I love poetry. It can be inviting to read, fun to write, and well…interesting to teach. It can especially be a challenge to students who already struggle with reading in general. So, how can a teacher help all students comprehend poetry, without losing her mind? Helping Students Comprehend Poetry Poetry… Continue Reading »
4 Tips to Motivate Reluctant Readers
The best way to improve reading skills is by doing just that…reading. However, what can we do for children who are resistant to reading? How can we help them improve their skills when they simply do not want to read because it’s difficult or they’re not engaged? Sometimes our reluctant… Continue Reading »
10 Engaging Ways to Create Timelines
Teaching about timelines is a skill that crosses into language arts, science, and social studies, at the very least. It is often found as a graphic source in nonfiction texts that helps students understand the material better, and students are often asked to create a timeline at some point during… Continue Reading »
Creating Readers with Reading Rally
Each year for reading month, I like to make sure I have lots of activities going on to emphasize just how important reading is. Some grade levels focus heavily on Dr. Seuss, while others complete book tournaments such as Reading Star or Book Madness. A few years ago, our school… Continue Reading »
Creating Reading Stars
During reading month, we created reading stars. This was a school-wide activity called Reading Star that the students looked forward to every year. It encouraged reading practice and generated an interest in new books. While it had competition attached to it, it was an engaging activity that had its benefits!… Continue Reading »
5 Tips to Giving a GREAT Read Aloud
If you have been around a while here at my blog, then you know that I love picture books and using them as mentor texts! I have been using them for years in my classroom for all subjects, so I thought I’d take a quick minute to give you some… Continue Reading »
Increase Students’ Vocabulary
I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that vocabulary is extremely important in every classroom, regardless of what grade level or content you teach. I imagine that is why you are here on my blog (or perhaps you are here because you find me delightful!). Unfortunately, for a lot… Continue Reading »
Teaching Expression in Fluency
Recently I posted 8 Ideas to Build Fluency, but there is so much more to fluency than just reading at a good pace and accurately. Fluency is also about reading smoothly, as I described in my reading interventions blog post. However, today, it’s all about teaching expression in fluency! When… Continue Reading »
Are You Implementing Reading Best Practices?
I would like to think that most classrooms have started migrating toward the 21st century reading best practices, but that is not always the case. In fact, some classrooms are stuck in “old practice” mode! Students can learn reading in both classroom settings, but one is a bit better for… Continue Reading »
Spark Interest in Words
Too many students today speak a language of slang or video games. Their interest in words – real language – has fallen to the wayside. While to most people it may not seem as important as learning math, it’s still very important, because sparking an interest in words helps students… Continue Reading »
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