Reading Instruction
How to Show Students and Families What Matters in Our Literacy Classrooms
Last week, the school district where my children learn and grow started posting on social media about their newest outdoor
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Reading Instruction
Reading Engagement and Independence
Reaching Your Disengaged and Reluctant Readers with Home Run Books
If you are like me, you are always searching for ways to reach your struggling, disengaged, and reluctant readers. The
Children's Literature
Book Recommendation: Change Sings! Happy Autumn Equinox!
I finally received my copy of the much-anticipated book Change Sings! How many of you pre-ordered this book like I
Read Aloud
Read-Aloud Rituals: Build Your Reading Community and a Sense of Safety
As I write this blog post, I am on a 10-hour drive back home to Michigan. We just moved my daughter
Classroom Management
Growing Readers Out of a Pizza Box? Yup!
Today I want to share a tip for K-2 teachers or teachers who might have young readers at home. Young
Reading Engagement and Independence
3 Inspirational Tips for National Reading Month
As a first-grade teacher, I always made a big deal about reading, but March was a different kind of beast. From
Homemade I Spy Game: Fun With Phonics
Last week was exhausting. We are no longer knee-deep in a pandemic–it’s more like chest-deep with no end in sight.
Distance Learning
How to Keep Students Engaged During Virtual Learning
Everything about this new normal is challenging. Just thinking about all of the “unknowns” is enough to make you want
