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A few weeks ago I shared my set up for guided math. This time I am sharing how we roll through our reading block. Again, this is not earth shattering info, but just what we do this year in our happy little classroom! Please excuse the yellowed gritty photos…I have a camera on my Christmas […]

Hi everyone, Have you tried out my Fluency & Comprehension FREEBIE yet?? It is jam packed with fun activities to try out with your students! Everything is NO PREP and ready to use! I included 10 sample pages from my reading resources for you to try with your class. Take a look: You can download this resource HERE. Before downloading the freebie above, enter your email below to keep in touch with me. I'll be sending you fun teaching tips and freebies every month!

Comprehension Skills & Reading Strategies Bookmarks Printable - help students monitor their comprehension and use academic language to ask and answer questions about the text. The bookmarks include graphics organizers and vocabulary in addition to sentence frames for both prompts and responses | Perfect for English learners | ELL | ESL | Teaching Reading | Teaching Comprehension | Reading Education | ELL Education

Comprehension Skills & Reading Strategies Bookmarks Printable - help students monitor their comprehension and use academic language to ask and answer questions about the text. The bookmarks include graphics organizers and vocabulary in addition to sentence frames for both prompts and responses | Perfect for English learners | ELL | ESL | Teaching Reading | Teaching Comprehension | Reading Education | ELL Education

It’s a SALE! Thanks Hope King for the Gorgeous Sale Button!!! So I planned to go into school twice in the last two days…ended up getting a whole lot of other randomness accomplished here at home. Then at the last minute tonight I made a mad dash to my classroom in hopes to set […]

How can you implement a Reading Workshop and also assess your readers in an effective, efficient, and, most importantly, informative way?

Are you a Facebook follower of What the Teacher Wants? I've received a lot of emails about how I organize my guided reading groups. Here are a few tips that I have for you! This is my {FAVORITE} guided reading tool ever (I got it from a workshop at my school). This little folder organizes my students by level. 1st graders are ever-so-changing and always moving up so fast in reading groups. All you need is a folder, paper, velcro, and a little lamination! Under each level there is a strip of…

EVERY PAGE IS EDITABLE!!!!! AND now there are a variety of SIX WEEKLY READING RECORDS with five days worth of questions on every week.....This is a growing file....I will be adding to it at times so if you buy it for this price (even if the price goes up as it grows bigger)....you get all the add-on...

Guided Reading Activities Guided Reading Freebie: This free sample contains ready-made activities to engage your students during guided reading. Each activity is differentiated (high, middle, low) to meet the needs of your class and may be used with any leveled books. The activities in this free p...

Yay! I'm finally getting around to showing you all my goodies I like to use for my guided reading groups! I really love doing small groups, and I try to see all my groups every day. Some I meet for 5 minutes, and others I meet for 15-20 minutes. Check out my other recent post on it {HERE}. I also did a linky last year on guided reading groups. Check out those posts {HERE}, {HERE}, and {HERE}. Back to some of my favorite "tools." I don't use all of these every time I meet with my kids, but…

25 Digital and Self-Grading passages are included. There are five passages at each guided reading level. This self-scoring document automatically grades student responses and saves them in your Google Drive to make digital and traditional teaching and learning so much easier.This document contains...

Teaching guided reading for primary grades can be a challenge, but not with the tips and freebies included at this blog post! Click through to learn more!

This product is perfect for second graders, or lower third graders that are working on the Common Core Informational Text Standards! Each text in this pack will help you teach, assess, and give your students independent practice with standard RI.2.1, RI.2.2, RI.2.3, RI.2.4, RI.2.5, RI.2.6, RI.2.7, a...

We have received numerous requests from teachers who follow our blog for some more in depth information about what kind of materials we use ...

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