I love books. I love fiction books, nonfiction books, chapter books, and picture books. That's one of the reasons I love incorporating mentor texts into my reading and writing workshop lessons. I use mentor texts to model thinking strategies, as examples of quality writing, to
Teaching Phonics In Upper Elementary
Every year I have a couple students who need a little {sometimes a lot} of extra work on phonics. This can be quite a challenge, because that isn't something I teach in a whole group lesson. I like to create a guided reading group whose emphasis is phonics {and sight words if
Reading Workshop and Literacy Stations
I don't always include literacy stations in reading workshop, but when I do, I make the activities purposeful and authentic. Anyone catch the reference? In the spirit of full disclosure, there are years when due to scheduling requirements I can't fit in literacy stations. Those
Introducing Paragraphs and Writing Instruction
I always struggle at the beginning of the year with determining how long to spend teaching rules, procedures, and various classroom management lessons. I absolutely believe that these management lessons are essential for a smooth school year. I've tried to skip some of these
5 Ways to Improve Reading Fluency
Reading fluency is an incredibly important component of reading instruction. Fluency is the ability to read a text accurately, quickly, with proper phrasing, and with expression. It is important for readers, because it allows students to comprehend what they read, rather than
Visual Pacing Guide: Language Arts
I've got my visual pacing guide for language arts ready, and I hope you're not disappointed! You'll see that there are quite a few missing units in this pacing guide, and that's because they're still a work in progress. I've been working like crazy all summer, but these big
Visual Pacing Guide
There is something about planning for a new school year that I absolutely love. As in I really love planning and obsess over it all of the time. I feel a little nervous this year, because I haven't been able to get into my classroom yet. I am impatiently waiting on the "all
Activities For Teaching Verbs
I'll be the first to admit that teaching grammar was never appealing to me. I have memories learning about AND teaching parts of speech where my eyes were completely glazed over. I thought that it was almost, if not, impossible to make parts of speech fun and meaningful. Despite
Narrative Writing
Narrative writing is probably my favorite writing genre to teach, and it's by far my favorite genre to read-both mentor texts and student writing. It's also a great way to get to know students on a deeper level. However, personal narratives aren't always easy for students to
Writing Workshop Guide – Freebie
I will be the first to admit that my first year teaching I had no clue how to teach writing! I knew how I learned writing as a student, but I didn't know how to teach it so that all of my students could become good writers. I made writing instruction my professional development
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