If you use the 3rd Grade Wonders reading series curriculum, you know it's packed with engaging content and activities that help students. The different types of texts are a great opportunity to expose students to interesting material, but sometimes the passages are difficult to read. This can turn ... READ the POST
Reading Round-Up: Make Reading Response a Daily Activity
Every teacher knows that one of the best ways to improve students' reading skills is to make reading response a daily activity. In fact, students should be writing to respond to text multiple times a day - but it can be hard to fit it into your already packed schedule. If you really want to increase ... READ the POST
How You Can Support Students with Strategies for Close Reading
Do you want to help your students become better readers? One of the best ways to do that is by helping them develop strategies for close reading. Close reading is a way of analyzing a text closely in order to understand it deeply. There are many ways to support students as they learn these ... READ the POST
Christmas Guided Reading Activities Your 4th Graders Will Love
Christmas is a time for family, friends, and lots of reading! But finding Christmas reading comprehension activities at the right level for your fourth-grade students can be challenging. Most holiday-themed materials are either too easy or require too much preparation. They don't always focus on the ... READ the POST
The Best Way to Engage Students When Teaching Main Idea
Whew! Teaching the main idea in non-fiction text can be so hard! Most teachers I know have little tips and tricks to make it easier and more effective. After teaching for many years, I have my tricks too. Student engagement is everything in teaching, so that is where I put the extra effort. That ... READ the POST
Compare and Contrast the Narrator’s Points of View
In my last two posts, Introducing Point of View in Narrative Stories and How to Identify the Narrator's Point of View, we took a deep dive into character and narrator points of view in single stories. Now let's go a step further and compare and contrast the narrator's points of ... READ the POST
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