Mentor Texts for Teaching Courage
I love using picture books for character education lessons, including these mentor texts for teaching the character trait of courage! Here are a few of
I love using picture books for character education lessons, including these mentor texts for teaching the character trait of courage! Here are a few of
Picture books are an important part of my character education lessons for perseverance! These picture books are great read alouds for morning meetings or any
It’s always been important to me to make the end of the year memorable for my students. Reading special books during the last few weeks
The time between spring break and the end of the school year can be a struggle. Most of us are going on more than a
Asking and answering questions come naturally to kids! Asking and answering TEXT DEPENDENT questions that can be answered with text evidence or through inference? Welllllllll…not
The central message of a story is super important for students to be able to identify, but unfortunately can be a tricky concept for kids
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
As parents and teachers, one of our goals is to help our children and our students achieve their dreams and to succeed in whatever path
Teaching paired texts is quite a feat. There’s so much to cover! This task can also be overwhelming for students because they’re required to integrate
Upper elementary nonfiction standards naturally scaffold with the intent to take students from recognition of nonfiction features and the author’s craft and structure to the
Most students are pretty familiar with how to complete the task of comparing and contrasting two books on their own accurately. When we do a
You see a pair of broken glasses. What happened? Why did it happen? You see an ice cream cone on the ground. What happened? Why
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