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.
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
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
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
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
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
I love when libraries put books on sale or when our school librarian pulls books to be discarded that we can take for free. Recently
Let’s get back to the funny, cute mentor text stories! Â Â Â The Princess and the Pig, written by Jonathan Emmett, is a wonderful
Are you looking for a good mentor text to introduce the concepts of the scientific method to your students? Perhaps you are about to have
Have you ever read Owl Moon by Jane Yolen? It seems there are very few people who I have met who have not read it.
I love sharing all the various texts that I use in the classroom each week for every mentor text. It is so powerful when students
For Earth Day, I had my students explore water pollution through the Freddie the Fish Activity. There are many variations of this on the internet,
This week, my mentor text is The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig. I don’t know about you, but it sure seems that each year I
