Recipe for Friendship: Expository Writing

What better way to teach expository writing, or procedural writing, than by writing a recipe for friendship? This post explains how my students wrote step by step directions for how to make a great recipe, all while learning about the characteristics of expository writing! I initially blogged about this idea last year. It is one […]

Informational Text Features

Common Core State Standards number 5 and number 7 within the Reading Informational Text strand state the teaching of each informational text feature and its function. With this in mind, I knew that I needed a way to teach non-fiction text features in an engaging, fun and meaningful way. I decided to use a detective […]

Finding Leveled Texts for Guided Reading

I recently had a teacher ask me the question below, about finding multiple copies of leveled texts for guided reading groups. Teacher Question: In response to your guided reading groups: My district does not provide multiple copies of books to use in guided reading groups, nor are multiple copies available at the library. I was […]