
Close Reading And Writing Love Poems
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One of my all-time favorite books to use when teaching poetry is Love That Dog by Sharon Creech, but you CAN’T just read it. For

I think the best way for students to really understand science and social studies concepts is to also integrate it into reading and writing. I

I had a teacher comment on a post I made recently (about paired texts) saying the word “rigor” makes her want to throw up. Although

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

Interactive notetaking is the BEST way to get information to “sink in” for your students. I first learned about it five years ago at a