Teaching reading comprehension is a key component of language arts instruction. This section contains some of my favorite ELA resources for close reading, novel study units, reader’s theater, and more!
What back to school books do you love to share with students on those first days of school? I have a bunch that I have adored reading aloud to my my own children and my enthusiastic 6th graders over the years, but the picture book …
My students LOVE fables! They are clever little stories that involve talking animals, and convey a lesson! What is more fun than that? The other day my neighbor stopped me. She is a mom of three teenagers-a college freshman, a high school junior, and an eighth …
I have been tutoring on Tuesday and Thursday nights in order to keep my teacher mind active and challenged. My focus with this 3rd grade student has been fluency work: timed fluency passages, chunking text, Big Bubble Breath boxes, and a bit of comprehension work …
Teaching is profession that is tricky in so many ways! In addition to all of the RTI, MAP data, DRA, and DIBELs work we do, most importantly we need reading intervention tools to teach our students! Once all student data is placed into our hands, …
Being on maternity leave has provided me the opportunity to do many things, and I am only 5 weeks in! I have been able to really enjoy my family without the daily stresses of getting things accomplished for school. While I LOVE being a teacher, …
This is the second year I have read the Hunger Games with my students…it is a favorite. Today was the day we got to the part of the feast. Clove scared the pants off of everyone, and Thresh is a new favorite character… I LOVE …
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