Kickstart the School Year: Strategies to Build a Positive, Engaged Reading Culture in Your Classroom
A collection of strategies — from building a positive reading culture to guiding students in choosing just-right books — that can help transform the start of your school year into a foundation for engaged, confident readers. Boost your literacy instruction with one quick read!
Teaching Main Idea of Nonfiction Text
Do your students struggle to master determining the main idea of nonfiction text? This post shares three different ways that I teach my students to identify the main idea of a text. Teaching main idea of nonfiction text will hopefully be a little easier with these new strategies!
Taking Status of the Class - Improving Reading Instruction
Want to help students fall in love with reading—and stick with it? This simple tool lets you track each student’s reading habits, preferences, and progress over time. Use it to spark meaningful conferences, support reading stamina, and celebrate growth in a low-key, effective way. Updated yearly!
Fun Ideas for Teaching Phonics
Looking for some ways to add some fun to your reading lessons? In my post I'm sharing 6 ideas that you can try when teaching phonics! These activities are perfect for guided reading groups, literacy centers, and even morning work! #kadeenteaches #kindergarten #firstgrade #phonics
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Sight Word Poems
Sight Word readers will help your first grade students or kindergarten students read sight words in context. This set is great for creating mini, sight word student books for your library and to project as you read sight word poems in the classroom. Inside you will find a mixture of simple reading stories and poems. Each page focuses on a specific sight word No Prep/Print and Go Sight word cover pages to make a book Word Lists for your students
Teaching Theme in Upper Elementary
Theme can be a challenging topic to teach! These theme activities for fourth and fifth grade help make the idea of theme more concrete for students. From anchor charts to theme mentor texts to hands-on activities, there are ideas for everyone! Check out the post and grab your free theme activity!
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