Tag: Reader’s Workshop
Reading Partners Go Together: Effective Transitions During Reader’s Workshop
The Dilemma: Do you get as frustrated as I do when you send off your Reading Partners with an “Off you go!” and instead of diving right into a good book together, you overhear this: “But you chose the book last time!” “It’s my turn […]
A True Interactive Phonics Word Wall
Many of us Super Teachers have had Word Walls in our classrooms for years and years now. I have had one since forever! However, I have never found the Word Wall to be truly interactive for my students. Have you? Of course, we practiced our […]
Classroom Library Labels: Freebie!
It’s that time of year again and as teachers we are torn between soaking up the last days of summer vacay and prepping our classrooms and resources for another school year! Let it be a great one! To help you get your year off on […]
The Back to School Listening Center with QR Codes
This Back to School Listening Library includes 24 stories with SafeShare.tv QR codes and one Retelling Story Map. You can use these during your Daily 5 centers: Listen to Reading or as whole group Read Alouds! All SafeShare.tv QR code links are safe to share with […]
Disguise Read to Self As Word Study
Are you looking for more opportunities to encourage your students to apply what they have learned from your spelling and phonics instruction WHILE they read? Let me share this success story with you! We all know that first graders LOVE to read and be read […]
Summer Reading Goals & Paper Chains
These last couple weeks of school are just flying by with all the hustle and bustle of our End of Year celebrations. I am so very proud of all that my firsties have accomplished this school year. The end of the year brings such a […]
Fabulous in First Memory Books
It’s that time of year…. The end of the school year! 9 months ago, we all hoped it would fly by… …and here we are again… another school year under our belt! I hope yours was FABULOUS! We have so much to celebrate! Not that […]
Ocean Life: Nonfiction Reading and Writing Unit (Determine Importance)
Students read nonfiction to LEARN and to become experts on one topic of study. Most importantly, they celebrate what they have learned by sharing it with others. Students love to read nonfiction text almost as much as they love to learn about ocean life. However, […]
Words Their Way, OUR way Part 7: Read to Self as Word Study
Why not take your Word Work one step further? I have disguised Read to Self as a bit more… Word Work… and my firsties don’t seem to mind. Yours won’t either. It’s a Win-Win! Read on! Read to Self Word Study Assignments In addition to […]
The Benefits of Creating a Classroom Map
Me on the Map Creating a classroom map is a great tool to help manage classroom procedures throughout the day. I’m sure that your students buddy up during workshops, math and have independent reading book nooks. Use this classroom management strategy in order to avoid […]
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