3 Effective Strategies to Use With ANY Informational Text
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
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
Stories, Poetry, & Drama: Fun, Effective Ways to Review Throughout the Year Imagine…you reach the end of your fiction reading unit, your students have worked
Text & Illustrations: Why Pictures Really Are Worth A Thousand Words We’ve all heard the old saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words,”
You’ve been working with your students on understanding character traits for a while now. They are practically experts at: identifying character traits describing characters finding
For many elementary students, the idea that other people have a different outlook on the world than their own view is pretty new! Kids tend
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
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