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Teaching small group lessons is essential in upper elementary! We know that within every 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classroom, you’ll find a wide range
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If you’ve ever wondered how to share books using book talks, you’re in the right place! Book Talks are an effective way to get students
If you’re looking for ways to add accountability in the Reading Workshop model, you’re not alone. Besides mastering reading standards, one of the main goals
Mini-lessons are an important component of Reading Workshop, but teaching mini-lessons in a limited amount of time can be challenging! After all, the entire mini-lesson
Life without a Reading Pacing Guide was hectic. Lesson planning for reading took me so much longer than any other subject. You might be thinking that
Out of all the components of Reading Workshop, Share Time often gets the least attention. It is after all only 5 – 10 minutes long.
One of the most challenging parts of the Reading Workshop model for most teachers is holding Reading Conferences. After all, leading a Reading Conference is
My very favorite part of Reading Workshop is the independent reading component! To me, spending time reading books and practicing skills we’ve been working on
So, you’ve decided to launch reading workshop, but maybe you aren’t sure where to start exactly. I was in that same place when I started
If you’ve been teaching reading using a Reading Workshop model, you already know that the mini-lesson is a key component! This quick but oh-so-important part
Reading Conferences are an excellent way to build literary-based relationships with your students. No matter where students are on their learning journey, you can meet
When readers are really thinking about what they’re reading, they sometimes make connections to what’s going on in the world right now or how it
. I love teaching about making text to text connections! My students always get excited about comparing and contrasting things from two books that we’ve
One important reading comprehension strategy is to help students activate their background knowledge in order to boost reading comprehension. Teaching students about their schema (memories,
When I teach students to make predictions in reading, I usually start by connecting it to real life. We might talk about what we predict
Monitoring comprehension is one of my very favorite reading comprehension strategies to teach! It goes along with one of my favorite mantras, that reading is
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