“Chilling Out” with a great book!
One thing I love to have my students do is recommend books to each other. We do it during book
One thing I love to have my students do is recommend books to each other. We do it during book
A week or so ago, we were really digging into our writing unit on realistic fiction when I started overhearing
If your house is anything like my house on the weekend, the discussion centers around everyone’s football picks for the
For those of you who have followed me for a while, you know that helping students develop a passion and
One thing I know to be true about fourth graders and intermediate students is that there is no ONE thing
There are a billion resources out there that are stressing the importance of using “mentor texts” to help students develop
I’m joining up with “Monday Made It” over at 4th Grade Frolics! Today I wanted to share with you my
Our final reading unit of the year is a focus on “social issues” in texts. So many of our read
Just a quick post today–we had our “1/2 price book fair” and, of course, I had to make a dent
As you may know, I have started the book “Wonder” with my class as an “enhanced” read aloud. I say