How We Do Fluency in 3rd Grade
Here in third grade, we practice fluency daily with: -Word Lists -Phrase Lists -Passages/Running Records My Mental Journey I have had a love-hate relationship with fluency. As a third grade teacher, my students...
Category: Reading
Synthesis Interactive Notebook
I have been using interactive notebooks for everything these days and the kids and I are loving it! The new buzz word in my classroom is “pizazz”! One day, a student said that I...
Guided Reading Organization
I absolutely love reading about how other teachers organize for productivity. I learned many tips and tricks since I started blog-hopping that I don’t even know which of my ideas are original. But, that’s...
Interactive Reading Notebooks
What have we been up to lately? Grammar notebooks! Well, my students don’t actually have grammar notebooks, they have reading notebooks. In our reading interactive notebooks we keep reading foldables, grammar foldables, poetry, guided...
Interactive Reading Notebook!
Happy almost end of summer! This is my last week of complete freedom. Next week the school opens up for teachers to begin setting up their rooms and the following week is work week....
Reading Ten Pin Party
I am so excited to be joining Ashley from Just Reed for her Ten Pin linky party. I just love sharing my amazing Pinterest pins and this week the theme is reading. Here’s...
5+ Fabulous Pins
I’ve been finding so many wonderful things on Pinterest lately and I wanted to share some of my most helpful pins. There is no official Pinterest app but I have an unofficial app for...
CAFE/FACE – Fix-It Reading Strategies Poster
I am still making my way through the CAFE book by “the sisters”. They have so many great ideas and strategies to share! I came across these strategies for reading and I knew I...
Free I Pick Poster & Bookmarks
Below are a couple different versions of an I PICK poster to help students choose Just-Right books. I teach my students how to choose just-right books at the begining of the school year and...
Guided Reading Suggestions?
Hello All! A lot of teachers at my school, with the exception of 5th grade, use short stories or text excerpts to teach their guided reading groups. Their beleif is that the focus should...
