7 Ways to Prepare While Still Relaxing This Summer
As a teacher you already know that there is so much to do, all the time…even during the summer! “But you have summers off, right?”…
Reading Workshop: How to Keep Your Mini Lesson Focused
A reading workshop model consists of whole group instruction, direct instruction, and independent reading. This includes mini-lessons, independent reading time where students practice reading strategies,…
Launching Reading Workshop: 6 Favorite Mentor Text for Reading Routines
Launching reading workshop is all about setting up routines. And we all know, routines are so very important. When beginning your reading workshop, modeling expectations…
Making a Movie in Your Mind: Strengthening Comprehension with Visualizing
Teaching visualizing is always a fun reading skill to teach. Visualizing is a skill that is essential for student’s reading comprehension. It helps students bring life…
5 Tips for Teaching Students How To Revise and Edit Writing
Writing is hard. Plain and simple, it is difficult (even as I sit and write this, I have these feelings!) And revising and editing are…
How to Teach Students to Make Meaningful Predictions
What is predicting? Making predictions is an important reading strategy that helps to improve students’ comprehension. Making predictions helps students think ahead and teaches them…
Easy to Implement Persuasive Writing Strategies
Teaching persuasive writing is always one of my favorite writing projects. It is always fun to watch students bloom as writers when they have a…
Writing Workshop Mini-Lessons: How to Keep the Mini-Lesson Mini
Are you ready to try using mini-lessons in your writing workshop but you’re not sure how you can ever fit all the things into such…
Writing Workshop: How to Set Up a Schedule That Works
Setting up a schedule for your writing workshop does not need to feel overwhelming. Set up a writing workshop schedule that easily fits into your…
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