
Keep Students Learning Before Winter Break!
This time of year, it’s no secret that most kids have Santa on the brain… …so don’t fight that feeling! You definitely can’t beat ’em on

This time of year, it’s no secret that most kids have Santa on the brain… …so don’t fight that feeling! You definitely can’t beat ’em on

When I first started teaching, I would sit down at the beginning of every school year with a blank calendar, and I’d map out what

A question I am asked frequently, because of my use of picture books as mentor texts, is: “Are picture books really complex enough for my

Text evidence… those two words are so important for a reading teacher! We want students to be able to infer and draw conclusions while using

One of the most common struggles teachers face is tackling TIME. There simply isn’t enough of it to cover all the skills and standards we

Nonfiction close reading can often be tricky for our elementary kiddos because many texts that we find are so long, it can be hard to