I’m baaaack! My original blog post about running Words Their Way, called Words Their Way: MY Way, is my most-visited…
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Teaching Text Features
This year was my fourth time around teaching text features, and I decided that it was an area that…
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Teaching Kids to Revise and Edit: Make it Fun!
We are wrapping up our narrative writing unit. We use Lucy as our writing workshop curriculum, but I like to…
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Reading Strategy Unit: Tackling Trouble
Don’t get mad at me – I am NOT wishing my summer away! However, back-to-school does mean teaching my favorite…
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Classroom Poetry Slam
Hi, all! Long time, no blog. This quarter has been a crazy one full of extra-curricular activities, illness,…
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Words Their Way: MY Way
Words Their Way: SO overwhelming, am I right? We just started using Words Their Way this year. Although…
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DIY: Legal Fluency Phones
“Can I help you?” asked the Home Depot man. “Yes please. Want to guess what I’m making?” “Ummm is it…
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A Peek Inside My Conferring Binder
After attending a PD workshop last week on balanced literacy, I was inspired! I was particularly motivated by a session…
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Children’s Literature for Teaching Economics (K-2)
When I was student teaching, I actually had to write an economics unit for my kindergarteners. I have also taught…
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Understanding Characters
In second grade, we recently finished a BIG balanced literacy unit on characters. First, we learned about character traits. After…
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Get Excited About Writing!
I have found that with this particular class, the least-loved subject is writing. In fact, when I say it is…
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