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All about elementary school reading. Reading recommendations. Reading lesson plans. Teaching tips.

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Informational Writing

Reading Lessons

Different Words

On-Demand Writing Prompts: Test Prep for Narrative, Opinion, Informative Writing

📝 Unlock the world of Informational Writing! 🌍 Explore this comprehensive unit that's perfect for inspiring young minds to craft well-researched and engaging on-demand writing pieces. 📚💡 #InformationalWriting #EducationalResources #OnDemand

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Personal Narratives

Become Confident

Writing Planning

Background Information

Teaching Writing

School Reading

Student Writing

On Demand Writing Planning

"📚 Elevate your students' writing skills with the SPAM method! 📝 'SPAM It!' is a fantastic resource for educators looking to plan and guide student writing effectively. Learn how to Structure, Plan, Analyze, and Model your way to writing excellence. Dive into this valuable teaching tool today and empower your students to become confident writers! 📖🚀 #StudentWriting #SPAMMethod #WritingExcellence"

Creating A Reader's Workshop Schedule

To create a Reading Workshop schedule for 5th graders, start by allocating the 55-minute class period into designated segments according to your district's format. Your segments might include a flashback, a mini-lesson, guided practice, and an exit slip. Lastly, carve out time for small group sessions or individual reading workshops to cater to the diverse skill levels in your class.

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Celebrating Banned Books In The Classroom

Discussing the belief statement "Words Have Power" is a great way to engage with Banned Books Week. It offers an opportunity to explore why some books are considered so impactful that they're restricted. Reading an article about censorship and practicing summary skills ties in nicely. This week can be a fun way to diversify your students' reading lists, aligning with your class goal of reading 40 books. It's a win-win for learning and expanding horizons!

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Student Voice

Conceptual Understanding

Sound Words

Reading Habits

School Librarian

First Grade Classroom

Reading Classroom

Create Excitement For Reaching On The First Day Of School

Unlock the joy of reading in your classroom! Dive into how books serve as mirrors reflecting students' lives, and windows into diverse perspectives, enriching their worldview. Explore my top creative strategies designed to fuel a love for reading, showcasing how intentional discussions, environments, and student engagement can transform your class into a vibrant reading community.

Penguins And Polar Bears

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Winter Lesson Plan: All About Penguins and Polar Bears

Winter Lesson Plan: All About Penguins and Polar Bears. We’ve started doing research this week, as well as some ideas for learning about penguins, polar bears, the arctic, tundra, and all things cold. Throughout the week, we read many awesome books together during snack and stole small moments to read with friends (for morning work, at the very end of the day, and as a choice during Read to Self/Partner).

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1st Grade Reading Logs: Goal Setting For At-Home Reading

The best way for students to grow as readers is to spend more time reading and listening to reading. As teachers we know how important reading at home is. If our students read 20 minutes every evening, our classrooms would be SO different. Students need practice to become better readers and they need to hear fluent reading.

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Reading Recommendations

Teaching Tips

How To Make Predictions: 1st Grade Read Aloud

Making predictions is a just-right reading strategy for my emerging readers. Many of my friends still rely heavily on picture clues to make meaning and to decode texts. Making predictions allows readers to feel successful even with books they may not be ready to independently read, yet.

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Classroom Book Recommendations In Action

Motivating students to become wild readers is always one of my top priorities each school year. From ridiculously engaging read-aloud voices to weekly themed shelves, I am willing to pull out all the stops because growing readers matters. One of the easiest ways to achieve student book buy-in is peer pressure! Getting students to suggest books to other students immediately validates the recommendation.

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My Favorite Picture Books

Today I’m joining with Primary Chalkboard to share three trade (picture) books I love reading with my kids during class (to help facilitate a lesson) or as a just-for-fun read-aloud after lunch. So tell me, what’s your favorite children’s book to share with your kids?

Polar Bears

Small Moments

Learning About Penguins and Polar Bears: 1st Grade Research

Learning About Penguins and Polar Bears: 1st Grade Research. Here are some amazing ways we’ve started doing research this week, as well as some ideas for learning about penguins, polar bears, arctic, tundra, and all things cold. Throughout the week, we read many awesome books together during snack, as well as, stole small moments to read with friends (for morning work, at the very end of the day, and as a choice during Read to Self/Partner).

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Root Words

Special Education Teacher

Tips To Create A Reader's Workshop Schedule That Works For You

Today I’m sharing with you the Reading Workshop schedule that worked for me and my group of 5th graders. This year I taught 3 reading classes, each with 30 students. The first class of the day I co-taught with an amazing Special Education Teacher. With that said, I had 55 minute class periods (including a transition time), so most days it turned into 52ish minutes. Our District has a very specific format or “blueprint” for classes that I was expected to follow daily.

Wordless Picture Books

How To Use Wordless Picture Books In Your Classroom

In Kindergarten and 1st grade, wordless picture books launch Writers Workshop. We focus on the idea that authors use illustrations to tell a story and we, as readers, can using storytelling words to help us step page-to-page.

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Where The Sidewalk Ends

The Lorax

How To Organize A Banned Book Week

One of our class belief statements is “Words Have Power.” This week will be a fantastic way to discuss this statement in relation to banned books. With our goal of reading 40 books, I want to expose my kiddos to all kinds of different books, especially books they might not normally pick up. Banned Book Week happens to be another way to promote some awesome books and add a little more excitement to my kids’ reading routines!

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How To Find Non-Fiction Articles For Your Students - Tips for Middle Grades

We are a curriculum-free school for reading and writing, so in August I walked into a resource-empty classroom. It has taken me months to find my ‘go-to’ websites, apps, and databases that are rigorous enough (i.e. long enough, with a 800-1000 Lexile Level) and interesting for my students. Without further ado, here are my 3 favorite websites for finding nonfiction articles that are (1) appropriate (2) rigorous and (3) interesting.