March Activities for Upper Elementary Students
…of ways to combat spring fever while still having fun! Here are a few ideas for beating spring fever: Begin student-led book clubs to keep students engaged in their reading…
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Three Mini-Lessons for Teaching Students to Make Inferences with Pictures
…teaching inferences! Find the resources featured in this post: Reader’s Workshop: Making Predictions in Reading Workshop $5.00 Add to cart Reader’s Workshop | Making Inferences-Teaching Inferences in Reading Workshop $5.00…
5 Must-Have Anchor Charts to Teach Personal Narratives
…a few ideas for anchor charts as you are planning your narrative writing unit. 1. Thinking of ideas Narrative writing tells a story and a personal narrative tells a story…
Writing Workshop Mini-Lessons: How to Keep the Mini-Lesson Mini
…their own writing. The mini-lesson gives you the opportunity to show examples and share strategies that will motivate your students and give ideas for their writing. Mini-lessons allow us to…
3 Anchor Charts for Teaching Nonfiction Point of View
…__________ which tells me they feel… Reading nonfiction text is so important to help students learn to form opinions about events and topics. I hope you found some great ideas…
Creating Lifelong Readers With Interactive Read Alouds
…and expressive reading Models deeper thinking and discussions Builds good reading habits Encourages a love of reading Teachers have used sticky notes to remember questions or reading strategies that they…
Setting Up Writer’s Notebooks: Creating Tools for Successful Writing
…down any ideas for writing in the ideas section. Any time an idea pops in their head, they can write it down! Writers are always thinking and jotting down ideas!…
A Free 10 Day Calendar to Launch Reading Workshop
Planning to launch reading workshop but not sure where to begin? Grab a complete calendar with the planning done for you! 10 days of lesson ideas and mentor text, all…
5 Ways to Teach Poetry in Upper Elementary Classrooms
…students are reading and writing poetry! Find the resources featured in this post: Poetry Centers for Writing Poetry, Poetry Analysis, Reading Poetry, and More $4.75 Add to cart Close Reading…