Text Structure.  So easy...and yet, so elusive for some kids, right? Certain text structures are easier for students to get.  Kids know to...

It was the beginning of the year and I was evaluating my students for oral reading fluency.   Her reading was choppy and slow; she read as s...

This is a book to get excited about!   I listen to audiobooks on some days when I walk.  It may be that the voices Shayna Small created for ...

One of the things I loved to do with my students was blen ded learning.  Certain subjects work so well together. Social Studies and Reading....

Do you spend some of your summer stressing about what and how you'll be teaching certain topics? I did this when I taught Social Studies...

  🎵  Down by the bay 🎵  Where the watermelons grow.. . Do you remember that song from your childhood?  My kids used to listen to Raffi AL...

I don't normally compare books to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , but stick with me here.   I struggled with the beginning of this book.  I...