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DOWNLOADS AND RESOURCES 2003-04


DOWNLOADS AND RESOURCES - 2002-03

Downloads for our 2002-03 Writing Workshop chat.
Key web-based references for the 2002-03 Writing Workshop chat.


DOWNLOADS AND RESOURCES - 2001-02

Downloads from our 2001-02 Reading Workshop chat.
Key web-based references for our 2001-02 Reading Workshop chat.


Reading/Writing Workshop 2003-04

DOWNLOADS


(PDF files - need help? - most of Juli's PDF files are small and easy to open.)


Juli Kendall's Curriculum Maps (PDF Files)

Curriculum Plan for Content Literacy

Unit One (first six weeks) - Reading Informational Texts

Unit Two (second six weeks) - Comprehension Strategies for Content Literacy

Unit Three (five weeks) - Using Informational Text in Literature Study and Book Clubs

Schedule for Literature Study

Unit Four (five weeks) - Investigations

Unit Five - Independent Research Projects


Other Downloads from Juli Kendall (PDF Files)


Resources for Teaching Content Literacy -- Here's a list that Juli compiled near the end of her first "Year of Teaching Content Literacy." She's included many of the resources she found most useful and successful.

Good Job - Eighty-six ways to tell students they're doing a good job.

A Retelling Rubric for Informational Text - "One thing that's tricky about scoring retellings is that conventions and grammar do not enter in to the score. Yes, you want them to do their best work and use their best grammar, spelling, etc. But what's important here is their comprehension of the text. It takes a while to learn how to read retellings with your focus on the content -- setting the rest aside. But it gives tons of information about how and what kids comprehend in text. It's fascinating because you can follow the trails of their thinking." (Journal #4)

Vocabulary Wall Chart - Suitable for posting in your classroom. "When I need to clarify the meaning of a word or phrase, I can try one of these things to help myself."

"Wilderness and You, Discover the Connection" Training Guide -- I developed this checklist to guide the trainers as they go through the eFieldtrip (Journal #10). It's almost self-explanatory. It includes everything they need to do from logging onto the Internet to filling out the evaluation.

eFieldtrip Training Evaluation -- I created this form for the kids to use (see Journal #10). This is a way for me, as well as the other trainers, to get feedback about the process and to see what our trainees like and what suggestions they have.

Checklist for Student-Led Conferences -- Here's the checklist I used to teach the kids how to do the conferences and to scaffold the task (see Journal #15). It worked very well.

Literature Study Survey -- At the end of her unit on literature study using informational text, Juli surveyed her students about their learning, using this instrument.

Oral Presentation Self-Assessment Scoring Guide -- Juli and her students used this guide to assess student presentations during the Nonfiction Investigations unit. She describes how the guide is used in Journal #25. "We work together to create this scoring guide so we have a way to reflect on our presentations and think about what we might change in the future. We've found that self-evaluations are an important part of growing as readers and writers." (Small PDF file)


Other Resources

Review of Word Savvy by Max Brand - Kim MacDonald began her sixth year of teaching sixth grade "with the belief that teaching spelling in a traditional way was not working for either the students or myself." She agreed with Nagy that "the single most important thing a teacher can do to promote vocabulary growth is to increase students' volume of reading." But how to best go about increasing student vocabulary, making them aware of spelling patterns and providing them with strategies for tackling unknown words? "Through Max Brand's book, I now have a clearer vision of how best to incorporate word study into my whole day." Read her review.

ELL Resources - Resources Juli Recommends for Teachers and Schools Exploring Strategies to Close the Achievement Gap of English Language Learners

Reading/Writing Rubrics - List member Jennifer Beahr's rubrics for independent reading, independent writing, and partner reading.


Writing Workshop 2002-03


DOWNLOADS


(PDF files - need help? - most of Juli's PDF files are small and easy to open.)


Juli Kendall's Writing Curricular Calendars (PDF Files)

Unit One (three weeks)
Unit Two (memoir genre study)
Unit Three (craft study)
Unit Four (punctuation)
Unit Five (feature story)
Unit Six (persuasive writing)
Unit Seven (realistic fiction)
Unit Eight (mentor authors)
Unit Nine (thematic writing)
Unit Ten (reading & writing connections)
Unit Eleven (revision)
Unit Twelve (summer projects)


Sophanna and Manuel's Writing Samples

(Juli will allow us to follow the progress of two of her writing students during this school year. We'll post their writing samples keyed to her journals about their growth. These are PDF files.)
Writing Workshop Journal #4

Sophanna - Draft | Final
Manual - Draft | Final

Juli's LASW analysis of Manual and Sophanna's writing (Journal #28)

Year-End Portfolio of Writing Samples

Manual's Portfolio
Sophanna's Portfolio


Other Downloads from Juli Kendall (PDF Files)

Personal Word List - "Everyone gets a copy.... Kids can add the words they need to know how to spell for their writing or for general interest. This gives them an additional reference for spelling during writing." (Journal #7)

"Give it a try" Notes - "When kids don't know how to spell a word, we encourage them to get a post-it and try writing the word or phrase in three different ways." This file shows examples of post-it notes (500k). Journal #7.

Independent Writing Rubric - "We use an Independent Writing Rubric to help students understand their responsibilities. We developed this rubric after having success using the Independent Reading Rubric. It has a positive impact on how seriously our writers take their writing." (Journal #5)

Comparison of Reading and Writing Workshop curriculum maps - This side-by-side table shows how Juli paces her reading and writing workshops, which include the same students.

Rubric for Writers' Notebooks - "I'll probably score the notebooks on a weekly basis to make sure that the kids understand what is expected of them and get a chance to improve their work over time."

General Writing Rubric for Writing Workshop - You'll need to download Part One and Part Two. Both are small files.

Writing Conference Sheet - Juli uses a sheet like this to track her observations. (Journal #3)

Calendar for Publication Dates and Open Mike - "Open Mike" is scheduled on the publication date for each unit of study. (Journal #9)

Draft of Juli's Student-Friendly Writing Rubric - (Journal #11)

Second Draft of Student-Friendly Writing Rubric - (Journal #11)

Juli's Collection of Rubric Resources on the Web

Juli's Feature Article Evaluation Form - (Journal #18)

Persuasive Writing Checklist - "This really helped my kids during their writing of persuasive essays. We spent lots of time reading and talking about it and then used it as a guide during our mini lessons. When they did their writing, it was at their sides. When I wrote my own essay about dogs on leashes, I modeled how to use the checklist. They tell me that it really helps them write better. It also gave us a common language and clear, explicit expectations for their persuasive essay writing." (Journal #20)

Peer Conference Form - "I'm using a format with which we are already familiar -- evidence chosen from the writing is on one side and comments are on the other. At the bottom, there's room for the writer to put down a plan of action based on the comments and feedback from the reader/s." (Journal #24)

A Writing Rubric Based on Six Traits - MiddleWeb editor John Norton gathered this rubric from teachers at Maryvale Elementary School in Mobile AL, where the Six Traits writing process guides teaching and learning. It's very student-friendly!

A Planning Tool for Students' Summer R/W Projects -- "To plan out the reading and writing work they will do during the summer, kids complete the Reading and Writing Project Planning Sheet. I intended that the questions would help them 'visualize' what it will take to actually do their project." (Journal #34)


REFERENCES - 2002-03

References for Writing Workshop - A list of books recommended by Juli.

"Units of Study in the Writing Workshop" - Isoke Nia's article (PDF file)

Some great middle school books (compilation by List member)

Reading/Writing Connection (some list chat from 2001-02)

Teaching grammar and spelling (notes from List members)


OTHER RESOURCES - 2002-03

Favorite YA novels - A list compiled by our listserv members!

Notes from a Nancie Atwell workshop - Posted by Maya Stigaard

Reading/Thinking Journal Rubric - Developed by Beverly Maddox

Student Guidelines for Keeping a Reading/Thinking Journal - Developed by Beverly Maddox

Reading Workshop 2001-02


DOWNLOADS

(PDF files - need help? - most of Juli's PDF files are small and easy to open.)


Juli Kendall's Curriculum Maps

September 2001
October 2001
November 2001
December 2001
January 2002
February 2002
March 2002
April 2002
May/June 2002



Other Downloads from Juli Kendall (PDF Files)

Independent Reading Rubric - Reproduced by Juli from a teacher's handwritten poster, photographed in Lucy Calkins' The Art of Teaching Reading. Juli uses this rubric daily with students and will discuss it in several journal entries. She writes: "We score ourselves each time after doing Independent Reading. So far it has clarified for them what I expect and teaches what good readers do." See Juli's background paper.

Reading Conference Form - Juli shares the form she's using to track student progress in the reading conference. She writes: "On this form a checkmark stands for 'OK' and a minus stands for 'No Way.'" Juli has also provided a blank conference form for your use. See Journal 3.

The Reading Assessment Flowchart / Part 1 -- "This is our first handout for helping teachers select/level books for students," Juli writes. See Journal 4.

The Reading Assessment Flowchart / Part 2 -- Juli recommends the "Flow Chart of Comprehension-Monitoring Behaviors." (pp. 98-99) in Improving Comprehension with Think-Aloud Strategies by Jeff Wilhelm. "It's very complete and totally student centered. This is probably the biggest change I've made this year - moving much more toward student centered assessment as the way to build independent, reflective, strategic readers." (See Wk 30.)

Juli's Inference Rubric -- For assessing students' content-area comprehension strategies across the curriculum (this link leads to a page of explanation).

Juli's notes on the Preview-Review method

Juli's Rubrics for Measuring Progress and Determining Next Steps (Wk 10)
(PDF Files)
Sequencing Rubric
Fiction Retelling Rubric
Non-Fiction Retelling Rubric
Summarizing Rubric
PDF File of a Student "Making Connections" Chart (Wk 11)

PDF File of the 10-Percent Solution graph (Wk 12)

PDF File of Guiding Questions: Student Bookmarks (Wk 16)

PDF File of the Rubric for Literary Conversation (Wk 17)

PDF File of the Questioning Bookmark (Wk 19)

PDF File of the Making Connections Bookmark (Wk 19)

PDF File - example of Probable Indicators assessment (Wk 23)

PDF File - Content-area reading Road Map (Wk 34)

PDF File - Results of Juli's RW student survey (Wk 37)


Downloads and Resources from Other Listserv Participants

Charles Norman - Rubrics #1 - Reading Log, Citizenship, Dialog and Mini-Conversation, Project Scoring (PDF)

Charles Norman - Rubrics #2 - Reading Log (revised), Independent Reading (PDF)

Reading Comprehension, Grades 3-6: An Annotated Bibliography, prepared by Kathy Renfrew.

 Review of Comprehension Instruction: Research-Based Best Practices. Reviewed by Kendra Wagner. Submitted by Naomi Smith (from the Mosaic listserv discussion).

Working List of Science Books for Struggling Readers
(developed by List members)

Sustained Silent Reading: Questions for Students
(contributed by list member)

Guided Reading Sources
(contributed by list member)


REFERENCES - 2001-02

Mosaic of Thought - MiddleWeb discussion and resources

Strategies That Work - Publisher's page includes several free resources

Guiding Readers and Writers, 3rd-6th Grades - Book description

Lucy Calkins - Excerpt from The Art of Teaching Reading

The Art of Teaching Reading - Calkins' book description

Reading Workshop Institute at Columbia Teacher's College

Heidi Hayes Jacobs - Conversation about curriculum mapping

Mapping the Big Picture: Integrating Curriculum and Assessment K-12 - Heidi Jacobs' book listing at ASCD includes two free chapters online.

The Heart of the Matter: Using Standards and Assessments to Learn - Beverly Falk

 I Read It But I Don't Get It - Cris Tovani

Yellow Brick Roads by Janet Allen

Thinking Maps by Innovative Learning Group

"Improving Literary Understanding Through Classroom Conversation" by Judith Langer and Elizabeth Close (CELA)

Comprehension Instruction, Research-Based Best Practices, edited by Cathy Block and Michael Pressley

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