Links to Resources
Overview & Pacing
Priority Standards Pathways - what is most important?
Online Resource Review - what resources do I have?
Spiraling of Skills - Scope and Sequence of Skill Instruction and Assessment
Planning, Centers, & Differentiation
High Frequency Words
Kindergarten and 1st grade word lists (by Julie LaClaire)
The Science of Reading
Other documents
(Download your grade level documents from Ed!)
How do I help my struggling readers?
Consider assigning Rigby or classroom library texts & quizzes from a lower grade level; then invite those students to read with you at your table.
Download the Weekly Practice Bundles and decide which skills you can work with students at your table on.
Consider working with students at your table in their MyBook. What can you frontload for them and which activities can you swap out for something else?
Have struggling readers work on listening assignments (assign through Ed/Google Classroom), then visit your table to check for comprehension.
How can I tackle writing in my classroom?
Review the Writing Workshop Teacher’s Guide to see how the writing workshop is designed.
My Book and Display and Engage teach the writing skills.
Anchor charts guide discussions about writing and contain explicit skills.
Writer’s Notebook helps students organize their writing and work on it step by step.
For comprehension, check out Notice and Note, Teaching Pal, and Tabletop mini-lessons. Comprehension is embedded throughout and relies heavily on building knowledge, vocabulary exposure and mastery, and scaffolding.
Is it okay to...?
Yes, yes, yes! Depending on what your school and district leadership expect, you can definitely make HMH fit what you and your students need. Make sure to have a solid understanding of the layout and resources of the module before making edits or selecting what you'll be using.