I used to feel like the standard that required students to reference characters in mythology was a bit random. I struggled with how to tie this in to my reading instruction. But, when looking at the standards in totality, you can see how this builds upon previously taught
5 Lessons for Teaching Theme
Theme has to be one of my favorite reading standards to teach. It's probably become of the amazing collection of mentor texts that can be used to teach theme, as well as how these lessons require students to dig a little deeper. This post shares some of my favorite mentor texts
Point of View Lessons
I like to introduce point of view through a combination of lessons and activities. Even though it's not exactly the same thing, I also introduce the idea of perspective during these lessons. I typically spend about a week teaching point of view, and then I circle around back to
Teaching Main Idea and Supporting Details
Main idea and supporting details are often extremely difficult for students to identify and understand. Over the years, I've learned that my main idea and supporting details instruction needs to be highly scaffolded in order for my students to grasp this tricky skill. All of
Teaching Characterization Through Mentor Texts
One of the best ways to teach characterization and character traits is through mentor texts. In fact, after I teach basic comprehension strategies, I begin teaching story elements. I spend a week on setting, characterization, and plot. You can read my post on teaching setting
Pacing Guides for Literacy and Math
I've worked on A LOT of resource updates this summer, so I wanted to share my corresponding pacing guides with you.
As always, it's important to remember that this is just a guide. I try to never let the pacing guide dictate my instruction. There are times when we need to
Teaching Setting With Mentor Texts
Setting is one of those reading topics that I love to teach. It's relatively easy for students to understand, and there is so much great literature that can be tied into upper elementary setting instruction. My greatest challenge in teaching setting is having students use text
Making Sense of Reading Assessments
Reading assessments can have a tremendous impact on the upper elementary classroom. However, it's imperative to understand what assessments we're giving and the purpose of those assessments. Otherwise, we fall into the trap of over-assessing, which is when we assess for the sake
Using Novel Studies to Teach Reading
I LOVE children’s literature. I love picture books and chapter books, and I’m always torn on which I should use for my mini lessons and small group lessons. When I originally created my reading units, all of the mini lessons were based on picture books, and my guided reading
Teaching Comprehension Strategies
In my first reading unit, the major emphasis of instruction is comprehension strategies. Even though not all of these strategies are specifically mentioned in my standards, they're still an essential component to my reading instruction. It doesn't matter how good of job I do
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