It is hard to believe the holiday season is just around the corner. It's also hard to believe a quarter of the school year has already passed. By this point in the year, you've likely built a solid classroom community and know your students well. This can make it an extra fun time to incorporate ...
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How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell will be the perfect book to inspire even your most reluctant readers! Every page contains so much adventure and excitement that students will never want to put the book down. This novel works great as a whole-class novel study, as a read-aloud for younger ...
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Fall is officially here! While we've officially moved out of the Back-to-School season, October is still a time where we're building the foundation for the skills students will need to be successful throughout the year. Not only that, it's a month filled with fun holidays and events your students ...
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These days, there's a lot of conversation about teaching reading. In fact, some have argued that we're seeing a resurgence of the Reading Wars that were so heated in the 1980s and 1990s. Regardless of where you stand on the issue, it's important that all of us understand the foundational components ...
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If you've been teaching for any length of time, you already know that one of the most important (and most challenging) skills you teach year is identifying the main idea of a text. The main idea is the "big idea" the author is trying to communicate. It is a concise statement that captures the point ...
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Oral reading fluency is an important skill for students to develop. However, it can be difficult to foster in the classroom. Choral reading is a strategy that can help build fluency by having students read texts aloud together in unison.
When done correctly, choral reading can be an engaging and ...
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