


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…


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…

Free Character Traits Tracker
So. Despite my best efforts, I’m sorry to say I remain a weekend-blogger. I don’t want to be, but it just seems inevitable this year! I really do bring my camera to school and daydream of ideas to blog about…but I never seem to get to the actual blogging part! BUT the sunshine is feeling…
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