Writing about reading

In upper grade classrooms, students spend a great deal of time responding to the texts they read. Over the years I have found that no matter what grade level I teach, students have a difficult time writing thorough and meaningful reading responses. At the start of every year my students need quite a bit of guidance when writing their responses. One of the best ways that I have found to teach students to write meaningful responses is by providing them with sentence frames. I like to encourage…

Do you use reading response journals during independent reading time? I made a free reading response journal prompts menu for you to use.

We as teachers know that reading at home is crucial to becoming a better reader.If you’re like me, you have used one of these. I used a reading log like this for years and didn’t think twice about it. However, I did think it was interesting that most of my students read exactly 30 minutes […]

Check out these no prep writing crafts. This blog post talks about these fun and engaging writing prompts, which are ideal for Kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade students. These craftivities are great for writing lessons, writing centers, or writer's workshop. They are seasonal and fun for kinder, first grade and second grade (spring, summer, fall, and winter). There are digital options too. Each craftivity is perfect for bulletin boards, as well as arts and crafts and literacy lessons…

I'm starting to really teach and practice comprehension skills. Based on our reading assessments (TRCs) at the beginning of the year I came up with this worksheet to aide in recalling details. I had m

This reading comprehension is about “My beautiful house”. The passage describes the house. The students need to read the paragraph and answer the questions. Please download the PDF Reading comprehension for grade 1-exercise 28

One of the biggest struggles in Literacy classrooms can sometimes be incorporating informational texts into literary units. Another struggle, getting students to read on level. Another struggle, getti

15 fun and easy fluency practice activities to get your K-1 students reading at a just-right pace, with accuracy and expression!

Picture this: You are wandering around your classroom in awe as each and every student is madly engaged in informative writing.

Teaching writing DOESN'T have to be complicated! With these simple strategies, you can improve students' writing without having to work so hard.

Learn about the benefits of monthly writing prompts for kids. This article gives examples for each month as well as a free writing calendar.

Let's take a little peek in a day in first grade! I love my job and working with the kids, tap to get some tips and tricks you can use too!

All stories have a lesson your child can learn. Check your child’s reading comprehension and teach him or her to find the theme using a classic fable featured on this downloadable worksheet!

Simple tips for improving writing in your second or third grade classroom. These tips are a must if you want better writers!

Free reading comprehension passages for grades 2 - 3

When I first began teaching, Nancie Atwell’s In The Middle was my go to PD book for all things to do with reading and writing workshop. I modeled so many of my teaching practices on what I learned…

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