The first day of school is SO busy! The days leading up to the first day are filled with preparing the classroom and meetings. I want to tak

When readers are provided with visuals to illustrate a complex and abstract process, such as inferring, they will better be able to transfer

Structures need to be set so that students can be successful in their work. Students need the teacher’s guiding hand in their reading work

Student notebooks are a functional & valuable part of the classroom because they are an evolving snapshot of your students' work & progress

The new year marks new beginnings and fresh starts. It’s time to capitalize on that theme to ease everyone back into the school day routine.

Conferring is the single most important part of the instructional day filled with individualized student instruction and differentiation

When students are comfortable and prepared for their own independent reading, they will grow as readers and their interests will expand.

You want to assess their progress and track their growth.  You probably already have the 'data'.  You just have to find and assemble

Assessing reading progress and tracking growth means getting to know your readers AND readers seeing themselves as readers in their own work

Just as we build a community of readers in reading we must do the same in Writing.  We have to share the kind of writer we are so students w

When you think about what your readers need and what your readers have already accomplished, you can begin to build a path that will lead...

Readers need guidance in finding answers for their many wonderings. Readers need nonfiction reading and research skills.