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Depth of Oral Language

This chart can be used to demonstrate the idea of words with similar meanings but different intensities. Students can sort these words for “problem” into three piles: big problems, little problems, medium problems.
Open/Download Depth of Oral Language Chart (PDF)
 

Diamante and Cinquain: Two Poetry Forms for Teaching

These patterns for the diamonte and cinquain poems can support the teaching of parts of speech.
Diamante and Cinquain Patterns (PDF)
 

Games

Games that support reading skills
Definition Concentration
 

Grammar

 

Handwriting

These stroke descriptions aid in the formation of manuscript letters.
Open/Download pdf of stroke descriptions for manuscript letters (PDF)
 
These stroke descriptions aid in the formation of cursive letters.
Open/Download pdf of stroke descriptions for cursive letters (PDF)
 
 

Instructional Charts - small

These small versions of the classroom charts are sized for use with small groups of students. All of the files below are sized for 8.5 in. by 11 in. cardstock. The Neuhaus instruction these are used for include: Basic Language Skills, Language Enrichment, Multisensory Reading and Spelling, Foundations for Language, Scientific Spelling, Structured Handwriting, and Written Composition.
 
Basic Language Skills Schedule
print on white cardstock
Describing Hierarchy chart
print on orange cardstock
Language Enrichment Schedule
print on white cardstock
W.O.W./Copying chart
(Watch Our Writing/Copying)
print on light blue cardstock
S.O.S./Dictation chart
(Save Our Spelling/Dictation)
print on light green cardstock
L.L.P. chart
(Listening Learning Posture)
print on canary yellow cardstock
 
 
 

Lesson Plans - Blank

Foundations

 

Basic Language Skills

 

Basic Language Skills - Advanced

 

Language Enrichment

 
 

Naming Screening and Benchmarks

A quick two-minute screening can be administered individually to students (grades 2-6) to measure their oral language. Includes naming categories and benchmarks.
Open/Download Naming Screening and Benchmarks (PDF)
 

Mastery Checks - Basic Language Skills

 

Mastery Checks - Language Enrichment

 

Pictures for Retelling

Ready-made pictures to print or show in a powerpoint to accompany retelling activities in The Colors and Shapes of Language
The Colors and Shapes of Language I
The Colors and Shapes of Language II
 
Ready-made pictures to print or show in a powerpoint to accompany retelling activities in Developing Metacognitive Skills
DMS - Pictures for Retelling Stories

Question Starters for Deeper Thinking

These are examples of question starters that encourage students to delve more deeply into what they have read and make deeper connections. These question starters were compiled by Elizabeth Sledge, and based on research by Benjamin Bloom and Robert J. Marzano.
Open/Download pdf copy of  Question Starters
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Rapid Recognition Chart Generator

Enter a list of six words, letters, sounds, or Final Stable Syllables, and generate 5 Rapid Recognition charts to use with your students. Rapid Word Recognition Charts and Rapid Letter Recognition Charts are used in many Neuhaus curricula.
Open/Download Rapid Recognition Chart Generator (Requires Microsoft Excel)
 

RTI Powerpoint Slides for Presentations

This presentation on the history and purpose of Response to Intervention are for use by teachers and administrators for professional development, courtesy of Mary E. Dahlgren, Ph. D.
 

RTI pdf's for Teachers and Administrators

Practical and "do-able" strategies for meaningful screening, meticulous progress monitoring, and rich resources for effective intervention were taken from the workshop, Really Terrific Information on Response to Intervention, Mary E. Dahlgren, Ph. D., at Neuhaus Education Center, July 7-8, 2010.
 

Scaffold Cards for Independent Reading

After students have developed good metacognitive thinking skills for reading, question generation guided by these cards and careful teacher modeling can aid independent reading in both narrative and expository text.
Scaffolding Cards for Narrative Text
 

Silly Cats are O.K.

Silly Cats are O.K. is a mnemonic for the elements of a story. Use this fun form to help your students summarize any narrative.
 

Stories for Making Inferences

Have students guess the missing sentence and practice using clues for making inferences.
Stories for Making Inferences - pdf
 

Story Map

The Story Map offers another method for summarizing narratives.
 
 

Syllable Division Steps

Use these steps to guide syllable division and help students read longer words with ease.
 

Word Bingo

Enter a list of 24 words and generate 22 unique bingo cards and a scrambled list of your words. Great for word origin and parts of speech practice. Word Bingo is an activity in Multisensory Grammar.
Open/Download Word Bingo Card Generator (Requires Microsoft Excel)
 

Word Profiles

Word profiles including syllables, phonemes, letters, graphemes, syllable types, origin, derivatives and figurative language can be used with the passages from Practices for Developing Accuracy and Fluency or as a guide for general vocabulary building.
 

Words for Webs

This is a list of suggested semantic webs, multiple meaning webs, and derivative webs to be used in conjunction with stories in Practices for Developing Accuracy and Fluency. Print the Word Web Wizard , and use it with web forms from Developing Metacognitive Skills.
 

Word Webs and Charts