Good readers

We all know that students who monitor their thinking while reading do better. Therefore it follows that students who monitor their thinking across ALL subject areas will do better in other subjects as well. The problem many students face is knowing how to transition those skills to other subjects. In fact, many don't even know they can! We have to explicitly teach kids to use thinking skills across all subjects. Language of Learning Kids need to know that there is a "language of learning."…

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These are all the ideas the students came up with about what good readers look like during independent reading time. We also named him Roel thanks to my intern teacher!

good readers

Questions good readers ask..before, during, and after a book. Great reading strategy for students during readers workshop or guided reading.

Visual cues for reading.

It's safe to say at this point, all weeks are super busy. I meant blog earlier in the week, but of course I didn't. Which leads to the real...

Independent reading is an important component of the readers workshop but find out how to make it even more effective for your students.

Good readers

My class is becoming covered in first grade anchor charts. A couple weeks ago, I shared this picture on my FB page: This is only about 1/4th of the anchor charts in my room. I have used anchor charts in previous years, but only about 1 per subject and I would switch them out each […]