How will you be celebrating with your students this year? In my experience, students are usually twitching with excitement for Halloween festivities and it's hard to reign them in or get them to focus on learning. Each year, I try to come up with literacy activities that are fun, effective, and ... View Post
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Crunch and Munch Words
Do your students get stuck on multi-syllable words? Do they tend to leave off word endings? Do your students take the time to read through the entire word? "Crunch & Munch" is a great strategy for helping students decode challenging words, especially words with tricky prefixes and suffixes. ... View Post
Fall Literacy Fun
Are you ready for FALL? Fall is by far my favorite season! Seriously... how can you go wrong with pumpkin picking, pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin-smelling candles, and pumpkin pie? All. Wonderful. Things. I love pumpkin (can you tell?), but most of all, I love the changing leaves and the smell of ... View Post
Amazing Author Studies
Author Studies are fun, engaging activities for students of all ages. They are perfect for reinforcing research skills and allowing students to discover new authors and books! Just think... wouldn't this be the perfect end-of-the-year project to kick-off summer reading?! Each student could ... View Post
Non-Fiction Text Structures
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 ... View Post
How to Introduce and Practice Fluency with a Fluency Boot Camp
Break up the mid-winter slump and bring a Fluency Boot Camp into your classroom! What is a Fluency Boot Camp? No... you will not be shipping your students off (sorry), nor will students have to march around the room (your choice), but I can guarantee that your students' brains will be sweating as ... View Post
