Smekens Education Solutions, Inc.

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Warren, Indiana  ·  A leading provider of staff development and resources for PK-12, specializing in reading and writing--best known for practical, research-based strategies.
Smekens Education Solutions, Inc.
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Smekens Education Digital Downloads
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Smekens Education Digital Downloads / Visit The Literacy Store by Smekens Education and discover new digital downloads for literacy instruction.
Smekens Education Workshops
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Smekens Education Workshops
Mini-Lesson Instruction
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Mini-Lesson Instruction / What's the best way to offer instruction? In small bites. Learn how to present effective and efficient mini-lessons that will engage your learners!
Test-Prep Ideas
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Test-Prep Ideas / Find strategies to prepare students for standardized tests & everyday learning
Smekens Originals
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Smekens Originals / Original resources created by Smekens Education--Practical products to support your literacy instruction
6-Traits Strategies
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6-Traits Strategies / Trait-based strategies for writing
6 Traits: Ideas
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6 Traits: Ideas / Ideas and Organization go hand in hand as the trump traits for good writing.
Common Core State Standards Strategies
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Common Core State Standards Strategies / Ideas for implementing the new Common Core State Standards
6 Traits: Voice
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6 Traits: Voice / Voice isn't a writer's personality on paper--it's an author's choice of attitude & tone based on audience and purpose.
6 Traits: Word Choice
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6 Traits: Word Choice / Finding the right word for the right place is what Word Choice is all about.
YouTube Newsletter Videos
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YouTube Newsletter Videos / Did you know that all of the videos from our newsletter live on YouTube? Check out the Smekens YouTube channel for that listing as well as book reviews, test-prep videos, and more!
6 Traits: Conventions
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6 Traits: Conventions / This is the only visible trait--it's the correctness of the writing in terms of grammar, capitalization, spelling, and punctuation.
K-1 Writing Strategies
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K-1 Writing Strategies / Find specific strategies just right for K-1 writers.
6 Traits: Organization
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6 Traits: Organization / Organization means including a beginning, middle, and end as well as creating smooth transitions.
6 Traits: +1--Presentation
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6 Traits: +1--Presentation / The +1 in the 6+1 Traits of Writing refers to the published layout and look of a piece.
Trait-Based Writing Assessment
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Trait-Based Writing Assessment / In-class assessment strategies based in the 6 Traits
6 Traits: Sentence Fluency
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6 Traits: Sentence Fluency / It's all about rhythm and rhyme, figurative language, and varied sentence types, lengths, and beginnings.
Writing Modess
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Writing Modess / Follow the writing standards by including all three modes of writing: persuasive/argumentative, informative, and narrative
Writer's Workshop
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Writer's Workshop / Mini-lessons, management, and more for your Writer's Workshop!
Parts of Speech
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Parts of Speech / Ways to teach the parts of speech!
Opinion / Persuasive / Argumentative Writing
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Opinion / Persuasive / Argumentative Writing / Find strategies for meeting the CCSS/IAS requirements for argumentative writing K-12.
Informative / Expository / Explanatory Writing
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Informative / Expository / Explanatory Writing / Writing expository texts requires unique skills and explicit instruction.
Writing Strategies
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Writing Strategies / Practical strategies for writing instruction
Primary Literacy Strategies
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Primary Literacy Strategies / Practical classroom strategies for teaching reading & writing
MS/HS Literacy Strategies
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MS/HS Literacy Strategies / Practical reading & writing strategies for middle school and high school
Prompts/Standardized Writing Assessments
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Prompts/Standardized Writing Assessments / First-draft writing--prompt writing--is what standardized writing assessments are all about.
Reading Comprehension
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Reading Comprehension / Practical strategies for making comprehension concrete and tangible
Writing About Reading
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Writing About Reading / Encourage students to think while reading, to make notes in/about the text, and to write responsively and reflectively.
Annotation & Note-Taking
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Annotation & Note-Taking / Provide explicit lessons on annotation and note-taking to ensure that students are thinking while they're reading.
Small-Group/Literacy Stations
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Small-Group/Literacy Stations / Ideas for focused group work & independent literacy station practice.
Figurative Language
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Figurative Language / Part of sentence fluency--learn how to unlock the meaning behind figurative language
Revision v. Editing
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Revision v. Editing / Revision makes a piece sound better; editing makes it look better.
Textual Evidence
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Textual Evidence / Provide specific strategies & practice for students to learn how to extract evidence from texts.
Questioning
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Questioning / Questions open doors for more than just answers.
Standardized Reading Assessments
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Standardized Reading Assessments / Practical strategies for preparing students for standardized reading assessments
Reading--Making Connections
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Reading--Making Connections / Make text-to-text & text-to-world connections.
Retell/Summarize
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Retell/Summarize / Scaffold skills from kindergarten up to support students to meet requirements to retell & summarize.
Inference
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Inference / Text + thought = inference
Main Idea--Comprehension
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Main Idea--Comprehension / Show students how to determine the main idea.
Character Development
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Character Development / Dig deeper into characters to increase comprehension.
Author's Purpose
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Author's Purpose / Help students determine author's purpose in their reading.
Synthesizing
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Synthesizing / Readers think while reading--and thinking changes because of reading!
Vocabulary Strategies
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Vocabulary Strategies / Activities to help support vocabulary instruction
Visualization
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Visualization / Helping students learn to make mind movies while they read.
Author's Craft
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Author's Craft / Note, observe, and collect examples of authors' craft.
Technology in Literacy
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Technology in Literacy / Strategies for using technology for reading and writing instruction
Theme
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Theme / Students understand theme as they read and compare multiple texts.
Informational Text
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Informational Text
Smekens Education videos
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Smekens Education videos / Free videos to support literacy instruction
Context Clues
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Context Clues / Explain what context is before asking students to use context clues.
Content Literacy
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Content Literacy / Content literacy encompasses integrated reading and writing instruction within all subjects. More than just writing across the curriculum, content literacy means all teachers are responsible for subject-specific literacy instruction.
Word Study
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Word Study / Challenge students through specific word study activities to scaffold learning.
Authentic Literacy
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Authentic Literacy
Rubrics
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Rubrics / Create kid-friendly rubrics to share expectations before students write.
90-Minute Reading Block
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90-Minute Reading Block / Making every minute of the 90 count!
YouTube Book Reviews with Kristina Smekens
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YouTube Book Reviews with Kristina Smekens / Kristina Smekens takes time to share some of her favorite books and how she likes to use them in literacy instruction.
Poetry
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Poetry / Provide opportunities for poetry appreciation year round--it requires higher-level thinking and offers great reading practice for fluency.
Fluency
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Fluency / Moving students from choppy robot reading to smooth skateboard reading
Spelling
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Spelling / Encourage big words spelled wrong rather than little words spelled right.
Classroom Management
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Classroom Management / How to manage a classroom (with love and care)
Compare/Contrast
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Compare/Contrast
Favorite Websites & Blogs
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Favorite Websites & Blogs / A few of our favorite online connections
Picture Books
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Picture Books / Perfect picture books for literacy instruction!
Text Selection
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Text Selection / We need to broaden our definition of text, offering a range of types and complexities to students.
Chapter Books
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Chapter Books / Use chapter books as read-alouds--for all grade levels!
Close Reading
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Close Reading / This is more than simply rereading a text more than once.
Story Elements--Narrative
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Story Elements--Narrative / From plot to falling action--and everything in between!
Cause/Effect
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Cause/Effect / Text Structures: Cause/Effect
Text Structures
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Text Structures / Knowing the structure of a text increases comprehension
Videos Worth Watching
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Videos Worth Watching / Some funny videos--some serious--all worth watching and perhaps sharing with your students
Text Complexity
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Text Complexity / How to engage all students in complex text
Pre-Reading--Background Knowledge
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Pre-Reading--Background Knowledge / How to provide background knowledge without always pre-reading...
Classroom Conversations/Discussions
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Classroom Conversations/Discussions / Encourage meaningful times for talk
12 Days of Christmas
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12 Days of Christmas / Smekens Education presents the 12 Days of Christmas--a new article or idea for each day.
Teachers Pay Teachers TpT
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Teachers Pay Teachers TpT / Check out our TpT Store for Smekens original products!