I am always looking for ways to keep reading interesting and exciting for students while still working on comprehension skills and reading behaviors and processes. I have done this novel in a day activity for more than 20 years, and I thought I’d finally put it in a more useful format! What is it? Novel in a Day is a way to take a chapter book, divide it into sections, assign a section ... Read the Post
More Than a Graphic Organizer! Written responses to reading
As you know, the purpose of a graphic organizer is to help students (or adults!) make sense of information and organize it into a visible, usable fashion. Sometimes using an organizer is all we need from students—a way for them to represent the information we are asking for. Sometimes, however, we want students to organize information for other reasons…like to do a piece of writing. I wanted a way ... Read the Post
Responding to Reading Character Prompts: Gradual Release Model
I often hear teachers stressing out about how they can get everything they need ready for all their book groups, standards-based grading, and so on. Sometimes I think we work WAY too hard--and I always work to try to do best quality instruction without driving myself into the ground. We focus on characters throughout the school year. The easiest way I do this is that I have a bank of resources ... Read the Post
Helping Students Fall In Love With Books: A Reading Intervention
One group of students who I think we often ignore is those students who are solid readers, are compliant--but aren't "engaged readers". We know that students learn to read by READING, so if they aren't reading at home and aren't challenging themselves at school, their progress will be impacted. Getting Students Talking About Books This is exactly what I have been going through with one ... Read the Post
Reading interventions, “Ready Freddy”, and chapter book strategies!
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
10 Tips for Creating a Culture of Readers
Developing life-long reading habits is so critical, and as teachers we have so much power to help students learn how to learn and grow as readers. Today is my day to blog over at Upper Elementary Snapshots, and I'd love for you to stop by and check out my 10 tips for making sure your classroom is a place to nurture life-long readers! I hope you'll click the image above and check it out! ... Read the Post
Anecdotal Reading Notes and Status of the Class
As we move into a new school year, many of us are searching for new systems. If you are anything like me, you have probably uttered the phrase, "Next year, I am going to be SO much better at...". And you can fill in the blank. Better at recording grades...better at keeping your desk clean...better about providing timely feedback to students--we all have tons of areas where we wish we had a ... Read the Post
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