Teaching Reading with a Penguin Theme – Coordinated, Differentiated, Leveled Instruction and a FREEBIE

Teaching Reading with a Penguin Theme – Coordinated, Differentiated, Leveled Instruction and a FREEBIE
  Hi teacher friends! Differentiating reading instruction and practice is so important, isn’t it?  When you sit down to plan a new themed unit, don’t you wish someone would suggest a great instructional readaloud or… View Post

Differentiated Literacy Centers

Differentiated Literacy Centers
Happy Sunday friends!! I know that many of you have the week off for Thanksgiving, lucky ducks! We have to go through Wednesday, so we are patiently waiting to go into vacation mode 🙂 Today,… View Post

Differentiation Made Easy: Leveled Quick Reads

Differentiation Made Easy: Leveled Quick Reads
Hey friends! Happy Sunday! Last week, I shared with you a super easy way to differentiate your content by using leveled reading passages. You can use them in whole group, reading groups or independently. To… View Post

Differentiation Made Easy

Differentiation Made Easy
Happy Sunday friends!! I hope you are having a restful weekend…especially since tomorrow is Monday AND Halloween. Yikes! I wanted to pop on today and share with you about differentiation and how I achieve it… View Post

Teaching About Bats in a Combo Class

Teaching About Bats in a Combo Class
Hey friends! This year I am teaching a first and second grade combination class. This is my first time teaching anything but second grade so it’s definitely a learning year for me. I have a… View Post