K-12 Literacy Resources

Text Clubs How-To

This infographic is rich with planning ideas for "Text Clubs" to use during remote learning, hybrid, or in-person. Learn about TheEdCollab's Remote Learning Professional Development.

Literacy Lesson Planning Template (Mini-Lesson Focused)

This template provides more space to plan the steps of a mini-lesson. The first page has more description, the second more space to write.

Literacy Lesson Planning Template (Small Group Focused)

This template provides more space to plan for responsive small groups. The first page has more description, the second more space to write.

Conferring Notes Templates

A range of options to match your teaching goals. Your The Educator Collaborative consultant can support you in choosing.

Writing Conferring Look-Fors

Support for your writing conferring and small groups. Your The Educator Collaborative consultant can support how you use these.

Book Club Conferring Notes

This template provides a sample teacher-to-group notes system. Your The Educator Collaborative consultant can support you using this in your classroom.

Book Club Reflection

This template students can use at the end of a Book Club meeting to engage students in self-reflection and goal setting.

Plan Rigorous and Engaging Interactive Read Alouds

Plan a high quality read aloud experience. Your The Educator Collaborative consultant can support you using this in your classroom.

Paper Choice - General

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.

Paper Choice - Informational

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.

Strong Classroom Self-Assessment

The Strong Classrooms Self-Assessment is not a "Teacher Effectiveness" tool... instead, it empowers educators to self-assess their own practice against strategic indicators for the conditions necessarily for highly effective literacy learning.

Additional resources related to the SCSA can be found at this link.