“Why do I have to read aloud? I hate reading aloud!” -a struggling 6th grade reader A number of years ago, when my school district began our work with Response to Intervention or RTI, it became even more abundantly clear that many of our upper elementary …
As a veteran teacher, I can share that I am still learning and refining my own practices based on the groups of students that I have the good fortune of working with each year. As you know, no year or group of students is ever …
With Common Core standards and with so many of our assessments moving to an online format, it is essential that students are able to navigate technology resources successfully and effectively. If you incorporate the Daily 5 framework into your ELA classroom, the Chromebook is one …
Novel units are a HUGE part of my ELA classroom. I use them for whole class instruction, in small groups, and for independent reading. Novels provide a unique platform to encourage students to think more deeply about an author’s message. Through the characters, setting, and …
Do you use Google Slides in your classroom? All of my middle school students are issued Chromebooks at the start of the year, and my teammates and I utilize digital resources in Google Classroom on a daily basis. As a teacher author, I’ve also created …
Back to School 2020 is challenging, to say the least. A few of the questions that I have been asked over the course of the last few weeks… Is your classroom ready? Do you know what the district’s plan will be? Do you feel safe …
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