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Making Ten to Add & Subtract: A Live Workshop for K–2 Teachers
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Encourage thoughtful independent reading with our Reading Response Letters for both literary and informational texts! These letters guide students in reflecting on what they read, enhancing reading comprehension and critical thinking.
Encourage thoughtful independent reading with our Reading Response Letters for both literary and informational texts! These letters guide students in reflecting on what they read, enhancing reading comprehension and critical thinking. Perfect for classroom assignments and developing deeper engagement with texts.
Writing back and forth, I formed a special ‘reading bond’ with my students. From these letters, I knew their likes, dislikes, struggles, and tendencies as readers. I was able to recommend certain books for them, help them identify their ‘just-right’ book level, and I could encourage them to think more deeply about the text they were reading.
This resource includes all the materials and tips you need to implement reading response letters in your classroom. Included in this resource…
Implementing the Letters: Mini-Lessons/Notes
Reading Response Letter Materials
Examples from my Classroom (includes original letters and typed versions)
Responding and Assessing Literature Letters
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Join me for a hands-on workshop exploring what to model, which questions to ask, and how to respond when students get stuck using ten to add and subtract.
Includes a printable Teacher Toolkit, ready-to-use Number Talks, and the workshop recording.
Beth E. –
This was a great help in getting my weekly letter-writing off to a great start this past fall!
Magaly V. –
Excellent resource. Thank you!
Juliette Romano –
What a difference this has made in my students response letters! Don’t think twice about purchasing!
Gloria D. –
Thank you for a well done product.
Heather F. –
Love this!
Stacy W. –
Wow! Thank you so much for putting this together. I cannot wait to use this with my 4th graders. I had been struggling in my mind how I wanted to put this together and your product is a very big help. I love that you included examples too! Thanks again.
Literacy for Big Kids- Intermediate ELA –
I’m excited to start using these with my fifth graders after Christmas Break. I wish we could have started at the beginning of the year, but better late than never. I like that Catherine provides info on all the modeling needed before setting the students loose. I have been looking for something to get us talking about independent reading now that we are all in!
Kristen W. –
I’ve been working to implement reading response letters and was so excited when I came upon this product! Thanks for including sample letters as well!
Nancy M. –
So thorough–love the template and the rubric; such a great resource!
Priscilla Z. –
Thank you!
Anissa Mikitiuk –
Looking forward to using!
Britni D. –
Great Resource!
Eileen B. –
Great product – well organized! Thanks!
Threasa Hallford –
So very organized! I really appreciate the rubric as well as the student examples. What a great resource for helping develop better reading response letters. Thank you!
Paula F. –
Thanks
Fourth and Ten –
I’m kicking myself that I didn’t buy this earlier! This is so well thought out and perfect for my students’ reading response journals!