A couple of months ago, I noticed my students were rushing through their work, making careless mistakes, and using messy handwriting. On a daily basis, multiple times a day, I reminded students at the beginning of
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,
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
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
About 5 years ago, I led some professional development sessions with my (former) principal and another fifth grade teacher. Together, we collaborated on our reading strategies powerpoint and divided up the responsibilities of the presentation.
More information about the ideas and activities presented in the video: 1. Character Traits (and so much more!) With Santa! There are five different learning targets that are taught in this holly-jolly resource! Grab a
Reading goals, Veterans Day, Prepositions..oh my! I am linking up with Doodle Bug’s teaching for Five for Friday. 1. Happy Veterans Day! We had a gorgeous day full of sunshine on Wednesday. Our local park
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