues to open your eyes and gives you insight into your reading practices.
6. Disruptive Thinking by Kylene Beers
It provides prompts and tips to ponder and analyze to improve your educational instruction, help students become engaged readers, and plan for individual student growth.
7. Literacy Continuum - By Fountas and Pinnell
Another tool to help teachers analyze the level of a book and what students need to be able to do to move to the next level. A great resource to become familiar with the characteristics of a reading level. It includes vocab, word study, and grammar work.
8. Taking Action: A Handbook For RTI at Work- by Austin Buffum
This text helps teachers understand how to use RTI more effectively. It will help you understand the different Tier levels and what needs to happen at each level. It address who is responsible for each tier. It also shows teachers how to implement the strategies mentioned.
This text helps teachers understand how to use RTI more effectively. It will help you understand the different Tier levels and what needs to happen at each level. It address who is responsible for each tier. It also shows teachers how to implement the strategies mentioned.
9. Reading Text Complexity Bands- A set of charts that provides skills and strategies that readers at various levels should be able to do with the text they are reading. You can easily do a Google search and find resources that represent these bands.
10. How to Differentiate Instruction in Academically Diverse Classroom: by Carol Tomlinson
It covers the fundamentals of differentiation and provides additional information on how to go about differentiation.
Always keep up with current research related to your niche, to grow and stay current. These are just 10 of the many books that are stacked around my house. I love to read and learn.
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