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Improving Student Fluency in your Classroom
As students move through the primary grades, they should move from learning to read to reading to learn. Students who struggle with fluency have difficulty reading to learn because they simply aren’t...
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Butterfly Lesson Ideas
Do you teach a butterfly unit with your class? It is one of my favorite topics to teach because my kids are always so excited to see first hand how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. I have gathered...
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Tips for Wrapping Up the School Year and Kicking Off Summer
The end of the school year is always such a bittersweet time! Teachers start to count the days until they are able to relax and recharge from an absolutely crazy a hectic school year. However, not...
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5 Creative Ways to Teach About Christmas Traditions Around the World
Whether your students celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Las Posadas, Kwanzaa, Chinese New Year, (or all of them!), they are always excited to learn about other countries and their holiday celebrations...
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A Collection of Winter Mentor Text Lessons: Toys Meet Snow
The winter season with all it’s wonder and beauty is upon us. I am excited to be teaming up with other teachers from the Reading Crew to share some of our favorite mentor text lessons for the season....
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Have You Read? Toys Meet Snow
Today I would like to introduce you to a great book for reading aloud to your students during the cold winter months…..Toys Meet Snow by Emily Jenkins. A little girl goes away with her family on a...
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Why is Reading Fluency So Important in the Primary Grades?
Why is reading fluency important? Have you ever tried to learn to play an instrument? If so, think about those early days of learning the instrument. I can remember my days in middle school band....
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What is Reading Fluency?
What is reading fluency? Even people not familiar with the elements that make up fluent reading, know a fluent reader when they hear one. They read smoothly with proper intonation. A fluent reader...
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Assessing Reading Fluency to Boost Fluency Growth
In order to accurately assess a student’s fluency and guide his or her development, a teacher needs to look at all the components of fluency. In the simplest of terms, fluency can be divided into...
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How to Use Interactive Read-Alouds to Transform Your Reading Class!
The science is settled when it comes to Interactive Read-Alouds. Not only do classroom teachers recognize that Interactive Read-Alouds are a powerful and engaging teaching tool, but the research...
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