As you learned in my previous post, it’s time to throw the vocabulary list OUT! Students need the words in context, and they need practice with the words over the course of the year- not just the week you introduce them. This post is going… [continue reading]
Enrich Students’ Reading, Writing, and Speaking Vocabulary
Teachers are aware that understanding vocabulary is crucial to reading comprehension, but we want students to do more than just “know it when they read it.” We hope our students can adopt these words into their repertoire and improve their writing and speaking vocabulary as… [continue reading]
Take Back Your Time With Mentor Texts
Time is precious. There is NEVER enough of it!! But, what if there was a way you could take back some of that time? Would you take it? I have your answer! Before we dive in, let’s talk about what a mentor text IS and… [continue reading]
Using Mentor Texts in the Primary Grades {Freebies Included!}
Mentor texts help students learn how to read like writers and write like readers- yes, even in the early years! In fact, K-2 teachers are a super-big-help to the upper grades teachers because their use of mentor texts helps ingrain the importance of reading, as… [continue reading]
Stop Highlighting… Start Thinking!
Remember when you were in high school and college, and as you studied, you highlighted everything you felt was important… then you got to the bottom of a page, looked back, and your entire page was highlighted?? Yeah… that’s what we DON’T want students doing… [continue reading]
Getting Started With Mentor Sentences
Some common emails I get when people are ready to start mentor sentences, or are in the first week and feel like it’s not going like it should, go something like this: “Help! My students aren’t able to write anything down the first week!” or… [continue reading]
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