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

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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