I like things organized and easy to get to. Students need to reread books that they have already read. Put those two together and you have familiar read baskets. I place student copies of the books we have read together into baggies. One baggie per student. Then these baggies go into designated baskets. Since I teach multiple grades, I have… View Post
Did you find your way here through the Facebook Post Party that my friends and I are hosting? This evening will be so much fun for you and I am so glad that you are here visiting on my blog!! I would love for you to take a minute to follow me and to take look around. My blog is… View Post
Don’t you get so excited at the end of the school year to look back at all the progress your students have made? Then it’s time to send them home for the summer and you know that some of them are going to experience that dreaded “summer slide” . So disheartening that some of my students will lose what they… View Post
Building sight word fluency is so important to students and their reading. I like to practice sight words in many ways to keep it fun and fresh for the students. One great way is to use the PowerPoint from above on the Smartboard as a whole group activity and just run through the slides. The pictures are cute and engaging. … View Post
Today is my 3rd installment in how our school implements RtI. You can read about Tier 1 here and Tiers 2 and 3 here. We are in no way experts and the way we do it is certainly not the only way RtI can or should be done. But what we are doing is definitely working for us and we… View Post
Do you do the activity Making Words? I encourage you to make this activity a part of your word time if you do not already. It is hugely beneficial to your students in phonemic awareness, phonics, root words, endings, etc… I can tell a big difference in the students who come to me that have had lessons in Making Words… View Post
Last Sunday I introduced to you how my school has implemented RtI. I explained Tier 1 and you can read it here if you missed that part. This week I am attempting to describe to you how Tiers 2 and 3 are conducted at my school. We use Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) for our universal screening. I also use phonemic awareness… View Post
