Tackling the Reading Beast: Knowing WHAT to Teach and WHEN
So...what do my readers want now?
You want to get ahead of your readers and plan some lessons they will need in the immediate future.
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Easy-to-Use Read Aloud With Accountable Talk Planner
Be intentional with your planning. All good read alouds provide times for the teacher think aloud, for students to turn & talk, stop &a
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How to Use the Two Word Strategy to Elevate Your Learners' Thinking
Two Word Strategy from Linda Hoyt's Reflect, Revisit, Retell: Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension is a handy little tool for
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Knowing When The Lesson is STICKY
How do you know when the students 'got it'? So, first, look back at your minilesson planning. What one thing did you want readers to gain
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How to Use An Informal Running Record To Inform Instruction
Running Records provide so much valuable information in such a short amount of time.
I know that when someone says "running records&
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5 Sections EVERY Reader's Notebook Should Have
So...just what all goes in the Reader's Notebook?Reading Identity, Personal Bookshelf, Reading Goals, Minilesson Work & Independent Work
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ESSENTIAL Strategies and Tools That Actively Engage Your Readers
When students are engaged in the minilesson and practice the reading work, that engagement strategy or tool can be carried through into inde
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Using a Reading DATA WALL Effectively
A Data Wall is a place to show a snapshot of a group...not specific students and their personal information.
Data walls should be created, d
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October MUST READ Books
First of all, Chris Van Allsburg is one of my favorite authors. His books are usually listed as grades K-3 ages 4-7 but they are so....
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Evaluating Readers to Guide Instructional Decisions
So, I've assembled student literacy portfolios and collected a variety of reading artifacts for each of my students. Now what?
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8 Valuable Student Artifacts That Inform Literacy Instruction
We all know that test scores aren’t the complete picture of a reader and a writer. Test scores do not define a student's growth and pro
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Using the BOOK BLURB to Increase Focused Reading
Using the BOOK BLURB is a quick and simple strategy that can increase focused reading engagement. I know this sounds so simple but I have s
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