4 Super Simple Ways to Effectively Use Anchor Charts to Teach Reading Skills
If you’re here, there’s about a 99.5% chance that you’ve used anchor charts in your classroom. Anchor Charts have had a revolution over the last
If you’re here, there’s about a 99.5% chance that you’ve used anchor charts in your classroom. Anchor Charts have had a revolution over the last
As teachers, our days are spent executing our perfectly planned lessons, hitting the standards, and making meaning for our students. But there’s something that almost
December is always such a hectic month. Not only do we have extra activities at home and school, but kids filled with off-the-wall excitement (yes, I
Celebrate Holidays Around the World through the Magic of Art The amount of time students are using their artistic abilities in school has sadly and
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
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