Fourth grade reading is tough. Many students have "unlocked" the key to reading...they can read most of the words and can track ever-increasing storylines. As teachers, we can provide countless texts for them, coach them, model for them, and know that they will continue to become more sophisticated as readers. Unfortunately, there are still some students who haven't made this jump. It ... Read the Post
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Tips and Ideas for Teaching Narrative Writing
Today is my day to blog over at Upper Elementary Snapshots! Check out my ideas about teaching leads, reviewing other skills, a quick writing revision idea--and more! Here's a sneak peek at part of it... Stop by if you want to check out what I did with our second narrative writing unit of the year. This is really one of my favorite writing activities because it is SO accessible to ... Read the Post
Grading Writing Made Easy. Really.
Because I know you do not have enough time to grade writing--or do everything else we need to do! My district requires us to use a pretty substantial rubric to go with our required writing assessments--and we are welcome to use it for others. Here's the problem. It's 2 1/2 pages long! Not only that, it makes a LOT of assumptions about what my students should be doing with ... Read the Post
A Balanced Approach to Fractions: Wholes, Sets, and Measurement
Welcome back! If you have been following this series of blog posts all about fractions and improving our fraction instruction and learning, I welcome you to day 3! If you are new to the series, feel free to snoop around at POST 1 and POST 2 when you have time for more foundation information about teaching fractions. Today I want to focus on something I briefly touched upon in that first ... Read the Post
Getting Students Ready to Learn Fractions: Gradual Release and More
In my earlier post, I talked about the many factors that make fractions challenging for students. If you missed it, you can read it by clicking RIGHT HERE. Before my next few posts where I tackle some "in the trenches" ideas about fractions, I want to talk about gradual release, an instructional strategy that is true in good math instruction across ALL topics. What is "Gradual Release" of ... Read the Post
What makes teaching fractions so challenging?
If you have followed me or seen any of my webinars, you know that I wholeheartedly believe that all students can learn math at a high level--and we, as teachers, need to constantly strive to refine our teaching strategies and methods so that we reach ALL students...no matter their starting point. This is especially true for fractions which can be one of the most challenging things we teach. This ... Read the Post
Teaching Comparison Problems
It's my day to blog over at Upper Elementary Snapshots! Check out today's post all about teaching COMPARISON PROBLEMS...and how important it is to help students really dig deeply into their problem solving. I hope you get some helpful tips! Whether you call them comparison problems, tape diagrams, or strip diagrams--these problems can really helps students "make sense" of ... Read the Post
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