Whether we are ready for it or not, the season is upon us!!! Yes, it’s the season for universal screeners, mid-year exams, etc. But that’s not the season I’m talking about today. No, today it is all about the holiday…
Monitoring Accuracy of Decoding in Guided Reading
Have you seen these lying around your classroom? Or at your school? As elementary teachers, we tend to have these little manipulatives coming out of our ears! We use them for math and they are everywhere! Today, I’m going to…
Do You Ever Have Technology Problems?
Howdy! How are you utilizing technology in your classroom? Whether you have a classroom brimming with 28 iPads or you have two stone-age desktops, our job as teachers is to make sure students know how to best use the technology…
Guided Reading… with LEGOS?
What kind of tools do you use at the Guided Reading table to keep readers engaged and focused? One tool I love using- are Legos! Who doesn’t like Legos? Here are a couple of ways…
Building STAMINA with the LITTLES
How do you build stamina with your emergent and early readers? It’s a challenge, right? And right about now you may be looking for something to HELP! Research says these readers (K-2) should be reading each day for up to…