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Reading is a valuable and critical skill that students need to develop. As teachers, we are always in need of fresh ideas and tips to help our kiddos soar to new reading heights. Explore this section to get started.

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6 Ways to Teach Reading Strategies by Reading a Good Book

Every classroom has reluctant readers - probably a few of them! This blog post shares four tips to motivate reluctant readers, including tips like going digital and comparing books and movies. Click through to read all of the suggestions in more detail!

4 Tips to Motivate Reluctant Readers

Reading fluency is about more than just pace, accuracy, and smoothness. It is also about expression! I share my process for teaching expression in fluency in this blog post, which includes a discussion of how punctuation marks influence expression and fluency. Get all of the tips in this post!

Teaching Expression in Fluency

Engage your students in your elementary classroom with "The Whisper" while teaching about the reading skills of author's purpose, point of view, and more!

MTM: The Whisper

It’s Mentor Text Monday! This week I’m excited to share with you a book by Pamela Zagarenski. This book is called The Whisper. This book

If you are looking for some great read alouds during this Christmas or holiday season, look no further! Check out these fantastic seasonal books that will engage your students!

Seasonal Books Your Students Will Love

I have a lot of books that I want to share with you regarding the holidays! Any regular reader of my blog would know I

"I Don't Like Snakes" is a fantastic mix of both fiction and nonfiction elements that will engage your students as you teach about various science ideas.

MTM: I Don’t Like Snakes

I don’t like snakes. I never have. There is something about them that just creeps me out! So when I heard about this book, I

Text-To-Text connections. Theme. Personification. These are just a few of the reading skills that can be taught in your classroom by "Our Tree Named Steve!"

MTM: Our Tree Named Steve

Do you need a good book to use as a mentor text in reading this week? This week, my mentor text is “Our Tree Named

The Little Shop of Monsters teaches your students about writing narratives, word choice, and can even be used for teaching about comparing texts!

MTM: Little Shop of Monsters

It’s October — such a fun month in school. With Halloween around the corner, I thought “Why not align Mentor Text Monday with Halloween?” I

How often do you hear students say they were just kidding? Probably more times than you can count. "Just Kidding" talks about just that!

MTM: Just Kidding

Since the month of October is bullying prevention month, I thought I’d start right away with that theme. In fact, all my posts this week

Teaching Tier 2 Vocabulary in the elementary classroom can be engaging with this simple word study activity and lessons! Check out this idea for collecting vocabulary!

Collecting Vocabulary

I emphasize vocabulary in my classroom during all content areas because I strongly believe that vocabulary can be a huge barrier to comprehension and understanding.

Help your students study and review their vocabulary words using this free slider frame that can be used as a literacy center or for early finishers! And - It's editable!

Vocabulary Review with Vocabulary Sliders

As most of my followers know, I love to find new and unique ways to present material to my students. So when I have to

No more Round Robin reading! Jazz up your students' reading practice and fluency with these tips and ideas for your elementary classroom! Plus, they are engaging!

Jazz Up Your Reading | Reading Practice

Round Robin reading is totally fine to do… If you are in a small group. We have all heard it. No Round Robin Reading! The

Use These School Rules For a Successful School Year

So what is the key to a successful year? If you ask me, it’s all about classroom management. I start the year off strong by

Common Core Reading suggests exploring traditional literature such as folktales- so why not check out this mentor text? It's perfect for teaching about character traits and sequencing events! There's so much to this book- you've got to check out these other reading ideas!

MTM: Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters

Each week as I look through my shelves of all my picture books, I pull favorites. I have discovered a delightful pattern. I apparently love

Teach cause and effect with this engaging traditional literature picture book for Mentor Text Monday! (I love that it is also packed with more than one effect to one cause!)

MTM: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears

I love introducing my children to traditional literature. I love fairy tales, myths, legends, tall tales, and fables. There is just something special to me

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