Reading

It’s one thing to teach concepts like characters, setting, and plot. Most kids get these without too much trouble, but it’s another thing to teach

Teaching about character traits in reading can be challenging but fun! One of the hardest parts for kids is that in most pieces of literature,

When I teach one of reading’s key concepts, finding the main idea using informational text, I like to start off the unit with something really

Since we know that students need to be able to write constructed responses, I was so happy when I was introduced to the RACE strategy.

Teaching kids to identify the central message is not an easy task. Most central messages are implied and it takes some inferencing to piece it