Support Materials
Links to resources you can download, save in your Tote Bag, and/or visit on the Web
How to View/Print PDF files
Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) format will preserve all the formatting and graphics of the original document, and will allow you to print the document using your own equipment. To view/print the files you need the Adobe Acrobat Reader application installed in your computer.
Getting Organized and Building a Relationship
Resources to help you build a strong relationship with your tutee and plan, organize, and reflect on your work together
- Getting to Know Your Tutee
- Selecting Books for Children
- Record Keeping Form
- Making Gifts for Your Tutee
- Tips for Motivating Struggling Students
Hands-on Activities and Resources
Ready-to-use activities and practical resources to help you add variety and enjoyment to tutoring sessions while developing key literacy skills
- Ready-to-Use Tutoring Activities
- Games and Word Activities
- NRP Activities for Emergent Readers/English Language Learners
- English Language Learner Resource List
- Poetry Resources
Graphic Organizers
Print-ready tools that allow you and your tutee to engage more deeply with books and content
- Brainstorming Map
- Character Web
- Favorite Part of the Story
- KWL Chart
- Story Map
- Text-to-World Connections
- Text-to-Self Connections
- Text-to-Text Connections
- Weekly Assignment Planner
Web and Video Resources
Additional information, strategies, and resources on Web sites and videos
- Bank Street College Guide to Literacy
- Bank Street College Guide to English Language Learners
- Videos: Descriptions and ordering info for LEARNS videos [www.nwrel.org/learns/trainingopps/videos]
Strategies, Tips and Good Ideas to Keep in Mind
Quick descriptions of specific practices and strategies used by Joyce, Abby, and Joe
- Brainstorming
- Concepts of Print
- Fluency
- Getting to Know Your Tutee
- Honoring the Student's Home Culture
- Initial Assessment
- Initial Assessment: English Language Learners
- Making Connections
- Offering Choices
- Picture Walk
- Poetry
- Predictions
- Questioning
- Recognizing Accomplishments
- Record Keeping
- Rhyming
- Shifting Gears
- Stretching
- Visualization
- Wordless Books
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