K-12 Downloadable Resources
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While working in classrooms, our team develops, refines, and creates a number of resources to support the growth of student-centered literacy practices. While we adapt these, and more, to match the goals and context of each school, here we are sharing some of our more frequently requested resources.
Thanks to our community and a number of educator think tanks that have added to this collection, including Dr. Keri C. Orange-Jones, Dr. Lois Marshall Barker, Elizabeth Lacy-Schoenberger, Carolyn Hillarious, Vanee Smith-Matsalia, Lisa Brown, Rebecca Marsick, Julia Pledl Fernandez, Michele Fowkes, Brendaly Torres, Elsa Lizette Galindo, Dr. Towanda Harris, Jackie Epler, Jamie Utecht, Christopher Lehman, and others.
Copyright and Licensing of These Resources
Literacy Resources by The Educator Collaborative are licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International. Under this license, you are free to use for non-commercial use (e.g. may not sell or use in publication); must properly cite; and may not create derivative work (e.g. not change to attempt to avoid copyright).
Lesson Planning Support
More space to plan the steps of a mini-lesson. The first page has more description, the second more space to write.
More space to plan for responsive small groups. The first page has more description, the second more space to write.
Plan a high quality read aloud experience. Your The Educator Collaborative consultant can support you using this in your classroom.
Conferring Notes and Guides
A range of options to match your teaching goals. Your The Educator Collaborative consultant can support you in choosing.
Support for your writing conferring and small groups. Your The Educator Collaborative consultant can support how you use these.
A guide to help you confer. Your The Educator Collaborative consultant can support you in modeling reading conferring.
Small Group Conferring
Simple note taking sheet to track individuals and group. Your The Educator Collaborative consultant can support you.
A tips sheet for leading small group conferences. Your The Educator Collaborative consultant can support you.
Differentiated Reading Logs
These Reading Logs aim to go beyond busy work and instead support differentiated goals and reflection. Your The Educator Collaborative consultant can discuss ways to use these with students.
Primary Writing Paper Choice
For emergent writers, “paper choice” templates can help students practice the skills of writing in fun ways that feel like real books. This set moves from less lines to more lines, allowing for differentiation. It can be used for many types of writing and across content areas. Your The Educator Collaborative consultant can model ways to use these templates with students.
This set of informational writing templates provides more options for students writing informational or how-to pieces. The pack moves from less lines to more lines. This pack also offers students choice in text features and layouts, including captions, glossaries, and labeled diagrams. Your The Educator Collaborative consultant can model ways to use these templates with students.
Book Clubs / Lit Circles
This template provides a sample teacher-to-group notes system. Your The Educator Collaborative consultant can support you using this in your classroom.
This template students can use at the end of a Book Club meeting to engage students in self-reflection and goal setting.