Tag: Reading

What is reading fluency? A big part of it is reading with voice or using expression to show how characters are feeling.

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.

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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 talking specifically about peer feedback.  Peer feedback can be very powerful if it is done effectively, and it can be integrated in many different  areas

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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 like to continue talking about reading conferences.  This time, I am focusing on resources I use to track conferences as well as different purposes for

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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 I’m always looking for ways to improve them.  Just before school got out, I finished reading Jen Serravallo’s book, A Teacher’s Guide to Reading Conferences. 

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Haiku: Great Mentor Texts & a Freebie

I hope everyone had a restful and fun holiday season!  If you’re like me, it was a little rough getting back into the working routine.  Thankfully, I have 26 second graders who were happy to share their energy! I am excited to start our poetry unit, as this is one

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Self-Assessing Fluency

My students are in the process of completing student-led conferences.  We had our first round last week, and our second round is scheduled for this Thursday.  I loved doing student-led conferences when I taught fourth and fifth grade.  However, I have to admit that I was quite nervous to try

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