For years I refused to use reading logs in my classroom. I felt as though they took all of the joy out of reading. I looked at them as a piece of parent homework that just caused families stress. But now I know that reading logs can be used as
Are you on the hunt for some amazing professional development books for teaching reading? Here is a list of my top 3! These books are perfect for upper elementary teachers who use a reading workshop approach. 1) The Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo This book is AMAZING for finding
Every year parents ask me why their child is reading now more than ever before. They are always amazed that a simple end of the year reading party can motivate their child to read more than 40 books over the course of a school year. But it works! Earn Your
Are you on the hunt for picture books for Asian Heritage Month? Did you know that the Government of Canada has declared the month of May to be Asian Heritage month? This makes it the perfect time to highlight some amazing picture books that are written by Asian authors or
Are you wanting to incorporate some wordless picture books into your grade 3, 4 or 5 classroom this year? There are so many benefits to using wordless picture books in the language arts classroom! Click HERE to read more about those benefits. Here is a collection of 5 wordless picture
Are you an upper elementary teacher looking to incorporate realistic fiction book clubs into your Reading Workshop? This list of books will help you to choose titles that your students will be able to access and that they will very much enjoy. Level M: Lola Levine is Not Mean by
Today I am sharing a list of picture books about Black Canadians. These books will absolutely work for Black History Month. However, I am such a believer in incorporating Black History throughout the year and I encourage you to do the same! After all, Black history is Canadian history. 1)
Are you looking for engaging ways to teach your upper elementary students how to analyze character traits? My favourite way to do this is through picture books. Even your big kids will love listening to a story in order to practice reading skills. The Teaching Method: Choose a Book (I
Are you an upper elementary teacher who needs new ideas for teaching genre? Are you tired of students not being able to identify the correct genre of the books that they read? Today I am sharing three easy ideas for teaching genre. Whether they are identifying the genre of the
Are you interested in launching a reading workshop in your upper elementary classroom this year? If so, this blog post is for you! Today I am going to lay out the 5 routines that you NEED to establish at the beginning of the year in order to have a successful
In order to fit everything into our busy Reading and Writing Workshop schedules, we need to keep our mini lessons MINI! This means that they need to be anywhere from 10 – 15 minutes long. Not only does keeping them short allow for our students to have more time to
Are you on the hunt for some awesome books about weather? Incorporating books into EVERY subject area is such a passion of mine. We often forget that big kids LOVE to be read to! Here are my top 5 books to incorporate into your unit on weather. 1) Groundhog Weather
Your upper elementary students will love solving these multiplication and division problems to escape from Mars.
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