I am so excited to announce that there are OFFICIALLY mentor sentences for every elementary grade! Grades 3-5 had them first– and they now have two complete volumes to choose from… then second grade got them, and these can be implemented into first grade with some scaffolding… but when I released mentor sentences for EARLY […]
Poetry is not just for April! Don’t save all the awesome poems for the spring! Everything you are doing with close reading can be done with a poem, too. Students can still infer, determine theme, compare characters or events, understand figurative language and word choice, explain how stanzas build on each other, determine mood or […]
In just one week, November begins. Isn’t it crazy the year is almost over? The authors of The Primary Peach are back again this month to make your life easier and help you plan for November! (Did you miss October’s Sharing Sunday? Check it out here!) I am sharing some fabulous resources for figurative language- great for […]
Mentor texts are perfect for students of all ages! If you don’t believe me, read here. 🙂 One of the best parts of using a mentor text is that it gives you more time to TEACH! Once you’ve read the book one time, you only need to re-read or refer to parts of it […]
Inferring Reading between the lines… putting clues together to solve a mystery… whatever you may call it, I’m sure you will agree, students need a lot of practice with inferring! A great mentor text to use for this very skill is The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg! The Stranger is the story of a mystery man […]
I can’t believe October is upon us!! The authors of The Primary Peach want to make your life easier and help you plan this month! I am sharing some fabulous resources for teaching multiplication in third and fourth grade. The best part: many of them are freebies or ideas from blog posts! Click either of […]