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Genrifying Your Classroom Library

I love a great library, whether it it’s my school library or my classroom library, and I have found that the best way to get students the books they want is to organize the...

Cooking the Perfect Turkey Sequence Writing Activity, Grades 1–3

One of my all time favorite Thanksgiving activities to do with my students is a sequence writing lesson entitled, 'Recipe for Cooking the Perfect Turkey'. I begin the lesson...

Thanksgiving-Themed Reading Resources, K–5

Keeping reading activities fun, yet meaningful, can be a daunting task. I usually look to the holiday of the current month (provided there is one) for inspiration. Today I'm...

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Rainbows & Rainclouds Phonics Game

Grades K–3

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Vocab Gal's Favorite Test Prep Resources Kit

Grades 3–12+

Mr. Turkey 5W's and 1H Graphic Organizer

Bring some holiday fun into the classroom with a simple Thanksgiving-inspired reading exercise! Below is a Thankgiving book and a 5W's & 1H reading graphic organizer I use...

5 Tips for Selecting Nonfiction Texts (to help you comply with the Common Core State Standards requirements)

For many of us one of the greatest challenges the Common Core State Standards poses is the amount of nonfiction texts we need to now use with our students. I know most of my...

Activating Prior Knowledge Lesson Plans, Grades 3 & 4

As a literacy specialist, I believe one of the most important things I can do for my students is to teach them a myriad of strategies to interpret texts independently. I want...

Halloween Reading Graphic Organizers

The Halloween graphic organizers I use for reading comprehension are some of my favorites. Having a seasonal version of all my graphic organizers is a simple way to add some...

Strategies for Helping Readers: Activating Prior Knowledge

I'll never forget reading Mosaic of Thought by Ellin Oliver Keene & Susan Zimmerman in college. While studying the benefits of strategy-based comprehension instruction, I was...

Using Webb's DOK and Bloom's Taxonomy within Shared Reading & Reading Units

Last month, in my article about using the DOK and Bloom's Taxonomy within Balanced Literacy, I tried to provide the technical terms and explanations of each framework. Today...

Connecting the Common Core Standards with Webb’s Depth of Knowledge & Bloom’s Taxonomy

In preparation for the Common Core State Standards I did a lot of research, and I started with the CCSS website. I found this overview of the CCSS to be very important... ...

National Reading Month– Download Your FREE Vocabulary Bookmarks

I particularly like the end of February and it has everything to do with Read Across America Day and the beginning of National Reading Month (March 1)! With these two...

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