Teaching Reading with a Polar Bear Theme – Differentiated, and Leveled Instruction and a FREEBIE

Teaching Reading with a Polar Bear Theme – Differentiated, and Leveled Instruction and a FREEBIE
Hi everyone!  We are in the middle of a blogpost series in which we are sharing coordinated, differentiated, and leveled reading resources for themes you may be teaching this season.  This time, we are sharing… View Post

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

3 ways to get your students super excited about reading in the first week of school!

3 ways to get your students super excited about reading in the first week of school!
Hi teacher friends, Would you like some ideas for getting your new students fired up for reading this new school year? That is always the first thing on our reading to-do list each year with… View Post

Tuesday’s Tip – An Easy and Cheap Way to Prevent Summer Slide and a FREEBIE!

Tuesday’s Tip – An Easy and Cheap Way to Prevent Summer Slide and a FREEBIE!
Hey there teacher friends! We’ve all heard the stats of what happens when kids don’t read over the summer….the dreaded summer slide!  We’ve been told by the experts that a child need only read six… View Post

Hopscotch Blending – A fun and active strategy to increase learning PLUS a Freebie!!

Hopscotch Blending – A fun and active strategy to increase learning PLUS a Freebie!!
I forgot.  Ummmm……I’m not sure.  What’s this word? /s/p/o/t/……tip?  I don’t know.  I can’t read it.  Have you heard some of those things in your classroom?  Do they sound all too familiar?  They are the… View Post