Main Street Teacher Resource Page

Welcome to the Main Street Teacher Resource page!

Grade 4 & 5 ELA Calendars

Click here for the Grade 4 ELA curriculum calendar

Click here for the Grade 5 ELA curriculum calendar

Typed Texts

Click here for typed stories / poems (Microsoft Word files) and scanned books (SmartBoard files)

T.L.F. Mini Lessons

Click here for usable lessons for grades 4 and 5

Conferring with Readers Study Group

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Using Assessment to Inform Instruction Study Group

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Grade 4 Reading Workshop (with Shelly Klein)

Grade 5 Reading Workshop (with Shelly Klein)

Have you seen this site? Web Resources for Grade 4-5 Teachers

Reading

Beth Newingham's Reader's Workshop: What It Looks Like in My Classroom Blog Post

BrainPop Junior: Reading

BrainPop Jr: Choosing a Book- Launching Lesson on Just-Right Books

Highlights - Stories for Kids: Fiction and non-fiction "perfect for 4th and 5th graders" (organized by theme)

Leveled Books Database (searchable by author, title, keyword, or Fountas & Pinnell level)

Reading A-Z (Leveled books for guided reading)

Reading Rainbow- Book of the Week Index

FunBrain: Read some popular, diary/journal-based books online (ex: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Camp Confidential)

and use Mad Libs Junior in an interactive way

Writing

BrainPop Junior: Writing

Vocabulary & Word Study

Word Girl- Vocabulary Building from PBS Kids

Education Place: Houghton Mifflin Spelling & Vocabulary