ย We had our Back to School Meet the Teacher Night and it was a huge success! ย So much fun greeting students as they bring inย their new school supplies and find their new classrooms! ย ย As students and families come to my room, I have reading folders waiting for them. ย Parent involvement in a child’s reading is key to… View Post
Are you back to school yet? My students start Thursday! Where did summer go? Every year as school gets started again, I ready things in my room for getting started with guided reading. Part of getting started is knowing where all my students are at with their learning. But getting all that paperwork together, printed and labeled could be overwhelming. Sometimes… View Post
As some of us are heading back to school soon, I am beginning a new series of blog posts for guided reading! ย First up is using sound linking charts to help students learn and retain the correct sounds for letters and groups of letters. ย ย I use linking charts all the time. ย This ABC linking chart is from When… View Post
If you are like most teachers, you need the summer to recharge your teacher batteries! ย I know I do. ย It doesn’t take long and I am thinking about the next group of students that will be walking through my door for back to school. ย Thank you Teacher2Teacher for the graphic! I just got back from a vacation to Colorado… View Post
I know there are many feelings about RTI…some have good feelings and a lot of teachers feel negatively about it. ย ย An article was recently published about RTI and how it was found that RTI did not accomplish all that was promised that it could do. ย ย Education Week published an article reporting that their research showed that RTI… View Post
We have been having a lot of fun with folktales and character traits lately! ย Students are learning to use dollar words when they describe the characters and to use evidence from the story to prove why they think the character is behaving or feeling that way. ย We’ve made some cool videos to go with these activities too! ย One new… View Post
Short vowel, cvc, words are an important foundation to build for students. ย Students who struggle are often the ones who have not gotten a good handle on their short vowel sounds or are unable to switch vowel sounds from long to short or short to long. ย We use a lot of different activities to build that base for students, hopefully… View Post
