By this time in 1st grade, we want our students to be reading independently with fluency and comprehension. They should be able to select a book at their level and read it…REALLY reading! And the thing is, our students want to read more! Many of us stop our students’ excitement of reading independently by requiring too…
Teaching blends can be tricky, but when it comes to small group guided reading instruction, we have the perfect opportunity to target our instruction to the specific needs of our students! Some students catch on quickly to blending consonant sounds and those students should continue to practice blends in text, but move on to their…
I get A LOT of questions about how I run guided reading lessons, and I could share exactly how I structure my lessons, but to be frank, there is no ONE perfect way to run all guided reading lessons! If you observed every primary classroom in your school during guided reading time, you would probably…
You may have noticed…We love pandas So cute and chubby. They’re adorable! So we made this Panda-Themed Classroom Decor and now we’re asking ourselves, why didn’t we make this years ago? We love it. So it’s at 500+ pages, and we keep thinking of cute things to add, so customers luck out! Once you buy, and…
It was 1986. I had just signed my very first teaching contract…to teach 6th grade at a junior high school. My salary for the year was $14,500. (I’m not joking… I figured I could lose a few pounds anyway…) But I was going to have my OWN class! I was so excited I could hardly…
Well, I’ll admit. It was a difficult year for me. Full of challenges, new and old. But after 31 years of teaching, I know that although it might be a rough school year, I have the opportunity to reflect and grow from the experiences from the year…or I can pass on the blame. (I guess…
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