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Are you always trying to find new ways to build reading comprehension with your students? I’m sure you are! Teachers work so hard to ensure
Are you always trying to find new ways to build reading comprehension with your students? I’m sure you are! Teachers work so hard to ensure
Are you always looking for new ways to support your gifted and talented students? I’m sure you are! However, finding quality strategies to implement directly
Are you always trying to encourage students to actually use text evidence? Does it become exhausting going over the importance of doing so every day
So if you have known me for a while, you know that task cards have never been my thing. I never really liked using
There’s no better feeling in the winter, than cozying up under a blanket with a good book. Now, you can’t necessarily do that in the
Teaching reading is a delicate procedure. It’s definitely not a one size fits all routine. There are intricate pieces that must be in place (lesson
As every good elementary teacher knows, using mentor texts for teaching reading skills is not only fun, but important! Mentor texts bring a level of
The Christmas holiday can make your classroom a bit chaotic at some points. Ok, a lot chaotic! But I get it! Kids are excited! Not
Nonfiction can be a hard genre to teach. Students have to have a certain mindset of thinking and processing, schema about the topic, and an
Using picture books is one of the best and easiest ways to teach your students all about different reading skills. But since there are so
Main idea was always the skill that scared me the most to teach. It’s such an abstract skill and there’s not a specific step by
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