A Reading Teacher's Blog
Fall is hands down my favorite season for setting up crafts and activities in the elementary classroom! Pumpkins, apples, changing leaves, and holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving provide so many ways to bring fall vibes into the classroom. I love having different formats and options of crafts and activities for students to choose from. …
For teachers of students in 3rd through 5th grade, one key reading strategy that increases comprehension is drawing conclusions. This fundamental reading strategy not only helps students’ understanding of a text but also encourages them to think critically about a text and form their own judgements. Drawing conclusions can be one of the more difficult…
Fall is hands down my favorite season for setting up crafts and activities in the elementary ...
Generally, when we think of book reports, we think of fiction reading response. However, nonfiction ...
It can be overwhelming to try to figure out what the order of teaching ESL grammar is to newcomer ...
Analyzing a character’s traits is an important fiction reading skill for readers of all ages. ...
Teaching the present simple tense and present continuous (progressive) tense is so important for ...
For teachers of students in 3rd through 5th grade, one key reading strategy that increases comprehension is drawing conclusions. This fundamental reading strategy not only helps students’ understanding of a text but also encourages them to think critically about a text and form their own judgements. Drawing conclusions can be one of the more difficult…
Generally, when we think of book reports, we think of fiction reading response. However, nonfiction book report templates serve equally as important of a purpose for digging deep into nonfiction texts. Book reports are such a great way to encourage the use of many different reading skills with the same text. With one nonfiction…
Analyzing a character’s traits is an important fiction reading skill for readers of all ages. Character traits analysis helps students with: Graphic organizers are a valuable tool for teaching character analysis. They provide students with a visual structure for organizing their thinking before, during, and after reading. The 10 types of character traits graphic organizers…
As ESL educators, our goal is to support English Learners (ELs)/ELLs/MLLs as they develop their language skills while keeping pace with content area learning. One highly effective tool to aid ELs in this journey is the use of graphic organizers. These visual tools provide ELs with structure and clarity, helping them comprehend, organize, and express…
