


Giving Students Voice in Our Classroom Library
There’s nothing so beautiful as seeing your students happily reading, am I right? I’ve been working really hard this year to convert some of my not-big-fans-of-reading into voracious readers…and I am starting to see them take off now! One of my favorite tools to help with this has been our Book Request Form. The book…

Winter Games Websites for Student Research
I’ve been planning a lot of learning fun all centered around the Winter Olympics for the next two weeks. Actually, in all honesty, we are really just working on the same lessons and activities I would normally be teaching this time of year…just with an Olympic twist! One of the major activities we will be…


Free Student Name Plates
I know so many of you are already back to school and I have been admiring your gorgeous classrooms! We don’t head back until after Labor Day, so I’m still working away on my room. I did want to share a little sneak peek of what’s going on though. I am keeping the black with…

Utilizing Those Nonfiction Text Features
We are deep into our nonfiction units in both Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop. In Writer’s, my students will eventually create their own informational text. In Reader’s, it’s all about reading and comprehending a variety of nonfiction texts. Speaking of that, those nonfiction text features have a huge part in the comprehension of advanced texts, don’t…
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