Dibels first grade

Do you do DIBELS at your school? If you are a parent, does your child take DIBELS tests? DIBELS seems to be quite a mystery for many adul...

After each benchmark period we send home these handouts so that the parents know how their child performed on the DIBELS Next assessment. It's a little tricky coming up with handout that provides the information we feel they need to know to understand the assessment while keeping it clear and concise. We also felt that is was important to have a teacher comment section. Click HERE to download the first grade parent handout. Handouts for Kindergarten through Sixth Grade can be found on my…

DIBELS is right around the corner, and let’s face it, teaching to the test happens from time to time in our kindergarten classrooms. That four letter word, data, is always lurking in the back of our minds! These are just some of the ways I prepare my students for the upcoming DIBLES assessments. If you …

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Decoding drills for building fluency helps students apply phonics skills when reading. Perfect warm ups and a great tracking tool, too.

When the Middle of the Year DIBELS benchmarks roll along, I will have been the DIBELS coordinator for my school for a full year. My word, h...

Monthly DIBELS Nonsense Word Lists. Prep for the K DIBELS assessment. Nonsense word lists for each Month! Download your free list today!

Learn how to use decodable passages in guided reading in kindergarten and first grade. Then, use the FREE decodable passages to get started.

This DIBELS practice set will come in handy all year long! These have great activities for you to do with your students in small groups or with a partner. There are also some great printable worksheets too! I am excited to use some of these before our last DIBELS assessment in a few weeks! Next …

Grab 5 free Science of Reading aligned Christmas themed decodable readers for your kindergarten or first grade classroom here. These Christmas decodable books are the perfect way to practice decoding and reading words, practice phonics skills, and promote fluency and independence while reading in your kindergarten or first grade classroom. These Christmas decodable readers are also Science of Reading aligned and focus on CVC words, ending blends, and vowel teams in kindergarten or first…