Yee-haw! Have you ever been to a rodeo? I still can't believe I'm writing this... but I have! This born-and-raised New Yorker can finally check that item off her bucket list. My friend Samantha took my husband and I to one when we were visiting her in Austin, Texas. It was definitely a fun ... View Post
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Practicing Accuracy Using Similar Word Pairs
Do your students make a lot of visual errors? Visual discrimination is a tough for many readers who struggle with decoding. Many of the substitutions I see with my students include words with similar shapes, blends, vowels, or word chunks. I like to dig deeper to find out what TYPE of visual errors ... View Post
Snowballing Sentences
Are you looking for a way to help your students expand their sentences to include details? Do your students need help with grouping words together while reading for fluency phrasing? Try integrating this simple Snowballing Sentences activity! Writing Read through the completed sentence page as a ... View Post
Introducing Daily Fluency
So you completed Fluency Boot Camp... Now what? Fluency is a reading skill that requires maintenance and practice, especially for students who struggle with fluency. After explicitly modeling and teaching the components of oral reading fluency, you should make it a priority to schedule time for ... View Post
S.T.O.R.Y. Extensions!
Earlier this month, I shared a mnemonic I use with my 2nd and 3rd graders for teaching story elements. This mnemonic is part of a larger strategy called "Picture It!," developed by Victoria Naughton (2008). Each letter of S.T.O.R.Y. represents a story element, and students can use the graphic ... View Post
Introducing Fiction Text Structure with S.T.O.R.Y!
S.T.O.R.Y. A few years ago, I was looking for a fun and engaging way to teach Fiction Text Structure to my struggling readers, when I came across Victoria Naughton's strategy, "Picture It!" (2008), in my copy of The Reading Teacher. Naughton was recognized for her hard work in research and ... View Post
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