With the ever-changing landscape of the upper elementary in-person (and virtual) classroom over the past few years, reading centers are more important than ever! After
Making inferences is a super important skill for both 4th and 5th graders. Luckily, the process for making an inference is simple. Just take some
Have you ever repeated a word so many times that it seems to lose all of its meaning? In reading instruction, “theme” can be one
Some reading skills that we teach in elementary translate directly to real life, and vice versa….these are basically a two-for-one deal! Work on an important
What is Standards-Based Grading, Why is It So Hard, and How to Tackle It! Standards-based grading’s advent came around in 2012, two years after the
Over the last few years, education has adopted many new endeavors that rely on data to tailor the student learning experience. For example, your school
QAR: 4 Question and Answer Relationships to Help Students Clarify Text Teachers like to keep things fresh! We want to hold our students’ attention and
Bringing Text Alive: How to Use Pictures or Videos to Deepen Understanding A striking image, a funny video, a fascinating picture of a faraway place…what
Picture books and other fictional literature have long been a focus in elementary school, and that won’t be changing anytime soon. What has shifted in
Sometimes it seems like most information that adults encounter these days is condensed into a visual format. We just don’t have the attention span to
Most teachers out there would agree that questioning is an essential part of reading comprehension. Students have to be able to answer questions about what
Students are very used to seeing illustrations in the texts that they read. When reading fiction, illustrations can add rich details or set the mood
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