Did you know August 26th is National Dog Day? In my classroom, I always try to center my activities and plans around holidays or seasons. It just makes it more fun and engaging. One of the easiest ways to connect holidays and seasons into my plans is by using themed reading comprehension passages with questions […]
Goodbye Guided Reading Groups – Hello 5 Essential Skills
When I first started teaching, I remember wondering, “what is guided reading?” What does that mean? What does that look like? How will that help my students? I don’t know if this is universal across districts, but it seemed to me that no one really knew… I heard different things from different people. Even different […]
Halloween Grammar Word Searches
I was obsessed with Word Searches growing up. I always wanted to be the first one to find all of the words. I’m very competitive like that! Now that I’m a teacher I want to include some of that fun into my classroom too. However, nowadays we have to justify every little thing we are […]
Halloween Grammar Sort
I love including holiday fun in my curriculum every chance I can. So far this year we have worked on nouns and verbs in my class. Many are already claiming it’s “spooky season” so why not prepare for the coming holiday with this fun Halloween Grammar Sort? All of the words to be sorted are […]
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7 Pre-Reading Skills You Can Practice Anywhere
Phonological awareness is the ability is the ability to recognize and manipulate phonemes. Phonemes are distinct units of sound that distinguish one word from another. While there are 26 letters in the English alphabet, there are approximately 44 phonemes. Having strong phonological awareness skills helps young learners develop an ear for subtle differences in words, […]