You are sitting at the guided reading table with a group. Everything is going beautifully. All the kids are working independently and engaged in their activities. There is a purposeful, low hum of conversation in [...]
I must be crazy. I love teaching informational text. There is just SO much out there and you can do so much with it! And kids NEED it. So much of the text students are [...]
Well, I may be a bit late to the party, but least I arrived, right??? In the last few posts I really focused on Close Reading and what some of the research says. I do [...]
Um, that title is a mouthful, but it is all true! I just finished my August ELA centers. These things were a true labor of love. Emphasis on the labor!! They took a bit longer [...]
