Before ever beginning guided reading groups, you need to do the work of establishing routines and building reading stamina. Doing these things first will help your guided reading small group activities run so much more smoothly! Before diving into guided reading groups, I take time in my classroom to teach students how readers choose books. Some students really do not… View Post
We’ve spent some time learning about what readers do before we begin guided reading groups. One of my favorite ways to get started is to read Wolf! and set reading goals with growth mindset guiding us. If you haven’t read Wolf! you need to! It is perfect for teaching students not to give up on improving reading. It is a… View Post
Our state has mandated that we begin screening students kindergarten through 3rd grades for dyslexia this year. And it is important to remember that we are screening for indicators, but we are NOT diagnosing dyslexia. We needed to make managing dyslexia screening as easy as we could. Our state department required several areas of skills that needed to be included… View Post
It’s Back to School time and if you teach preschool, kindergarten or first grade, you are thinking about letter recognition and letter identification activities for your little students. You need ABC activities that are fun and that really WORK! There are a lot of different ideas and games for learning the ABCs. These are just a few of them that… View Post
We are headed quickly for Back to School! Summer seems to go by faster every year, don’t you think? This year for one of my goals in reading as we start back to school, I want to work on fluency. Word fluency and building automaticity in words and how to break them apart in phonics work is more specific for… View Post
I’ve got some tips today for how to help students use miniature anchor charts at the guided reading table to strengthen and build upon their reading goals and skills they need to improve! We all make anchor charts with our students for reading. Sometimes, students need a quick reminder of the skills when they are at the guided reading… View Post
Are you curious about what the top must read books are for teachers this summer? I’ve got 4 great teacher book picks for you that will help you with your literacy instruction, organize your classroom library and promote books to students, develop reading fluency and help you with RTI reading interventions! Wow, that is a lot of good stuff! I… View Post
