Read Alouds: 5 Powerful Books to Spark a Love of Reading
How do you promote a love of reading in your classroom? I have found one of the best ways to do this is through read alouds. Here are five great ones!
How do you promote a love of reading in your classroom? I have found one of the best ways to do this is through read alouds. Here are five great ones!
Do you ever notice students who “fake read” during independent reading time? Here are five effective strategies to help get all your students engaged in real reading!
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.
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
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 by collecting data. Last week in part two, I wrote about different types of conferences you might have with your students, with the plan of
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
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.
Sometimes, it’s easy to get in a bit of a rut with student responses to reading. I do see lots of value in Post-it notes and reading response journals. I also see lots of value in trying different response modes. I have blogged about how I use Padlet as an
The start of a new school year is just around the corner. As I started looking through my plans for the first couple of weeks, I decided that I wanted to freshen up the books I read at the beginning of the year. I had a Barnes and Noble gift
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
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
I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! I have recently tried using Padlet in my classroom, and I love it! Today I’d like to share how I use Padlet as a formative assessment. I am going to talk about character traits with my second graders, but you can use it