Progress Monitoring Tools
šThese easy-to-use tools and resources will assist in tracking your readers' progress.
šThere are forms for teachers to informally track student progress and other forms for readers to track their own progress.
šTeachers will be able to determine next steps based on data collected.
šStudents will be able to set reasonable goals based on their own progress monitoring.
What's in your Progress Monitoring Playbook?
Check out these tools to pack into your instructional toolkit
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a progress monitoring playbook for quick informal assessments
ā easy to use tools for uncovering your learners' unique academic needs
ā simple tools to easily document your learners' academic progress
ā easy to use tools for uncovering your learners' unique academic needs
ā simple tools to easily document your learners' academic progress
WHY GRAB THESE EASY-TO-USE TOOLS?
Whether itās the beginning of your school year, the middle of your school year or nearing the end, itās always a good time to pack some EASY-TO-USE tools into your instructional toolkit.
Monitoring the progress of your readers can be a stressful thing due to the school district requirements, the data charts & paperwork, the different levels of readers and the uniqueness of each individual learner in your classroom.
Thatās why Iāve bundled all of these tried and true easy to use tools that made my life (and other teachers in my life) easier.
āļøThese handy little tools will help you AND your readers track progress to set reasonable and unique goals.
āļøThese handy little tools will help you easily fill in those required data charts and tables the school has created while giving you a clear picture of each reader that will truly inform your instruction.
Students Track Their Own Progress
Students can track their own progress and reflect to create their own reading goals.
Getting to Know Your Readers
Get to know your readers. Let your readers discover and uncover the kinds of readers they are.
Simplify goal setting for your readers and writers
Reflections & Goals
Provide opportunities throughout the year for your readers to reflect on their own reading work.
Gathering Data to Inform Instruction
Easy to use tools that will help you create a snapshot of your group of readers that will inform your instruction.
Conferring With Readers
Easy to use forms for tracking and documenting conferring conversations with your readers (and writers)
Informal Running Records & Comprehension Check
Use this tool to quickly gather running record data and perform a quick little comprehension check that will inform your next steps with your readers.
2 options for buying the Progress Monitoring Toolkit
Stop & Jot Assessment Tool
Let your readers know what you are looking for when they stop to jot about text. Quickly assess a group of jots to inform your next steps for reading instruction.
Written Reading Responses
When students know what is expected of them in a written reading response, they will be better equipped to compose a quality reading response.
Discussion Rubric
Readers need to know what is expected during book talk. Provide readers with a discussion rubric and talking stems.
Reading Engagement
Take time to observe your readers to see and understand how they engage during independent reading.
Using Exit Tickets to Check In & Follow Up
Using a variety of exit tickets will give students with different learning styles opportunities to share their learning in a variety of ways.
2 options for purchasing Progress Monitoring Toolkit
Tanya has been in education for over 25 years. She has been an elementary classroom teacher, a mentor to brand new teachers, a literacy consultant, a reading interventionist, a reading coach and curriculum facilitator. Throughout her career, she has worked in a Texas classroom but has served several school districts in different capacities across the Southern United States. Literacy Treasures inspires teachers one resource at a time so you can work smarter not harder!