Helping K-2 Teachers Like You Save Time, Grow Instructional Skills, and Teach With Confidence!

Helping K-2 Teachers Like You Save Time, Grow Instructional Skills, and Teach With Confidence!

Shared reading is such a valuable part of the day where we can integrate science, poetry, fluency, and phonics all in a 15-minute time frame! I'm sharing five teaching points for shared reading that you can use with any big book or poem for shared reading to help your students progress in reading.

Hey there! Jen Bradshaw here from TeacherKARMA.com Teachers, can you believe that you actually have to tell your students to THINK WHILE THEY READ? Reading is Thinking Resource has the perfect anchor chart for working on: predict infer visualize make connections question the text summarize Grab your FREEBIE over at Teacher KARMA. Best wishes! Jen Bradshaw You Might ... Read More about READing is THINKing – Comprehension Anchor Chart

These worksheets are about “Who What Where When”. Using these question models, the reading comprehension has been prepared. Download Who What Where When Reading Comprehension

Looking Sideways People who look to the sides a lot are nervous, lying, or distracted. However, if a person looks away from the speaker, it could display a level of comfort or indicate submissiveness. Looking askance generally means the person is distrustful or unconvinced. Looking Downwards If someone looks down at the floor a lot, […]

Hey everyone! Here (x) is my note on Genes (it includes Mitosis, Meiosis, and the Cell Life Cycle). If you're having a hard time reading my handwriting, feel free to send an ask my way! I'll try my...

How are you doing with teaching non-fiction, informational texts? Do you feel you have a good grasp on expository text structures? With the Common Core ELA standards, students are expected to be proficient in reading complex informational texts. State assessments are also becoming more non-fiction focused, to evaluate student abilities in navigating these complex texts. So what can we do to help our students meet these standards? The purpose of this post is to provide a few resources for teaching non-fiction, in preparation for the higher levels of achievement students are expected to reach! The ideas shared are perfect for upper

...is a sane librarian. Right? Right. So I'm going to post my favorite, hilarious book memes today. Because, yeah, Summer Reading is right around the corner and, yeah, some patrons do need to take a chill pill. But let's not focus on that, shall we? By far my favorite meme. So! Without further ado, a break from your workday: Haha...I'm such a nerd... But I do hope you enjoyed the break! Until next week! See Volume 2 here

These five fun word games will have your students practicing vocabulary terms without even realizing it! Check out this list for instructions for play.

Celebrating Think-Pair-Share, the Little Strategy That Could, and sharing some best practices for making it work for you.

My article Depression and Your Messy House is the most read article on this blog in the past year. If you’ve ever found yourself caught in the vicious cycle of perfectionism and depression, you are not alone.

As the arts lose more and more of a hold in education, it becomes increasingly important for teachers to find ways to integrate the arts in their classes.

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Ever catch yourself doing these things? Perhaps ever heard of 'unconscious body language?' Yawning when you're disinterested. Fidgeting when you're bored. Faking a smile when you meet someone you don't particularly want to engage with. It's almost impossible not to at times, isn't it? Like you simply can't help yourself. As if some unseen force has taken control of your body. It's no big deal. It happens to everyone. Under normal circumstances, you wouldn't even give it a second thought. Unless, that is, you wanted to use that information to your advantage. What information? The signs and signals you pick

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Check out these cute, 1st Grade worksheets for January. Practice math, reading, and writing with these fun winter themes.

Check out how easy it is to use old iPhones as Listening Centers!

Visualizing the text is such an important strategy used for building your students’ reading comprehension. It is very versatile as it can be used in different ways with students of all ages and reading levels. I

Contemplating 'ikagai' over the weekend, plus the rest of the week's good reads...

Many would agree that for inquiry to be alive and well in a classroom that, amongst other things, the teacher needs to be expert at asking strategic questions. With that in mind, if you are a new teacher or perhaps not so new but know that question-asking is an area where you'd like to grow, start tomorrow with these five ideas.

With my small group pull-out sessions limited to half-hour increments, I'm always looking for quick, engaging reading and writing activities to reinforce literacy skills. I used to think dice games were only for teaching math and probability, but I'm starting to discover that there are ENDLESS possibilities for using dice with literacy. Are you looking for a few ideas? Well... let's shake and roll! 3 Roll-a-Dice Activities for Reading & Writing My roll-a-dice resource collection continues to grow, but here are a few resources that I've added to my literacy toolbox that may be perfect for your students. 1. Roll-a-Story

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This post shares tips and strategies for teaching different learning styles to meet the needs of all learners.

Download your complete guide to the third grade reading standards for both nonfiction and fiction texts. This is handy tool for guided and shared reading.

This summer, I read a great book about anchor charts. I make tons of anchor charts with my students each year, but there are times when I f...

Teaching students academic language is so important. There are a TON of terms that students need to know when it comes to reading. These 33 reading fiction word wall cards will help your students remember all the terms necessary to be able to discuss and talk about fiction texts. These reading fiction word wall cards work great on a word wall, a reading focus wall, a bulletin board, or you can use them as part of your mini-lesson or guided reading lesson. What's Included? 33 Reading fiction word wall cards Each card includes a description and a picture cue Cards can be printed black and white, color text, or color background *Each 8.5x11 sheet of paper contains three word wall cards. Word Wall Cards Included: 1st person 2nd person 3rd person antagonist author characters climax conflict dialogue exposition falling action feelings fiction flashbacks foreshadowing illustrator limited mood narrator objective omniscient plot plot structure problem protagonist resolution rising action setting solution story elements theme tone traits Looking for more word wall sets? Greek and Latin Root Word Wall Cards Reading Skills Word Wall Cards ________________________________________________________________ Copyright © The Stellar Teacher Co. LLC www.stellarteacher.com Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

A persuasive writing and speaking activity for kids focused on identifying propaganda while watching TV.

I made up a few FREE Contraction Printables for teaching contractions to ALuv {6 years old} and wanted to share them! {Find the download link at the end of this post.} *This post contains affiliate links. FREE Contraction Printables for Teaching Contractions In the free printable pack, you’ll find: 1. Contraction Concentration: The cards ... Read More about FREE Contraction Printables for Teaching Contractions

We'd like to share this critical thinking skills cheatsheet for you to use with your students. Get them asking questions on any topic! Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)

After seeing Grant Snider's cute and clever illustrations pop up on a number of blogs, I was led to his site where I ended up spending a good part of my

Hurray! You're here. Let me help you with fun resources for your primary students to keep them excited about learning!

What reading strategies do students need to know? Find out here and keep track with a free chart!

How to Write Gallifreyen: Many people watch doctor who, whether they are fans or not. In this instructable, I will show you the basics of writing Circular Gallifreyen.So keep reading and enjoy ;)

Give your child practice with his sentence building skills with this printable worksheet that's all about capital letters.

It's the second Monday of the month which means it's time for Monday Made It! Over winter break I redecorated my master bath! I'll spare you the before pictures but the walls were all dark

3rd Edition of a booklet, designed to help teachers get the most of the 4 different skills, speaking, writing, reading and listening. Practical, useful and fun. Designed by students of the 9th semester of Licenciatura en Lingúistica del Idioma Inglés, of Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. Guatemala, June 2017.

I share these stories because I suspect you have also had moments you’re not proud of, stories you’ve never told anyone; I want you to know you’re not alone.