A Reading Teacher's Blog
Graphic organizers are such an important, versatile support for growing readers and writers. They break down reading and writing skills in a visual way to make each skill clear, and therefore easier to understand and apply. In distance learning, more than ever, students need supports that can work for them in completing reading and writing…
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. …
Teaching and practicing reading strategies with students encourages active reading and critical thinking. When students successfully use reading strategies while reading, they are more engaged, and therefore better comprehend what they are reading. Making connections is one of the most important reading strategies to teach and practice often with students. Teaching students to make connections…
Whether you are virtually teaching, or teaching ESL in distance learning, it is important to differentiate for ELLs just as you would in the classroom setting. Without the face to face interaction of an ELL student, teacher, and their classmates, learning English in authentic ways can be much more challenging. It is important that…
Fall is hands down my favorite season for setting up crafts and activities in the elementary ...
Graphic organizers are such an important, versatile support for growing readers and writers. They ...
Teaching and practicing reading strategies with students encourages active reading and critical ...
Whether you are virtually teaching, or teaching ESL in distance learning, it is important to ...
Halloween is such an exciting time for kids! When Halloween is constantly on your students’ brains, ...
Knowing how to print a large poster from your own home printer or school printer is so useful. ...
It is so helpful to have reading and writing anchor charts or posters available for students in ...
Graphic organizers are such an important, versatile support for growing readers and writers. They break down reading and writing skills in a visual way to make each skill clear, and therefore easier to understand and apply. In distance learning, more than ever, students need supports that can work for them in completing reading and writing…
It is so helpful to have reading and writing anchor charts or posters available for students in multiple formats. This way, students have their posters to refer to at home or in different classroom settings besides just the classroom. A few months into the school year, it can be easy to have posters taking over…
Each classroom brings students of multiple learning styles and backgrounds. It is our job to provide opportunities that reach all of the many different learning styles that come to us. For this reason, it is important that we continually switch up the types of reader response we offer to students. Below are engaging, hands-on, visual…
Asking questions before, during, and after reading comes very naturally to skilled readers, but for struggling readers, this skill can be just the opposite. Asking questions of varying depths is arguably the most important reading comprehension strategy we should teach and practice often with our students. WHY IS ASKING QUESTIONS AN IMPORTANT READING…
