Guided Reading Mini-Lessons {Games, Activities and Resources}

It's kind of like I had a baby and I'm just presenting it to the world. Just like when Simba was presented to the kingdom. ;)  I've worked SO hard on this pack because I needed it so badly for my own teaching and now I'm presenting it to you. Hopefully this pack helps you as much as it's helping me!  Sometimes planning mini-lessons in Guided Reading can be daunting, boring, monotonous, and down-right annoying.  THIS pack will give you ideas to help those young readers!

Perfect for kinder and 1st grade! But don't go...I have one for 2nd and 3rd (see bottom of post)

Do you want to know why this pack is my baby?  It's 250 pages and contains all of this:

Reading Skills:

• Word Decoding Strategies
• Word Question
• Word Question Bookmarks
• Guided Reading Journal

Comprehension:

• Narrative Spinner
• Informational Spinner
• Narrative Story Board
• Informational Story Board
• Comprehension Question Rings
• Making Connections Posters
• After Reading {Graphic Organizer}
• Story Map {Graphic Organizer}
• Text Map {Graphic Organizer}
• I’ve Got the Facts {Graphic Organizer}
• Using Clues for Predictions {Graphic Organizer}
• Character Countdown {Graphic Organizer}
• Word Web {Graphic Organizer}
• KWL  {Graphic Organizer}
• Venn Diagram {Graphic Organizer}
• Question Words {Graphic Organizer}
• Sequencing Events{Graphic Organizer}
• A Story Takes Flight {Graphic Organizer}

Phonics

• Alphabet Chart
• Consonant Blend Chart
• Spelling Pattern Chart
• Spelling Pattern Posters
• Vowel Chart
• Consonant Digraph Chart
• Consonant Digraph Posters
• Spelling Pattern Word Card
• Zap! Word Game
• Digraph Puzzles
• Short Vowel Fill-In
• Word Family Book
• Spin and Blend Chunks
• Monster Munch! Word Chunk Game
• Freeze! Word Chunk Game
• Long and Short Vowel Sort
• Long and Short Vowel Posters
• Word Stairs
• Zooming Sound Boxes

Fluency

• Sight Word Saber Game
• Sight Word Swat Game
• Fiddle Sticks Sight Word Game {Fry Words}
• Star Gazer Sight Word Find
• Fry Phrases {Group 1-4}
• Sight Word Mats
• Silly Voices Cards
• Sticky Note Sight Words
• Nursery Rhymes and Poems (6)
• Poetry Walk with Mr. Fuzzy

Vocabulary:

• New Word {Graphic Organizer}
• Super Word {Graphic Organizer}
• Word Wizard Poster
• Word Wizard Book
• New Word Fold and Cut

Here's 2nd Grade's:

Here's 3rd Grade's:

This page isn't included in the pack, but it's a GREAT tool to guide you in the right direction when picking a mini-lesson! This gives you an instructional focus for levels A-N.

Click {here} for the download

Fancy Words and I'm No Cara Carroll

In the Language Standard of the Common Core (specifically the vocabulary and acquisition use), our students should be expanding their vocabulary!

So, last year I decided to use Fancy Words to introduce synonyms and the use of fancy vocabulary words.  My students this year just loved it so much!  They've been using their fancy words SO much lately. I'm almost sick of hearing the words humungous, spectacular, fantastic, and superb.  :)  Almost.

Of course, we start off reading Fancy Nancy to introduce Fancy Words (and we continue reading different Fancy Nancy books all week). Here are some fun things we did all week to work on our vocabulary acquisition (that's a fancy word for learning big words). P.S. that is a STEAL of a deal on a Fancy Nancy big book!

 Believe me... I'm no CARA CARROLL (have you seen this girl's anchor charts? To die for!). I cannot make a cute anchor chart to save.my.life.  Cara, can you give me some lessons????

After the book, we did a little craftivity.  We took the words that we learned and made wands with them (of course I called them wizard wands for the boys and princess wands for the boys).  They wrote their favorite fancy word on the star and drew a picture of the meaning of the word.

This is our Fancy Word Wall (also included in the packet).  My students came up with *most* of those fancy words up there!

To make sure my students are applying what they've learned, I challenge them to use fancy words in their journals. And when they come up to conference with me after journal, if I see any fancy words used correctly, they get to circle them with MY "magic marker". SO precious!!!

Check out my Fancy Word Activities pack {here}!