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Anchor charts and mentor texts for composing strong narrative leads

Personal Narratives with Strong Leads

A strong lead can give students confidence to continue their narrative writing. This post shares ways to model and encourage strong leads in your students’ writing.

Reading with Voice

Reading with voice is an important part of reading fluency. Read on to learn about engaging strategies you can incorporate in your classroom right away.

Three Ways to Foster Effective Peer Feedback

Feedback is important to help our young learners continue to grow. This includes feedback from teachers as well as feedback from peers. Today, I am

Using Mentor Texts for Personal Narratives

For most of my 27 years of teaching, I have taught personal narratives in some way, shape or form. In doing so, I have encountered

Preparing for Individual Writing Conferences with Students

I love having writing conferences with my students. It is one of the best ways to learn about their strengths and goals in writing as

Independent Reading Conferring with Students – Part 3

I’m back for more on reading conferences. In my first post of this series, I share some ways to plan and organize for reading conferences

Independent Reading Conferring with Students – Part 2

Last week, I shared some of the ways I prepare for reading conferences. You can check that post out by clicking here. This week, I’d

Independent Reading Conferring with Students – Part 1

Conferring with students about their reading is one of my favorite parts of the day. Over the years, my reading conferences have definitely evolved, but