During in-school literacy consulting, 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 Keri C. Orange-Jones, 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, Towanda Harris, Jackie Epler, Jamie Utecht and others.

Licensing of These Resources

Creative Commons LicenseThis resources on this page are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. K-12 schools are permitted to distribute and use these internally. Attribution is required.

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 Lesson Planning  |   Conferring   |  Book Access  |  Book Clubs   |   Interactive Read Aloud  | Student Paper Choice  |  Remote Learning  |    Educator Self-Assessment

 

Lesson Planning Support

 

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 Support

 

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.

 

Guide: Quick Dive Into Reading Conferences

A guide to help you confer. Your The Educator Collaborative consultant can support you in modeling reading conferring.

Book Access

 

Resources for Thoughtfully (And Proactively) Responding to Book Challenges

A Gathering session to view and related links to resources

Book Club Support

 

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.

Interactive Read Aloud Support

 

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.

Student Paper Choice

 

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.

Remote Learning Support

 

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.

Remote Lesson Planner: Synchronous

This lesson plan template supports best practices for remote learning. Learn about TheEdCollab's Remote Learning Professional Development.

Virtual Learning Quickstarts

These activities help students practice key remote learning behaviors. Learn about TheEdCollab's Remote Learning Professional Development.

Educator Self-Assessment

 

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.