Teacher Resources

 

 

 

    Harcourt Reading

Think Central-Online Teacher & Student Editions, resources and tutorials.

 

 

ThinkLink Click here to access student and classroom reports

 

Progress Monitoring and Reporting Network (PMRN)

DIBELS student/ classroom  Reports

 

Title: LEARN Network

Literacy Essentials and Reading Network (LEaRN). LEaRN is a web-based video resource created through a grant from Just Read, Florida! to the North East Florida Educational Consortium (NEFEC). LEaRN is a technology-based system of support for Florida teachers, reading coaches and principals as they implement best practices in reading instruction. Designed to immediately answer questions teacher pose about the best instructional practices in teaching reading,

Title: The Florida Center for Reading Research  FCRR
Description: A place where you can find reading research information and research-based practices related to literacy instruction and assessment.

 


Fourth Grade Reading

This web site is designed to help teachers and their students prepare for the Fourth Grade Reading Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). It includes resources for teachers as well as practice activities and tests for students. Many of the materials are also available in a print-friendly format.

FCAT Explorer
The FCAT Explorer offers students fun, effective practice on skills outlined in the Sunshine State Standards and tested on the FCAT. The FCAT Explorer also enables teachers to create reports and monitor student performance and progress. Currently, skill practice is available for 4th, 6th, 8th, and 10th grade reading, as well as 5th, 8th, and 10th grade math. A user account is needed and may be obtained through your district office.

DIBELS

K-3 Benchmark Score Chart (PDF)

4-5 Benchmark Score Chart (PDF)

 

 

Student Center Activities,

Grades K-1 (Revised, 2008)

 

 

Student Center Activities,

Grades 2-3

 

 

Student Center  Activities,

Grades 4-5

 

Need A Specific center for a specific Skill?? 

Click o the pencil above to make a search  of the 522 K-5 Student Center Activities/K-3 Instructional Routines to find the perfect one.

 

Title: CyberBee
Description: This Web site is an excellent teacher tool. Links are grouped according to topic and level. Curriculum ideas, research tools, treasure hunts, and articles are all included.
Title: Reading Rockets - Launching Young Readers
Description: The Reading Rockets website offers information and resources on how young students read, why some of them struggle, and how adults can help.
Title: IRA  International Reading Association
Description: The International Reading Association (IRA) promotes literacy through research and specialized instruction. The IRA Web site contains links to projects, conferences, councils, publications, and membership information.
Lessons Learned-FCAT, Sunshine State Standards and Instructional Implications
This publication provides an analysis of previous years' FCAT results and contains analyses of state FCAT Reading, Writing, and Mathematics data for the years since the first administration. A task force of Florida educators, Department of Education staff and Harcourt Educational Measurement staff examined FCAT data to determine statewide trends and used these trends to gain insights into student performance. Instructional implications sections have been included to assist educators in improving instruction in the classroom.
Reading A to Z

Reading A-Z offers thousands of printable teacher materials to teach guided reading, phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, reading fluency, alphabet, and vocabulary. The teaching resources include professionally developed downloadable leveled books, lesson plans, worksheets, and reading assessments.

 Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Description: Discovery School's fully-stocked Web site contains categorized lists of Web sites designed specifically for enhancing or extending classroom curriculums. All core subjects plus entertainment, business, holidays, reference, sports, weather links, and more are included.
Title: New State Standards
The Florida Standards section allows you to browse, search or list all the approved Next Generation Sunshine State Standards. In addition to displaying the standards, the site allows exporting benchmarks to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel or simply open in a print view mode. The site includes the standards for the following subjects: Language Arts & Reading ,Mathematics , and  Science
 
Lessons Learned-FCAT, Sunshine State Standards and Instructional Implications
This publication provides an analysis of previous years' FCAT results and contains analyses of state FCAT Reading, Writing, and Mathematics data for the years since the first administration. A task force of Florida educators, Department of Education staff and Harcourt Educational Measurement staff examined FCAT data to determine statewide trends and used these trends to gain insights into student performance. Instructional implications sections have been included to assist educators in improving instruction in the classroom.