If you know me, targeted reading groups is a MUST-DO for my guided reading groups! My targeted reading is a prescriptive, targeted instruction for students to progress in their reading. Learn how to target your guided reading groups down below! Our job as teachers is by no means easy. People outside the education field often…
When a young reader is just learning to read, we expect to hear hesitations and pauses between words. Readers who continue to hesitate and pause have a harder time with comprehension. Our job is to guide them along the path from having the struggles of a new reader to securing the fluency of a proficient…
This Must Do May Do System is the HACK to your rotating reading centers! Having smooth-running groups with targeted reading activities for 1st graders AND effective independent work time has never been more exciting. A MUST Do MAY Do System has been by far the best alternative to rotating reading centers. As we know, guided…
As a reading teacher, literacy training was HUGE for my reading instruction. Read about the 7 changes I made when teaching literacy and how I became the most effective reading teacher for my 1st graders! A few years ago, reading teachers in our school district had the opportunity to learn from Jo Robinson, a phenomenal…
Sight words, letters, sounds, word families, syllables, prefixes and suffixes… There’s a FLUENCY SPEED DRILL for that! And 2 minutes a day is all it takes. We all know the benefits of getting our 1st graders proficient with their sight words. For years, our team used flashcards, games, sentence strips, and everything we could think…
The holiday season is magical for all of us but for our students? OH MY GOODNESS. Most of our little Christmas cherubs are so consumed with holiday fever, they can’t sit still for more than a minute. Especially that last week before break. So…the last day or two before break our team just gives in,…
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