Interactive Read-Alouds An interactive read-aloud is a reading lesson that is focused on one standard and taught through the reading of one book and the guided conversation that students engage in before, during, and... | |
Virtual Read-Alouds for the First Week of School This week I thought it might be helpful to round up some books and activities that you can use during the first week or two of school! A lot of the books... |
Teaching Tip: How to Use Anchor Charts During Distance Learning If you have been following me on Instagram for a while, you probably know that I LOVE making, using, and displaying anchor charts for my students. As we have been transitioning to virtual learning over the past several months, I've been brainstorming ways that anchor charts can still be used and I've come up with a few ideas that I wanted to share with you all! |
Interpreting Characters: A 4th Grade Reading Unit I just finished up the plans and resources for the first bend of the first 4th grade reading unit, Interpreting Characters, and I wanted to share some helpful information and a FREE sample with you. Before we get started, I just wanted to let you know... |
Summer Reading Every year at the end of the school year, my students' parents start asking what they can do to continue/review/extend their child's learning throughout the summer months. I usually recommend books at and slightly above each kid's independent reading level and provide the parents with question stems to... |
End of Year Reading Activities: Next week is the last week of school for students and I have been working on figuring out how to transition the end of school year activities that we normally complete in the classroom to a digital platform. I wanted to share some of the books and activities that I have... |
Ecosystems & Food Chains In my county, 3rd graders used to have to take SOLs (end of year standardized tests) in science and social studies, however, they have done away with those tests and replaced them with "performance tasks". The performance tasks are basically interactive projects that require students to apply/ demonstrate knowledge from a specific content unit... |
Social Studies: Plans & Resources I have gotten a few questions about how I teach/plan/grade Social Studies, so I wanted to answer all of your questions in one place and provide you with some helpful resources in case you are in need!We don't have a specific Social Studies textbook or series that we follow, so I plan my... |
Word Reference Materials We just finished up a two week unit on Word Reference Materials that I wanted to share with you all! We started the unit off by talking about what Word Reference Materials are and then taking a closer look at dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauruses (that's a fun one to say). We discussed what each one is, looks like, and the information that... |
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