What comes to mind when you think about the skills necessary for students to be successful readers? Chances are, you thought of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and comprehension. And you would be right—these are all essential skills for students to master. But one comprehension skill is often ... READ the POST
Social Studies: How to Teach it in Guided Reading Groups
Third-grade students are caught between learning to read and reading to learn when they start the school year. By mid-year, we need to move them into reading to learn because now they must learn important and complex Social Studies content. One way to bridge that gap is ... READ the POST