Using Google Forms to Document During Guided Reading

Below you will find some examples of how I documented information during my guided reading groups this year. Using Google Forms makes it super easy to document quickly so you don't interrupt precious time with your students. It's also helpful for going back and completing all of that lovely paperwork your school or district may require. :)

If you aren't familiar with Google Forms... you need to be. I've used it for assignments, quizzes, parent surveys, parent contact information, and a ton of other stuff! For the guided reading notes, I place a shortcut on my desktop or home screen on my iPad for easy access. You could do the same for any assistants or volunteers working with students as well!



If you have any questions or suggestions, please leave a comment or send me an email!

Prefix & Suffix Collections in Google Slides

Google Classroom has 100% helped me manage my time more wisely this year. Not to mention the weight of the workload I take home at night... which may or may not continue to sit untouched once I get home.

 

This week I took my Prefix and Suffix Collections and decided that I wanted to save paper and put the packet online! I created each graphic organizer in PowerPoint, then saved it as an image. I then put each background in my Slides assignment so students could not alter or move the image on the Slides. I use Google Classroom to assign this work, but there are so many other possibilities as well! And if you aren't using Google Classroom and your students have Google accounts... you need to get on that ASAP.

Students complete the first three sections, then use the link which directs them to Safe Search Images for Kids (by Google). You can save each assignment as a PDF, images, whatever you like!

Below are some examples done by my third graders. (These are the mediocre layouts that I started with... the new Prefix and Suffix Collections are MUCH more appealing to the eye! Find them HERE!)

 

 

Organizing Your Teacher Files & Resources in Google Drive - Part 2

In Part 1 of this series, I showed how I organize my teacher files and resources in Drive by using folders with strands and standards. If you didn't catch it, check it out here!

If you are wanting to start organizing your Drive, I suggest that you start by subject and categorize one standard/skill at a time. Eventually it will become habit and you won't waste any more time looking for that one resource!

In my Cherokee folder, I have a 4th Grade folder that I've shared with my teammates. If you are not familiar with sharing Docs or folders on Drive, you must try it! To share, click the person with the plus sign (in the upper right hand corner in the picture below) and type in the email addresses of who to share with. You can see that this 4th grade folder is shared with A and S, my teammates.

Inside of the 4th Grade folder, we have 4th Grade resources that we share with each other. There is a person on the folder indicating that the folder is being shared with others. 

It is difficult sharing ALL resources because we are levelized (emergent, on-level, advanced), but if we find something excellent we include it in its corresponding folder!

You can also see that this is where we keep our PLC and Team Meeting notes. We keep each meeting notes as a Google Doc, this way any of us can edit the documents. 

As you can see, these folders are also shared with B and T. These are our administrators.

When sharing documents with others, you can control whether the others can edit, can comment, or can view. (see below) With our meeting notes, we have shared it with our administrators as can view. You could also select can comment if you wish to get feedback regarding your docs.

After clicking the share button, you can further change your sharing settings by clicking the advanced button in the lower right hand corner. (see above)

After clicking advanced, you will see something similar to above. The owner can further decide who can edit, comment, or view the document. You also have access to a link for the doc/folder that can be emailed out. At any time you can add or delete collaborators from the doc or folder.

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In Part 3, I will share with you how I organize my creative resources! Think digital papers, clip art, frames, etc. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below so I can address them for others in the next post!

Organizing Your Teacher Files & Resources in Google Drive - Part 1

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If you know anything about me, you know I am an organizing fiend! There's just something about an organized... ANYTHING that makes my heart so happy. Before I started using Google/Google Drive, my teacher files and resources were a mess. I had some on one USB drive, some on another, and it drove me a little super crazy!

Enter... Google Drive. I have been obsessed with Drive for a while now. I'm going to show you how I keep ALL of my files organized in one place! The best part about Drive - it's internet-based, so you can access your files from ANYWHERE!

Below is a snippet of my main Google Drive folder. I have both a personal and school Google account, so what I do to make sure that I can access any file from either account is share the folder with my other account! (If that makes sense...) All of my teacher files are in my Cherokee folder. (Cherokee is the name of my school.)

In my Cherokee folder, I made a new folder for each subject. I added the 00s before each subject so they appear at the top of my list. 

So maybe I'm a little folder crazy... I told you I am an organizing fiend! I clicked into my Math folder and this is what you see. I have my main resources and files organized by strand. (G-Geometry, MD-Measurement&Data, and so on...) This makes it easy for me to find resources I need by standard! Inside each of those folders I have each standard and skill, as you can see in the second picture.

This is in my Reading folder. I can easily see the standard abbreviations as well as the skills.

In Part 2, I will show you how I organize my grade level files and folders, as well as how I share resources with my coworkers in as little as 5 seconds!

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Do any of y'all use Google Drive this obsessively? Do you have any additional tips for me? Let me know!