Does this sound familiar to you? You sit at your small group reading table during independent reading and scan your classroom. You see one student sitting quietly staring at their book. You notice that they're not tracking anything. It's almost like they're sleep reading. You see
Teaching Language Arts Through Distance Learning
I feel very fortunate that I had already taught all of my essential language arts standards before we were sent home for distance learning. This allows me to expand on what students have already learned, which is much easier than presenting new content. Even in distance learning,
Combining Information From Multiple Texts
Combining information from multiple texts is not a skill that can be quickly taught. There is definitely a lot involved! Students must first be able to read and comprehend an individual informative text before they can apply those skills to combine information. Then integrating
Explaining Events in Informational Text
One of the more challenging reading standards is explaining events in informational text. "Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text." This can be
Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts
When I moved back to teaching fourth grade and read the standard "Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided" I was more than a little confused. Once I I spent time unpacking
Teaching Greek Mythology Through Reading Instruction
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
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