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Playing Games in the Elementary Classroom
AlsoAll teachers want their classrooms to be a place of inquiry, excitement, learning, and fun! There are loads of ways to engage students in order
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Holiday Activities You Have to Try!
November and December bring a lot of craziness to the classroom! There is so much to fit into two very quick, short months. Teachers want
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Text Features Tips to Try in the Elementary Classroom!
Despite it being one of students’ favorite genres to read, nonfiction text can be very tricky to comprehend. Between the new vocabulary, text structure, and
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A Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Strategy for Your Elementary Students
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
Fiction Books for Teaching Reading Skills
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: Tips & Tricks to Make It Work
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
Close Reading in Math
Integration of subjects is always important. The more we can show students how concepts are related to one another, the more they buy in. The
Reading Comprehension Intervention Breakdown
Unfortunately, not every student we encounter is going to pick up on the skills they need to be a successful reader. It may take lesson
Teaching Reading Comprehension Without a Text
If you think about this, it’s actually quite funny. Why, when we are teaching reading comprehension, do we use a text that students have to
Teaching Reading Strategies with Wordless Picture Books
If you’re teaching students about reading strategies, you would think you need to have a text for them to use to be able to practice,
Reading Comprehension Question and Answer Strategy
Ok, let’s be real. As teachers, we have tons of pet peeves that drive us crazy throughout the day! One of the biggest on my
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