A Reading Teacher's Blog
Halloween is such an exciting time for kids! When Halloween is constantly on your students’ brains, it is so helpful to have meaningful, low prep activities for them to put this energy into. Halloween crafts and activities are the perfect creative outlet for students. Below are a bunch of digital and printable activities that I…
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. …
WHY TEACH STUDENTS TO FIND THE MAIN IDEA? Being able to find the main idea of a text is a complex and important nonfiction reading skill for upper elementary students (3rd-5th grade). “Learning how to understand what a section of a text or whole text is mostly about is critical to comprehension” (Serravello 2015). …
Halloween is such an exciting time for kids! When Halloween is constantly on your students’ brains, ...
Fall is hands down my favorite season for setting up crafts and activities in the elementary ...
Exposing students to a wide variety of genres is so important to creating lifelong readers. It ...
From the moment students enter the classroom, they should feel excited to dig into books and reading ...
The end of the year brings testing, finishing up grades, field days, assemblies, and more! Between ...
With spring’s arrival finally brings back some warmth and sunshine, so spring activities are a great ...
WHY TEACH STUDENTS TO FIND THE MAIN IDEA? Being able to find the main idea of a text is a complex and important nonfiction reading skill for upper elementary students (3rd-5th grade). “Learning how to understand what a section of a text or whole text is mostly about is critical to comprehension” (Serravello 2015). …
Exposing students to a wide variety of genres is so important to creating lifelong readers. It helps students begin to identify who they are as readers, including their likes and dislikes. By building genre background knowledge they are able to make connections, and ultimately comprehend, a new book of the same genre. WHAT ARE…
From the moment students enter the classroom, they should feel excited to dig into books and reading instruction. There are ways we make our classroom visually inviting to new readers, as well as back to school reading activities we can have prepared. Beyond giving reading assessments, it is important for students to self-reflect and express…
A nonfiction text features scavenger hunt is such a fun, hands on, and authentic activity for students to see text features in real texts or reading passages! Using nonfiction text features is such a an important skill when reading informational texts. They can be the key for growing readers in comprehending the main body…
