SRSD Resources

I hope all of these resources are helpful. Please let me know if there is something specific you are looking for. Click on the title to download or go to the link.

Updated on 9/22/21 Be sure to check back often for updates

POW TIDE Resources (informative/explanatory writing) 

• SRSD Pow Posters
• Verbs in Prompts (Great to help students pull apart prompts) 
• SRSD TIDE Poster
• New TIDE Poster 
• Pow/Tide Posters created by Dana Lester
• Pow/Tide Posters created by Ellison Galligan
• Pow/Tide Resources created by Pitner's Potpourri  (for lower grades) 
• SRSD TIDE Graphic Organizers
• TIDE Color Code Poster
• TIDELL Color Code Poster
• SRSD Model Lesson Videos 

POW TREE Resources (argumentative/opinion writing) 

• POW TREE Poster
• POW TREE Poster 2  
• POW TREE Poster 3 
• TREE Flash Cards

Other SRSD Resources

• SRSD Pinterest Board
• Pre and Post Student Samples
• Penguin Rescue video 

Building Enthusiasm 

• Build Enthusiasm (Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid Twitter questions) 

SRSD Training Pictures

• SRSD Training Pictures from Week 1 
• SRSD Training Picture from Week 2 

Self-Talk

• Self-talk video with Friends and SNL
• Self-Talk Organizer

Scoring: Informative Writing 

• SRSD Scoring Scale 
• SRSD Scoring Scale Version 2 (when you look at it in google docs it is two pages when you download it; it is on one page) 
• SRSD Score Tracking 
• SRSD Score Tracking Version 2 

Scoring: Persuasive Writing 

• SRSD Scoring Scale for Opinion/Argumentative Writing  
• SRSD Scoring Scale Version 2 for Opinion//Argumentative Writing

Revising and Editing Resources

• Revise VS Edit Poster
• Revising and Editing Checklist

Article Resources: (Where to find articles) 

• Read Works 
• Kelly Gallagher
• Article of the Week 
• Teaching the Core 
• Newsela
• Think CERCA 
• Library of Congress 
• Tennessee Electronic Library 
• Nonfiction One Page Text 
• Paired Texts 
• Eduscapes
• Paired Texts on Germs

Evidence Resources 

• Evidence Sentence Starters
• Evidence Sentence Starters and Concluding Sentence Starters

Summary Writing Resources:

• A+B+C  and Gist Strategy Handout and Organizers

Narrative Writing Resources

• WWW What=2 How=2 Poster
• WWW What=2 How=2 Graphic Organizer 

Peer Feedback Resources: 

• Peer Conferencing video
• Peer Conferencing form and samples

SRSD Websites

• Think SRSD
• Vanderbilt SRSD
• Teaching in the Middle

Other Resources 

• Smarter Balance Common Core Assessment Resources
• Achieve the Core
• Reading Theory an online individual instruction site 
• Better Lesson a site with common core lesson plans with resources
• Learn Zillion a site with videos, lesson plans, and resources