Mini-Lesson Must-Haves
Planning for your writing workshop mini-lessons doesn’t need to be overwhelming. You can grab a free planning page and a complete list of mentor text to use for each writing…
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How to Teach Students to Make Meaningful Predictions
…right or wrong when we are basing our predictions on the information in the text. You can find a free list of my favorite mentor text for predicting lessons and…
5 Mini-Lessons to Teach Procedural Writing
…at. With purposeful mini-lessons, meaningful anchor charts, and mentor text used to model the author’s craft, you will be prepared to help your students plan and create an amazing work…
How to Set Up Student Reader’s Notebooks
…will acquire new vocabulary throughout the year as they read and through tiered vocabulary related to mentor text. Most importantly, as they come across new “accidental” vocabulary words in their…
Nonfiction Text Feature Scavenger Hunt
Grab a free nonfiction text feature scavenger hunt to send your kids on the hunt for text features in their reading. I’d love to see how you use the scavenger…
Three Mini-Lessons for Teaching Students to Make Inferences with Pictures
As your readers continue to dig deep into text, making inferences is an important skill for them to practice. We make inferences every day without realizing it, but applying that…
Reading Workshop: What is the Rest of the Class Doing?
…words using our mentor text for the week and also words from the text we are reading in our small reading groups. Student vocabulary can be differentiated based on the…
Launching Writing Workshop: 5 Lessons to Launch Writing
…and can take time. Carefully planned mini-lessons, mentor text, and anchor charts can help your students learn routines, expectations, and set the stage for a successful workshop for the entire…
5 Anchor Charts You Need to Launch Reading Workshop
Reading workshop supports readers by allowing them choice. Teaching a mini-lesson with a focused skill, reading mentor text, creating anchor charts as a group, allowing independent practice, and providing direct…
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