K-6 Resources| Kdgtn | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | ELL

Welcome to the PUSD Houghton Mifflin Resource site. Here you'll find tools, tips, and additional materials produced or discovered by your colleagues. 

K-6 Resources

• Compare RR, Lexiles, Fountas and Pinnell, DRA, Reading A-Z, and Wright Group, reading levels. (click on the Leveled Reading link in the top left navigation menu after the above link loads)
   

• Lexiles and Running Records for Houghton Mifflin Stories (You can also find a PDF of the scores for individual grade levels on the grade level pages)
   

• Mathew Needleman,  a second grade teacher and Antioch University Professor has created an excellent site of Houghton Mifflin Resources!
   

• The "Teacher Idea Sharing" links on the Santa Maria Bonita School District Reading Website has some excellent resources for Houghton Mifflin. The page opens to Kindergarten, but you can choose your grade level from the left navigation bar. You'll find focus walls and word pattern boards as well as grade level resources.

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Kindergarten

• Eduplace
   

• Resources:  Resources have been added by theme below.  Thanks so much to the many teachers from other districts who have sent resources they've developed to support this
  work as well.

To quickly jump to a theme:
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• Links to Phonics Tools Online
   

• Lexile and Running Records of Houghton Mifflin Stories for Kindergarten
   

• Organize Houghton Mifflin with a Reading Theme Box
  

• The "Teacher Idea Sharing" links on the Santa Maria Bonita School District Reading Website has some excellent resources for Houghton Mifflin. The page opens to Kindergarten, but you can choose your grade level from the left navigation bar. You'll find focus walls and word pattern boards as well as grade level resources.
   

• ELL
   
• Advanced
   
• Professional Readings
   
  • Teaching for Strategies at Emergent/Early Developing Level
     
  •  Fostering Literacy in the Kindergarten Classroom
     
  • Vocabulary Development
     
  • Questions Teachers Ask About Spelling
     

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First Grade

• Eduplace
   
• CA Additional Spelling words
   
• ELL
   
• Advanced
   
• Resources
  • Links to Phonics Tools Online
     
  • Lexile and Running Records of Houghton Mifflin Stories for First Grade
     
  • Organize Houghton Mifflin with a Reading Theme Box
     
  • The "Teacher Idea Sharing" links on the Santa Maria Bonita School District Reading Website has some excellent resources for Houghton Mifflin. The page opens to Kindergarten, but you can choose your grade level from the left navigation bar. You'll find focus walls and word pattern boards as well as grade level resources.
    
     
• Professional Readings
   
  • Teaching for Strategies at Emergent/Early Developing Level
     
  • Which Text do I use for What Purpose? This article describes the different types of texts we use and gives a brief guideline of how to use a variety of texts for each grade level.
     
  • Vocabulary Development
     
  • Questions Teachers Ask About Spelling

   

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Second Grade

• Eduplace
   
• CA Additional Spelling words
   
• ELL
   
• Advanced
   
• Resources
   
  • Links to Phonics Tools Online
     
  • Lexile and Running Records of Houghton Mifflin Stories for Second Grade
     
  • Organize Houghton Mifflin with a Reading Theme Box
     
  • Reading Responses for Novels (from Karen O-Connor)
     
  • The "Teacher Idea Sharing" links on the Santa Maria Bonita School District Reading Website has some excellent resources for Houghton Mifflin. The page opens to Kindergarten, but you can choose your grade level from the left navigation bar. You'll find focus walls and word pattern boards as well as grade level resources.
    
    
• Professional Readings

  • The Six Ts of Effective Elementary Literacy Instruction by Richard Allington -- This article describes the six components essential to reading achievement:  Texts, Time, Teach, Talk, Tasks and Test.
     

  • Which Text do I use for What Purpose? This article describes the different types of texts we use and gives a brief guideline of how to use a variety of texts for each grade level.
     

  • Vocabulary Development
     

  • Questions Teachers Ask About Spelling

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Third Grade

• Eduplace
   
• Word Works Correlation to Spelling
   
• CA Additional Spelling words
   
• ELL
   
• Advanced
   
• Resources
   
  • Organize Houghton Mifflin with a Reading Theme Box
     
  • Lexile and Running Records of Houghton Mifflin Stories for Third Grade
     
  • Reading Responses for Novels (from Karen O-Connor)
     
  • The "Teacher Idea Sharing" links on the Santa Maria Bonita School District Reading Website has some excellent resources for Houghton Mifflin. The page opens to Kindergarten, but you can choose your grade level from the left navigation bar. You'll find focus walls and word pattern boards as well as grade level resources.
     
• Professional Readings
  • The Six Ts of Effective Elementary Literacy Instruction by Richard Allington -- This article describes the six components essential to reading achievement:  Texts, Time, Teach, Talk, Tasks and Test.
    
  • Which Text do I use for What Purpose? This article describes the different types of texts we use and gives a brief guideline of how to use a variety of texts for each grade level.
     
  • Vocabulary Development
     
  • Questions Teachers Ask About Spelling

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Fourth Grade

• Eduplace
   
• CA Additional Spelling words
   
• ELL
   
• Advanced
   
• Resources
   
  • Lexile and Running Records of Houghton Mifflin Stories for Fourth Grade
     
  • Organize Houghton Mifflin with a Reading Theme Box
     
  • Reading Responses for Novels (from Karen O-Connor)
     
  • The "Teacher Idea Sharing" links on the Santa Maria Bonita School District Reading Website has some excellent resources for Houghton Mifflin. The page opens to Kindergarten, but you can choose your grade level from the left navigation bar. You'll find focus walls and word pattern boards as well as grade level resources.
     
• Professional Readings
  • Reading Comprehension Instruction In Grades 4-8 -- Chapter 1 Strategic Instruction: 
    This excellent document focuses on strategy-based instruction for text structure and drawing inferences along with several pages on students with learning differences and ELL,  The chapter finishes with tips for teachers on "Instruction in Strategic Reading."
     
  • Reading Comprehension Instruction in Grades 4-8 --Full Text Version (19 pages)  The full text of this report discusses vocabulary instruction, and metacognition.  It also highlights strategies for students with learning disabilities and E.L.L. and gives many tips for teachers. 
     
  • The Six Ts of Effective Elementary Literacy Instruction by Richard Allington -- This article describes the six components essential to reading achievement:  Texts, Time, Teach, Talk, Tasks and Test.
     
  • Which Text do I use for What Purpose? This article describes the different types of texts we use and gives a brief guideline of how to use a variety of texts for each grade level.
     
  • Vocabulary Development
     
  • Questions Teachers Ask About Spelling

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• Eduplace
   

• CA Additional Spelling words
   

• ELL
   

• Advanced
   

• Resources
   

  • Lexile and Running Records of Houghton Mifflin Stories for Fifth Grade
     

  • Lexile and Running Records of Houghton Mifflin Stories for Sixth Grade
     

  • Organize Houghton Mifflin with a Reading Theme Box
     

  • Reading Responses for Novels (from Karen O-Connor)
     

  • The "Teacher Idea Sharing" links on the Santa Maria Bonita School District Reading Website has some excellent resources for Houghton Mifflin. The page opens to Kindergarten, but you can choose your grade level from the left navigation bar. You'll find focus walls and word pattern boards as well as grade level resources.
     

• Professional Readings

  • Teaching Readers Who Struggle:A Pragmatic Middle School Framework--This article is lengthy, but an excellent resource for grade 5 teachers.
     

  • The Six Ts of Effective Elementary Literacy Instruction by Richard Allington -- This article describes the six components essential to reading achievement:  Texts, Time, Teach, Talk, Tasks and Test.
     

  • Which Text do I use for What Purpose? This article describes the different types of texts we use and gives a brief guideline of how to use a variety of texts for each grade level.
     

  • Reading Comprehension Instruction In Grades 4-8 -- Chapter 1 Strategic Instruction: 
    This excellent document focuses on strategy-based instruction for text structure and drawing inferences along with several pages on students with learning differences and ELL,  The chapter finishes with tips for teachers on "Instruction in Strategic Reading."
     

  • Reading Comprehension Instruction in Grades 4-8 --Full Text Version (19 pages)  The full text of this report discusses vocabulary instruction, and metacognition.  It also highlights strategies for students with learning disabilities and E.L.L. and gives many tips for teachers. 
     

  • Vocabulary Development
     

  • Questions Teachers Ask About Spelling

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English Language Learners

• Houghton-Mifflin ELD overview